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How a Simple Ukulele Tip Can Improve Your Guitar Playing

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ukulele tip

One of the big problems with the way the guitar is taught is this…

Most guitar teachers put too much emphasis on chords with their beginner students.

“Chords, chords, chords,” is often the order of the day!

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Filed Under: Chords Tagged With: Chords, learning guitar, Ukulele

Carulli Chords, a Rare Gift, and a Barre Busting Workout

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rare gift

Just a quick reminder.

Today is the last day to join the Dan Thorpe Acoustic Academy for October.

If you join before the midnight deadline, you get all this…

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Filed Under: Chords, Learning, Practice Tagged With: Carulli, Chords, learning guitar

The Rarely Talked About Guitarist Who’s Inspired 100s

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There’s a certain guitarist who most people have never heard of.

Yet, the influence of this legend of guitar still carries on.

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Filed Under: Chords, Learning, Legends Tagged With: Chords, learning guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Crazy Golf, the Guitar Path, and Two Chords!)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including crazy golf, the guitar path, and two-chord fun. Here we go…

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Filed Under: Chords, Practice Tagged With: Chords, learning guitar

Chords Are Overrated?  

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chords are overrated

 

I may be chased down, hunted, and burned at the stake by some guitar tutors stuck in their ways for saying this but sometimes… Chords are overrated.

…Especially if you play melodic music such as fingerpicking.

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3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Advice From Billy Joel, “Wotsits”, and Buzzing Chords)

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Billy Joel and wotsit fingers

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including advice from Billy Joel,  Wotsit nightmares, and more. Here we go…

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Filed Under: 10-Second Tips, Chords, Practice Tagged With: Chords, Practice Methods

How Many Chord Progressions…

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How many chord progressions do you know?

How well can you play them, and…

What can you play with the chord progressions you do know?

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Filed Under: Chord Progressions, Chords, Learning, Practice, Practice Techniques Tagged With: Chord Progressions, Chords, Learning, Practice Methods

A Fun Little Guitar Challenge to Measure Your Guitar Skills

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Here’s a little test I want you to do.

It’s something I like to do with new students and also with current students every now and then.

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Filed Under: Chord Progressions, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: Chords, guitar challenge, Strumming, test

SABR #3 – How to fix those out of tune chords even when your guitar is in tune

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This is the third SABR video and features an important subject – stopping you bending strings out of tune by accident when playing simple open chords. The difference this can make can be huge and can make your playing sound really amateurish if you are guilty of it – don’t worry we will fix it in this short video!

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Filed Under: SABR Tagged With: Aural Skills, bending, Chords, tuning

8 Reasons Why Using a Capo is Great for Your Guitar Playing

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When I was learning guitar, I was always told that using a capo is “for cheats and wimps” and stuff like that. The fact is if I would have started out using a capo, I would be a better guitarist for it now.

I would have learned more songs quicker; I would have jammed more, joined more bands sooner and got bitten by the guitar bug much sooner.

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Filed Under: Equipment, Songwriting Tagged With: capos, Changing keys, Chords, tone

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