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The Joy of Horizontal Musical Flow

By Adam Rafferty 4 Comments


Have you ever had times where you’ve tried to master a guitar technique, but get stuck no matter how hard you try?

Or maybe you’ve seen someone play something and they make it look oh-so-easy, yet when you try it, you “hit the wall?”

I’ve been there too, but I’ve been fortunate enough to be shown how to navigate this inner mental game by master teachers. [Read more…] about The Joy of Horizontal Musical Flow

How to Develop Your Thumb’s “Thump” for Fingerstyle Guitar

By Adam Rafferty 12 Comments

Adam Rafferty - How to develop Your Thumbs THUMP for Fingerstyle Guitar

That’s the sound of what you’d want a bass player or drummer to make so that if you were playing with them, you’d feel the beat from what they are doing – not only hear the note.
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2016 in Review: An Honest and Transparent Look at My Successes & Failures This Past Year

By Adam Rafferty 7 Comments

2016-reviewA few days ago, I was contacted by Matt Oestreicher for a podcast interview on The Mindful Musician. Our talk started with Matt mentioning how much he loved my 2015 in review post from last year.

Knowing that this resonated with him made me realize I should do it again, so here is my 2016 review.

I will give it to you straight, and say where I did well, and where I think could have been better.
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Practicing Guitar and The Illusion of Perfection

By Adam Rafferty 3 Comments

practicingI have a lot of students uploading videos to me on StudyWithAdam.com, and often they’ll send a note along with their video upload:

“Adam, I could not play this without making mistakes, but here is the best I could do….”

First off…I’ll admit it…I am as guilty as you are 🙂

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How to Beat the Devil With Your Guitar

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(Warning – I use some shocking language in this post. Don’t worry I won’t use it at the dinner table or in front of your kids.)

I have story that have wanted to share with you for a while. It’s about “beating the Devil” with your guitar.

As with many life lessons, I recently had to “re-certify” that I learned this lesson.
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