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 [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you how to play "Light My Fire" by The Doors. This tune seems simple, but has a few twists and turns and will definitely provide some challenge to those of you looking to move past the basics. If you need help with any of [...]
Hey everyone! Today's lesson is going to be a little bit different than usual. Instead of learning a song in the easiest way possible, we're going to use that song as an exercise to help us learn something. Barre chords are one of the first major hurdles that most guitar players face and [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you an easy (accurate) way to play "Hand In My Pocket" by Alanis Morissette. This is a great song to help us get started on guitar, as we can take advantage of a simple beginner's trick that I use with my students who are [...]
Hey everybody! In today's lesson I'm going to show you how to play "Closing Time" by Semisonic. This song is a classic 90's tune and we're going to be using the most classic 90's chord shape to play it! It's called a power chord and all we have to do is move it [...]
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 this lesson, I'm going to show you how to play "Songbird" by Oasis. This is a 2 chord song - just G and Em (which are probably two of the first card most people learn). I show you the chords, we talk about switching, we practice strumming them in order using [...]