Coffee Hour revealed a bad habit. When I practice, my goal is to ‘focus on everything’, not just 1 thing. The result? Nothing improves! Come to CH this Friday, and learn what YOU need!

How many simple chords can we plan on the treble 3 strings? C, Em, G, and more. Preparation by hovering over note is big help.

Change chords without strumming or playing. Know progression/sequence of chords in your song. “Counting is super important part of music.” Keep counting, beginning to end…stay in time.

Can we reach youngsters who are interested in learning guitar? Guitar Chord Conquers gives young people an excellent chance to start learning guitar! So perhaps consider sharing this website with the young guys and gals you know! No matter where they are on their guitar adventure, Joshua makes all feel welcomed and glad to be enjoying his ‘class’. So think about sharing, so others, especially young people, can enjoy the pleasure of, as Josh says, ‘letting their fingers fly’! PS - Give the young the gift of learning guitar. They will thank you for a lifetime.

So it was only Larry and I at CH this morning and we had a blast. We chatted about NZ beaches, Scotland, data centres...and guitar of course. Some big takeaways: - try playing with your eyes closed (great for aural training and removing reliance on our eyesight or if you have a crook neck!) - bring out bass and melody - look for inventive ways to bring out melodies (one way is to know which picking finger is responsible at any given point for playing the melody note(s)) - tuning using natural harmonics - and probably some more stuff that I've forgotten Enjoy and we'll see more of you at the next one!