Ron Dickson
- Aug 26, 2022
- 2 min
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 28, 2022
- 2 min
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 21, 2022
- 2 min
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 14, 2022
- 2 min
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
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
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 5, 2022
- 2 min
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 22, 2022
- 3 min
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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Ron Dickson
- Mar 15, 2022
- 4 min
Learn the function of notes within a chord part 3
Last time we covered the box where the 3rd of the chord resided and looked at how moving the note changes the quality and sound of the...
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Ron Dickson
- Mar 8, 2022
- 3 min
Learn the function of notes within a chord part 2
In the last blog, I gave a taster that knowing a little bit of the theory of chords helps us change and create chords we have not learned...
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Ron Dickson
- Mar 1, 2022
- 2 min
Learn the function of notes within a chord part 1
This topic firmly falls within "should I learn music theory?". Music theory is a vast subject; it is up to individuals to decide how far...
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Ron Dickson
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min
Developing the Pentatonic Scales
Pentatonic scales frequently are criticised and thought of as purely for beginners, with some advanced players considering it beneath...
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Ron Dickson
- Feb 8, 2022
- 2 min
Left Leg or Right Leg?
The first obvious question is left or right-handed guitar? It is not necessarily the case that a left-handed person plays a left-handed...
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Ron Dickson
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Looking for Shortcuts
Those who look to take shortcuts are criticised and considered lazy. Yet, to achieve mastery, we must understand the most efficient way...
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Ron Dickson
- Jan 18, 2022
- 2 min
Getting the Strumming hand moving correctly
Not something that came naturally to me was strumming correctly. I had played the guitar for about 20 years and hit a wall with my...
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