by Jo Bywater | Mar 5, 2025 | Beginner Guitar Lessons, Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons
Does your playing seem flat and ‘samey’? Do you want to add depth and colour to make it sound more interesting?. Can you hear that when you’re trying to strum like Paul Simon or Bob Dylan it seems like something is missing? There are a few techniques you...
by Jo Bywater | Feb 18, 2025 | Beginner Guitar Lessons, Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons
Do you have guitar frustrations!? Niggles, buzzes and slow chord changes that are sticking around and affecting your guitar progress much longer than you want? Well, anyone who plays (new & old) does. These things are a rite of passage to becoming a great...
by Jo Bywater | Feb 4, 2025 | Beginner Guitar Lessons, Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons, Women in Music
Should you learn to read Tab or not? Is it useful, useless, cheating, upside down? There’s a lot of mixed noise. I’m a fan. Here’s why…. What is TAB? Tab is short for Tablature. It’s a form of musical notation. It differs from traditional notation as it...
by Jo Bywater | Jan 16, 2025 | Beginner Guitar Lessons, Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons, Teaching Guitar
In a world of guitar playing ‘rabbit holes’, learning plateaus and information overload … Here’s how to make sure you start 2025 excited, refreshed and in-motion so that you still have an appetite for it in 6 months. Part 1 – The Prep THE PREPARATION...
by Jo Bywater | Dec 23, 2024 | Beginner Guitar Lessons, Online Guitar Lessons, Teaching Guitar
Always keep learning. It’s the only way to stay engaged. I teach guitar and have taught guitar for a long time. I may once have looked at it from the perspective that I knew about my subject and people who came for lessons didn’t. ...
