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How To Use a Metronome to Practice Guitar

How to Play To a Metronome? Do it Wrong!

by Bryan

No joke. Try it: Set the metronome to a slow, comfortable pace. Play just one note on each beat. Then speed up just a tiny bit…. Feel that tense rushing. […]

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Practice / Rhythm / Technique
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Guitarists, Rather Than Going for What’s ‘Right’…

by Bryan

Music is so much more fluid than we often treat it. When we get caught up in whether we are playing it “right”, we run the risk of not hearing […]

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Point of View / Practice / Tone / z
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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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Point of View / y
Practice Guitar on Vacation

Should I Practice Guitar on Vacation?

by Bryan

In my book, vacations are ways to get out of our daily grind so that we can relax and bring more enjoyment into our lives. So I say “play if […]

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Beginner / Point of View / Practice / z

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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Practice / Rhythm / Uncategorized / y
Snail Guitar

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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Beginner / Point of View / Practice / Tone / y
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Mistakes in Guitar Practice Are Good News

by Bryan

They show you where you can improve. If you try to avoid them you won’t know where where to focus your practice. The trick is to be open to mistakes. […]

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Beginner / Point of View / Practice

Interview on Talk Music Talk

by Bryan

A few weeks ago I sat down with boice from the weekly podcast Talk Music Talk and chatted about how receptive listening can benefit musicians facing difficulties onstage or in […]

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Ear Training / Point of View / Practice

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

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  • 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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