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Don’t Like Repetitive Guitar Practice?

by Bryan

Repetition is one of the most effective tools in learning music. Yes, it can be boring, but it helps you memorize the technical stuff so your mind can be free […]

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Hypnotize Yourself With Your Guitar

by Bryan

You know when you’ve been playing for about 45 minutes and you start to notice every little detail, everything you get right and get wrong, but you don’t really react […]

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How Do I Help My Kid Play Guitar?

by Bryan

Best school? Best guitar? Practice every day? All helpful. But not if your kid doesn’t want to play. Kids who do well are in families that place a value on […]

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Beginner / Kids / Practice / y
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We Don’t Really Play Guitar With Our Fingers

by Bryan

We play with our finger TIPS. I know that seems obvious, but we often don’t do it. If we spend some time getting used to this weird use of our […]

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Guitar Game: Improvise With Your Name

by Bryan

Bored with playing the same predictable rhythms when you’re improvising? Break it up using the rhythms in names. Say these names aloud and feel the rhythmic pulses in them, especially […]

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Why Practice Guitar Slow?

by Bryan

  Well, you may have heard several reasons, but this is my favorite: To witness what you actually do instead of what you think you should be doing. We are […]

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Playing Tough Chord Changes on Guitar, Method 2

by Bryan

Yeah, it’s a killer. Try this: Don’t strum all the way to the moment that the tough chord should be played and then changing chords (that’s like pressing pause while […]

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Beginner / Chords / Practice / Technique / y

Long Island City Queens Studio –

Clinton Hill Brooklyn Studio

Fun Lessons for Kids, Too!

Fun Kids Guitar Lessons in Long Island City Queens and Clinton Hill Brooklyn  NYC

Bryan named Best of Lessons.com in 2018

Bryan Wade named Best of Lessons.com in 2018

Tips & Tricks

  • Feel the Space Between the Notes
  • How to Play To a Metronome? Do it Wrong!
  • Guitarists, Rather Than Going for What’s ‘Right’…
  • Don’t Like Repetitive Guitar Practice?
  • Hypnotize Yourself With Your Guitar
  • Why Use a Guitar Strap?
  • Should I Practice Guitar on Vacation?
  • How Do I Help My Kid Play Guitar?
  • Don’t MAKE Your Kids Practice Guitar 30 Minutes a Day
  • Guitar Pull-offs Were Named Wrong
  • We Don’t Really Play Guitar With Our Fingers
  • Guitar Game: Improvise With Your Name
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