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	<title>Guitar Accelerator Blog: Play Guitar - Electric and Acoustic Guitar Lessons &#187; Guitar Technique</title>
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	<description>How to Get the Best Results from Your Practice Time</description>
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		<title>Is This The Most Expensive Guitar Book Ever?  A Guitar Hanon Book for $998.98?</title>
		<link>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-technique/is-this-the-most-expensive-guitar-book-ever-a-guitar-hanon-book-for-998-98/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-this-the-most-expensive-guitar-book-ever-a-guitar-hanon-book-for-998-98</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was surfing the net this morning and came across an Amazon.com listing for one of the guitar books that I wrote in 2005.  The book is called Mega Chops: Scale Mastery Beyond Hanon for Guitar.

I was totally blown away when I discovered the price that one seller is currently asking for this book.]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing The Top 30 Most Powerful Guitar Technique Exercises of All Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alternate picking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very few guitar players know the secrets of how to practice for maximum results.  Most players that know these secrets want them to remain TOP SECRET! Until now...]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Tutorial: An Effective Finger Coordination and String Skipping Exercise to Improve Your Guitar Technique</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guitar Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternate picking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[guitar lesson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hybrid picking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quick Tips for Faster Fingers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s tutorial we will look at an exercise that actually performs double duty.  This exercise will help improve your finger coordination as well as improve your string skipping.]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Lesson: A Great Guitar Technique Building Song</title>
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		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-technique/guitar-lesson-a-great-guitar-technique-building-song/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guitar Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternate picking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flat picking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we will apply alternate picking, sweep picking and string skipping guitar techniques to a fun bluegrass piece from the 1800's called “Jack Lamson’s Hornpipe”.

This piece offers quite a lot for guitar players.  As I mentioned, the song is fun to play and works well at all tempos.]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Technique Tutorial: How to Sweep Pick</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guitar Technique]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[guitar sweep picking exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we look at the basics of what sweep picking is and how to use it.]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Tutorial: 6 Simple and Effective Stretching Exercises</title>
		<link>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-technique/guitar-tutorial-6-simple-and-effective-stretching-exercises/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=guitar-tutorial-6-simple-and-effective-stretching-exercises</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guitar Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guitar finger stretching exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guitar flexibility stretching exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finger stretches are often required for performing scales, chords and songs.

The following exercises will help promote flexibility and stretching capability in your fret-hand.]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Technique Tutorial: How to Perform String Skipping</title>
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		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-technique/guitar-technique-tutorial-how-to-perform-string-skipping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guitar Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guitar lesson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this tutorial we look at the guitar technique string skipping.  You’ll learn what it is, how to perform it and you’ll learn some guitar technique exercises to help you master it.]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Technique Lesson: How to Perform Hammer-ons and Pull-offs</title>
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		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-technique/guitar-technique-lesson-how-to-perform-hammer-ons-and-pull-offs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guitar Technique]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hammer-ons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legato guitar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wanted to play those spine-tingling lines that sound super-smooth and oh-so fluid?

The key to playing those super-smooth, spine-tingling passages is to master hammer-ons and pull-offs.

Today we will look at how to perform hammer-ons and pull-offs and a great foundation hammer-on and pull-off exercise.]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Lesson: The Basics of Alternate Picking</title>
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		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-technique/guitar-lesson-the-basics-of-alternate-picking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guitar Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternate picking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alternate picking is the most common and efficient way to play notes on individual strings. To get started with this guitar technique we will look at a basic and very effective alternate picking exercise.]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Lesson: A Fun Alternate Picking Song to Work on This Labour Day Weekend</title>
		<link>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-technique/guitar-lesson-a-fun-alternate-picking-song-to-work-on-this-labour-day-weekend/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=guitar-lesson-a-fun-alternate-picking-song-to-work-on-this-labour-day-weekend</link>
		<comments>http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/guitar-technique/guitar-lesson-a-fun-alternate-picking-song-to-work-on-this-labour-day-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don J MacLean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guitar Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternate picking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the upcoming Labour Day Weekend I thought I would give you a fun alternate picking song to play.

It’s a piece by J. S. Bach.]]></description>
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