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Practise tips to improve your guitar strumming: 5 ideas for beginners
5 practical tips to help approach and develop guitar strumming as a beginner with photos and video links
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Should my fingers hurt when I’m playing guitar? (4 reasons and why it’s worth it)
My fingers hurt…is that normal? In a word… YES. Yes it is. To a degree… (jump to the end to read when you should take care) 4 good and ‘normal’ reasons your fingers WILL hurt when you’re learning to play guitar and why it’s worth it: 1. You’re pressing down on steel or nylon strings […]
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6 Questions I ask people enquiring about guitar lessons (and why)
6 Questions I ask new guitar students in order to prepare with focus and make lessons more effective. They may want one lesson or lessons for years. Ask the right questions to give value for money and a bespoke experience.
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Why one-to-one guitar lessons help your progress: 5 good reasons
Should I get a guitar teacher? A common question. I also wonder this when I’m learning a new skill. There are so many resources online that surely we can muddle through on our own and figure it out. Right? True. There are loads of resources online. The issue is though there’s the whole spectrum of […]
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Are one-to-one online guitar lessons effective? Tips to optimise.
Online lessons and their effectiveness is a common conversation at the moment. We operate more and more virtually. Some embrace this, others not so much. Here’s what I’ve learned teaching online in the last 2 1/2years…
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ANY age is good to start playing guitar – Carmels 60th Birthday performance
Earlier on this year I had an email from Carmel looking for guitar lessons. She had never played guitar before. Her husband had bought her an electric guitar and amp (a year before) to start and they had ended up in the house gathering dust… On our first lesson she told me her goal was […]
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Jack Mitchell – Urgh! song release
Hi All! It gives me great pleasure to share with you this track from Jack. Urgh! An awesome gritty/pop tune with some good bounce. Jack has been having guitar lessons with me for the last year. A keyboard player already, he came with a top musical ear (especially for catchy melodies and counter rhythms). After […]
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Guitar Student Profile #2 : Gareth
Hello and welcome to GUITAR STUDENT PROFILE #2 It’s always interesting and inspiring to read about other peoples journeys, especially in a pursuit you may be interested in yourself…..in this case learning to play guitar.. Gareth is an adult learner with a very demanding and often unruly profession. He has a great love of music […]
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The power and beauty in learning
I love teaching guitar and I especially love it when people smile BIG after learning riffs, chords, songs or solos they thought were unattainable. I was given this gift recently after my student Jamie got his head and his fingers around the riff to Sweet Child of Mine. It took a while because he was […]
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News!
This week I would like to congratulate Mal on the near birth of his first child. Mal has been having guitar lessons with me for 3 years. We have covered some great songs and playing techniques, mostly electric guitar – based and rock style. The most recent being the guitar solo and riffs from Whiskey […]
Guitar lessons Lverpool / Online Guitar Lessons
Jo Bywater Guitar Tuition 