What Causes People To Become “Stuck In A Rut”

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...

The 10 Hour Rule

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...

Angling Your Pick To The Strings

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...

4 Things To Improve Legato

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,...

How To Stay Motivated To Practice

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...
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