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3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Frodo’s Guitar Journey, Goals, and Jamming Made Easy)

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frodo's guitar journey

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including Frodo’s guitar journey, setting goals, and more…

Here we go…

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Learning, Practice Tagged With: beginner guitar, enjoying the journey, learning guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Ukuleles, Tough Journeys, & My #1 Rule)

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ukuleles

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including ukuleles, tough journeys, and more

Here we go.

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Learning, Practice Tagged With: enjoying the journey, guitar practice, Ukulele

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (January Blues, Learning as a 5-Year-Old, and Improving Your Fretting Hand)

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It’s Monday again, so here are 3 more of my random thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including how to beat the January blues, how to improve your fretting hand, and more.

Enjoy…

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Practice, Practice Techniques, Technique Tagged With: enjoying the journey, Good technique, Practice Methods

3 Random Thoughts This Wednesday (the Van Morrison Protest Song, Baseball, and One Practice Habit to Avoid)

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Last week I shared a post with 3 thoughts about guitar, music, and life, and it went down well, so here is another. Three things I have noticed this week, from the new song Van Morrison wrote to a common practice habit it’s time to break. I hope you enjoy…

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Filed Under: Legends, Practice, Practice Techniques Tagged With: enjoying the journey, guitar practice, productive practice

The Sad Mistake Many Make on Their Guitar Journey

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I just came back from a great little 4-day holiday in Devon, in the south of England.

There was one thing that stood out to me while I was there, and it was something that reminds me of the journey of learning guitar.

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: enjoying the journey, learning guitar

The Terrible Woes of Trying to Learn the Notes on the Fretboard

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This may be a familiar story to many of you.

One day, you tell yourself:

“Right I’m going to learn the notes on the fretboard once and for all”.

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Filed Under: Fretboard, Learning, Practice Tagged With: enjoying the journey, Fretboard, learning guitar, Learning to play guitar

What Clint Eastwood Can Teach You About Guitar…

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The other day I got my partner to watch one of my all-time favourite films ever. (She fell asleep, but I was in my element). It was…

 

A Fistful of Dollars.

 

I’m a big film geek and I love the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns.

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Filed Under: Learning Tagged With: enjoying the journey, Inspiration, learning guitar, motivation

The Lord Voldemort of Guitar Playing (guitar riffs for the beginner)

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Recently, me and my son, Archie, sat down to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

As you may or may not know, in Harry Potter there is a certain Lord Voldemort, an evil wizard capable of cruel and inhuman things.

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Filed Under: Riffs Tagged With: enjoying the journey, Movies, Riffs

Podcast #5 – The Critical Factors Of Learning Guitar Faster (Part 1)

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In this podcast, we are discussing one of the three critical factors for your success as a guitarist. In part 1, we are talking about the importance of having a ‘laid-back attitude’.
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Filed Under: Learning, Podcast Tagged With: Attitude, Ed Sheeran, enjoying the journey, jamming, Laid back

The Most Painful Guitar Playing Mistakes And How To Avoid Them (Part 2)

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In the last blog post we went through 4 of the most painful mistakes that a guitarist can make and in this lesson we are going through 4 more.
These 4 are even more critical so read on and check to see if you are doing any of these.
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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Techniques Tagged With: enjoying the journey, songs, tuning

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