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How to Learn the Guitar Fretboard: Unlock Lead Up the Neck Learn the guitar fretboard the simple way. Start on the G string, memorize a few notes, and use one shape to play rhythm and lead all over the neck. I don’t want to give you another hack you’ll forget in a couple of days.

How to Improve Your Guitar Strumming: 3 Fixes That Actually Work Struggling with strumming? Learn the three changes – a smoother motion, a lighter pick grip, and real rhythm – that make the biggest difference. If you’ve ever felt like your strumming sounds stiff or uneven, you’re not alone – and the fix usually isn’t

September Update An injury — or anything else life throws at us — might force us to slow down for a while. But that doesn’t mean the progress is gone. Setbacks Don’t Erase Your Progress You know how they say to practice until your fingers bleed? This past month it wasn’t practice that did it

5 Lead Guitar Mistakes That Hold Your Soloing Back (And Easy Fixes) Learn the 5 most common lead guitar mistakes that keep your solos sounding stiff – plus a simple, beginner-friendly fix for each you can start today. Lead guitar is where a lot of players get stuck – not because they aren’t practicing, but

3 Levels of Strumming Without a Pick (Beginner to Advanced) Learn to strum without a pick in 3 build-up levels – from a simple finger strum to blending strumming and fingerstyle – explained step by step for beginners. A lot of players assume that putting the pick down automatically means fingerstyle – but there’s a

The 5-Minute Chord Switching Routine for Smooth, On-Time Changes Chord switching tips, tricks and shortcuts to help you shave off those milliseconds! Most players only tackle chord switching from one angle – getting their fingers onto the right spots. But the people who switch smoothly are quietly doing a few other things too, often without

August Update The guitar has carried generations of incredible songs. Songs that deserve to be played, not just left sitting on an “oldies” playlist. But those songs only stay alive if we keep learning them, playing them, and passing them along. Sticking With The Classics Summer is in full swing here, which means the kids

The 2-Finger Trick That Makes Chord Switching Twice as Easy A simple two-finger anchor trick that cuts chord switching in half – so you can play G, C, D and E minor and real songs far sooner than you thought. Playing real songs is what keeps you motivated on guitar – but a lot of