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September 29, 2020 In Practice Practice Techniques Tagged as Efficiency of learning Learn guitar faster learning guitar Practice routines By Dan Thorpe

How to Trick Yourself to Play More

Many of you may be looking for guitar practice tips on how to be more disciplined about picking up your guitar and playing. Us human beings certainly are creatures of habit.

We often take comfort in doing the same things each day and each week.

September 5, 2020 In Practice Practice Techniques Tagged as learning guitar Practice Methods Warm-up By Dan Thorpe

How Terminator 2 Can Inspire Your Guitar Playing

One of my favourite films of all time is Terminator 2: Judgment Day. I remember watching it as a kid with my dad on VHS – I was probably only 8 at the time (and the film had a 15 rating here in the UK, so he might be mortified if he knew I told you this!) It is a great film and in it, there is a scene that reminds me of how it feels to play guitar each day and is a great reminder of the importance of guitar warm-up exercises.

September 3, 2020 In Technique Tagged as improve technique learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

The Three Ways I Teach Technical Exercises

The other day I talked about my complete disdain for most technical exercises out there in the land of guitar.

Today, I want to give you a tip on how to play the most commonly taught one ever, but specifically…

How NOT to do it and how you should practise it instead.

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.

August 25, 2020 In Practice Tagged as enjoying the journey learning guitar By Dan Thorpe 1

The Sad Mistake Many Make on Their Guitar Journey

I just came back from a great little 4-day holiday in Devon, in the south of England.

There was one thing that stood out to me while I was there, and it was something that reminds me of the journey of learning guitar.

August 10, 2020 In Fretboard and Theory Practice Tagged as enjoying the journey Fretboard learning guitar Learning to play guitar By Dan Thorpe

The Terrible Woes of Trying to Learn the Notes on the Fretboard

This may be a familiar story to many of you.

One day, you tell yourself:

“Right I’m going to learn the notes on the fretboard once and for all”.

August 8, 2020 In Fingerpicking Fretboard and Theory Tagged as Efficiency of learning Fingerpicking tips Fretboard learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

How to Learn the Fretboard and Improvise Fingerstyle…at the Same Time

One thing I like to do when teaching students is to stack ideas together at the same time.

This is where instead of teaching them one thing in isolation on its own…

…I’ll combine it in a simple way with something else they have already learnt.

July 31, 2020 In Misc. Tagged as Learn guitar online learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

18 Things That Bug Me in the World of Guitar Playing

Recently, I posted a short five-part series of Facebook posts about all the things that bug me as a teacher in the world of guitar tuition.

It is not too serious, you may or may not agree with all of these, but either way, there are some useful pointers for things to watch out for, and some of these will give you a bit of insight into my mindset from a teaching perspective.

July 19, 2020 In Misc. Tagged as beginner guitar learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

The “Spelling Bee” Game for Learning Notes on the Fretboard Faster

Most of you know how important it is to eventually learn the notes on the fretboard, but most guitarists struggle with it.

Over the years, I have had some really good success with students here, mainly by using games, quizzes, and tests to help them learn it and remember it faster.