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How to Get Confident Enough to Jam With Others

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Here’s something I know many guitarists want to be able to do (at least deep down).

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Filed Under: Practice Tagged With: jamming, Learning to play guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Maps, Legends, and a Big Goal Setting Mistake)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including reading music like maps, a big goal setting mistake, and more. Here we go…

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: learning guitar, Learning to play guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Chris Cornell – My Biggest Hero, a Lennon Documentary, and Jamming With Yourself)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including remembering Chris Cornell, a Lennon documentary, and more…

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Filed Under: Learning, Legends Tagged With: Chris Cornell, jamming, Learning to play guitar, The Beatles Guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Fun Strumming Patterns, Cramming, and Learning a Few Notes at a Time)

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Welcome to a new Monday post on 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including fun strumming patterns, cramming, and more…

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice, Practice Techniques, Strumming Tagged With: Learning to play guitar, Practice Methods, Strumming patterns

The Map of Your Guitar Playing World

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As I discussed recently, there are two crucial aspects of guitar playing which are key to creating a guitar learning plan and being successful.

These are:

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice, Practice Techniques Tagged With: Goal setting, guitar practice, Learning to play guitar

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

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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”.

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Filed Under: Fretboard, Learning, Practice Tagged With: enjoying the journey, Fretboard, learning guitar, Learning to play guitar

Podcast #3 – Finding A Guitar Teacher and Should You Even Get One?

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Welcome to the 3rd instalment of the Guitar Domination Podcast. In this podcast, we talk about finding a guitar teacher, and more specifically, if you should actually get one, how you find a good teacher and what to look out for in a teacher.

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Filed Under: Learning, Podcast Tagged With: Frustrated beginner, Guitar Doctor Feedback, Guitar lessons, Guitar teacher, Learning to play guitar

Learning to play guitar the right way – be wary of others!

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Learning to play guitar

Kentucky Knife Fight playing at Plush on August 4, 2012 for their Misshapen Love 7″ release. by Abby Gillardi, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)

I recently had a big debate over at Reddit with a fellow guitarist. This debate could have been infuriating but it actually was quite useful as it highlighted a certain flaw that experienced guitarists have when sharing their knowledge with less experienced players.

If you are learning to play guitar or you still consider yourself to be a beginner, you’ll find this post very handy – especially if you learn from others, either in person or online.

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Techniques Tagged With: Big brother theory, Learning online, Learning to play guitar, Selt-taught

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