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Learn how to quickly boost your guitar playing skills with these easy tips, tricks and helpful hints from successful guitarist, instructor, author and producer, Marlene Hutchinson. Known for her popular Learn to Play Guitar in a Day! program, as seen by millions on PBS, and featured on NPR and CBS, Marlene has a wonderfully simple way of helping you move through your challenges and advance your guitar playing skills.
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Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Now that you know how to play the calypso strum (2/26 episode), the next step is to add in chord changing while playing the pattern. It can be a little challenging at first, but it's the next step to being able to play this pattern in songs.
In this episode Marlene takes you through the best approach to help you easily manage changing chords while playing calypso.
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This podcast was made possible in part by I Create Sound
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Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
A good theme, goes a long way - and this year the 'tax day' theme can work for today (4/15) or May 17th. These songs might make your day a little less taxing and a lot more fun!
In this episode Marlene shares 5 tax themed songs to play on your guitar.
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For the song links go to: Thursday Tips blog
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Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Tomorrow, April 9th, marks the 1 year anniversary of the Tips For Guitar Playing Success debut! In honor of this very special occasion here's the top 10 episodes during the past 365 days!
In this episode Marlene lists and briefly takes you through each of the top 10 most downloaded episodes.
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This podcast was made possible in part by I Create Sound
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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
This week's episode goes a little deeper into relieving tension that can affect your playing (as discussed in last week's episode) with simple stretches and exercises to help you be more relaxed and ultimately a better guitarist.
In this episode, Marlene will describe and guide you through easy stretches and exercises to help you move through tension.
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Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Tension is good for guitar strings, but it's not so good for guitar players. Muscle tension and mental stressors can affect skills such as chords, notes, scales, strumming and picking, not to mention the overall enjoyment of playing guitar.
In this episode Marlene will explain how tension can affect your playing, plus ways to notice and reduce underlying tension.
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This podcast was made possible in part by I Create Sound
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Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
After the C scale (October 8th episode), the G scale is the next scale you should learn. Playing different scales can help you with finger dexterity and fretboard/note familiarity.
In the episode Marlene will present the G scale notes, placement and sound demonstrations so you can play along.
For the G scale tab link go to: Thursday Tips blog
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This podcast was made possible in part by I Create Sound
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Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Luck o' the Irish! Talk about song inspiration (last week's episode)... St. Patrick's Day, Wednesday 3/17, is a great music occasion. There are many fun Irish songs and jigs for guitar, Irish strumming patterns too.
In this episode Marlene shares some Irish songs to play, Irish inspired strumming patterns and more.
For song audio & chord links, and the Irish strum link go to: Thursday Tips blog
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This podcast was made possible in part by I Create Sound
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Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Where does your song inspiration come from? There are several obvious, and not so obvious, influences that can trigger your guitar playing song selections.
In this episode Marlene will share 6 ideas to help you gravitate to the songs you'd like to play.
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This podcast was made possible in part by I Create Sound
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Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
There are many great guitar strumming patterns, and calypso is one of them. It's a fun and useful strum to have in your guitar rhythm bag of tricks!
In this episode Marlene will explain the pattern basics, play examples and share muscle memory gaining tips.
For the calypso strum notation go to: Thursday Tips blog
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This podcast was made possible in part by I Create Sound
For help getting your best sound, go to www.icreatesound.com
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Virtual guitar instruction is a popular way to learn, especially right now, but how do you know which one(s) will give you the playing results you're looking for?
In this episode Marlene shares 7 steps to finding the best guitar video program for you!
For virtual learning and more go to www.marlenesmusic.com
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Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Amazon Music Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, Castbox and more!
This podcast was made possible in part by I Create Sound
For help getting your best sound, go to www.icreatesound.com