Ron Dickson
Aug 26, 20222 min read
Immediate Gratification v’s Delayed Gratification.
Everyone likes immediate gratification, the smile from a job well done. Delayed gratification requires more patience and is often a...
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Ron Dickson
Jun 27, 20222 min read
How to learn better Part 3
How do we get the material stored in our brains back out? We have a great storage capacity as humans. However, we often struggle to get...
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Ron Dickson
Jun 20, 20222 min read
How to learn better Part 2
How do we get material into our brains better? It is one of the many questions that anyone studying asks frequently. The answer is...
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Ron Dickson
Jun 13, 20222 min read
How to learn better Part 1
Learning is a skill that comes naturally to everyone. However, it doesn’t always go well when we decide to learn deliberately. As a...
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Ron Dickson
Jun 6, 20222 min read
Strings the wrong way round
I have several guitars with Floyd Rose style tremolo systems, and one of the comments I get frequently is that I have put my strings on...
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Ron Dickson
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Developing Rhythm Content for Lessons
Almost everyone understands that Rhythm is one of the essential parts of music; what is not appreciated is how difficult learning and...
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Ron Dickson
Apr 11, 20222 min read
Splitting everything apart
One of the most challenging aspects of learning the guitar is the discipline of splitting everything apart to work on each aspect of what...
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Ron Dickson
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Learn the function of notes within a chord part 6
Putting it together, we can utilise each box and create the correct chord. With a little practice, we no longer are stuck when we see a...
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Ron Dickson
Mar 28, 20222 min read
Learn the function of notes within a chord part 5
The last “box” to look at is the one for the 5th In this “box”, we can have one of three notes, the b5 (or diminished 5th), the 5 (or...
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Ron Dickson
Mar 22, 20223 min read
Learn the function of notes within a chord part 4
We have covered the “box” for the 3rd and the “add” chords where we have a space in the box where the 6th or 7th resides. This time, we...
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