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280    <h3 class="post-title"><a href="https://www.musikalessons.com/blog/2017/12/beatles-guitar-tabs/">Beatles Guitar Tabs</a></h3>
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282    <h6 class="post-info">Dec 26 2017- POSTED BY Patrick</h6>
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284    <p>The Beatles are responsible for creating some of popular music’s most thoughtful and infectiously catchy guitar riffs. Widely regarded as [&hellip;]</p>
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302    <h3 class="post-title"><a href="https://www.musikalessons.com/blog/2017/12/dorian/">The Dorian Mode</a></h3>
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304    <h6 class="post-info">Dec 19 2017- POSTED BY Patrick</h6>
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306    <p>If you’re at all interested in making or even just understanding music, learning things like the Dorian mode is a [&hellip;]</p>
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324    <h3 class="post-title"><a href="https://www.musikalessons.com/blog/2017/12/rock-covers/">5 Easy Rock Covers That Will Help You Learn Guitar</a></h3>
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326    <h6 class="post-info">Dec 12 2017- POSTED BY Patrick</h6>
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