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April 26, 2023 In Reader Question Technique Tagged as Guitar technique Reader question Reader Questions By Dan Thorpe

Two Reader Thoughts (“I Don’t Want to Be a Star” and Cheese Wire Fingers)

Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately.

I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful…

January 31, 2021 In Chords Technique Tagged as Guitar technique learning guitar Two-finger chords By Dan Thorpe

Two-Finger Chords and the “3 Pillars of Music”

Tomorrow, I will be releasing the latest Deep Dive bonus video for members of the Dan Thorpe Acoustic Academy. The technique features a couple of two-finger chords.

November 20, 2020 In Practice Technique Tagged as Guitar technique learning guitar Practice Methods By Dan Thorpe

Stop Yelling With That Guitar – Learn About Dynamics

One of the things that I love about music is the power of “dynamics”. Using dynamics in guitar playing is about having the ability to play soft and loud, and at varying volumes in between.

October 5, 2020 In Technique Tagged as Guitar technique improve technique tuning By Dan Thorpe 1

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Tuning By Ear, My Severed Finger Injury, the New Technique Book)

The last few Mondays I shared a post with 3 random thoughts about guitar, music, and life. So far, they have gone down well, so here is another covering injuries, tuning guitar by ear, and more…

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August 27, 2020 In Fretboard and Theory Technique Tagged as Fretboard Guitar technique learning guitar By Dan Thorpe 1

My Three Ways to Practise Fretting Hand Technical Exercises

There are a lot of technical exercises out there in the land of learning guitar.

Most are too complex and too intricate to be beneficial to most guitarists, beginners, and intermediates alike…

Especially when guitarists do them the way most people teach them.

July 29, 2020 In Fingerpicking Technique Tagged as Beginner technique fingerpicking Fingerstyle Guitar technique By Dan Thorpe 3

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

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).

August 14, 2017 In Q and A Tagged as Guitar technique Jamie Andreas Julian Bream practising By Dan Thorpe 6

Q and A – Five Minutes With ‘Guitar Principles’ Author, Jamie Andreas

This Q and A is one of the most exciting I have done yet. It features Jamie Andreas, who is easily one of the best guitar tutors I have ever come across.

She is one of my favourite guitar tutors out there as she doesn’t bombard people with content and lessons but is absolutely determined to get her students playing with proper technique right from the get-go – saving them years of frustrations that many guitar students suffer.
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