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It Was Nothing Personal

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nothing personal

So last week I ruffled a few feathers.

I sent out an email talking about how most guitar teachers NEVER really teach good basic technique.

Someone said, “Well, Erich Andreas teaches this stuff”.

The gist of my reply was that if he’s like most other tutors, I doubt he does.

That was not an attack or anything on Erich, and it’s NOT personal…

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: Learning, Practice

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

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Darts, Help If You’re Struggling, and Templates for Jamming)

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darts

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life. Here we go…

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Filed Under: Blues, Learning, Live, Practice Tagged With: 12 bar blues, Blues, jamming, Practice

The Guitar, the Door, and Your Dog

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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.

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

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Inspiration, Surprising Guitar, and Stopping to Smell the Roses)

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inspiration

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including thoughts on inspiration, my new surprising guitar, and more.  Here we go…

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: Inspiration, Learn guitar online, Practice

Two Guitar Playing Assumptions to Avoid

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playing assumptions

The other day, I had a Zoom lesson with a student.

This is something I do very occasionally and may do more of in the future, but probably in a group setting if I decide to. (There are some exciting projects to finish off first though).

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

Do Your Fingers Shake When You Play Guitar?

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fingers shaking

Here’s an interesting email I got a while back. I get this sort of email a fair bit, so I’m sure many of you can relate to this.

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Filed Under: Learning Tagged With: Practice

A 7-Day Plan to Help All Guitarists Improve

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7-day plan

One of the biggest frustrations most guitarists have is not having a plan.

You’ll know this if you have ever spent time trying to learn guitar in the YouTube casino, as I jokingly call it.

Although it can be useful for certain things, if you’re not careful, the YouTube casino will suck your time and motivation for guitar playing.

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Filed Under: Practice Tagged With: Practice

How to Improve the Most Important Factor in Your Playing – Guitar Tone

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Let’s talk tone.

Is it the most important factor in your playing?

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Filed Under: Practice, Tone Tagged With: Good technique, Practice, tone

Tino the Terrible Is Back and This Time He Calls Me Sexist

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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned an email from a chap called Tino.

If you didn’t see the email, he basically replied to me moaning and patronising…

All the beginner guitarists out there in the world who can’t yet play a C Major chord smoothly.

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Filed Under: Chords, Practice Tagged With: C chord, Practice

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