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Guitar Practice Tips & How To Stay Motivated Knowing what to practice is important. Knowing how to practice is even more so. When you first start learning guitar, everything is completely new, and it’s easy to find the right thing to practice. But as you learn more, you might hit some guitar roadblocks, and get […]

The MOST COMMON Chord Progressions on Guitar! These are the most common chord progressions on guitar, found in tens of thousands of the most popular guitar songs. Learning all 10 of these common chord progressions will prepare you to strum-along with all your favorite songs. These videos are part of my free eBook, covering all

Master The Fretboard! Knowledge & Music Theory for Guitar Learning the guitar fretboard is a lifelong journey. While it’s one thing to know where the notes are, it’s another to be able to instantly find them and utilize that knowledge to play better. How The Fretboard Works To simply “memorize” the notes is pointless –

The Best Electric Guitar Lessons For Beginners & Beyond! These electric guitar lessons are full of simple ways to get started playing lead guitar. If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, and you want to learn lead guitar the right way, developing a solid foundation… How To Read Guitar TABs Before Getting into the fun

Fingerstyle Guitar For Beginners and Beyond – Your Journey Starts Here! Once you have learned a few basic chord shapes, you have everything you need to learn fingerstyle guitar for beginners. I want to show you the simplest path to playing fingerpicking songs as soon as possible! Basic Fingerpicking Concept + Exercises There are several

How To Play Walk-Ups And Walk-Downs on Guitar Walk-ups and Walk-downs (also known as “walking basslines”) are commonly used in country, rock, folk and blues music to connect one chord to another. The premise is simple – walk from the root of your first chord, to the root of the next. However, when it comes

Guitar Warm Up Exercises For Beginners Sometimes, when students jump right in and try to learn chords and learn songs right away, it doesn’t work out. They’ll have chord switching problems for months! This happens because they’re not building up their finger strength in any real way. They’re just making the same switches the same

Power Chords – Guitar’s SIMPLEST (and MOST USEFUL) Shape! The power chord is a MOVABLE shape. This means you can move it around the fretboard to make different chords, even though your hands keep playing the same shape! This is useful, especially if you learn the root notes on the thickest string, because it will

Strumming Guitar and Developing Your Rhythm Strumming is THE KEY element to sounding good on guitar. You could be making the best chord shapes in the world, but if your rhythm isn’t there, the song won’t sound good. Think about it this way: if you press your fingers down on the chord shapes, does the

Chord Switching Practice Tutorials! Before you practice changing chords and learn to switch chords faster with these video tutorials, I want to make sure you are starting on the right foot. My absolute beginner page outlines a method for learning just 2 chords at a time, ensuring you work on the bigger picture and avoid