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    Dave Isaacs poses with his guitar as he prepares to teach you how to approach new songs on guitar

    Approach New Songs Like a Pro: Dave Isaacs’ 5-Step Method

    a man in his home office engaged in conscious listening practice

    Conscious Listening Practice: The One-Week Song Challenge

    a guitar player in his 60's focused intently to listen to a song through headphones

    Listen to a Song Before You Play It: Here’s How

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    an illustration of a banjo and a laptop, ready for a player to learn from this blog series to improvise on banjo

    Improvise on Banjo With a Proven Step-by-Step Approach

    a young female in a jam session demonstrating how to start improvising on banjo

    How to Start Improvising on Banjo With Confidence

    an example of free improvisation on banjo with a man playing for his wife

    Free Improvisation on Banjo Makes You a Better Player

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    Five musicians jam in a cozy living room, playing guitar, banjo, violin, and upright bass together.

    Bluegrass Band: How To Improvise

    Fiddler mid-phrase with the bow drawing across the strings, enjoying the moment

    Bluegrass Fiddle: How To Make Your Break Sing

    Piano student studies a chord progression chart at the piano in his practice room at home

    Proven Chord Progression Patterns: Why Music Feels So Familiar

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    Missy Raines demonstrates playing in 3/4 time on her upright bass in the studio

    Playing in 3/4 Time on Upright Bass: Bluegrass Waltz Guide

    an artistic rendering of a female bass player playing a bluegrass waltz

    Bluegrass Waltz Beat One: Which Notes to Play and When

    a small jam group practices in a home living room, the bass player demonstrates walking bass lines in 3/4 time as they jam on a waltz

    Walking Bass Lines in 3/4: Add Motion, Keep the Rhythm

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    close up muted light photo of mike marshall's hands playing a Loar mandolin

    Mandolin: A Beginner’s Guide to the Instrument and Its Styles

    Mike Marshall recording mandolin lessons in the ArtistWorks studio

    The Mandolin: How It Became the Heart of Bluegrass

    cepia tone closeup of a hand holding a blue chip mandolin pick

    Choro Music: The Beating Heart of the Brazilian Bandolim

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    Piano student studies a chord progression chart at the piano in his practice room at home

    Proven Chord Progression Patterns: Why Music Feels So Familiar

    A bluegrass band performs to a warm lit barn dance in a roadhouse venue

    Chord Progression Essentials: Master the I-IV-V to Unlock Rock, Blues, and Americana

    Black and white photo of a keyboardist on stage playing a pop progression to adoring fans at a live festival.

    The Mighty I-V-vi-IV Chord Progression: The Powerful Hit Song Roadmap

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close up photo of Dave Isaacs playing a fender telecaster, demonstrating hybrid picking

How to: Hybrid Picking in the Style of Marvin Gaye

August 14, 2026
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Black and white photo of Sean McGowan as he demonstrates essential technique for fingerstyle jazz guitar in a teaching studio, pointing to his left hand finger position

Try Now: Proven Essential Techniques for Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar

August 11, 2026
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Close up color photo of Sean McGowan's fretting hand demonstrating a chord on a hollow body guitar

Fretting Hand Dexterity: How to Blend Staccato and Legato Notes

August 11, 2026
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Close up of Sean McGowan playing a hollow body guitar demonstrating thumb muting technique

Thumb Muting: How to Clean Up Fingerstyle Guitar Sound

August 11, 2026
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Sean McGowan demonstrates shadowing with the thumb, tinted desaturated photo of Sean playing guitar with a rack of guitars behind him in a greenroom

Shadowing with the Thumb: How to Add Bass Notes to Fingerstyle

August 11, 2026
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Close up color photo of Sean McGowan demonstrating the claw technique right hand shape playing multiple strings at the same time on guitar

How to Add Chordal Stabs with the Claw Technique

August 11, 2026
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Woman in her 50s sits in a sparsely decorated practice room playing a guitar plugged into a small practice amp, laptop open, learning fingerstyle guitar

How to Nail Fingerstyle Single Note Line Speed and Accuracy

August 11, 2026
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Close-up of a person playing a light wood electric guitar, focusing on the hands on the strings and fretboard.

How to Improvise Over Chord Changes: A Guitarist’s Guide to Chord Tone Soloing

July 20, 2026
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girl sits cross legged at her laptop playing a black strat and improvising over a backing track

Start Improvising on Guitar: Proven Approaches for Beginners

July 17, 2026
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