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Why setting guitar learning goals is good for practise & progress (7 reasons)
I want to learn guitar but don’t know where to start? Goals give us direction. Learning how to pick the right ones and the right sized ones for you personally is something that gets easier over time. 7 reasons why setting goals helps guitar learning progress.
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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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Student profile #3: Maggie
It’s 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. So why DO people learn guitar?… Maggie is in High School. She began guitar lessons with me 3 years ago face to face and has come on a very…
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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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New Grade Success!
I’m very happy to belatedly congratulate my student Jamie on achieving an 80% Merit in his Rockschool Grade 1 guitar exam in December! Jamie started having lessons with me 2 years ago after deciding the life of a rock star was calling.. now aged 10 with a nice list of benchmark riffs under his fingers…
Guitar lessons in Liverpool and Stafford / Online Guitar Lessons
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