music - Cleveland Classical Guitar Lessons https://jamesfloodguitar.com Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:34:27 +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 music - 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/having-trouble-practicing-some-solutions/feed/ 20087 Persistence Pays Off https://jamesfloodguitar.com/persistence-pays-off/ https://jamesfloodguitar.com/persistence-pays-off/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2016 00:25:20 +0000 https://www.jamesfloodguitarlessons.com/?p=4072 By James Flood It happens sometimes that one of my guitar students feels embarrassed as they perceive that they are lacking in talent, and therefore I, the teacher, must be feeling either bored, annoyed, or thinking horrible thoughts like “Man, this person is hopeless.” Nothing could be further from the truth. If the student

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]]> https://jamesfloodguitar.com/persistence-pays-off/feed/ 21648 The Case for Apprenticeships in Teaching a Musical Instrument https://jamesfloodguitar.com/the-case-for-apprenticeships-in-teaching-a-musical-instrument/ https://jamesfloodguitar.com/the-case-for-apprenticeships-in-teaching-a-musical-instrument/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:23:38 +0000 https://www.jamesfloodguitarlessons.com/?p=4070 By James Flood For centuries the idea of training for a profession has been assumed, whether that training is in the form of a school or university, or an apprenticeship in a skilled craftsmen’s shop, or an internship for a doctor. So why not teaching a musical instrument? While many musicians have a

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