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7 Strumming Mistakes I See a Lot

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There are a whole bunch of mistakes I see guitarists make a lot.

Here is a little list of some of these for you to watch out for…

Beware of these strumming mistakes!

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Filed Under: Practice, Strumming Tagged With: Common mistakes, Strumming

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Music Quizzes, Strumming Fun, and Why You Shouldn’t Overdo It)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including why it’s bad too overdo it, music quizzes, and more…

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice, Strumming Tagged With: Efficiency of learning, Learning, Strumming

Two Interesting Reader Comments and Questions (Repairing a Beat-Up Old Guitar & Learning to Strum Faster)

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Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately.

Hope you find these useful…

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Filed Under: Gear, Practice Techniques, Reader Question, Strumming Tagged With: Practice, Reader question, Strumming

A Home-Strumming Queen

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Want to learn to strum guitar ? Cheer up, Sleepy Jean. Oh, what can it mean to a daydream believer and a…

 

Home-Strumming Queen

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Filed Under: Strumming Tagged With: Strumming, Strumming patterns

3 Random Thoughts This Tuesday (Some Strumming Tips, Music vs Politics, and Just Go for It)

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Here is another ‘beginning of the week’ post with 3 of my thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including tips for strumming guitar, thoughts on how music can bring people together, and more.

I hope you enjoy…

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Filed Under: Fingerpicking, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: Fingerstyle, Strumming

If You Have Ever Wanted to Learn Fingerstyle Blues…

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One of the toughest things I found about learning guitar was trying to get my head around fingerstyle blues.

 

Many years ago, I would watch various YouTube videos while trying to learn how to play this style.

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Filed Under: Blues, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: 12 bar blues, Blues, Fingerstyle, Strumming

Strum With Me If You Want to Live

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I’ve had a few of you ask about strumming exercises for guitar recently.

Just like Arnold Schwarzenegger said in Terminator 2, “Strum with me if you want to live”. Okay, he didn’t say exactly that, but for strumming success, give this a go…

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Filed Under: Practice, Practice Techniques, Strumming Tagged With: learning guitar, Practice Methods, Strumming

A Fun Little Guitar Challenge to Measure Your Guitar Skills

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Here’s a little test I want you to do.

It’s something I like to do with new students and also with current students every now and then.

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Filed Under: Chord Progressions, Learning, Strumming Tagged With: Chords, guitar challenge, Strumming, test

5 Strumming Mistakes to Avoid

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I had a good lesson yesterday with a fingerpicking student of mine who previously HATED strumming.

Recently, we have made some big breakthroughs with strumming, and now she is starting to love it much more.

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Filed Under: Strumming, Technique Tagged With: Learning, Strumming, Strumming patterns

How to Play Guitar and Sing – 7 Simple Steps

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Grohl at The Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C., 2014 by DoD News Features, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Most guitarists who want to learn how to play guitar and sing often prioritise the guitar part over the vocal part but this is a common mistake that will hold you back.

The reason why? Because it takes much longer that way. Spending too long perfecting the guitar part before adding singing can work against you.

Singing and playing the guitar is tough and does take a little time, but you can shorten that time by doing things in the correct order which I’ll show you.
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Filed Under: Practice Techniques, Technique Tagged With: Learning, practicing, Singing, songs, Strumming

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