Dan’s Guitar Learning Journal

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Tonight I focused on my most hated chord. The dreaded F! It’s only really hard because I’ve chosen the semi bar chord way of holding it.
First finger on the B string/C note/1st fret and high E string/F note/1st fret
Second finger on the G string/A note/2nd Fret
Third finger on the D string/F note/3rd fret
Before I practise [...]

Today I worked on a basic
chord progression. What I mean by basic is that it doesn’t contain any truly difficult chord changes (in my case F to anything or anything to F.)
G-Cadd9-D-Cadd9-G-Em-C-D-Am-E-Am

Chord progressions are excellent for practising changing, strumming, rhythm, and timing. Of course it helps if you can hold the chord first. Baby [...]

Ok, I admit it, I have to slightly eat my words. Bon Jovi at Twickenham stadium was pretty fun, if only for the 80s flashback. Much too tired to practise tonight, so I will leave you with this.

Back to work tomorrow
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And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
I really need to learn to play this song one day. For my own sanity. I had to listen to it three times on the way home from work… and then one more time when I got home. On the [...]

Today I practised a few chord changes utilising the cluster and shared finger principles and played the one piece of (dare I call it music) that I’ve managed to sort of play so far, but first I want to talk a little bit about my guitar.

It’s a Vintage V300 made by John Hornby Skewes and [...]

Hello everyone and welcome to my guitar journal. My sole purpose in starting this site is to document my progress from total novice to guitar god (guitar hero was taken.) My current skill level, patently obvious to all who have a modicum of musical appreciation and as you will see and hear from the video [...]