How-To - Cleveland Classical Guitar Lessons https://jamesfloodguitar.com Sat, 01 Apr 2017 21:21:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://jamesfloodguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-James-guitar-32x32.jpg How-To - Cleveland Classical Guitar Lessons https://jamesfloodguitar.com 32 32 Say Goodbye to Memory Slips: How to Memorize Music https://jamesfloodguitar.com/say-goodbye-to-memory-slips-how-to-memorize-music/ https://jamesfloodguitar.com/say-goodbye-to-memory-slips-how-to-memorize-music/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2017 00:28:02 +0000 https://www.jamesfloodguitarlessons.com/?p=4076 By James Flood How many classical guitarists and musicians out there can relate to this experience. It may have been as an adult or as a child, but you’re performing something that you’ve practiced a ton. You’ve played it from memory so many times you could play it in your sleep. Suddenly in

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]]> https://jamesfloodguitar.com/say-goodbye-to-memory-slips-how-to-memorize-music/feed/ 22741 Having Trouble Practicing? Some Solutions https://jamesfloodguitar.com/having-trouble-practicing-some-solutions/ https://jamesfloodguitar.com/having-trouble-practicing-some-solutions/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:26:30 +0000 https://www.jamesfloodguitarlessons.com/?p=4074 By James Flood Practicing, as everyone knows, is absolutely necessary to learning a musical instrument. And it can’t just involve practicing once in awhile. It needs to be a consistent pattern in one’s life in order to gain the physical skills necessary for playing. With my beginning guitar students I recommend 20 to

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]]> https://jamesfloodguitar.com/having-trouble-practicing-some-solutions/feed/ 20087 The Importance of Having a Good Guitar Teacher and How to Find One: Part II https://jamesfloodguitar.com/the-importance-of-having-a-good-guitar-teacher-and-how-to-find-one-part-ii/ https://jamesfloodguitar.com/the-importance-of-having-a-good-guitar-teacher-and-how-to-find-one-part-ii/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2016 22:01:45 +0000 https://www.jamesfloodguitarlessons.com/?p=4038 By James Flood I discussed in Part I the importance of having a good teacher and common mistakes people make in choosing a teacher. I did not, however, get into how to actually go about finding a teacher, and that is what this section will discuss. Remember there is enormous variation in the abilities

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