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What To Expect From Guitar Lessons

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by Gordon Kahan on August 5, 2009

Most people begin taking guitar lessons with two expectations: that they want to learn to play guitar, and that they’ll never really be that great at it. I suspect people approach most things in their life like this; after all, how can we be experts at everything? I guess that’s the definition of a hobby: something that we’re interested in but that we except we will never excel at. [click to continue…]

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10,000 Hours – How To Be A Great Guitarist

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by Gordon Kahan on August 5, 2009

Recently my wife turned me on to an author: Malcolm Gladwell. All his books are fascinating, but I think “Outliers” is his best work, at least as far as offering up a new and original philosophy. He presents three main ideas: [click to continue…]

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Picking the Right Pick

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by Gordon Kahan on July 23, 2009

As I’ve mentioned before: every item in your signal path, from your guitar, to your strings, to your pickups, to your amp… All this affects your overall tone. Your pick is part of this equation. Many beginning students ask me what kind of pick they should use when they first start studying guitar. My advice is always the same: buy an assortment and see what feels best for you.

There are three things to consider when choosing the right pick. [click to continue…]

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