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Guitar Lessons in Queens & Brooklyn

Category: Chords

Best Way To Hold A Guitar Pick? You Be The Judge…

by Bryan

Experiment with a guitar pick’s angle to find the best way to hold it. It effects how easy the pick is to use and what sound you get out of it.

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Chords / Strumming Series
What Are Chords?

What is a Guitar Chord, Anyway?

by Bryan

In the beginning there was cacophony, and it was good. But not everybody thought so. Several hundred years ago, Christian monks discovered how to play several notes simultaneously in a […]

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Chords / Music Theory / z
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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

Learning by Ear From a Recording

by Bryan

It can be tricky. Try this: Pause the playback immediately after you hear the note/chord you’re listening for. Then, listen to your short term memory, sing whatever you hear and […]

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Chords / Ear Training / z
Looking at Hands Playing Guitar = Thinking

Looking at Hands While Playing Guitar = Thinking

by Bryan

And thinking is often too slow for playing. Now, obviously, we have to think and occasionally look at our hands when we play. But we often watch our hands because […]

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Chords / Point of View / Technique

Bryan named Best of Lessons.com

Bryan Wade named Best of Lessons.com in 2018

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

Tips & Tricks

  • Ghost Notes at LICbar
  • ONLINE Voodoo Doll Video Premier
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  • Best Way To Hold A Guitar Pick? You Be The Judge…
  • Best Way For Singer-Songwriters To Draw Attention? Play Quietly
  • Learning Tough Guitar Solos = Eating An Elephant
  • Tab Reading Made Easy: The Basics
  • How To Find Notes On Your Guitar By Ear
  • How To Instantly Find Any Fret on the Guitar Without Counting
  • How The Thumb Guitar Trick Really Works
  • Bryan Wade’s Ghost Notes at The Way Station
  • Feel the Space Between the Notes
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