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    Guitar Posture: How to Play Comfortably Sitting or Standing

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    Neck Posture: How to Stop Looking Down and Play Better

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    Shoulder Posture: How to Stay Relaxed While Playing Guitar

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    How to Play Effective Banjo Backup in a Bluegrass Band

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    How to Play Supportive Fiddle Backup on Banjo

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    How to Play Effective Vocal Backup on Banjo

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    Bluegrass Band: How To Improvise

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    Bluegrass Fiddle: How To Make Your Break Sing

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    Proven Chord Progression Patterns: Why Music Feels So Familiar

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    Bluegrass Band: How To Improvise

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    Bluegrass Upright Bass: How to Improvise With Confidence

    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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    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

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    Choro Music: The Beating Heart of the Brazilian Bandolim

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    Proven Chord Progression Patterns: Why Music Feels So Familiar

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

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

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How to Drive R&B Groove with Single-Note Muted Figures

August 14, 2026
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Thirds and Sixths: How to Play Soulful R&B Guitar Melodies

August 14, 2026
Guitar
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
Guitar
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
Guitar
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
Guitar
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

July 24, 2026
Mandolin
Mike Marshall recording mandolin lessons in the ArtistWorks studio

The Mandolin: How It Became the Heart of Bluegrass

July 24, 2026
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