Tips For Guitar Playing Success

Do you have a song idea? Have you ever wanted to try writing a song? Then these simple steps can help you to begin creating and developing an idea and turning it into a song.

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A jam session is an opportunity to get together with your fellow guitarists (and musicians) to make music together. And now that things are opening up, why not host a jam session? 

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Up, up and away! Now that air travel is opening up, you may be planning trips, vacations and adventures. Your guitar can be a part of your plans too, in fact it can be your carry-on. So don't leave home without it!

In this episode Marlene talks about the rules and helpful hints to airplane travel with your guitar.

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Spring is in full swing and it's a great time to show your guitar some TLC. Thoroughly cleaning (and polishing) your guitar is important and it might even put a little 'spring' in your playing!

In this episode Marlene describes simple guitar maintenance steps such as cleaning, oiling the fretboard and polishing the body.

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Guitar playing can be considered a mindful - present moment awareness - activity. Additionally, you can use mindfulness techniques, like deep breathing while learning new skills, to help you gain playing abilities and muscle memories more easily. In other words, mindfulness can be instrumental to your guitar playing!

In this episode Marlene draws on her MBSR and Yoga training to guide you through simple mindful guitar playing exercises.

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Cinco de Mayo, or May 5th, is a celebration of Hispanic culture, and an opportunity for you to be musically inspired. Playing these fun songs on your guitar is an instrumental way to celebrate!

In this episode Marlene presents 2 popular (and easy to play) Spanish language songs, including song histories and translations.  

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Now that you know how to play the calypso strum (2/26 episode), the next step is to add in chord changing while playing the pattern. It can be a little challenging at first, but it's the next step to being able to play this pattern in songs. 

In this episode Marlene takes you through the best approach to help you easily manage changing chords while playing calypso.

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A good theme, goes a long way - and this year the 'tax day' theme can work for today (4/15) or May 17th. These songs might make your day a little less taxing and a lot more fun!

In this episode Marlene shares 5 tax themed songs to play on your guitar.

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Tomorrow, April 9th, marks the 1 year anniversary of the Tips For Guitar Playing Success debut! In honor of this very special occasion here's the top 10 episodes during the past 365 days!

In this episode Marlene lists and briefly takes you through each of the top 10 most downloaded episodes.

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This week's episode goes a little deeper into relieving tension that can affect your playing (as discussed in last week's episode) with simple stretches and exercises to help you be more relaxed and ultimately a better guitarist. 

In this episode, Marlene will describe and guide you through easy stretches and exercises to help you move through tension.

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