{"id":5013,"date":"2026-07-11T00:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=5013"},"modified":"2026-07-11T00:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:48:35","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-update-july-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-update-july-10-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Update July 10, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Update July 10, 2026\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vy1x_M-0QLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nJuly 10, 2026<\/p>\n<p>This week I revisited a bunch of Paul Simon\u2019s songs, partly because a couple students were working on his songs. That inspired today\u2019s opening improv, and a couple others later. You should hear parts of The Boxer, Duncan, America, and a little Jackson Browne along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Our latest challenge: <a href=\"https:\/\/totallylessons.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=210&#038;t=28294\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn To Read Music in 25 days<\/a> with just a 5-minute daily commitment. The eight lessons are all free now, but navigation is a bit difficult due to our platform and Forum limitations. Most of this is addressed and explained (I think) in today\u2019s Update. An important thing is that you need to be logged in to the Forum to have the easiest path to the lessons. 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