FRANCISCO CHAVES
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Welcome to my Blog.
Here I will post my thoughts on music education. You can find some nice tips and tricks to help you progress in your musical journey.
Besides writing on my personal blog about music in general, I also collaborate with my friends at Tonebase, where I post mostly about guitar related topics .
You can suggest new topics for future posts by contacting me.
Personal Blog:
- Learning Music Theory vs Playing by hear
- Why you shoudn't practice with metronome
- The Ultimate Guide to Practice (Part 1)
- The Ultimate Guide to Practice (Part 2)
- Expert vs Jack of All Trades (Part 1)
- Expert vs Jack of All Trades (Part 2)
- Comparing Yourself With Others
- Should you play Guitar with Nails?
- How to get a beautiful sound in the Classical Guitar?
- "Ignore the Haters and move on" - Why I think that is terrible advice"
- Does talent exist? A personal story
- Why you (probably) will never sound like a native speaker
(about language learning and perfectionism)
- Should you learn in an UNstructured way?
- Chat GPT's Tips on how to learn classical guitar
Tonebase Blog:
- Learning Different Genres on the guitar
- Segovia, Rodrigo and... "A Gentleman?"
- Your Guide to Perfect Scale Fingerings
- Make Sight Reading Part of your Daily Routine
- Choosing the Right Repertoire.
- Achieving Peak Performance - Minimizing mistake & nervousness on stage
- Learning a new technique: Exciting or scary?
- The Best way to Amplify your Classical guitar
- 4 Things NOT to do while practicing
- Do great musicians (de)motivate you?
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