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A 30-Second Eye-Opening Guitar Exercise

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There are a lot of things you can fix in your guitar playing with just some small tweaks, but some of these are left out of beginner guitar exercises. There are also a lot of things you can do which don’t yield much gain.

Although not a miracle cure, here is a little eye-opening guitar exercise that will help you if you lack control in your fretting hand fingers.

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Filed Under: Practice, Practice Techniques Tagged With: Beginner technique, guitar practice, Practice Methods

A Strange Question

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I got this email the other day, with a strange, but common question.

 

“Hi Dan, your address, Halesowen, was near Birmingham (UK) last time I looked, but you quote prices in dollars. Why?

Regards,

Alex”

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Why Fingerstyle 101 Costs Less Than a Pack of Good Strings (And Why I’ll Probably Never Sell Anything This Low Ever Again)

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A fair few of you have asked about why my Fingerstyle 101 book is so inexpensive but why my membership programme is pricier in comparison.

Good question.

The answer is simply because the membership is for the people who are dedicated, passionate, want more direct support, enjoy quizzes/challenges, and…

Want to improve faster than they would otherwise. (The membership is actually pretty reasonable in price and much cheaper than lessons).

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Filed Under: Fingerpicking, Technique Tagged With: Beginner technique, fingerpicking, Fingerstyle, Guitar technique

The Surprising Things I Learnt Over the Years Teaching Fingerpicking

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My brand new paperback book, Fingerstyle 101 is out now on Amazon, but did you know this is a huge re-write of a book I first wrote 5 years ago?

Well, in this time I have learnt, developed, and expanded my teaching in the following 7 critical areas, and I want to share these insights with you…

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Filed Under: Fingerpicking, Learning, Practice Techniques Tagged With: Beginner technique, fingerpicking, Fingerstyle, guitar practice

The 6 Deadliest Fingerpicking Mistakes (And a Fun Little Test)

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Below are 6 of the most commonly made fingerpicking errors I see on a day-to-day basis with students.

Take a look and see how many of these you make.

Be honest with yourself, as these 6 can crush progress faster than Bigfoot treading on a greenfly.

 

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Fingerpicking, Technique Tagged With: beginner guitar, Beginner technique, fingerpicking, Fingerstyle

5 Simple Tips On How To Make Your Basic Guitar Chords Sound Clearer

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If you are a novice guitarist or a frustrated beginner, then you are probably still experiencing some sort of unpleasant noise or lack of clarity when playing your basic guitar chords.

In this post, I’ll share with you five basic tips I give out to students on a daily basis to help them overcome this frustrating part of guitar playing.
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Filed Under: Chords, Technique Tagged With: Beginner technique, chord changes, Clear chords, Rhythm Guitar, Strumming patterns

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