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Take your pick
Mark Hanson’s ‘The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking’ is one of the guitar tuition books I’ve returned to most often over the years. If you love players like Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Scotty Moore or John Renbourn, Travis picking is a style of playing you’ll really want to add to your guitar skillset. I certainly…
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10 minutes that changed my life
If I’ve learned anything in my many years as an enthusiasm-heavy but talent-light guitarist, it is that there are two simple routes to better playing: Lots of practice and a great teacher. After years of aimless three-chord thrashing, luck threw my first great teacher my way – David Mead’s ’10 Minute Guitar Workout’. I found…
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