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Blues and Classic Rock Guitar Lessons in Glasgow<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Have you ever dreamed of playing guitar\u00a0<\/span>like Jimi Hendrix, <\/b><\/p>

BB King<\/b> or Eric Clapton… but don’t know how to get there?<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Have you ever dreamed of playing guitar like Jimi Hendrix, BB King or Eric Clapton… but don’t know how to get there?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If you\u2019re anything like me, you picked up the guitar because you wanted to play sweet guitar solos and epic riffs like your heroes<\/b>\u2026 not to spend years wrestling with boring, ineffective exercises and confusing music theory.<\/p>
If you want to unlock your musical talent and start playing guitar the way you hear in your head you have come to exactly the right place. Welcome to Frets on Fire – a live guitar lesson program in the heart of Glasgow, 100% dedicated to Blues and Classic Rock<\/b>.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBook a Free Consultation Session<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Have you ever listened to your favourite players and just thought: \u201chow they hell do they do it?\u201d<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>
Most of our guitar heroes didn\u2019t even know half the stuff you hear teachers talking about in youtube videos, but somehow they were able to write amazing songs, easily improvise awe-inspiring guitar solos on the spot<\/b> and jam all night long with any musician.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Clearly, the legends of guitar knew a few things most people don't.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Great guitar players make everything look so\u00a0effortless<\/i>, as if their brain is wired straight in to their fingers and the guitar is just an extension of themselves.\u00a0<\/span>And you know the crazy thing? Playing rock and blues guitar\u00a0is<\/b>\u00a0much easier than it seems\u2026 but only\u00a0if<\/b>\u00a0you know how it\u2019s done. If you don\u2019t know your favourite players\u2019 secrets, you may as well be trying to assemble a car engine from scratch with no tools and no manual.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Let me tell you a bit about my guitar journey, and why I became a guitar teacher<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Me in one of my first bands,
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I first picked up the guitar almost 20 years ago, inspired by the sound of rock guitarists like Gary Moore, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Slash from Guns n\u2019 Roses, Angus Young from AC\/DC, and many others. However, like many people, I started on an acoustic guitar and spent more months than I care to remember fighting to get a few basic chords together well enough just to limp through a simple song.\u00a0I had none of the so-called \u201cnatural talent\u201d people always talk about, and my progress was painfully slow. I didn\u2019t have any confidence to \u2018play out\u2019 and no idea what to do even if I was asked, and if you had met me at the time you probably wouldn\u2019t even have known that I played guitar!<\/p>
I struggled away like this for a very long time, taking lessons with several teachers and practicing for hours each day. As well as my lessons with my guitar teachers, I spent all my spare money on every good book, magazine and DVD I could find.\u00a0Eventually I reached a point where it hit me that I had been playing for almost ten years yet I was still nowhere near where I wanted to be. I could play some cool things and knew a few tricks, but I still didn\u2019t\u00a0feel<\/i>\u00a0like a guitarist. Whenever I was among good players I felt like I was on the outside looking in.<\/p>
Totally frustrated, I finally decided I needed to go back to the start and do things properly, so I resolved to study music theory and put myself through grades to earn a distinction at Grade 8.\u00a0It was only after all this that I began to piece everything together, and\u00a0I realised I had taken a very long and hard road only to come full-circle and discover something I wish I\u2019d known from the start:\u00a0Blues guitar is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>easy<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to learn, and anyone can learn it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quickly<\/span><\/span>\u00a0if they\u2019re shown the right way.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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So why does it take so long for most people to get anywhere with guitar?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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People are always saying there\u2019s \u201cso much information\u201d<\/i> out there now, and there is, but let\u2019s be real – t<\/b>he greatest players didn\u2019t have access to even a fraction of this when they learned to play<\/b>. If anything, the sheer amount of information to navigate these days can make it harder<\/i> not easier to learn guitar. The information you find online is completely out of order, and so much of it is incorrect or irrelevant to your goals anyway.<\/p>
Is that tab you\u2019re using to learn your favourite song accurate? Are those tips coming from a reliable source? Are things being explained in the best possible ways? Unless you\u2019re already an expert in this, there\u2019s no easy way to tell. People contradict each other from one video and one article to the next, and you have no idea whose advice to listen to and whose to disregard. Anyone can upload anything to the internet, and some of the people out there making videos are barely one step ahead of the people watching.\u00a0Besides, you don\u2019t have 12 hours a day to watch all the guitar lessons ever made, and even if you did, you couldn\u2019t hope to take in a fraction of what\u2019s out there.\u00a0It\u2019s completely overwhelming<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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You don\u2019t need all the information in the world<\/i>, you need the right information<\/i><\/b> – information that is accurate<\/b>, presented in the correct order<\/b>, customised for you<\/b> and explained in a way that\u2019s easily understandable<\/b>.\u00a0As well as the right information, you need someone to guide you and show you the way through it all, because no matter who you are you will have questions – and lots of them. Videos and books can\u2019t answer your questions. No matter how well things are presented, explained or demonstrated, you will have questions about bits you don\u2019t understand, and you need to have them answered correctly so that you can keep progressing and don\u2019t get stuck or head off down the wrong path.<\/p>
Getting the right information at the right time and getting the right answers to your questions is key, but learning to play like a real guitarist is about far more than just information. There is less ‘stuff’ to know than it seems, and anyway\u2026 if information was all it took we could just buy a book and bang – everyone would be a great guitarist. In the same way that you can\u2019t\u00a0explain<\/i>\u00a0to someone how to ride a bicycle, there are many skills that cannot be acquired simply by hearing about them. Some things you have to just\u00a0do<\/i>.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Perhaps you\u2019ve been thinking you just need to go it alone, somehow. After all, most of your favourite players learned by themselves and didn\u2019t take lessons\u2026 did they?\u00a0To put it bluntly, this is one of the biggest lies in the guitar world<\/b>. Many of the guitar legends straight-up <\/span>did<\/u><\/b><\/span> have lessons \u2014 they just say they\u2019re self-taught because they think it sounds more rock \u2019n\u2019 roll<\/i> and mysterious.<\/span><\/p>
More importantly, whether certain people had \u2018formal\u2019 lessons or not, all of the guitarists you listen to had musical mentors<\/i>. These were family members or close friends who already played instruments, elder musicians who took them under their wing and showed them everything they knew, and peers and bandmates they played and learned with \u2018on the job\u2019.<\/span><\/p>
People hear vague phrases like \u201cself-taught\u201d<\/i> and imagine a mythical hero emerging from a cave with incredible skills, but don\u2019t make the mistake of confusing the classical or traditional idea of \u2018guitar lessons\u2019 with Music Education<\/i><\/b>. <\/span>People who don’t know any better often say these kind of players “didn’t know what they were doing”<\/i>, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Blues and rock musicians had far more Real Music Education<\/i><\/b> than most people ever get, and you won\u2019t learn to play like them by sitting at home by yourself watching youtube videos and hoping for the best.<\/p>
The fastest and best way to learn blues guitar is the same way your heroes learned, which is the same as it has always been – through real, person-to-person interaction, and fun, informal face-to-face instruction with an experienced player who is great at breaking things down.\u00a0<\/span>In other words, with a teacher<\/b>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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You need a guitar teacher… but not just any teacher<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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I took music in school because I thought it would be fun, but every lesson was devoted to either Classical or Scottish traditional music. The music my friends and I listened to was never mentioned once!<\/span>\u00a0Many of my early music teachers seemed to live in some kind of time-warp where most of the last century of music just didn\u2019t happen. Sadly, I know this is not an unusual experience, and many guitar teachers continue in this tradition today.<\/p>
Getting a teacher is all very well, but finding\u00a0the right teacher for you<\/span>\u00a0isn\u2019t like buying something like a Coca Cola.\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s not something where you get the same experience no matter where you go, because a teacher is an individual and their lessons are a service, not a product. Anyone at all can call themselves a guitar teacher, and the quality of instruction out there varies wildly, so how do you know who is the real deal?<\/p>
Most private teachers say they teach \u201call styles to all levels\u201d<\/i>, but you need to take this with a healthy pinch of salt and remember this is why we have the expression Jack of all trades, Master of none<\/i>. Nobody is all things to all people, and in reality not even the best musicians in the world can play<\/i><\/b> all styles of guitar to an advanced level, let alone have the experience to teach them. It’s a bit like when you ask a new acquaintance what music or bands they listen to and they reply with \u201canything\u201d<\/i> or \u201ceverything\u201d<\/i>, or just list every music genre in existence<\/i> without giving a single example of something they really like. You can tell they’re not being sincere.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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All styles of music are related, and a good teacher ought to understand and respect them all, but the fact is that high-level guitarists in different styles such as Classical, Jazz or Blues-Based Rock<\/b> have markedly different techniques, strengths and skill sets. It is critical for you and your guitar teacher to be on the same page, and for your teacher to be able to play guitar like you want to so that you get the right instruction for your goals. In reality, while they might be good at what they do, most music teachers don\u2019t know the first thing about how to play like the guitarists that inspire you, but don\u2019t just take my word for it – let me give a quick example that proves it. Have you heard of the well-known \u2018rule\u2019 that your thumb should be positioned at the back of the guitar neck? There\u2019s a good chance you have because, according to the vast majority of traditional guitar teachers, this is correct technique.<\/p>
If so, these guitar teachers really need to have a word with a few people, like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, BB King, Keith Richards, Dave Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Slash, Angus Young, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Carlos Santana, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kirk Hammett, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Zakk Wylde, Marty Friedman, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Mayer, Eric Gales<\/i> and Joe Bonamassa<\/i> \u2013 and let them know they don\u2019t know what they\u2019re doing, because none of their thumbs are at the back of the neck:<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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If this is indeed a \u2018rule\u2019, then why does virtually every great player seem to ignore it and do the opposite? Needless to say there are very good reasons, but the point here is that if you want to play guitar like your heroes then you\u2019re not going to get there by following generic advice that directly contradicts how they play<\/b>. It\u2019s no wonder so many people buy into the myth that this kind of guitar playing must come naturally<\/i> or can\u2019t be taught<\/i> when you hear so many so-called teachers contradicting the greatest guitarists in history, and saying things that can\u2019t possibly be right. This is just one small example of the kind of low-quality information and bad advice you get with lessons from inexperienced teachers and classically-based players who can\u2019t play the guitar the way you want to. Take it from me, because I\u2019ve been there – careless advice that\u2019s not tailored to your goals will set your progress back by years.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Don\u2019t get me wrong here \u2013 It\u2019s not about mindlessly copying famous players, nor is it about cutting corners or ignoring tradition just for the sake of it. Some of the things you see musicians do are bad habits that you will want to avoid yourself, but other things are essential to playing in their style. You need to be able to spot the difference. It\u2019s not about \u2018telling you what to do\u2019, but explaining how and why<\/b> certain things work (or don\u2019t work), and showing you when<\/b> to use different tools to get the result you want to get. It\u2019s about having a teacher who has already been through it and puzzled through all this stuff and worked it out, so you don\u2019t have to waste half your life guessing and searching for the right solutions. It\u2019s about having a teacher who genuinely does have the knowledge, experience and expertise to demystify the guitar and give you the skills to play it the way you<\/b> want.<\/p>
And that is exactly what you get in the Frets on Fire Program \u2013 a full-time, dedicated teacher who walks the walk and knows what he\u2019s talking about, communicating the correct things in the right order, in a clear, straightforward and friendly way. But that\u2019s not all you get here, because it\u2019s not about me, the teacher, it\u2019s about you<\/b>. You don\u2019t go looking for help just to sit and gush over someone else’s playing and listen to his gigging stories. You\u2019re here to learn how to play for yourself, and I understand that<\/b>. That\u2019s why every part of the Frets on Fire Program itself has been designed to ensure you make progress that you can really see and hear \u2013 and fast.<\/p>
What do I mean by a Program<\/b> as opposed to \u2018normal\u2019 guitar lessons?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Imagine you want to learn to play football, so you sign up for coaching. You\u2019re excited to get started, but imagine you find that all that happens is you go to a footballer\u2019s house and sit for one hour a week talking about sport. Sometimes you get to pass the ball around his living room for a couple of minutes.\u00a0<\/span>No matter how nice a guy or good a player he was, would you<\/u><\/b> be able to play football after a couple of years of doing this?<\/p>
No – of course not! Yet this picture is very similar to what the experience of taking private guitar lessons is usually like<\/b>.<\/p>
The typical image most people have of guitar lessons is an isolating experience where you have to sit doing things you don\u2019t really enjoy or want to do, either by yourself, or with a teacher watching your every move like a hawk and interrupting every couple of seconds to list everything you\u2019re doing wrong.<\/span> When a lesson is finished you leave the teacher\u2019s place, and start to forget most of what you did until it\u2019s almost time for the next lesson. When you see your teacher again he briefly asks \u201cso, how did you get on?\u201d…<\/i><\/p>
Regardless of the answer, he proceeds to show you another new thing that either has nothing to do with the previous thing, or which is trying to build on a previous step which you still haven\u2019t mastered.\u00a0<\/span>At the tail end of each lesson, with moments to spare, you\u2019re told to\u00a0\u201cpractice that\u201d,<\/i>\u00a0as if practicing your instrument<\/i><\/b> is an incidental afterthought. But wait, you usually cover several things in one lesson, so\u2026 Practice what exactly, how, and for how long?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As things continue like this and the weeks start to turn into months, you begin to wonder \u2014 how does all this different \u201cstuff\u201d join up, and how do you fit it all into a manageable practice routine that actually moves you forward? While you try to figure out what to do by yourself at home, the vast majority of your lesson time is spent with the teacher talking and bewildering you with examples and more and more new information which you don\u2019t yet know how to use, not on activities that are actually making you<\/i> a better player.<\/p>
Sooner or later you have a busy week at work or at home and fall off the practice wagon entirely, your guitar hasn\u2019t even left its case, and you arrive at your next lesson feeling bad because you\u2019re no further forward than you were the week before. Not wishing to bore you by repeating the exact same lesson again, the teacher will throw more balls into the air and pile on yet more new stuff on top of all the previous stuff you\u2019re still trying to figure out. This quickly results in a practice \u2018debt\u2019, where you become so far behind the teacher\u2019s pace and apparent expectations that you feel you can\u2019t possibly keep up.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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At this point, many people start to feel like they need to pause their lessons and \u2018take a break\u2019 to give themselves a chance to \u2018catch up\u2019. This is understandable, but even with the best of intentions it doesn\u2019t work. If you didn\u2019t absorb most of the material in the first place, and if there was too much of it to even remember what you covered, then how are you going to catch up? If you didn\u2019t get something when you were there with the teacher explaining it, why would it suddenly click into place months later by itself?<\/p>
Very quickly you\u2019re back to square one, or the same position as you were before \u2013 buried under material you vaguely remember hearing about, but don\u2019t really understand or know how to use and apply \u2013 only, now, you\u2019re on your own and have no one to help. Most people at this point stall where they are, then rapidly start to go backwards, and in a little time the guitar becomes a source of frustration and disappointment rather than pleasure. Nobody continues something that isn\u2019t fun or rewarding, and, sadly, if things reach this stage, many people stop playing entirely and hang up the guitar for good, believing they must not have had what it takes<\/i>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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This is the standard \u2018format\u2019 and progression of guitar lessons<\/b>, and it\u2019s a process that doesn\u2019t work for 99% of people. Even with a good teacher who is trying their best to help, there is so much you need that\u2019s just missing in traditional lessons. If you think anyone \u2018succeeds\u2019 this way, let me tell you the truth – traditional lessons only work for a very small number of people who started practicing and studying music intensively at an age when they had no commitments in their life, so they were able to spend every waking minute with their guitar. They had years to puzzle it all out and basically work out all of the biggest things by themselves. They didn\u2019t have jobs, careers, families and busy lives to take care of too<\/b>. Imagine learning to play guitar like you want is a bit like trying to find your way through an enormous dark maze, and you have three ways you can approach it\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Trying to teach yourself<\/b> is a bit like crawling around the maze guessing which way to go next, taking wrong paths and false shortcuts, and going round and round in circles hoping to stumble upon the exit before you collapse from exhaustion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>
Normal guitar lessons<\/b> are like going on foot with a navigator who forgot to bring along the map and most of the supplies, but says he went through it once 30 years ago and is pretty sure he kinda <\/i>remembers the way back\u2026<\/p>
Fortunately, there is a solution \u2013 a real one, and one that works for people who want to play great guitar but don\u2019t have 8 hours a day for the next 20 years to sit and try to solve the puzzle by themselves\u2026<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Welcome to the Frets on Fire Program<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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If learning guitar is like a maze and your teacher is your navigator, then the Frets on Fire Program is like having a helicopter crew in the sky casting a beam of light ahead, while calling in step-by-step directions on a walkie-talkie and winching you out of the mud whenever you get stuck. It\u2019s far more than typical \u2018guitar lessons\u2019\u2026 it\u2019s the ideal learning environment<\/b> for the style of guitar you want to play, where every single element needed to make fast progress and get great results is in place and optimised to ensure your success.<\/p>
Imagine an end to wandering about in the dark not knowing what to do, and being constantly frustrated by limitations and problems you don\u2019t know how to fix…<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Imagine that every time you pick up your guitar to practice or play you have fun, and can literally hear and see yourself becoming a better player every day…<\/b><\/p>
Imagine truly being able to play guitar the way you have always wished you could, playing your favourite songs and jamming with friends with ease as people\u2019s jaws drop at how great you sound\u2026<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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All of this is not only possible in the Frets on Fire Program, it\u2019s realistic<\/b> and achievable<\/b>. Reaching your goals and playing the way you want is not only within your grasp, the process of getting there will be fun<\/b> and enjoyable<\/b> <\/i>with our unique teaching methods refined through years of testing.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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