Most players spend years chasing flashy licks they’ll barely use. The licks that actually make your playing sound like blues are usually the simple ones. This one fits that description perfectly. It sits in A pentatonic minor, works over almost any blues progression, and once it’s under your fingers, you’ll find yourself slipping it in […]
Here’s a fun half hour for all you gear lovers. Joe Bonamassa is not only one heck of a guitar player, he’s also quite the collector too. My favorite line: “Hi my name is Joe, and I’m a guitar addict. This is what happens when addiction coupled with a modicum of success in the music […]
A common question beginners often ask is “How to use a guitar tuner?” So I thought I would make a quick lesson here on how to use a digital guitar tuner to tune your guitar. Tuning your guitar is incredibly important. If the guitar isn’t in tune, you’re not going to want to play it, […]
Have you ever wanted to slow down music so you could actually figure out what was going on? Song Surgeon does exactly that for you – just like a surgeon, it allows you to slice and dice and manipulate any audio file in almost any way you want. 4 Reasons Why You’d Want To Slow Down […]
The other day I found myself building a simple midi jam track so I could practice a particular 4-bar turnaround lick with it. I wanted something I could easily change the tempo on, because it was a complicated lick and despite learning it really slow, like around 50 beats per minute, ultimately my goal was […]
Want to play hundreds of songs with just three chords? G, C, and D are quite possibly the three most important chords you’ll ever learn as a beginner guitar player. They’re the foundation of our entire guitar chords section — and for good reason.These three chords work together perfectly because they’re the I, IV, and […]
Three free videos. The fretboard isn't twenty separate positions, it's one system that keeps repeating. Once you see that, the chord shapes you already know stop being mystery moves and start being the where of something bigger. I'll show you in about fifteen minutes total.