Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you how to play "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles. This one uses some funny chord shapes because it's in the key of A flat. I've come up with a bunch of 3 note voicings and a very simple fingerstyle pattern that gives you [...]
Hey everybody! In today's lesson I'm going to show you how to play "Wild Thing" by The Troggs. This is one of my favorite songs to teach beginners for a few reasons. First, it's pretty easy to get the whole thing down. The rhythm is simple, and the chords are even simpler. It's also [...]
Hey everybody! In today's lesson I want to show you how to play "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles (this is actually "The Stampeders" version - it's in a different key and is much rockier).---IF YOU NEED REAL HELP WITH BARRE CHORDS, I have a solution: it's a step-by-step course that takes you [...]
Hey everybody! In today's lesson we're going to learn "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks. Not only is it one of the most iconic riffs in history but it's also an excellent exercise if you're new to guitar or if you want to start working your finger strength and getting into some lead [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson, we're going to play a simple blues riff based off the song "Green Onions" by Booker T. & The M.G.'s.There are a million ways to play this tune, but I've chosen a really easy way that'll help build the strength in your hand for eventually working your way into [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you all one of the most popular (and greatest) acoustic folk songs EVER: "Blowin' In The Wind" by Bob Dylan. We go over it in 3 ways, starting with some basic chords + strumming and eventually figuring out how to play it exactly like it [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I want to show you how to play one of my all-time favorite songs, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" by Willie Nelson. This song is originally written by Fred Rose but I think the Willie Nelson version, from his album "Red Headed Stranger," is one of the best [...]
Hey everyone! In this lesson, we're going to learn how to play the famous bassline from "Stand by Me" and to combine it with the chords and strumming to get a really "full" sounding rhythm part. Before tackling this, you need to be comfortable with the chords and strumming pattern for this song. If [...]
In this lesson we show you how to play "Me and Bobby McGee" originally written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster. This song is quite simple, but there's a small catch - there's a key change halfway through the tune. We start in the key of G, then switch to the key of A. Within [...]
Learn How To Play "In My Life" by The Beatles Hey everyone! It's the last Friday of the month, which means it's time for a fan requested lesson. We get a lot of requests and I wish I had enough time to do them all, but drawing them out of a hat seems to be [...]