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		<title>Guitar Accelerator Song of the Month: Devil&#8217;s Dream</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month's <strong>Guitar Accelerator Song of the Month</strong> is a popular fiddle tune called <em><strong>"Devil's Dream"</strong></em>. This piece sounds great on guitar and is fun to play too.  I've specifically arranged it to improve your <strong>pinkie strength</strong>.

This piece also uses <strong>string skipping</strong>, <strong>alternate</strong> <strong>picking</strong>, <strong>hammer-ons</strong> and <strong>pull-offs</strong>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Accelerator Song of the Month: Burgess Hornpipe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2015 22:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this month’s <strong>Guitar Accelerator Song of the Month</strong>, we will look at a fun beginner to intermediate piece that will improve your <strong>alternate picking</strong> and <strong>string skipping</strong> <strong>technique</strong>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Accelerator Song of the Month: Goodbye Sweetheart Reel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 23:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this month's <strong>Guitar Accelerator Song of the Month</strong>, we will look at a <strong>reel</strong> called "Goodbye Sweetheart".  This is good <strong>intermediate</strong> <strong>guitar</strong> <strong>technique</strong> <strong>piece</strong>.

This piece will improve your string skipping and alternate picking.]]></description>
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		<title>10 Tips to Learn Guitar on Your Own Part 3</title>
		<link>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/how-to-practice-guitar/10-tips-to-learn-guitar-on-your-own-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/how-to-practice-guitar/10-tips-to-learn-guitar-on-your-own-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 21:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accuracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basic scales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basic strumming patterns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottle-neck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finger memory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To wrap up this 3-part series, we will look at three additional tips that will help you to learn the guitar on your own.]]></description>
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		<title>10 Tips to Learn Guitar on Your Own Part 2</title>
		<link>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/how-to-practice-guitar/10-tips-to-learn-guitar-on-your-own-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/how-to-practice-guitar/10-tips-to-learn-guitar-on-your-own-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[basic scales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basic strumming patterns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In part 1 of this series, we looked at three important tips to get you learning to play the guitar quickly.  Now let's continue with some additional and equally important tips.]]></description>
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		<title>10 Tips to Learn Guitar on Your Own Part 1</title>
		<link>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/play-guitar/10-tips-to-learn-guitar-on-your-own-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/play-guitar/10-tips-to-learn-guitar-on-your-own-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Play Guitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basic scales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve decided it’s time to learn to play guitar. You’ve put it off for long enough.

Now that you are ready, the big question you have is: “what's the best way to learn guitar on your own?”

The good news is there are many effective ways to learn guitar on your own. The bad news is there are many, many ways that you can waste your valuable time.]]></description>
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		<title>Finger Frustration? How to Improve Pinky Dexterity for Better Lead Guitar Playing</title>
		<link>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/lead-guitar/finger-frustration-how-to-improve-pinky-dexterity-for-better-lead-guitar-playing/</link>
		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/lead-guitar/finger-frustration-how-to-improve-pinky-dexterity-for-better-lead-guitar-playing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lead Guitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finger coordination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many guitarists, the little finger can be the source of grief. Here is how to improve dexterity, strength and coordination in your pinky.]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Your Own Guitar Solos: From Scale to Solo</title>
		<link>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/lead-guitar/creating-your-own-guitar-solos-from-scale-to-solo/</link>
		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/lead-guitar/creating-your-own-guitar-solos-from-scale-to-solo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lead Guitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blues scale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating your own guitar solos is tons of fun and can become extremely addicting.

For many beginning improvisers though, going from a scale fingering to a full-blown guitar solo seems like a mysterious, confusing and daunting task.

In this article we are going to remove some of this mystery. But before we get started, we need to clear something up…]]></description>
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		<title>How to Use Chord Tones to Create Great Sounding Guitar Solos</title>
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		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/lead-guitar/how-to-use-chord-tones-to-create-great-sounding-guitar-solos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[avoidance notes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you improvise a melody over a chord progression, certain notes will seem to sound better than others.  In fact, some notes that should work will sometimes sound outright wrong.
So what gives?]]></description>
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		<title>Bach’s Badinerie for Improved Lead Guitar Technique</title>
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		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/lead-guitar/bachs-badinerie-for-improved-lead-guitar-technique/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don J MacLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s tutorial we will look at a fun and challenging J. S. Bach piece that will help kick your lead guitar playing up a notch or two.]]></description>
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