Video lessons and articles that will help you learn to strum along with your favourite songs!
Hey everyone! In today's lesson, we're going to learn how to play, "You Are My Sunshine," originally written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (but that is disputed - no one knows the true origin of this song!) This simple three chord song has been covered a billion times and is a staple [...]
Hey everyone, today I'm going to show you how to play "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley. This is not just a popular oldie. It also falls into the category of "12 bar blues," and we can use this to our advantage. We're going to use this easy acoustic blues to practice strumming with a [...]
Hey everyone! For today's lesson, I have another three chord wonder for you. "Seven Spanish Angels" by Ray Charles and Willie Nelson. But this isn't any ordinary three chord tune... There are some very tricky counting parts that we have to overcome in order to properly play this one. Throughout the video I [...]
Hey everybody! In today's lesson, I'm going to show you how to play The Suburbs by Arcade Fire. This song is great if you are working on getting into barre chords, as it uses the same shape in a couple different places and the progression is the same over and over. TABLE OF CONTENTS [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson, I'm going to show you how to play "Only Wanna Be With You" by Hootie And The Blowfish. This classic, feel-good 90's tune is one of the best tunes to bust out at parties. Throughout the video I mention some of my resources, like my free eBook, barre [...]
Hey everyone! Today I have a classic oldie for you all. "Do You Love Me" by The Contours. This one is very intermediate, as it uses barre chords (including what I believe is the toughest one to play of all) and it has some rhythm shots (so it's more than just a pattern [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you all how to play "Sea of Love" originally written by Phil Phillips and famously performed/recorded by The Honeydrippers, Cat Powers, Robert Plant, and many others. If, along the way, you need some extra help I have a few resources that may be of [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to teach you all how to play, "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys." It was originally written in 1976 by Ed Bruce, and was covered a couple years later by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. If you need more help with this [...]
Today we're going to work on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by The Rolling Stones. The chords aspect is pretty straight-forward in this one.. no barre chords or any difficult/strange voicings. However, the strumming is quite challenging. If you find that you need some help with it, you'll want to check [...]
In this lesson, we're going to learn "Harvest" by Neil Young. This is one of my favourite folk tunes. It's not too difficult, but not the first song I'd try to learn either. If you find that you need some help with it, you'll want to check out my Beginner Guitar Course! More [...]