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November 1, 2022 In Practice Tagged as guitar practice Learning learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Tuesday (The “Musicality Mansion”, 54 Days, and Zombie Notes)

Welcome to a new weekly post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including the “musicality mansion”, 54 days until Christmas, and more.

Here we go…

October 31, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as Halloween learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

The Blair Riff Project

Ah, the night of Halloween.

A time of year that Archie and I rather enjoy.

So, in honour of this night, here is something fun…

October 24, 2022 In Practice Practice Techniques Tagged as guitar practice learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Injuries, Child’s Play, Silly Debates)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including how to make progress even when you have injuries, silly debates about the best guitarist ever, and more. Here we go…

October 23, 2022 In Blues Legends Tagged as 12 bar blues Blues learning guitar By Dan Thorpe 1

Being Inspired By the Blues

I love a good quote.

Today I thought I’d share a few classics from great guitar players about the blues.

To make them more interesting, I’ve added some of my thoughts on what these quotes mean and how they can relate to your playing journey!

October 20, 2022 In Practice Tagged as guitar practice learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

It’s Like Driving a Car

I often compare learning guitar to learning how to drive a car.

October 17, 2022 In Practice Tagged as learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Spirits, Dates, and “It’s Easy”)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including spirits, dates, and why it’s not actually easy. Here we go…

October 16, 2022 In Practice Tagged as learning guitar Travis picking By Dan Thorpe

The Illusion of Two Guitars Being Played at Once

If I had to choose my favourite style of guitar playing, it would likely be…

October 15, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as Learning learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

The Goonies and the Guitar

Over the years, my son Archie has loved it when I create little treasure maps for him.

I’ve loved creating these for him too.

My love of this probably stems from growing up watching classic movies such as The Goonies and It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

October 12, 2022 In Practice Tagged as learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

Why Being a Guitarist Is So Special

In the Fingerstyle 101 Facebook group, someone left a cool post the other day.

It was an image with the headline “why music?”. It’s all about why music is so powerful.

October 11, 2022 In Practice Tagged as learning guitar Practice By Dan Thorpe

The Guitar, the Door, and Your Dog

Last week I sent an email that got lots of responses.

It was about how it can be useful to occasionally play guitar in your practice room while leaving the door ajar.