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1 month ago | 
acousticguitar.com | David Hamburger |Pete Madsen |Adam Perlmutter |Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan
Acoustic guitarists in all genres often use alternate tunings. Some of these tunings have become so prevalent that they practically identify their genre—for example, open D or G for slide blues, or DADGAD for Celtic styles. This article will focus on C G D G B E tuning (sometimes known as Hawaiian Wahine slack key), which lends itself well to a variety of styles.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
newyorker.com | Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan
When I was a hundred and ten years old, I thought I had it all figured out. In reality, I had no idea just how naïve I was. Now that I’ve hit the big one-thirty, I like to think that I’ve gained some perspective and hard-earned wisdom. Here are a few life lessons that I wish I knew back in the day. If there are any early hundredsomethings reading this—you’ll thank me later. Stop giving a f*ck about what other people think.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
theaquilareport.com | Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan
After looking at the various approaches, it seems the best way to understand Paul is that he finds the prophetic fulfillment of Hosea’s words in the church. This view makes the best sense in light of the broader context of Romans 9:24-29. Paul is citing the Old Testament demonstrating that the prophetic promises find their fulfillment in the church which is comprised of the called Jews and Gentiles.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan
In the third book of Aaron’s Rod Blossoming, Gillespie argued that suspension from the Lord’s Supper and excommunication from the church are within the jurisdiction of the church—and specifically, under the authority of the elders. Gillespie asserted that suspension from the Sacrament is a step in the process of church discipline, and that one could be suspended without being excommunicated.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
americanreformer.org | Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan
In his classic work The Triumph of Presbyterianism, William Campbell credits George Gillespie—along with Samuel Rutherford—as being the two that men that gave Scotland its present doctrine of eldership. He further claims that Gillespie’s particular gift to the Scottish kirk in regard to eldership was her powers—specifically the ability to excommunicate.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
streetwisereports.com | Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan
Roth MKM analysts Sean McGowan and Qudrat Qureshi, in a research report published on October 18, 2024, maintained a Buy rating on GameSquare Holdings Inc. (GAME:NASDAQ; GAME:TSX) with a price target of US$5.00. The report follows GameSquare's pre-announcement of its Q3 2024 results, which showed better-than-expected revenue and a lower adjusted EBITDA loss.
McGowan and Qureshi highlighted the company's performance, stating, "GAME said revenues were US$26.5M vs. US$11.5M in 3Q'23.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
acousticguitar.com | Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan |Scott Nygaard |Gretchen Menn |Jane Miller
Browse through a guitar songbook and you’ll see the names of chords (called chord symbols) written above the staff. Sometimes those symbols are accompanied by chord diagrams, but not always. Even if you know an option or two for chord forms, there are always different ways to play them. Having choices keeps your fretting hand from jumping around too much in search of the next chord.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
acousticguitar.com | Goran Ivanović |Adam Perlmutter |Ruth H Parry |Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan
As a classical guitarist and composer, I normally play a traditional nylon-string guitar. But about four or five years ago, I received a beautiful steel-string—a Collings 01 12-Fret—and immediately felt so taken with its sound. It was like getting a totally different instrument.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan
Rutherford was able to justify his position of resistance and still maintain a fidelity to the Scripture—particularly Romans 13. While obedience is expected to the authorities that God has placed over us, when they step out of the bounds of their God-given office, and break the covenant that they swore to uphold, they remove the basis for obedience—and lesser magistrates must fulfill their office of “doing good” (Rom. 13:4) by resisting them.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
acousticguitar.com | Dylan Schorer |Gretchen Menn |Sean McGowan |Sean Mcgowan |Scott Nygaard
In the first installment of this Basics series on chord embellishments (July/August 2024 issue), we focused on simple ways to sweeten your accompaniment by using hammer-ons and pull-offs with open chord shapes—either hammering onto a fretted note from an open string, or pulling off of a fretted note down to the open string.
