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Strumming Tip for Beginners: Forget the Chords and Sound Confident A simple strumming exercise for beginners: mute the strings, play along with a song you love, and learn to add real expression to your rhythm. Today I want to share one of my biggest tips for strumming success – something that will help you move

October Update You don’t have to reach some imaginary level of “good enough” before you’re allowed to be part of music. A few chords and a simple song are more than enough. A Few Chords Are More Than Enough Well, the fall season has officially kicked off for our family. We took the kids to

How to Graduate From Beginner Guitar With Chord Embellishments Ready to sound less like a beginner? Learn to add sus chords, ghost strums, and a lick to a simple progression and start playing intermediate guitar. I’ll be honest with you – the terms beginner, intermediate, and advanced are kind of BS. But there is a

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