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April 3, 2023 In Legends Practice Tagged as guitar legends learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Five Guitar Legends, Small Hands, and the New Podcast)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including a story of how five guitar legends came together, the struggle of small hands, and more.

Here we go…

April 1, 2023 In Fingerpicking Tagged as fingerpicking learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

A Super Fun Little Challenge

Just a polite heads-up.

Today is the last day to join the Dan Thorpe Acoustic Academy and get the brand-new lessons.

I’ll talk about those lessons in a moment, but I want to give you a little challenge you can do today.

March 30, 2023 In Practice Technique Tagged as learning guitar practicing By Dan Thorpe 1

A Super Cool Technique I Love to Use

Let’s talk about a simple thing you can do to link two different chords together.

It’s one of the most exciting ways to do so in my opinion, and it’s the technique of using:

March 29, 2023 In Practice Tagged as learning guitar productive practice By Dan Thorpe

Overestimating Abilities

New Dan Thorpe Acoustic Academy member Don writes:

March 27, 2023 In Practice Tagged as guitar practice learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Hobbits, a Stag Do, and a 7-Minute Routine)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including Hobbits, a stag do, and more.

Here we go…

March 25, 2023 In Practice Tagged as learning guitar practising By Dan Thorpe

Protect Your Process

There’s an old and crazy bit of footage on the internet of actor Christian Bale.

It’s where he has a screaming meltdown and a nasty rant at a colleague during a movie.

March 23, 2023 In Misc. Tagged as Guitar teacher learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

The World’s Angriest Guitar Teacher?

Someone left this rather shocking comment on one of my Facebook posts a short while back.

Here is what the fella said…

March 20, 2023 In Legends Practice Tagged as jamming learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Clapton, Jamming Ideas, and Game Show Inspiration)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including some thoughts from Eric Clapton, jamming ideas, and more.

Here we go…

March 19, 2023 In Misc. Tagged as Learning learning guitar melodies By Dan Thorpe

Why Don’t More People Do This on the Guitar?

Whenever someone tells me they’ve been struggling for decades to play any sort of song, my heart sinks a little for them.

And sadly, this situation is not that uncommon.

March 13, 2023 In Gear Practice Tagged as Buying a guitar guitar podcast learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Frogs on a Log, Finding “The One”, and a Podcast Update)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including a podcast update, frogs on a log, and finding “the one”.

Here we go…