Author Archives: adhinchliffe

About adhinchliffe

Guitar teacher in Huddersfield, to learn more about that goto www.adamteachesguitar.com :) I have been playing guitar since 2001, Jimi Hendrix was a big influence on picking up the guitar, as was Kurt Cobain or in particular his music and his band. I discovered lots more bands from the 90s due to him and friends at high school, people like Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Lemonheads and as I said Nirvana. Metallica Reload and The Verve Urban Hymns were two of the first albums that got me seriously into rock music.

The real cost of guitar lessons

Do we know the real cost of guitar lessons? Many children are being taught guitar in groups with four or more for 20 minutes at at £10 each. During that time each child could receive as little as 5 minute’s … Continue reading

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Where do I begin?

I just wanted to do a quick post about where you should start when you have never ever played guitar. Reading music and tab are useful though I feel the most fun way to get up and get going is … Continue reading

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Jamming…….. and I hope you like Jamming too!

Hey, it’s been a whlie since I posted a blog post so I thought I would come back and talk about what I have been spending my time on. In my own time I have been working through tracks on … Continue reading

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Into your arms strumming

This is a video I made for a student to remind them how to play this right during the week, if you know chords but never learnt to strum this could be helpful to you!

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Strumming lesson

Here is a strumming lesson to learn “Boulevard of broken dreams” by Greenday it assumes that you can play and change basic chords but just haven’t learnt how to strum yet. It is to help a friend and student of … Continue reading

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Hendrix is overrated video response

This is just a video response about “Hendrix Sucks” on youtube, another too called “Hendrix is overrated”, it’s a continuation of my post too. 🙂 Have a look. Sorry the quality is not the best and about Hey Joe, it … Continue reading

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New lesson – Hendrix chordal riff

Another free lesson, this is for people who already have a fair amount of experience playing guitar – you have to have knowledge of barre chords and pentatonic pattern 1. Have a go 🙂 It is an original riff I … Continue reading

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It’s easy to laugh at the past…..

but just don’t laugh at your student’s present. What I mean by the above is, when you look back at yourself as a player it is often funny to think “wow I couldn’t even do an E chord or strum” … Continue reading

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End of time

I just wanted to post a song I recorded a while ago, the quality is not brilliant but there is a guitar solo I did which I found worked quite well. Lauren Gibson, my cousin, is the singer on this … Continue reading

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Overlooked bands and guitarists

As you can see from the title there are two things the following videos will fall into. Either bands or guitarists that I feel are overlooked (some by me until recent years), some of the bands are BIG bands but … Continue reading

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