Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including fun music, questions to ask yourself when pracitsing, and more.
Here we go…
10-Second Tip – Secure Your Guitar
Welcome to a new weekly 10-second tip.
This week it is a simple but very important one.
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Billions, The Beach Boys, and Avoiding Boring Practice)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including The Beach Boys, avoiding boring practising, and more. Here we go…
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (the England Football Match – Gutted But Proud, Lazyness and Something New)
Welcome to a new Monday email where I share 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including the England football game, how I got lazy with ear training, and more…
I hope you enjoy these!
Two Interesting Reader Comments and Questions (Heartbroken and 40 Years Later)
Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately. I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful…
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (a Paul Simon Interview, Footie, and a Simple Melody!)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including a Paul Simon interview, football, and more. Here we go… [Read more…]
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Ukuleles, Tough Journeys, & My #1 Rule)
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.
Dan, I LOVE Your Suggestion of Learning to Play…
I got a nice email from Curtis the other day regarding open chords…
“Dan,
I LOVE your suggestion of learning to play the series of open chords and changes with the last three fingers, and NOT the Index finger.
The Map of Your Guitar Playing World
As I discussed recently, there are two crucial aspects of guitar playing which are key to creating a guitar learning plan and being successful.
These are:
A 30-Second Eye-Opening Guitar Exercise
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.