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Ever felt stuck in a rut with your guitar playing? Some things I hear all the time from students are:⁠ “I always seem to repeat the same stuff again and again.” ⁠“I don’t seem to be improving.” “I can’t seem to be able to play anything different from what I...

Do you suffer from sloppy playing technique?⁠So did Cam before he started lessons with me.He was also struggling with his ability to improvise and write music.⁠To fix his technical problems - we began rewiring his playing with GOOD technique to help him play cleaner,...

Have you ever had one of the following thoughts before? "My fingers are too small, or my hands can't stretch enough to play this."⁠"My finger aren't naturally fast - I'll never be able to do all that flashy stuff."⁠"I just don't have what it takes to get this right."⁠...

Does your pick sometimes feel like it's getting caught in the strings?⁠ When a lot of people start playing guitar they don't realise how much of a difference PICK ANGLE has on ease of picking.⁠ A lot of people start out with their pick FLAT against the strings of...

Because legato is all based in the fretting hand - poor fretting technique is generally the cause of most legato problems. I find, most of the time - if a student is struggling with legato they generally struggle with other things related to fretting, too.⁠ Like...

Want to know a few things you can do to stay motivated about practicing?⁠ Something I hear a lot as a guitar teacher is "some days practice feels boring and repetitive. For this reason, it's hard to make myself practice sometimes."⁠ I'm going to share with you...

Want to know what a microtonal bend is? A microtonal bend is when you bend to a note you CAN'T play on the fretboard. Anything lower than a half step bend is a microtonal bend.⁠ For example, if I apply a microtonal bend to a C note - I'd achieve a note that sounds...

Want to know something really cool?⁠ Every achievement you're proud of is something your passed self realised would reward your future self.⁠ Rewiring bad playing technique or trying to improve your bends may be hard at first - they may even be hard for a good couple...

If you're new to playing in drop D, let me first explain what drop D tuning is.⁠ Drop D tuning is when you tune the low E a whole tone lower to a D. In other words, you're "dropping" the tuning of the low E down to a low D.⁠ That's where the "drop" term comes from.⁠...

Have you ever wondered what people mean when they say things like "flat 3, flat 5 and flat 7?"⁠When people use these terms, they're referring to a note by it's scale degree number.⁠The scale degree formula for a major scale from the root note to the next octave of the...

Want to know the musical concept a lot of people don't understand how to integrate into their soloing?⁠ Arpeggios!⁠ I think one of the reasons why is because a lot of guitar players don't realise the many different ways arpeggios can be used.⁠ When lead guitarists...

I want to tell you about something I experience a lot with first time students. During the initial free trial lesson, I'll ask the student what they feel they're struggling with most.⁠ If they say picking speed or picking accuracy, I'll ask them to play a scale or...