Guitar Techniques

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When I started out on guitar, it was mostly learning by ear. Mum had a Beatles songbook but I was more into The Stones and so I spent hours with the record player trying to figure out where to put my fingers to make those sounds.

I never really thought much about rhythm, I guess I just absorbed it as I was learning by ear. It was all just to memory, no writing it out, learning songs during the week and then playing them to death at band practice on the weekend.

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