Today’s guitar lesson is on the art of strumming, specifically, blues guitar strumming. As you’ll see, I initially started this strumming lesson using G C and D chords. Which of course works fine, and is highly relevant for teaching the strum pattern, however then I realized just how much this strumming pattern is used in […]
Ever wonder why certain chords just seem to fit together? In the video above, we’ll break down the six chords in the key of C and see why they all sound great no matter what order you play them in. If you’re building your chord knowledge, our beginner chords guide covers the shapes you’ll need […]
I know there’s a fair amount of interest in different guitar finger picking techniques – and truthfully I’m sure you could do an entire course just on finger picking – so I decided to do a little lesson on one of the finger picking techniques that I like to use. I like finger picking with […]
Here’s a lesson on finger exercises for guitar. As a guitar player, you are forever strengthening your fingers, not to mention practicing your guitar scales! So, why not do both at the same time? To be honest, while I was recording this lesson I could feel it in my own fingers… proof positive that these […]
The D chord is one of the smallest open chords on guitar — just four strings. But that compact shape leaves your fingers room to explore, and there are some surprisingly cool things you can do with it. This lesson covers a handful of simple modifications to the open D chord that you can start […]
I know how much you all like riffs, so I’m hoping you’re gonna like these two blues guitar riffs as much as I do. The first of these blues guitar riffs is basically working off the fourths you find in the pentatonic minor scale. You’re essentially doing mini bars with your fingers… just grabbing two […]
Four free video lessons. Take the pentatonic pattern you already half-know and turn it into solos that sound like music, not exercises. Timing, phrasing, the small handful of moves that separate "I'm running the scale" from "I'm actually playing the blues."