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I suppose it started for me

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about twenty years ago.

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I started playing the guitar and

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I was just teaching myself a

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few chords and from there I

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never really had the direction.

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My guitar playing journey started when

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I was a teenager, a long

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time ago, but I never really

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playing guitar on and off, mostly

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off for a few years, and

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hadn't really been getting anywhere teaching

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myself.

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That's when I discovered Paul's YouTube

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videos.

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When I came across Paul Davies'

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videos, there was something about those

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videos that struck me.

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So essentially I decided to buy

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the Learn Practice Play course, which

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is the course for beginner guitar

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players, and I really loved it.

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It has helped me a lot

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fill in a lot of the

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gaps that I had before.

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Before I knew it with Paul,

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I was playing guitar like I'd

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never played it before.

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I'd learnt about hammer-ons and pull-offs.

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I'd learnt about music theory and

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how things work.

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And all of a sudden, I

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just felt like I was actually

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getting somewhere with the guitar instead

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of just being a strummer, up

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and down and following along blindly

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because other people had told me

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that.

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I've completed the course now and

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I find it brought me to

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that more advanced beginner intermediate stage

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where I wanted to be.

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It's given me direction that I

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needed to progress further at the

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Qatar and advance to a level

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that I want to get to.

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These really set the roadmap for

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any guitarist who's trying to either

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pick up a guitar for the

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first time or as an intermediate

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player or an advanced player.

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There really is something for anyone

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and everyone that's interested in growing

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their guitar skills.

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really liked the information and the

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way he's explaining a lot of

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musical theory of technique and also

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his videos which are really informative

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his videos are very clear and

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very understandable and he also has

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a great Dutch accent and quite

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a remarkable beard.

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So how could I say no

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to signing up for one of

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his courses?

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I love Learn Practice Play and

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it's by far the best online

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learning resource I've found.

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I'm a very slow learner when

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it comes to the guitar and

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what I like is I can

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repeat as much of it as

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I want.

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The tabs are really nicely laid

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out, all the materials that you

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can get and the forum is

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very helpful.

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One of the things that Paul

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does really

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well in his videos is layer

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in new skills.

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So you'll start with level one

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of a song, advance to level

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two, and by level three you're

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actually playing something that sounds really

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excellent.

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I feel like my guitar playing

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is improving and I'm happy with

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that.

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Big thanks to you all for

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the great course.

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I really enjoyed playing it and

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for everyone who thinks about getting

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the course or not,

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I can really recommend it.

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My guitar playing has changed a

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lot.

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Everybody says to me, it's amazing

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how well you're doing and how

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things are.

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And I have Paul to thank

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for that.

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And I'd highly recommend that you

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have a look at the course

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and go down the road that

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I've been down.

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It's really been well worth it

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for me.

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And I think it would be

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for you too.