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Use This Magic Ingredient to Spice Up All of Your Playing

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spice up your playing

The guitar is a magical instrument – we all know that.

…And just like how the ancient Aztecs used to cook with a special ingredient called amaranth (which I’ve started to use myself).

I want to teach you about a special ingredient you can add to your guitar playing.

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Filed Under: Learning Tagged With: learning guitar, vibrato

The Wonderful Thing the Keyboard Taught Me About the Guitar

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keyboard tips for guitar

Yesterday, I talked about the “No Chord Fingerstyle” method of playing songs.

This is a new style I’ve been developing for guitarists.

Today, I want to talk about how it came about and how you can use this style to improve your playing faster than a Tommy Emmanuel flurry of notes!

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Filed Under: Learning Tagged With: learning guitar, melodies

“Sorry, the Guitar Is Not for You”

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guitar is not for you
The other day, a new student who enrolled in one of my courses left a comment saying this:

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: Guitar teacher, learning guitar

A Fun 10-Question Guitar Quiz 

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10-question guitar quiz

I thought I’d do something a little random today and give you a guitar quiz.

So, here are 10 questions on all things guitar.

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Filed Under: Learning Tagged With: guitar quiz, learning guitar, quiz

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Old Records, Fail-Safes, and When Less Is More…)

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old records

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including old records, fail-safes, and more. Here we go…

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: learning guitar

A Student Weighs in With His Opinion

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a student weighs in

So one or two people got a bit annoyed by yesterday’s post.

I’m not surprised, really.

When you say it how it is, some people simply don’t like it!

…But I’m pleased to say 99% of folks who replied were very supportive of my hard stance on the state of guitar tuition.

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Filed Under: Chords, Learning Tagged With: Guitar teachers, learning guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Almost Famous, Teeth, and Training )

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almost famous

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including the movie Almost Famous, training, and more.

Here we go…

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

10-Second Tip – Play Melodies in This Way for Maximum Benefit

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playing melodies 

Here is another 10-second tip for you.

…And it’s a good one if you struggle with plucking the wrong strings.

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

Fretting Flotsam Versus Guitar Gold

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flotsam vs gold

Recently I talked about how YouTube is pretty poor for finding guitar lessons that teach beginners proper technique.

By that I mean the sort of technique where everything you play becomes effortless, relaxed, and free of tension.

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice, Technique Tagged With: Guitar teachers, Learn guitar online, learning guitar

Finally a Guitar Teacher Who Gets It

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a guitar teacher who gets it

I got this really good comment on my Facebook page recently which highlights what good guitar teaching is:

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: Guitar teachers, learning guitar, self teaching

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