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Notes from the lessons.
Learning an instrument as an adult, practice that sticks, and playing with other people.
Adults
Do I need to read music to take lessons?
You don't. I teach from chord charts and by ear. What a chord chart is, and what you can play from one.
Denver
Music lessons or music therapy: which are you looking for?
They sound similar and do different jobs. A plain guide to which one fits your goal, and who to call in Denver for each.
ADHD
What's the best instrument for a kid with ADHD?
There's no best instrument for ADHD, only a best fit for your kid. Here is how to find it without buying the wrong thing twice.
ADHD
If music lessons never stuck, it was the method
You had lessons and quit. You taught yourself and stalled. You own the instrument and it's a shelf. None of that is a character flaw, and here's what's different.
ADHD
How to practice guitar when you have ADHD
Skip the discipline lectures. Practice that works for an ADHD player runs on interest, short varied reps, and a guitar that's impossible to ignore.
Adults
Starting again after years away
An instrument in a closet is a common story. Mine sat there through some hard years, and picking it back up brought music back bigger than it had ever been.
Adults
Am I too old to learn an instrument?
No. What the research actually says about age, what really stops adults, and how lessons built for adults work.