Thursday Tips
Boost Your Guitar Resolution Success!
Now that you’ve (hopefully) set your guitar playing resolution, here’s how to set yourself up to reach your goal* – and the secret sauce is to keep it simple!
1. Set 1 goal, not 5
2. Be specific and realistic
3. Set a completion date that’s do-able
4. Create a reasonable plan of action
5. Re-assess halfway and make changes as necessary.
Before you know it your resolution will become a reality!
Play on…
Marlene
*To set yourself up for your guitar resolution success, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Setting Guitar New Year’s Resolutions!
It’s the perfect time to think about and set a 2024 guitar New Year’s Resolution. To that end, please listen to today’s podcast episode* where I talk about 15 ideas to help ignite your creative resolution thinking, plus 4 steps to help you reach that goal.
Happy New Year and cheers to a guitar filled 2024!
Play on…
Marlene
*To inspire your guitar resolution thinking, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Top 5 Podcast Episodes of All Time!
In honor of the release of my 200th Tips For Guitar Playing Success podcast episode I’m sharing the top 5 episodes* of all time. See if any are on your list of favorites!
#5 How to Play By Ear
#4 The Best Guitar Tuners for Acoustic Guitars
#3 Acoustic Guitar vs Electric Guitar
#2 4th of July Patriotic Songs
#1 – strum roll! – How to Learn to Play Guitar, in a Day!
Play on…
Marlene
*To hear about the inspirations for each of these 5 episodes, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
How to Play All I Want For Christmas Is You!
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey is an upbeat Christmas favorite, it’s fun to play and it’s a great one to share at your holiday gatherings! Here’s the chords and lyrics and here’s the tab intro – have fun!
Play on…
Marlene
*To hear more about this song and my playing recommendations, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Songwriting Tips From Hitmaker Shelly Peiken!
Shelly Peiken’s prolific songs include Christina Aguilera’s #1 hit What a Girl Wants and Meredith Brooks’ smash hit Bitch, to name a few. I had a chance to chat with her about her songwriting journey, tips and more. Here’s an abbreviated list of just a couple of her songwriting tips, you definitely want to listen to her interview to learn more!*
#1 Move to Nashville
#2 It’s a competitive field, have a backup plan
#3 Learn to work DAW
Again, this is just a brief list, there’s so much more to learn from Shelly on this week’s podcast episode!*
Play on…
Marlene
*If you’d like to hear Shelly Peiken’s interview (and tips) in it’s entirety, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
How to Play Carol of the Bells on Guitar!
Carol of the Bells sounds fantastic on guitar, it’s really fun to play and it’s a great way to help you ‘ring in’ the holidays!
Here you go, Carol of the Bells* tablature
Play on…
Marlene
*If you’d like to learn more about how to play this tab click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Play Over the River and Through the Wood Using Tablature!
Playing Over the River and Through the Wood can make your Thanksgiving gathering even more special. Here’s a couple of tablature versions* for you to try. One is a little simpler and one is a little more challenging, but try both!
Version 1 (simpler)
Version 2 (from Acoustic Guitar magazine)
Here’s the lyrics for those who want to sing-along too!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Play on…
Marlene
*To learn how to play these 2 tablature versions, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
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