27th December 20160

Are your hands in sync?

It is very common for players to hit “plateaus” with their playing. These plateaus, or brick walls, are all caused by a very specific problem that has not been diagnosed (if...

by Jon Wright

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27th December 20160

Are you holding your guitar correctly?

This is quite a basic idea that a lot of self-taught players get wrong. Basically, we want to hold our guitar like a classical guitar player holds it – the guitar...

by Jon Wright

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27th December 20160

How hard are you holding down the strings?

A huge factor in becoming a good musician is muscle tension. This is something that rarely gets taught or explained. What do we mean when we talk about muscle tension?...

by Jon Wright

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27th December 20160

What are you thinking about when you practice?

One of the things that determines how effective your practice time is is what you are thinking about mentally when you are practising. Obviously, we want to be thinking about...

by Jon Wright

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27th December 20160

Why some guitar players become great and why some don’t

Have you ever wondered why some guitar players become great, and why some don’t? What is it that makes them different? Is it where they were brought up? Seeming as...

by Jon Wright

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27th December 20160

What do you want?

The first step to getting what you want… is to know what you want. This applies to our guitar playing just as much as every other area of life. If you don’t know what...

by Jon Wright

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27th December 20160

Why do we practice?

We all know that we need to practice something to get better at it, but why? Why do we have to practice to get better? It must be having some effect on our body…...

by Jon Wright

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27th December 20160

The 4 reasons you are not making progress with your guitar playing

I get contacted by a lot of guitar players who are dismayed that they do not make progress with their guitar playing. Their lack of progress, (or your lack of progress!),...

by Jon Wright

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27th December 20160

Play it, hum it. Hum it, play it.

There is a great way to help train your brain to think musically. This is it. It is really easy! We need to “internalise” everything that we play. We do this by humming...

by Jon Wright

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27th December 20160

Are you learning guitar, or becoming a musician?

Some people learn to play guitar… and some people learn to play music on the guitar. What is the difference? It’s all in the approach we take to learning the instrument....

by Jon Wright

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