There’s one particular riff I taught in my Secrets of Tasty Riffs & Solos course that I half-jokingly call my super weapon riff (maybe that’s a little over the top). You might laugh that I call it that, because honestly, it’s only a few notes. It’s not some machine gun blazing glory riff, not by […]
Recently I released my Secrets of Tasty Riffs & Solos course (which guitar players seem to be really loving, by the way). It focuses very deeply on using thirds in solos – both in double stops and single note lines. A lot of folks recognized that the course was a little over their heads, but […]
I was talking to a friend just the other day about his guitar playing, and he was asking me what it would take to start getting beyond just playing rhythm. He’s played chords for years, and is a fairly solid strummer, but he’s got the itch to start adding a bit more spice to his […]
Ever wanted to find a way to zip all the way up (or down) the fretboard and make it look like you really mean business with that thing? There are a lot of different ways to do that, but in today’s video, we’ll look at one in particular works off of thirds. It’s kind of […]
Well I’ve got one with a twist for you today… check this out: I wanted to let you know that Unlocking I-IV-V was like finding the Holy Grail of Music Theory! I have always played guitar but I always wanted to learn how to play the piano. Like so many, I looked at hundreds of […]
Here’s a really interesting guitar lesson from Joe Satriani. If any guitar player has some street-cred for creating great musical melodies, I’d say Joe does. Sure, he can shred, but as I’ve listened to him over the years, technical ability has always seemed to take a back seat to the music itself. In other words, […]
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.