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
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 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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Ron Dickson
Mar 15, 20224 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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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