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Unveiling the Secret to a Masterful Guitar Practice Routine: A Professional's Guide
Whether you're just starting out or have years of experience, developing a successful guitar practice routine can significantly elevate...
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Feb 183 min read
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What are slash chords?
You see a chord like C/G and you might wonder, what does that mean? To put it simply, its a C major chord with a G bass note. So, simply...
markleedham_glm
Jul 5, 20231 min read
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Boutique Guitars
What are boutique guitars? They are simply the highest end guitars, or to put it another way, the best guitars that money can buy. Made...
markleedham_glm
Jun 20, 20232 min read
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Basic Chord Theory
Ever wondered why certain chords work with each other and others don't? When writing music, chords can be constructed from the major...
markleedham_glm
Sep 29, 20211 min read
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Great Guitars "Wee" Lowden-WL 25
So, this time we have a great smaller bodied acoustic steel string guitar. This is George Lowden's attempt at a parlour guitar. And what...
markleedham_glm
Sep 14, 20211 min read
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Socially Distanced Garden Lessons Available
Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Bass and Ukulele lessons in a beautiful, picturesque, relaxing setting, with a stunning view of the Malvern...
markleedham_glm
Apr 13, 20211 min read
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Reading Music Notation?
Ever wanted to learn how to read music notes (notation)? It's not difficult to get started and I teach that here at Guitar Lessons...
markleedham_glm
Apr 12, 20211 min read
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Posture
In my recent experience as a working guitarist for the last 20 years or so , posture is a very important thing. Not just for working...
markleedham_glm
Mar 19, 20212 min read
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I write and record music too!
https://soundcloud.com/markleedham/bcs-m-17022021-16 As well as teaching guitar, I also write and record my own music. I am the main...
markleedham_glm
Feb 18, 20211 min read
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Information vs Inspiration and Improvisation
Students have asked me in the past. How do you learn to improvise? How do you learn to play in your own style and have your own musical...
markleedham_glm
Feb 7, 20211 min read
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Online/Remote Guitar Lessons Available
Fancy some one to one guitar lessons, but are worried that they are not available in lockdown? Despair not, as I am offering one to one...
markleedham_glm
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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Great Guitarists-Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson is a Grammy Award winning guitarist and composer. He could be the best guitarist you have never heard! But if you have heard...
markleedham_glm
Jan 8, 20211 min read
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Great Guitarists-Peter Green
One of the finest guitarists and songwriters of the blues rock boom of the late 1960s, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac is admired the world...
markleedham_glm
Dec 11, 20201 min read
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Great Guitars-Martin HD 35
Martin acoustic guitars need no introduction. They are the go to guitar for many different styles of music. Revered in all musical...
markleedham_glm
Dec 1, 20201 min read
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Great Guitars-G&L S500
This one looks familiar as well, doesn't it? Only the most famous guitar shape in the world! So, what makes it different from last weeks'...
markleedham_glm
Nov 13, 20201 min read
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GreatGuitars-G&L Legacy
This one looks familiar doesn't it? Is it a Strat copy? Almost.... Is it better than the original Fender Strat? That depends on who you...
markleedham_glm
Nov 6, 20201 min read
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Great Guitarists-Eddie Van Halen
Eddie needs no introduction if you know about fast and innovative guitar players. You will have heard his guitar playing on Van Halen's...
markleedham_glm
Oct 12, 20201 min read
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Great Guitars-Gibson ES335
One of the most versatile and popular guitars in modern music. If you are in a funk band, a rock band, jazz band, pop group, blues band,...
markleedham_glm
Sep 10, 20201 min read
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Great Guitars-Gretsch Duo Jet
You may not have heard of these guitars very much as their popularity is not as grand as say a Gibson Les Paul or a Fender Stratocaster....
markleedham_glm
Aug 21, 20201 min read
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Great Guitars - Martin D28
The Martin D28 doesn't need a huge introduction. It is 'the' sound of the dreadnought (shape) acoustic guitar. It is the dreadnought that...
markleedham_glm
Aug 6, 20201 min read
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