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The Flesh-Eating Zombie of the Guitar World

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Back when my son Archie was a baby, I wrote a book on fingerstyle technique that was full of lovely musical pieces.

It’s called Fearless Fingerstyle.

I no longer sell this book, but it’s still a book I’m proud of.

One of the reasons I wrote the book was to fight back against something…

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: Fingerstyle, learning guitar

A Secret Fingerstyle Christmas Bonus

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Ho, ho, ho, my guitar-playing friends.

Are you getting ready for Christmas?

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Filed Under: Learning, Songs Tagged With: Christmas, Fingerstyle, learning new songs

Five Tips for Playing Solo Fingerstyle Arrangements

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Today, I want to give you five important tips on playing solo fingerstyle arrangements.

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Filed Under: Practice Tagged With: Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Arrangements, learning guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Rubik’s Cube, Brain Age, and an Alternative 101)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including solving a Rubik’s Cube, reducing brain age, and more…

Here we go…

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

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Beautiful Setlists, Fun Guitar Songs, and an Announcement)

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Here are this week’s 3 random thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including fun guitar songs, plus a big announcement, but more on that in a moment.

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Filed Under: Beginner guitar, Practice, Songs Tagged With: beginner guitar, Beginner songs, Fingerstyle, Fingerstyle Arrangements, Practice, practicing songs, songs

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (A Hero’s Journey, Being Ruthless, and Simple Fingerstyle Songs)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including simple fingerstyle songs, a hero’s journey, and more.

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Filed Under: Fingerpicking, Learning, Practice Tagged With: Fingerstyle, learning guitar, Practice

3 Random Thoughts This Wednesday (a Map, Guitar Melodies, and Ignoring Other’s Paths)

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Here is the first of my weekly posts for 2021 with 3 random thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including tips on enjoying your playing, learning guitar melodies, and more.

I hope you are having a great start to the year.

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Filed Under: Fingerpicking, Learning Tagged With: Fingerstyle, Learning, learning guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Tuesday (Classical Guitar Posture, Getting Help, and the Rest of 2020)

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Here is another of the weekly posts with 3 thoughts about guitar, music, and life, including tips on classical guitar posture, getting help, and more.

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Filed Under: Classical Guitar position, Fingerpicking Tagged With: classical position, Efficiency of learning, Fingerstyle

3 Random Thoughts This Tuesday (Some Strumming Tips, Music vs Politics, and Just Go for It)

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Here is another ‘beginning of the week’ post with 3 of my thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including tips for strumming guitar, thoughts on how music can bring people together, and more.

I hope you enjoy…

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Filed Under: Fingerpicking, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: Fingerstyle, Strumming

If You Have Ever Wanted to Learn Fingerstyle Blues…

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One of the toughest things I found about learning guitar was trying to get my head around fingerstyle blues.

 

Many years ago, I would watch various YouTube videos while trying to learn how to play this style.

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Filed Under: Blues, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: 12 bar blues, Blues, Fingerstyle, Strumming

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