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# Play Guitar!

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- [G-C-D: The 3 Greatest Guitar Chords (+20 Songs)](https://playguitar.com/gcd-chords-songs/) - 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.These three chords work together perfectly because they’re the I, IV, and V chords in the key of G major – the foundation of countless rock,
- [Triads on the Top Strings: A Shapes](https://playguitar.com/triads-on-the-top-strings-a-shapes/) - This lesson is part of my guitar triads series. Today we’ve got another guitar lesson on triads – those super-handy three note chords that you can find all over the fretboard! Previously, we looked at Root 1 or E Shaped Triads, as well as Root 2 or D Shaped Triads, and today we’re looking at
- [Clone of Triads on the Top Strings: A Shapes](https://playguitar.com/clone-of-triads-on-the-top-strings-a-shapes/) - This lesson is part of my guitar triads series. Today we’ve got another guitar lesson on triads – those super-handy three note chords that you can find all over the fretboard! Previously, we looked at Root 1 or E Shaped Triads, as well as Root 2 or D Shaped Triads, and today we’re looking at
- [How To Create Musical Storylines](https://playguitar.com/how-to-create-musical-storylines/)
- [Rock This Muted Stroke Strum](https://playguitar.com/muted-stroke-strum/) - Today I've got a cool little trick to share with you – the "muted stroke strum." This isn't something I use all the time, but when it fits, it really shines. If you like listening to Jack Johnson, you'll hear him using his kind of technique all the time. We'll start off with a simple
- [Triads on the Top Strings: D Shapes](https://playguitar.com/triads-on-the-top-strings-d-shapes/) - Today, we’re diving into D-shaped triads on the first, second, and third strings, which is part of my guitar triads series. Building on my previous video about triads related to root 6 bar chords, we’ll focus on moving these D-shaped chords around the fretboard, sticking to the key of D. We’ll start with the familiar
- [The Most Popular Strum Pattern In The World](https://playguitar.com/best-strum-pattern/) - Have you ever struggled to find a strum pattern to fit a particular song? The strum pattern that Colin will teach you in this very short lesson is compatible with an incredible number of songs, across all kinds of different genres. That makes it a must-have pattern for any beginner guitar player to have in
- [Mark Knopfler - Sultans of Swing](https://playguitar.com/mark-knopfler-sultans-of-swing/) - Mark Knopfler is widely known as a great guitar player, so I thought it appropriate to post a video of him playing his iconic song Sultans of Swing. If you look closely, you'll see in this video that Mark plays with his fingers, and some of the close up shots show you a bit of
- [Small Bar Chord Variations](https://playguitar.com/small-bar-chord-variations/) - In this video lesson you'll learn how you can cut your bar chords down to size, and still get a great result. The cool thing about this is these bar chord variations take a lot less finger strength to make the chord (you're not actually barring it), and in addition, you're getting a totally different
- [How To Make Two Strings Sound Amazing](https://playguitar.com/how-to-make-two-strings-sound-amazing/) - This lesson is part of my guitar triads series.In today’s guitar lesson, we’re going to look at how you can recycle some chord knowledge you’ve already got, and get some extra mileage out of it. We’re going to look at four different chord shapes, then pull just two strings from each one. This will give
- [Triads on the Top Strings: E Shapes](https://playguitar.com/triads-on-the-top-strings-e-shapes/) - This lesson is part of my guitar triads series. Triads are three-note chords. What you may not have realized before is that even chords like the common six-string G chord (320003) is just a three note chord. Those notes are G, B and D, except that we have some duplicates showing up in different octaves,
- [Shortcut to Playing The Blues](https://playguitar.com/shortcut-playing-blues/) - Here's another lesson from Colin Daniel (from RiffNinja.com), this one is a shortcut to playing the blues. Basically, you'll learn two bar chord shapes which are used particularly frequently in the blues. Those are the "7" chords. The two shapes are based on an E7, and an A7. If you want to learn more about
- [Lick 14: More Sliding Sixths](https://playguitar.com/lick14/) - This is a cool-sounding lick that you can modify in a lot of different ways. In fact, it's kind of like three licks in one. You can have a lot of fun with just the first bar, especially if you take that idea and move it elsewhere in the scale. Then, in the second bar,
- [The Three-Note Super Weapon Riff](https://playguitar.com/three-note-super-weapon-riff/) - 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
- [Cool Guitar Riffs #2](https://playguitar.com/cool-guitar-riffs-2/) - These cool guitar riffs are ones that you can throw in all over the place, in your guitar playing. Check it out.
- [Lick of the Week 9: 4ths in G Major](https://playguitar.com/lick09/) - Today I thought I’d haul out my acoustic guitar for a bit of a change, and teach a guitar lick that might be a little more accessible for the beginners among us. It’s actually pretty much the same lick as we learned in Lick 7: Sliding Fourths, but it may sound and feel very different
- [The Ping Pong Picking Pattern](https://playguitar.com/ping-pong-picking-pattern/) - I’ve called this the Ping Pong picking pattern, because it has a lot of bouncing back and forth, and because it sounds cool! Whenever you’re picking, it’s really important to know where the root notes are for the chords you’re playing. Root notes set the character and direction for the rest of the chord, and
- [A Hybrid Picking Pattern For Beginners](https://playguitar.com/hybrid-picking-pattern-for-beginners/) - This is a great hybrid picking pattern to get started with, if you’ve never tried hybrid picking before. One of the biggest benefits of hybrid picking, in my mind at least, is that you gain the ability to pick multiple places at once – something you simply cannot do with just a pick. Your pick
- [The Thumpy Strummy Groove Pattern](https://playguitar.com/the-thumpy-strummy-groove-pattern/) - Today we’re learning a strum pattern that incorporates some root note picking, some upstrokes, and a nice thunk on the guitar body. The first time I tried to intentionally whack my guitar during a strum pattern, it felt horribly awkward. It took me a while of slow, intentional practice to get a bit of a
- [Drone Tricks for Strummers](https://playguitar.com/drone-tricks-for-strummers/) - Drone notes produce a very unique sound, and it varies from key to key what that sounds like, but today we're looking at drone tricks you can use in the key of E major. The two notes that will drone across everything are B and E, on the 2nd and 1st strings, respectively. Those two
- [Double Capo Tricks (Play in Drop F)](https://playguitar.com/double-capo-tricks/) - This is a really fun way to use a double capo setup to play in the key of E that is very different than normal!
- [How to communicate effectively with other musicians](https://playguitar.com/how-to-communicate-effectively-with-other-musicians/) - This past weekend I had a really cool opportunity to help out on the sound crew for a pretty good sized outdoor concert. To give you an idea, it took ten of us about three hours to setup the system, and the main speaker array was pushing about 80,000 watts. ? My job was to
- [How To Tune A Guitar By Ear](https://playguitar.com/how-tune-guitar-by-ear/) - Ever wondered how to tune a guitar by ear, without using a guitar tuner? Here's a cool method that shows you how to tune your guitar by ear.
- [13 Ways to Spiff Up a Lowly "G" Chord](https://playguitar.com/modify-g-chord/)
- [Is It Hard Playing Bar Chords On Your Acoustic Guitar?](https://playguitar.com/playing-bar-chords-on-acoustic-guitar/) - It seems as though there's a widespread myth out there that the acoustic guitar is a completely different instrument than the electric guitar, and that subsequently, you can't play things on an acoustic guitar that you can play on an electric guitar. Well, for the most part, that's a load of hooey. The fact is,
- [A Bread & Butter Blues Lick](https://playguitar.com/bread-butter-blues-lick/) - Here’s another very useful blues lick for you – this one has a couple of parts, each of which could be used on their own in many other ways, or combined again with other ideas. The more of these tiny mini-licks you have up your sleeve, the more creative you can get with your solos.
- [The #1 Slash Chord On Guitar](https://playguitar.com/the-1-slash-chord-on-guitar/) - Today we’re going to dive right into the world of slash chords and learn a simple picking pattern. It’s going to be a lot of fun, so let’s get started! First, we’ll begin with a D chord. Play the normal D shape and then pull off your third or second finger on the second fret.
- [The E Minor Chords You’ve Never Seen: Two Sweet Open Chord Voicings](https://playguitar.com/e-minor-guitar-chord-alternate-voicings/) - Today, I’m going to show you two sweet versions of the E minor chord on your guitar that you’ve likely never seen. Forget the traditional open E minor that you learned on Day 1 of your guitar journey… we’re going to make things way more interesting! Our first version starts at the seventh fret, using
- [The D Thing - Strumming & Picking Combined](https://playguitar.com/strumming-picking-combined/) - Today's lesson is really just focusing in on one particular type of rhythmic picking and strumming combination that I really enjoy doing. Personally I like using this best on the acoustic guitar, and I use this picking & strumming technique a LOT. I love the rhythmic strumming sound mixed in with the distinct notes from
- [Finger Picking on Guitar – An Easy Technique](https://playguitar.com/finger-picking-on-guitar/) - Here's a guitar finger picking technique that uses your root note and two fingers. This technique works well on acoustic or electric guitar.
- [All Along The Watchtower Guitar Chords](https://playguitar.com/all-along-watchtower-guitar-chords/) - Here's how to play All Along The Watchtower on guitar. The chords are pretty easy, but give you a good chance to work on your bar chords.
- [Your First Guitar Lesson](https://playguitar.com/your-first-guitar-lesson/) - Welcome to your first guitar lesson! In this guide, we’re going to cover everything you need to know as a beginner guitarist. We’ll discuss essential techniques, such as fretting and strumming, and introduce some basic chords that you can start playing right away. We’ll also share tips on how to practice effectively, so you can
- [How To Connect Guitar Scale Patterns](https://playguitar.com/how-to-connect-guitar-scale-patterns/) - One of the questions I often get is this: Jonathan, how can I connect the different scale patterns so that I can play across the whole fretboard, and not just a few frets of it? Well, the method I teach in Guitar Scale Patterns uses just three main scale patterns to cover the neck. These
- [How Many Guitar Scales Are There? Exploring the Infinite Possibilities of Scale Construction](https://playguitar.com/how-many-guitar-scales-are-there/) - Guitar scales are one of the foundational elements of music theory and essential for any guitar player. Scales provide a framework for creating melodies and improvisation. As a guitarist, you may have wondered how many guitar scales are there? The answer to this question is not as simple as it seems. In this article, we
- [Guitar Root Notes Explained](https://playguitar.com/guitar-root-notes-explained/) - Ever wonder where the root note in a guitar chord was located? Or what it is? Or what a low and high note is on the guitar? Questions answered here...
- [Song Surgeon Review – Slow Down Music Easily!](https://playguitar.com/song-surgeon-review/) - 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
- [Monkey See, Monkey Do Guitar](https://playguitar.com/monkey-see-monkey-do-guitar/) - Years ago I spent a while in Liberia, West Africa and had all kinds of crazy adventures. For a brief time, I even had a monkey as a pet. Crazy little dude liked to ride on the motorcycle with you... If he were still around today, maybe I'd teach him to play a little guitar!
- [Lick of the Week 11: A Nice Bend & Slide](https://playguitar.com/lick11/) - It's easy to slip into a rut of just playing within the same box patterns all the time, and sometimes you're really looking for just a slightly different way to play those notes that changes things up a bit. Well, this is one of those riffs that can help change things up - just ever
- ['A' Diatonic Minor Scale on Guitar](https://playguitar.com/a-diatonic-minor-scale/) - The diatonic minor scale simply adds two 'color' notes to the pentatonic scale. Here's how to play it on guitar.
- [Standard D Tuning on Guitar](https://playguitar.com/standard-d-tuning-on-guitar/) - In this lesson we'll take a look at standard D tuning on the guitar. This particular tuning is quite popular in country and metal, although I'm sure you'll find it used elsewhere as well. Standard D tuning is quite simply dropping standard E tuning by one whole tone on each string. It produces a lower,
- [The History of the Acoustic Guitar: From Early Origins to Contemporary Times](https://playguitar.com/the-history-of-the-acoustic-guitar-from-early-origins-to-contemporary-times/) - The acoustic guitar has a rich and fascinating history that spans centuries and continues to evolve, remaining relevant in the music industry through its versatility, emotional power, and continued experimentation.
- [Congrats! You've Graduated to Level 2!](https://playguitar.com/graduated-to-level-2/) - Hey CONGRATULATIONS! You've made it all the way through our Level 1 series of guitar lessons. Regardless of your own thoughts on that, I think it's worth celebrating. Sometimes when we're in the middle of the grind, making tiny bits of progress each day, we lose sight of the fact that we've actually made significant
- [A Beginner's Guide to Open Chords](https://playguitar.com/beginners-guide-to-open-chords/) - Here's a short video lesson demonstrating the most common open chords on guitar - how to play them, what they sound like, and chord charts.
- [Guitar Chord Embellishments](https://playguitar.com/guitar-chord-embellishments/) - Today's lesson on guitar chord embellishments is a great one for beginner guitar players, but also you guys who are a bit more advanced and are still looking for a few ways to spice up some of your chords. The guitar chords I chose are in the key of G, and basically all we're doing
- [Em to G Embellishment Riff](https://playguitar.com/em-to-g-embellishment-riff/) - In this guitar lesson, we're going to cover an embellishment riff that I like using in songs that have an Em to G major chord change. For More Riffs Like This One, Click Here This riff comes right out of the E pentatonic minor scale, which hopefully you're familiar with by now. Why E pentatonic
- [Learning the Pentatonic Scale](https://playguitar.com/learning-the-pentatonic-scale/) - The pentatonic scale is the first scale any guitar player should learn. Watch this short video and get started on your way to mastering the fretboard!
- [Jam Track in D Major](https://playguitar.com/jam-track-in-d-major/) - Are you ready to solo with a fun jam track? This one is in D major. If you’d like to learn how to play some of the rhythm parts in this track, checkout this lesson here.
- [The Most Popular Chord Progression of All Time](https://playguitar.com/most-popular-chord-progression/) - I suppose "The Most Popular Chord Progression of All Time" may be a slightly pretentious title; however I think if you start looking into this a bit more, you'll agree with me that the I - V - VI - IV progression is indeed incredibly popular. You see, dozens and dozens of hit songs over
- [Cool Guitar Riffs #3: Inverted Thirds](https://playguitar.com/guitar-riffs-thirds-g/) - Here's the third installment in my Cool Guitar Riffs series - and this one uses inverted thirds which are incredibly common and sound awesome.
- [Joe Bonamassa LOVES Thirds!](https://playguitar.com/joe-bonamassa-loves-thirds/) - I came across this guitar lesson from Joe Bonamassa recently, and as I was watching, I realized that a lot of the movements he really loves are based on thirds and inverted thirds! He doesn't call them inverted thirds, but he should, I guess! An inverted third is simple a normal third turned upside down.
- [An Awesome Little Blues Lick](https://playguitar.com/little-blues-lick/) - In today’s lesson we’re looking at one little blues guitar riff that you can literally use anywhere you want to. It’s a short lick, so you can fit it in between vocal lines if you want, or you could use it as part of your solos – anything you want. The trickiest part of this
- [Acoustic Rhythm: Thumping? Drumming?](https://playguitar.com/acoustic-rhythm-thumping-drumming/) - Lately I've been playing more acoustic guitar, and as a result, I've started experimenting with some new rhythm techniques. In today's lesson we're talking about adding a "thump" in between the strumming. To be honest, I don't really know what to call this technique, drumming on your guitar? Percussive rhythm? Who knows, and who cares,
- [A Sweet Mark Knopfler Lick](https://playguitar.com/lick17/) - Today's guitar lick is inspired by one that Mark Knopfler played in Sultans of Swing. Specifically, the lick in the second verse after the "jazz goes down" line. That lick is played over an A major chord, and if you dissect it, you discover that all of the notes in that lick are simply straight
- [Ever struggle to hold together a guitar solo?](https://playguitar.com/ever-struggle-to-hold-together-a-guitar-solo/) - On Saturday I helped a friend move. The first thing I thought of when he asked me was "Does this guy have an old piano?" Over the years I've moved several friends with pianos... not to mention my own family growing up. (we had this massively heavy thing made in 1908... we also had stairs!)
- [Algorithm Maps The Way To Songwriting Success?](https://playguitar.com/algorithm-maps-the-way-to-songwriting-success/) - It appears that a group of students and a professor in the UK have created an algorithm that can analyze the audio file of a song, and spit out a score that indicates the likelihood of that particular song becoming a hit. Songwriters the world over are always trying to figure out what will produce
- [Another Nameless Blues Lick](https://playguitar.com/lick16/) - I've gotta confess, it's HARD to name guitar licks! I could just go with the lick of the week number, but that seems bland and boring. Or, I could describe what's under the hood so to speak - today we're using a the blues scale, a flatted fifth, a one tone bend, etc. But again,
- [The Repeater](https://playguitar.com/lick15/) - Sometimes it just feels SO great to dig into a short phrase in the middle of a solo, and just repeat it over and over and over and over and over again! Loads of great players have used this trick, from Eric Clapton to BB King to John Mayer and everyone in between. There are
- [Lick of the Week 13: Bluesy Flatted 3rd](https://playguitar.com/lick13/) - Have you ever wanted to capture a real bluesy sound in your licks? Today's Lick of the Week comes straight out of the pentatonic major scale, with one small twist... We're using a flatted third as a passing note, going up to the third of the chord, and that little movement adds tons of blues
- [Lick of the Week 12: Traveling 3 Positions](https://playguitar.com/lick12/) - This is a great lick to help you move from one position to another, and of course, you can take this basic idea and apply it to more positions as well! Let me know in the comments below what kind of licks you'd like to see here in the future. You can find all the
- [Lick of the Week 10: Flatted Fifth Double Stop](https://playguitar.com/lick10/) - Flatted fifths are incredibly dissonant... And that's exactly why we like them! There's nothing quite like creating massive musical dissonance and then immediately resolving it - people just love that stuff. However, if you camp out on the dissonance, your solo is going to go downhill FAST. So, as I mentioned in the video, although
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- [Lick of the Week 8: Sliding Sixths](https://playguitar.com/lick08/) - Today's guitar lick comes from the key of C major. We're working with sixths, which are also sometimes called inverted thirds. If you like that kind of thing, checkout my Secrets of Tasty Riffs & Solos course for a lot more of it. The main difference between a sixth and an inverted third is which
- [Lick of the Week 7: Sliding Fourths](https://playguitar.com/lick07/) - If memory serves, I first stole this lick or something like it from Colin James. If you're not familiar with his music, look him up, it's awesome! Double stops like this are sooo tasty, I can't get enough of them. For extra effect, make sure you line these up over top of the correct chord.
- [Lick of the Week 6: Descending Diatonic Major](https://playguitar.com/lick06/) - Sometimes it can sound SO good to simply use the scale as a lick. Sequence or pattern based licks are great for that, and that's exactly what we're doing today with this descending diatonic major lick. It's straight out of the diatonic major scale. If you wanted, you could apply this same pattern to literally
- [Lick of the Week 5: Dim7 Chords](https://playguitar.com/lick05/) - I bet this one is a bit off the beaten path for you! Unless you're into jazz, not too many guitar players plumb the depths of the diminished chords, but today I wanted to show you a fairly simple way to string some into a lick. The amazing beauty of this diminished 7th chord shape
- [Lick of the Week 4: Open Pentatonic Bend](https://playguitar.com/lick04/) - Open position guitar licks are kind of their own animal. Sure, you can often try to apply them to other scale positions - and later in this lesson you'll see me do that - however, because of the open notes we have access to, we can often end up playing things that we simply couldn't
- [Lick of the Week 1: A Sweet Minor Third](https://playguitar.com/lick01/)
- [Lick of the Week 3: Double Stops](https://playguitar.com/lick03/) - This guitar lick comes from two different scale patterns, box 1 and box 2 of the pentatonic minor patterns, or you could also call them the root 6 major and minor scales. A double stop is simply two notes played simultaneously. In the right context, the right double stop can be an incredibly sweet addition
- [Lick of the Week 2: Pentatonic Repetition](https://playguitar.com/lick02/) - Today’s guitar lick comes straight out of Box 1 of the pentatonic minor scale. Elsewhere, I’ve often called this the root 6 pentatonic minor scale, because the root note for the pattern is on the 6th string. Here’s the tab: The secret to this riff is mastering the repetitive picking motion. Down, pull off, up.
- [Guitar Lick Using Inverted Thirds](https://playguitar.com/inverted-thirds/) - Okay - QUICK - before anybody's eyes glaze over... an inverted third is simply another way for saying "this sounds awesome!" in musical geek-speak. I know that sometimes throwing around lingo like this shuts some people down, but it is my firm belief that understanding what we play makes us better players. But never fear,
- [Tips For Playing The Bm Guitar Chord](https://playguitar.com/bm-guitar-chord/) - It seemed like for the longest time, while I was learning to play guitar, that the Bm guitar chord was my arch-nemesis. I had mastered all the other open chords, but that B minor chord was a really important chord that I just didn’t have a good open position for! Yes, I know you can
- [Learn How To Play Guitar](https://playguitar.com/learn-how-to-play-guitar/) - So you want to learn how to play guitar do you? Well congratulations, because in my ever so humble opinion, learning to play the guitar is among the most rewarding things that you can learn. The goal of this article is not to turn you into some kind of overnight rock star, but rather to
- [Learn 48 Chords in 9 Minutes](https://playguitar.com/learn-48-chords-in-9-minutes/) - How to learn 48 guitar chords in 9 minutes. Bar chords are the most versatile and easy to learn chords on guitar.
- [A Beginner's Guide to Power Chords](https://playguitar.com/power-chords/) - Power chords are a great place to start for beginners because they can get you sounding decent in a hurry with very little effort. Watch this to see how.
- [Improvising With the Pentatonic Scale](https://playguitar.com/improvising-with-the-pentatonic-scale/) - This short video will show you how you can improvise with the pentatonic scale. It's easier than you might think!
- [Learn a Blues Shuffle](https://playguitar.com/learn-a-bluesy-shuffle/) - Here's a quick video that will teach you how to play a blues shuffle on the guitar.
- [Pentatonic Riffage](https://playguitar.com/pentatonic-riffage/) - Here are a few cool licks you can use that come straight out of the pentatonic scale. Newbies or otherwise, everyone can use a couple more licks in their arsenal!
- [3 Cool Licks](https://playguitar.com/3-cool-licks/) - Here are a few cool licks you can use that come straight out of the pentatonic scale. Newbies or otherwise, everyone can use a couple more licks in their arsenal!
- [Having Fun With Triads (Open D and Dm Patterns)](https://playguitar.com/fun-with-triads/) - Triads are a great way to differentiate yourself from what everyone else is playing - here are some ideas you can run with on open D and Dm patterns.
- [A Fun 12 Bar Blues Progression with Riff](https://playguitar.com/12-bar-blues-with-riff/) - Here's a fun 12 bar blues progression that you can jam with in A pentatonic minor.
- [Jamorama Guitar Review](https://playguitar.com/jamorama-guitar-software-review/) - This 10 minute Jamorama Guitar Review video will answer all your questions about Jamorama, and give you a behind the scenes look at what's inside the package.
- [3 Guitar Speed Exercises](https://playguitar.com/3-guitar-speed-exercises/) - Here are a few guitar speed exercises that should help you improve your speed on the guitar.
- [Last Dance With Mary Jane Chords For Guitar](https://playguitar.com/mary-janes-last-dance-tom-petty/) - This video shows you how to play Mary Jane's Last Dance chords on guitar. This is a beginner lesson, focusing on the chords and strumming.
- [Fortunate Son (John Fogerty) Guitar Lesson](https://playguitar.com/fortunate-son-john-fogerty/) - Here's a video lesson of how to play Fortunate Son by John Fogerty on your guitar. The intro riff is actually pretty easy!
- [Learn And Master Guitar Course Review](https://playguitar.com/learn-and-master-guitar-course-review/) - Overview Learn and Master Guitar is billed as "the world's most complete video instruction course for guitar." Steve Krenz, the author, has a degree in music, along with a ton of practical experience playing for quite a few big name bands, in multiple musical styles. Any course making such an impressive claim ought to be
- [Tips 'n' Tricks For Buying a Used Guitar](https://playguitar.com/buying-a-used-guitar/) - Here are a bunch of tips on how to buy a used guitar - what to look for to make sure you don't get scammed, and how to know if you've got good guitar.
- [An Easy Riff For Beginners - With Open Chords](https://playguitar.com/easy-riff-for-beginners/) - When I was first learning guitar, I remember learning this cool passing note in between the G chord and the Em chord. Here's how to do it - for beginners
- [How to Structure a Guitar Solo](https://playguitar.com/how-to-structure-a-guitar-solo/) - Ever wondered how the great players create amazing sounding guitar solos? They follow the rhythm.. here are a few tips for structuring a guitar solo.
- [Beginner's Tips for Guitar Picking](https://playguitar.com/beginners-tips-for-guitar-picking/) - Here's a guitar lesson on picking (video). If you want to learn guitar picking, follow these simple picking patterns to get started.
- [2 Cool Blues Guitar Riffs](https://playguitar.com/2-cool-blues-guitar-riffs/) - This video guitar lesson teaches you two really cool yet simple blues guitar riffs that sound awesome.
- [Guitar Tips for Newbies: Open D Chord](https://playguitar.com/guitar-tips-open-d-chord/) - There are a couple fun things you can do with the open D chord, and these tricks are easy for newbies too! Watch the video now...
- [Finger Exercises for Guitar](https://playguitar.com/finger-exercises-for-guitar/) - Finger exercises for guitar - these will help strengthen your fingers, improve dexterity, and increase the fun you have practicing scales.
- [Chords that Work Together in 'C'](https://playguitar.com/chords-that-work-together-in-c/) - Here are all the guitar chords that work well together in the key of C. A great lesson for beginner guitar players.
- [Blues Guitar Strumming](https://playguitar.com/blues-guitar-strumming/) - Here's a great offbeat strum pattern that is commonly used in blues guitar strumming. Watch this free video lesson and pickup a new rhythm!
- [Blues Guitar Riff on 3rds](https://playguitar.com/blues-guitar-riff-on-3rds/) - This blues guitar riff is has been used by SRV, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, and tons of others. It's based on 3rds and sounds awesome in open E. Check it out!
- [Easy Fingerpicking Patterns](https://playguitar.com/easy-fingerpicking-patterns/) - Here's one of those easy fingerpicking patterns that you can learn and jam with. This progression is fingerpicker friendly!
- [How To Install Guitar Strap Locks](https://playguitar.com/how-to-install-guitar-strap-locks/) - Schaler guitar strap locks are the best out there, and at only $15 can save you hundreds of dollars. They're super easy to install, and here's how.
- [Guitar Riffs for Last Dance With Mary Jane](https://playguitar.com/guitar-riffs-for-last-dance-mary-jane/) - Here's a guitar lesson showing you the signature riffs for Last Dance With Mary Jane, by Tom Petty.
- [The "A" Major Diatonic Scale](https://playguitar.com/major-diatonic-scale/) - The diatonic major scale is an important one for every guitar player to have in their tool belt. Here's a video lesson on how to play it, including fingerings.
- [Drop D Tuning - Let's Have Some Fun](https://playguitar.com/drop-d-tuning-guitar/) - Drop D tuning is a great place to start if you're looking to learn or try something a bit different on your guitar. Experimenting with alternate guitar tunings can be a great place to generate new ideas. It's amazing, but by changing the tuning of just one string (let alone more), you can dramatically change
- [Using Open Notes in Guitar Solos](https://playguitar.com/using-open-notes-guitar-solos/) - If you look at your scales, and actually dissect them to see what notes are in each scale, you'll see that in many keys, some of the notes you're playing are also available to you as open notes. This lesson is more to open you up to the idea than it is to show you
- [Using Octaves in Guitar Riffs](https://playguitar.com/using-octaves-in-guitar-riffs/) - If you've watched my Guitar Scale Patterns lesson, you'll know that one of the things that I mention in there is the octave pattern. I think I've mentioned this in previous lessons as well. It's a super handy little tool to find notes on the fretboard, without having to memorize the whole neck right off
- [Cool Arpeggiated Riffs with Triads](https://playguitar.com/cool-arpeggiated-riffs-with-triads/) - Here's another lesson for you riff-hungry rocksters out there! One cool way that you can start looking for new chords to use is to examine the top few strings of the bar chords. Here's a tip - if the notes are used in a chord, then they're going to sound great together in a solo!
- [The Difference Between Major and Minor Chords](https://playguitar.com/difference-between-major-and-minor-chords/) - Today's topic is the difference between major and minor chords. Perhaps you've noticed this before, but the difference is only a single note! That note is the 3rd. The other two notes in the chord are the root note, and the fifth - those notes are the same regardless of whether you're making a major
- [Songwriting Tips - Getting Started](https://playguitar.com/songwriting-tips/) - Personally I love just grabbing my guitar... and noodling. I'll pick a key, whatever strikes my interest at that moment, and start noodling just for enjoyment... and often times, I'll end up coming up with a cool progression or something that could be turned into a song. This lesson will give a few of the
- [Basic Guitar Strumming Tips For Newbies](https://playguitar.com/guitar-strumming-tips/) - Strumming always seems to be an issue when you're starting out playing guitar. I've done a couple different lessons on strumming before, but I though this time I would back things up to just about as basic as we can get. If you're struggling with your strumming, I recommend practicing with a metronome. For learning
- [Guitar Riff Ideas: Sliding Between Notes](https://playguitar.com/guitar-riff-ideas-sliding-between-notes/) - This guitar lesson is a pretty basic one (sliding between notes), but hopefully it still contains some useful tips for you. I wanted to talk briefly about 'sliding between notes' on your guitar... I'm NOT talking about using a 'slide' on your guitar, in the sense of putting a metal or glass tube around your
- [Hammer On Guitar Tips](https://playguitar.com/hammer-on-guitar-tips/) - Some of you have asked me how to do a hammer on guitar, so this lesson is going to address that. A hammer on is very simply hitting a guitar string without plucking or picking it at the same time. So you're just using your left hand for this one. It is a fairly simple
- [How To Create Your Own Guitar Chords](https://playguitar.com/create-your-own-guitar-chords/) - This guitar lesson will show you how to create your own guitar chords, using nothing more than a scale and open chords you already know. We're using the key of G, so the open chords are G, C, D and Em, Am and Bm. The relative minor scale is E minor, so we'll use the
- [Picking Bass Notes](https://playguitar.com/picking-bass-notes/) - This guitar lesson on picking bass notes is pretty short, because I scooped one of my buddy Colin's guitars to do the lesson quick while he was out of the room! Haha. Gotta have some fun in life, right? Well, anyways, the main point of the lesson is that when you're picking, you really need
- [Walden Concorda CD550EB Acoustic Guitar Review](https://playguitar.com/walden-concorda-cd550eb-acoustic-guitar-review/) - The other day I was over at my friend's place, and I noticed he had a black Walden Concorda CD550EB acoustic guitar hanging on his wall, so I grabbed it and after playing it for a few minutes, decided to do a quick review on it. This particular guitar goes for just under $500, and
- [Introducing the Riff Ninja!](https://playguitar.com/introducing-riff-ninja/) - Today the curtain is starting to get pulled back on my latest project... and it might be a little different than you might expect! (video below) Let me back up, oh... say about 15 years. I met Colin Daniel when I was in high school looking for a guitar teacher. He's the guy that really
- [Open G Major Tuning: Great for Slide Guitar!](https://playguitar.com/open-g-major-tuning-for-slide-guitar/) - Today I'm posting one of my friend Colin's videos, one that he did on the Open G Major tuning for guitar. This is just an introduction to the tuning, giving you an idea what you can do with an open tuning. Alternate guitar tunings are a ton of fun, and this is one example. When
- [A Free Guitar Lesson For All Levels](https://playguitar.com/free-guitar-lesson/) - Today's free guitar lesson is something that players of all levels need to really understand. If you're a beginner, then this is definitely for you. If you're an intermediate or advanced player, there's a good chance you already know this, but if you don't, knowing your tones and semitones is one thing that you really
- [Knocking on Heavens Door Chords For Guitar](https://playguitar.com/knocking-on-heavens-door-chords/) - In this lesson, you'll learn the Knocking on Heavens Door chords for guitar. This is one of those great guitar songs for beginners to learn because it uses basic chords in the key of G major, and it has a memorable melody. Colin has done quite a number of song lessons like this one, and
- [Tips For Changing Keys In A Song](https://playguitar.com/changing-keys-in-a-song/) - Have you ever wondered how to go about changing keys in a song? Possibly in the last verse, or in a bridge, or something like that? If you've ever tried changing keys in a song before, it's possible you've run into the question of which chords to use while doing that. The trick that I
- [While My Guitar Gently Weeps Chords](https://playguitar.com/while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-chords/) - The 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' chords make for a very cool progression to play on the guitar. This is one of those guitar songs that has quite a melancholy / minor tone to it, which I personally find quite expressive and great for soloing in. Anyways, in this video lesson, my friend Colin is
- [Home Recording Studio Setup Advice](https://playguitar.com/home-recording-studio-setup/) - If you're looking for home recording studio setup advice, then you really need to checkout my Easy Home Recording Blueprint review. You'll be amazed how simple
- [What Are Guitar Arpeggios?](https://playguitar.com/guitar-arpeggios/) - On the guitar arpeggios are often seen as these really complicated theoretical things, and I've discovered there's actually quite a bit of confusion as to what guitar arpeggios actually are. In its simplest form, an arpeggio is simply notes from the scale or chord, played in sequence or some sort of pattern. Typically the notes
- [Guitar Fills in D Major](https://playguitar.com/guitar-fills-in-d-major/) - I love improvising - just noodling around in a given key and having a generally good time jamming away on the guitar. A big part of that is in creating fills or riffs in between chords... So today's lesson is purely to give you a few ideas that you can use to get started creating
- [Using Octaves in Guitar Solos](https://playguitar.com/using-octaves-in-guitar-solos/) - Adding the octave, or perfect 8th interval onto some of your licks can really add a totally new flavor to your guitar solos. If you'd like to learn more about intervals and the scales, checkout my Guitar Scale Patterns course. In this lesson, Colin demonstrates how you can use the octaves all over the fretboard.
- [Acoustic Blues Guitar Boogie](https://playguitar.com/acoustic-blues-guitar-boogie/) - Here's another lesson from Colin Daniel (aka the Riff Ninja) on an acoustic blues guitar boogie pattern. This is a great shuffle pattern that sounds awesome on acoustic or electric guitar. You can play this guitar boogie clean or distorted, but if you're playing with distortion then you probably want to be careful and use
- [Using 3rds In The G Major Scale](https://playguitar.com/3rds-g-major-scale/) - Here's a more advanced guitar lessons for those of you who are ready for it! In this lesson Colin will give you some ideas on using 3rds from the G major scale. You'll have to know your scales pretty well to follow this, as Colin moves around using the whole fretboard, though he's also using
- [Planet Waves O-Port Review](https://playguitar.com/planet-waves-o-port-review/) - A little while ago I received a Planet Waves O-Port in the mail from the kind folks over at D'Addario. I was eager to install it on my acoustic guitar, as it promised to improve both the quality and quantity of sound that comes out of it. Installing the O-Port is a fairly simple process,
- [Cool Country Blues Riffs](https://playguitar.com/country-blues-riffs/) - Country and blues share a lot of things, riffs included, so this blues riff should work well for any of you country and / or blues fans out there. In many cases, the only thing limiting the genre of a particular riff is your tone and timing; so with a little effort you can actually
- [Pick 'n' Pluck - Fingerpicking Technique](https://playguitar.com/fingerpicking-technique/) - This guitar lesson covers a fingerpicking technique that I like using from time to time. The basic idea is that you pick the root note with your pick (plectrum... whatever!), and then you pluck strings 1, 2, and 3 simultaneously after that. This gives a somewhat syncopated rhythmic feel, and it sounds great because you
- [Tommy Emmanuel - Guitar Boogie](https://playguitar.com/tommy-emmanuel-guitar-boogie/) - Here's a great version of Tommy Emmanuel playing Guitar Boogie. The first time I saw him play this song it blew my mind, seeing what he does with an acoustic guitar. This clip is taken from a concert he did in St. Louis. It's great to see how comfortable Tommy is onstage and playing that
- [Thirds in D - Advanced Guitar Lesson](https://playguitar.com/thirds-in-d-advanced-guitar-lesson/) - In my opinion, if you can fully understand how to use thirds on your guitar, you've come a long way... Thirds are one of the best sounding harmonies to the human ear, and there are many, many different ways in which they can be applied on the guitar. In these guitar lessons I try to
- [More Guitar Riffs in G Major](https://playguitar.com/more-guitar-riffs-in-g-major/) - Here's another lesson with some new guitar riffs for you, based on the G major and E minor scale patterns. It really helps once you start recognizing how the minor scale is integrated with the major scale. That's something I cover in detail in my Guitar Scale Patterns course, however you can see it in
- [Lawson Rollins - Persian Night](https://playguitar.com/lawson-rollins-persian-night/) - Here's a video of Lawson Rollins' Persian Night that I came across the other day. As you're watching this video - yes, he's a classical player - watch the kind of moves he does. You'll find shredding in here that would make Steve Vai or Yngwie Malmsteen grin in approval. Watch how he uses his
- [Cool Guitar Riffs #4 - Open E Pentatonic Minor Riff](https://playguitar.com/cool-guitar-riffs-4/) - Here's another guitar riff for you, this one taken from the E pentatonic minor scale in the open position. If you're having trouble with the stretch, you might want to check that your guitar is setup correctly, or use an electric guitar instead. Other than that, this riff is pretty basic in its use of
- [Cool Guitar Riffs #5 - Rock Riff](https://playguitar.com/cool-guitar-riffs-5-rock-riff/) - In my ongoing series of cool guitar riffs, I hauled out my electric again (seems like I've been neglecting a little too much lately - at least in terms of creating new lessons!) for you. This riff is based of the E diatonic minor scale - if you're not familiar with it, brush up in
- [Guitar Riffs #6 - Fun Rhythm & Riff](https://playguitar.com/guitar-riffs-6-fun-rhythm-riff/) - Here's the latest in a gradually growing series of guitar riffs and licks that I've been doing. Basically, this is a 12 bar blues progression I just jammed up for teaching purposes; maybe you can make something of it! The progression is simply I IV V using power chords. So that's B5, E5, and F#5
- [How to Play Harmonics On Guitar (Guitar Harmonics)](https://playguitar.com/guitar-harmonics/) - In this guitar lesson, Colin will teach you how to play harmonics on your guitar. If you don't know what guitar harmonics sound like, then play the video, and you'll find out. One song that I always think of regarding harmonics is Summer Song by Joe Satriani. He uses them a fair bit in the
- [Tommy Emmanuel Live in Rome](https://playguitar.com/tommy-emmanuel-live-rome/) - Here's a very cool 40 minute video of Tommy Emmanuel playing a concert live in Rome. I only discovered Tommy a couple years ago, but he's quickly secured a spot right at the top of my list of favorite guitar players. Because of that, I've no doubt you'll see more videos of him on this
- [Guitar Chord Inversions](https://playguitar.com/guitar-chord-inversions/) - If you've been looking for a way to change things up a bit, I suggest studying up on your chord inversions. That's what this lesson is about (of course!). Let's start with what exactlyis a chord inversion? Basically, inversion means reversal, so what we're actually talking about here is reversing the order of the notes
- [E7 Blues With Thirds](https://playguitar.com/e-blues-thirds/) - Here's a fun way to apply some thirds in a blues style format over an E7 chord. There are two types of thirds: major and minor. The major third is four semitones, and a minor third is three semitones. On your guitar, if you play a G on the 3rd fret, 6th string, at the
- [3 Chromatic Blues Licks in E](https://playguitar.com/chromatic-blues-licks-e/) - There's nothing like a good 12 bar blues to let you throw in a few blues licks while you're jamming around, but the actual rhythm part of the 12 bar is usually pretty easy to pickup. So, today I've got three blues licks for you to work on. Once you've got those nailed down, take
- [Slide Guitar: Open D Major Tricks](https://playguitar.com/slide-guitar-open-d-major/) - Slide guitar is a lot of fun to play, partly because it is so different from how you'd normally play a guitar, and partly because it can be so expressive. In this lesson Colin Daniel (from RiffNinja.com) teaches how to play a few slide riffs in between the rhythm. The rhythm we'll use is a
- [Play Like Chuck Berry: Inspired Licks](https://playguitar.com/chuck-berry-licks/) - Chuck Berry wrote and played some of the most iconic rock and roll guitar licks of all time. Today, we're going to take a look at one of those Chuck Berry licks in detail so you can go to town with it! This one comes out of the pentatonic minor 2 position scale; basically just
- [String Stretching Riff For Beginners](https://playguitar.com/string-stretching-riff/) - In this guitar lesson, you'll learn a cool blues riff that revolves around a string stretch. This is kind of an "advanced-beginner" level riff, because the overall riff is fairly easy to pickup; however to really pull it off smoothly you need to be able to master a couple important techniques. The stretch itself is
- [The One String Rockstar Riff](https://playguitar.com/one-string-riff/) - Alright all you one finger wonders out there, this one is for you! This is a fun kind of riff that you can really do pretty much anything you want with, once you get the hang of it. The main idea is that you're using the open E string as a drone, and then you're
- [Guitar Riff on the C Major Chord](https://playguitar.com/guitar-riff-on-c/) - Here's another riff for you guys looking for something else for your guitar's arsenal... this one today is in the key of G major, and it works off the C+ chord. Just as an aside, if you haven't seen the ( + ) used before, it is shorthand for 'major.' The flip side to that
- [Easy Drop D Tips For Guitar](https://playguitar.com/easy-drop-d-tips-for-guitar/) - Recently I spent a few days camping near a lake, and as I always try to do, I brought my guitar along for the ride. Playing guitar at home is great, but playing in front of a campfire is greater. Anyhow, I happened to have my camera handy so I decided to do a quickie
- [The 7 Most Common Beginner Mistakes on Guitar](https://playguitar.com/7-beginner-mistakes-guitar/) - Many people start off learning to play the guitar with a lot of bad ideas already in place. In this short lesson, Colin Daniel will address 7 of the most common mistakes that beginners make on the guitar. Keep in mind that his list is drawn up from the experience of having taught over 5000
- [Using A Partial Capo (Cool Trick)](https://playguitar.com/using-a-partial-capo/) - In previous guitar lessons I've covered how to use a guitar capo and how to transpose with a guitar capo, but in this lesson we're going to take a slightly different approach to the capo - we're going to only use it on part of the fretboard! So grab your guitar capo, and place it
- [Cool Chord Progression + 2 Riffs](https://playguitar.com/cool-chord-progression-2-riffs/) - Well it's been a little while since I shot a lesson for you guys, so this time I thought I'd at least change up the background a bit! Today we're going to learn a cool chord progression: Em G D A, and a couple licks. The first lick is pretty simple - it's just straight
- [Accomplishing the Impossible (on guitar)](https://playguitar.com/accomplishing-the-impossible/) - I just came across this really cool story about some kids who lived in a floating village in Thailand. Serious - it's a floating village. Watch the video above! All day long, they'd watch football (ie soccer) on TV, until one day they decided they wanted to play football themselves, rather than just watching it
- [Hard Stage Blues by Luca Sestak](https://playguitar.com/hard-stage-blues-luca-sestak/) - Well, here we are on a guitar-oriented site, and I'm giving you a piano player to watch! What's up with that? The thing is, as musicians, there's an awful lot we can learn from other musicians, even ones who play different instruments than we do - if we're looking for it! Sure, there are guitar
- [Can THEORY be used to create MELODY?](https://playguitar.com/can-theory-be-used-to-create-melody/) - 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,
- [How to Run Up the Fretboard In A Single Lick](https://playguitar.com/run-fretboard-single-lick/) - 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
- [Climbing with Thirds](https://playguitar.com/climbing-with-thirds/) - In Secrets of Tasty Riffs & Solos, one of the tricks I taught was how to use two strings and climb up or down the fretboard in patterns of thirds. This is a great way to move between scale patterns, it sounds really cool and melodic, and it can quickly get you from one end of
- [Welcome to Nerdville](https://playguitar.com/welcome-to-nerdville/) - 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
- [Alternate Rhythm Parts – Jam Track in D](https://playguitar.com/alternate-rhythm-parts-jam-track-in-d/) - In this guitar lesson we’re going to look at some of the alternate rhythm parts used in the Jam Track in D Major I posted recently. Here are the different parts we’re discussing:Start – Main rhythm part4:26 Lead riff over the 2-bar “A” build5:25 Fourths7:03 Alternate rhythm using the C9:25 Acoustic inverted thirds
- [The Spider Capo Reviewed](https://playguitar.com/spider-capo-review/) - A little while ago the folks over at ToneGear sent me one of their gadgets - a Spider Capo - to checkout. I've played around with it a bit, so I figured it was time to share my thoughts on it. Firstly - what in the world is a SPIDER capo? We all know what
- [Planet Waves Capo Tuner Review](https://playguitar.com/capo-tuner/) - The Planet Waves Capo Tuner is an ingenious gadget that has rolled (most of) the functionality of a tuner and a capo into one unit. I say (most of) because this tuner doesn't have any way of indicating which note you are on, but only whether or not the note you are playing is on
- [How to Use a Guitar Capo](https://playguitar.com/how-to-use-a-guitar-capo/) - Here's a free guitar lesson on how to use a guitar capo. Guitar capos are pretty easy in general, just pick a fret and play open chords - they'll sound different now!
- [How To Transpose Chords With a Guitar Capo](https://playguitar.com/how-to-transpose-chords/) - This lesson shows you exactly how to transpose chords to remain in the same key as your band, when you're playing with a guitar capo.
- [Improvising in Open G... Here are some Riffs!](https://playguitar.com/open-g-riffs/) - Many days when I pick up my guitar I end up just noodling away... improvising is probably my favorite part of playing the guitar. Improvising over open chords is probably the easiest way to get started, and the key of G is the best key for that. When you're playing in G major, then you
- [Learning the Notes on the Fretboard: Tones & Semitones](https://playguitar.com/tones-semitones/) - Learning the string names on your guitar is an absolute must; there's no two ways about it. Understanding tones and semitones allows you to figure out what any note on your guitar is. This video hopefully will help clarify these things for you. Download the Empty Fretboard PDF The string names on your guitar are
- [This Fun Picking Pattern Combines Picking & Strumming](https://playguitar.com/combines-picking-strumming/) - A lot of guitar players treat strumming and picking as separate skills, and rarely allow the two to meet... which is a shame, because they ARE separate skills, but once combined, they allow access to so much more than either skill could access individually. In today's guitar lesson, we're going to look at one of
- [Cool Chord Progression With Drone Notes](https://playguitar.com/chord-progression-drone-notes/) - Here's a fun little trick you can use to add some additional character to your chord progressions - add some drone notes. What do I mean by that? Simply adding a note that remains constant throughout each chord change. Kind of like how a bagpipe always has that drone going on underneath the melody. Oops,
- [10 Popular Guitar Chord Progressions](https://playguitar.com/guitar-chord-progressions/) - I've had a few people asking about guitar chord progressions lately, so I figured I would put together a little lesson showing a number of variations. The first thing here is that you'll see all the guitar chord progressions are listed out in roman numerals - not in chord names. Why? Because when we use
- [What IS Guitar Theory?](https://playguitar.com/what-is-guitar-theory/) - Guitar theory doesn't have to be complicated stuff - it SHOULD be a very simple, practical, and logical approach to the guitar that helps you play better!
- [Sweet Home Alabama Chords for Guitar](https://playguitar.com/sweet-home-alabama-chords/) - This lesson will teach you the Sweet Home Alabama chords for the guitar. This is one of those super popular guitar songs that most people will recognize. In fact, most people will probably recognize this song from just the chords and the picking pattern, even without playing the riffs. In this lesson, Colin teaches the
- [Beginner Tips On Guitar Strumming](https://playguitar.com/beginner-tips-on-guitar-strumming/) - A short video lesson on guitar strumming, for beginners. Strumming your guitar isn't that hard, just pay attention to these 3 key things.
- [Adding Dynamics To Your Guitar Playing](https://playguitar.com/adding-dynamics/) - When you're playing guitar dynamics are very important. The same is true for any instrument, but how do you add dynamics to your guitar playing? Although there are many ways of adding dynamics to your playing, one great way to do that is to change the intensity you play with. One way to do that
- [Muting The E String](https://playguitar.com/muting-the-e-string/) - One of the things that beginner guitar players have a lot of difficulty with is getting a good clear sound out of their chords. I know, I've suffered through hearing lots of muddy guitar chords! One of the most common reasons for this is including strings that shouldn't be played along with the chord. For
- [1 Powerful Strum Pattern + Counting Rhythms](https://playguitar.com/1-powerful-strum-pattern/) - If chords are the bread, then strum patterns are the butter of a guitar player’s world. So far in our Level 1 series, we haven’t really learned any strum patterns beyond the most basic. Today, that starts to change. But first, let’s discuss rhythm. In 4/4 timing, we have four beats per measure, or per
- [Chug-Zing Strumming Technique](https://playguitar.com/chug-zing-strumming-technique/) - Here's another guitar lesson, brought to you from the beautiful outdoors in British Columbia. Today I wanted to take a look at a strumming technique that can really help add some dynamics to your guitar playing. The heart of this technique is to simply be selective in what strings you strum... don't feel like you
- [An Easy Picking Pattern For Guitar](https://playguitar.com/easy-picking-pattern-for-guitar/) - If you want to make your rhythm guitar playing really sound interesting, let's face it: sooner or later you're going to have to begin using single note lines. Strumming can take you a long ways, if you're clever, but it can only take you so far. Single note lines need not be complicated either -
- [The Foundation For Awesome Guitar Solos](https://playguitar.com/foundation-awesome-guitar-solos/) - 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
- [Bar Chords Made Simple](https://playguitar.com/bar-chords-made-simple/) - Bar chords is one subject that stumps quite a few guitar players, mostly because initially they are harder to play than open chords. A bar chord (sometimes also spelled barre chord) is called that because you essentially create a 'bar' with your index finger, fretting all six strings at once. Then, you create the chord
- [Standard Guitar Tuning](https://playguitar.com/standard-guitar-tuning/) - Standard guitar tuning is quite simply the most common tuning you're going to come across on the guitar. If you were to go into any guitar shop, there's a 99% chance that any guitar you pull off the shelf will be tuned to standard guitar tuning. With that in mind, it is important to note
- [How To Break The "I Can't Solo" Curse](https://playguitar.com/how-to-break-the-i-cant-solo-curse/) - "I just CAN'T SOLO!!" Man, the guy was frustrated. He'd tried all kinds of things in order to learn how to solo. He'd learned the pentatonic minor scale (a GREAT start by the way) but he couldn't figure out how to make his solo sound like anything BUT the scale. He'd tried copying solos verbatim
- [Google Honors Les Paul's 96th Birthday](https://playguitar.com/google-honors-les-pauls-96th-birthday/) - Today (June 9th, 2011) would have been Les Paul's 96th birthday, and Google is honoring that with a cool gadget on the top of their search engine, that looks like this: Google regularly creates these little doodles of their logo, but this is probably one of the cooler ones they've come up with. If you
- [The History of the Electric Guitar According to Jimmy Dillon](https://playguitar.com/the-history-of-the-electric-guitar-jimmy-dillon/) - I recently came across Jimmy Dillon's "History of the Electric Guitar" diagram, that's setup like a tree of life...
- [First Bar Chords](https://playguitar.com/first-bar-chords/) - Welcome to the first guitar lesson in our Level 2 series! Level 2 is for guitar players who definitely are not complete beginners... perhaps they have a few months of experience under their belt... or perhaps they've played for 20 years already, but regardless of how long they've played, they're still in the overall "beginner"
- [50 Of The Most Bizarre Guitars You'll Ever See](https://playguitar.com/50-bizarre-guitars/) - Every guitar player likes to talk about their axe, so I thought it might be fun to look for 50 of the strangest, most bizarre guitars ever created for us guitar players to talk about. Enjoy, and ask your friends which one they think is the weirdest! Let’s face it, if you are going to
- [Don't Play Bar Chords Like THIS](https://playguitar.com/dont-play-bar-chords-like-this/) - I was chatting with this guy the other day, Derek, and he mentioned that when he first learned how to play bar chords, he only learned one pattern... The one that looks like an E. He wasn't actually aware there WERE other bar chord patterns, but he was pretty thrilled with being able to move
- [Rhythm Players: How to take it to the next level](https://playguitar.com/rhythm-players-take-next-level/) - 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
- [7 Ways To Use Octaves In Your Solos](https://playguitar.com/7-ways-octaves-in-solos/) - The octave is the most perfect musical harmony, because the second note is exactly the same as the first, only higher or lower in pitch. This means the two notes mesh perfectly together. This unique sound is one that deserves to be used in your playing, and the great news is that it isn't super
- [How To Use A Guitar Tuner](https://playguitar.com/how-to-use-a-guitar-tuner/) - Wondering how to use a guitar tuner? This short video will teach you how to use a guitar tuner in no time, getting each string perfect every time.
- [Slow Blues Jam Track in “A”](https://playguitar.com/slow-blues-jam-track-in-a/) - Sometimes I spend hours just jamming with jam tracks like this one. They’re such a good tool for developing your solo, I don’t know of anything quite as powerful. Having the chords on-screen is also very useful for developing your ability to target individual chords with your riffs on the fly, right in the middle
- [All my favorite songs - without using blasted sheet music!](https://playguitar.com/favorite-songs-without-using-blasted-sheet-music/) - 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
- [A Local Look at Les Paul – Electric Guitar Legend](https://playguitar.com/les-paul-electric-guitar-legend/) - --> Special thanks to Don in Wisconsin for contributing this article! By no means do I consider myself an authority or any sort of notable historian on Les Paul, electric guitars, or anything of that ilk. Yet, I do happen to play guitar, often read reviews of various new guitar pedals on DigiPedal and live
- [Tips For Learning How To Sing While Playing Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tips-learning-sing-playing-guitar/) - Being able to play guitar and sing is one of the most coveted skills out there. Most popular artists do both, which means you’ll be more likely to gain popularity as a musician if you’re able to sing while playing the guitar simultaneously. Teaching yourself to sing with a guitar can be difficult, but thankfully
- [How To Make a Simple Midi Jam Track in Logic Pro](https://playguitar.com/midi/) - 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
- [New Contest Ideas?](https://playguitar.com/new-contest-ideas/) - Here's the deal - I've got a brand new collection of 30 Rock/Blues Jam Tracks coming out soon that are going to be an absolute blast to jam along with. In the past, whenever I've released a new product, I've always held some sort of contest to help build interest, and of course, to get
- [What was THAT you were just playing?](https://playguitar.com/what-was-that-you-were-just-playing/) - A little while ago I visited a friend's place - we were over there to have a BBQ, and I noticed he had a guitar sitting in the corner. So, I grabbed it and just quietly started jamming away in the corner. I kind of tuned out from the conversation while I was jamming, but
- [Do you truly understand your fretboard?](https://playguitar.com/do-you-truly-understand-your-fretboard/) - I had a problem with my car the other day - there was some terrible clunking noise coming from the back end, and I had no clue what it was. You see, I'm not exactly what you'd call a 'gear head.' I've 'helped' friends work on their cars at various times over the years when
- [Are Guitar Modes Outdated?](https://playguitar.com/are-guitar-modes-outdated/) - A common trajectory that many beginning guitar players follow goes something like this: They learn the basic chords, and a few songs as well. They learn bar chords, to step things up a bit. They learn a simple scale, like the pentatonic minor, and get their first taste of soloing. They want to take their
- [Why The Guitar is a MINOR Instrument](https://playguitar.com/why-the-guitar-is-a-minor-instrument/) - I've often said that guitar is a minor instrument; however the other day someone called me on that and asked me to explain it. You see, that's why the minor guitar scales sound best (in my humble opinion) on the guitar. Not that other scales don't sound good, but the minor ones sound great, and
- [Need a Blues Soloing Kickstart?](https://playguitar.com/blues-soloing-kickstart/) - Blues Soloing Kickstart is Griff Hamlin's latest blues guitar course. As such, I think you're going to find it a super helpful boost to your blues playing...
- [3 Reasons Why Bass Players Are The Most Important Band Members](https://playguitar.com/why-bass-players-are-the-most-important-band-members/) - I just read a cool article talking about how science has finally proven that the bass player is the most important member of the band. Ha, go figure eh? Being both a bass player and a guitar player, I'm okay with that news :-) Anyhoo, reasons why, being: Our brains recognize and adjust to changes
- [How Do YOU Add Dynamics Into Your Playing?](https://playguitar.com/add-dynamics-into-your-playing/) - Music without dynamics is a bit like listening to music coming out of a 1980's computer that could just do beeps. Sure, you could make it play a recognizable tune, but there were zero dynamics! There's much more to music than simply the tune itself. Dynamics is the often unwritten, un-talked-about element that makes a
- [What Inspires You?](https://playguitar.com/inspires/) - What inspires you to play guitar? Where do you get your ideas from? Do you just play... or do you try to make your playing sound like something, or perhaps sound like you imagine something would sound like... if it had sound. (!!!) Terje Rypdal is inspired by the mountains of Norway, what inspires you?
- [I Made A Mistake Today... Did You?](https://playguitar.com/i-made-a-mistake-today-did-you/) - So what mistake did I make? Well, I make plenty every time I play my guitar... do you? Fact is, when you're playing guitar, bass, or any other instrument... For that matter, with nearly anything in life... If you're not making mistakes, you're not progressing. Sound harsh? Well, that's my take on it, and I'm
- [Where to find Free Online Guitar Lessons?](https://playguitar.com/free-online-guitar-lessons/) - If you're looking for free online guitar lessons, then settle into your seat, because you're in the right place! GuitarTipsWeekly.com is loaded with free online guitar lessons, and most of them are conveniently categorized by skill level and topic. Additionally, if you'd like to receive our free online guitar lessons by email, please use the
- [Free Guitar Lessons For Beginners](https://playguitar.com/free-guitar-lessons-for-beginners/) - There are lots of places on the internet where you can find free guitar lessons for beginners, but one of the best places to start is right here! PlayGuitar.com has a ton of free guitar lessons for players of all levels. The question is - where is the best place for a beginner guitar player
- [3 Ways I Improvise On Guitar](https://playguitar.com/guitar-improvising/) - Improvising is probably definitely my favorite aspect of playing the guitar. When I used to play trumpet, there was very little improvising involved; we would simply play off the sheet music that we were given. That can be fun, to be sure, but it is a completely different story from creating something entirely new and
- [The Top 10 Richest Guitar Players](https://playguitar.com/10-richest-guitar-players/) - Ever wonder who the richest guitar players are? Wonder no more, my friend - here they are, from "poorest" to richest. David Bowie (Approx. Net Worth $150M) A man of many talents, Bowie is one of the most eccentric, iconic and influential figures in rock and roll. The release of The Rise and Fall of
- [Con Men and Guitar Players](https://playguitar.com/con-men-guitar-players/) - The other day I received a nice letter airmailed from France... you can click on the picture on the right, and read the scanned copy, if you want. I opened it up, thinking perhaps that one of my students had sent me a note or something like that, but instead to my surprise, I found
- [8 Cool Guitar Christmas Albums](https://playguitar.com/8-cool-guitar-christmas-albums/) - Here's a list of really cool Christmas albums that will make any guitar player happy this holiday season.
- [How To Play Guitar Without Looking](https://playguitar.com/how-to-play-guitar-without-looking/) - Hey, happy Braille Day! That's right, today is Braille Day, so I thought it would be appropriate to talk about how to play the guitar without looking! There are plenty of good blind guitar players of course, but ironically most guitar players who are not blind still find themselves wishing they could play without looking!
- [The I.Q. Test For Guitar Players](https://playguitar.com/iq-test-for-guitar-players/) - Years ago I remember taking some sort of I.Q. test. I don't remember much about it, including what my result was, but I know I scored somewhere between "broccoli" and "Einstein" so I guess I did okay. One thing I do remember about that test was that part of it was about how well you
- [Joe Satriani's Advice On Guitar Soloing](https://playguitar.com/joe-satrianis-advice-on-guitar-soloing/) - A long time ago I heard someone interviewing Joe Satriani. Not everyone knows this, but Satriani is actually a very good guitar TEACHER as well as player. In fact, among his students, you'll find: Steve Vai Kirk Hammett (Metallica) David Bryson (Counting Crows) Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind) Larry Lalonde (Primus) and a bunch of
- [Trouble Memorizing Songs?](https://playguitar.com/trouble-memorizing-songs/) - One thing that a lot of guitar players struggle with is learning new songs. Memorizing solos, riffs, or even just the chord changes can be a real chore if you're not going about it in a way that works for you. I said works for you, because there are indeed different styles of learning. That
- [How To Skip Learning The Modal System](https://playguitar.com/how-to-skip-learning-the-modal-system/) - Well, this one is sure to ruffle a few feathers... in fact, it might even make me downright unpopular - scorned even - in some circles. But yeah, I'll come out and say it: The modal system is unnecessary for guitar players. Now before you leave some comment and tell me how off my rocker
- [Are Guitar Scale Patterns Like Arpeggios?](https://playguitar.com/are-guitar-scale-patterns-like-arpeggios/) - I had a question the other day that went something like this: "Are guitar scale patterns anything like arpeggios?" Well, to answer in a word, no. An arpeggio is simply where the notes are played in sequence, rather than simultaneously. For instance, if you pick each string of a G chord separately, you've played an
- [Fish versus Guitar Player](https://playguitar.com/fish-versus-guitar-player/) - I'm not much of a fisherman, but last winter I was in Mexico for a week snatching a little R&R, and while there, somehow I found myself out on a boat, pulling in a nice Mahi-Mahi. Today when I heard about this huge tuna that actually capsized the boat of the guy fishing for it,
- [The Great Talent Equalizer](https://playguitar.com/the-great-talent-equalizer/) - Theory is one of those funny things that can really help out beginning players and advanced players alike. I was talking to the Riff Ninja the other day, and he told me he'd got where he was not because of any natural "born with it" ability, but by hard work... and theory. He said that
- [Charting a Guitar Solo Through The Wilderness](https://playguitar.com/charting-a-guitar-solo-through-the-wilderness/) - So last week I spent a wee bit of time in the great outdoors - I don't get to do that enough, but I sure love it when I do get the chance... Anyhow - have you ever gone for a hike in an area that isn't very well marked? Usually, if you're on some
- [How To Be A Star On Guitar](https://playguitar.com/how-to-be-a-star-on-guitar/) - The other night I stayed up past my bedtime to checkout a meteor shower... Have you ever seen something like that? There weren't quite as many as I was hoping for, but nevertheless, we did see a number of fireballs burning up in the atmosphere... Not to mention an incredible number of stars! I've taken
- [When Less Is More - How To Keep The Guitar Simple](https://playguitar.com/how-to-keep-the-guitar-simple/) - The other day I came across this quote that made me think: "I'd rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies" It was talking about having a few great friends, versus tons of unreliable friends... But it applies to the guitar as well. Would you prefer to have tons and tons of scale patterns that you
- [Guitar vs Piano - which is better?](https://playguitar.com/guitar-vs-piano/) - Just before writing this, I spent a half hour noodling around on a piano a friend lent me for a while. Reminded me of years ago, when I was about 6 years old and taking piano lessons... Anyhow, piano is a cool instrument, no doubt about it. BUT - and I say this knowing that
- [Beginner guitar soloist nails it](https://playguitar.com/beginner-guitar-soloist-nails-it/) - Last week I was at a year end concert for a bunch of local guitar students, and it was fun to listen to how they played. One particular fellow, in his mid-50's or so, had clearly wanted to play lead guitar for many years, but had only recently had the opportunity. Well, that night he
- [A jam per day keeps the guitar doldrums away](https://playguitar.com/a-jam-per-day-keeps-the-guitar-doldrums-away/) - Six months ago I was chatting with a friend who seemed to have lost his way... He was as sad as raindrops on a grave, because every time he picked up his guitar to play, it seemed that nothing came out. So, he'd just sit there, strum a couple chords, woefully reminisce about the days
- [Cool Cat Guitar Solo](https://playguitar.com/cool-cat-guitar-solo/) - Sometimes animals do the funniest things. There's a good reason why those cute puppy videos get bazillions of views on Youtube. Anyway, the other day my cat found herself cornered on the stairs. I was above her, and my dog was below her. In her mind (apparently), this was a high level red alert that
- [The Trap Of The Complex Guitar Solo](https://playguitar.com/the-trap-of-the-complex-guitar-solo/) - One night at our weekly jam session, a new guy showed up and played some guitar with us. It's always interesting watching players you're not familiar with, because everyone has different ways of approaching things, and different ways of feeling the song. So there I was, watching this guy take his solos, and the first
- [What I Learned About Playing Guitar From A Crazy African Driver](https://playguitar.com/what-i-learned-about-playing-guitar-from-a-crazy-african-driver/) - One smoking hot day back in 2004 I found myself sitting behind the wheel of a Land Rover Defender, stuck in the snarl of a major traffic jam in Monrovia, Liberia. (that's West Africa) The red dust hung heavy in the air, creating a halo effect around the sun, nearly blocking it out. I'd been
- [How To Break In A New Wah Pedal](https://playguitar.com/how-to-break-in-a-new-wah-pedal/) - A few months back I treated myself to a new bit of guitar gear... A signature Joe Bonamassa Crybaby wah pedal. Oooh that thing sounds nice! I'd never actually played with a wah pedal prior to that, as I'm not much of one for pedals in general. And let me tell you, it takes a
- [My #1 Pet Peeve About Guitar Players](https://playguitar.com/my-1-pet-peeve-about-guitar-players/) - So one thing that really gets my goat is when I hear a guitar player going at it, soloing away, sounding great, and then he goes for a string stretch... And doesn't QUITE make it. It doesn't have to be fast, it doesn't have to be huge, it doesn't have to be the most amazing
- [So you've got your open chords down... what's next?](https://playguitar.com/so-youve-got-your-open-chords-down-whats-next/) - All guitar beginners progress at different paces - no different than how kids develop. I was walking at ten months (which is early), but apparently it took Einstein until four years old before he spoke his first word (late). I've seen some guys tear right into learning to play guitar, and blow past seasoned players
- ["I HATE Bar Chords :("](https://playguitar.com/i-hate-bar-chords/) - Every now and then I hang out on various forums online, just to get a feel for what people are talking about in the guitar world. Well, this past week, one post I watched with interest was titled "I HATE bar chords :(" That was it - there wasn't really anything more than the title,
- [Why Using CAGED Can Get Your Guitar Locked Up](https://playguitar.com/using-caged-can-get-your-guitar-locked-up/) - There's this one particular to guitar that floats around A LOT in the guitar world. It goes by the name of CAGED. In a very small nutshell, it shows you how to play some different chord shapes in any key. (yeah, I know, it's a bit more than that, but that's the basic idea). Is
- [The Quickest Way To Tune Up A Guitar Player](https://playguitar.com/the-quickest-way-to-tune-up-a-guitar-player/) - I was jamming with this fellow one day, and we came across a C#m chord. Turns out he wasn't familiar with C#m, so we went through the verse a couple times, until finally I stopped... He looked at me sheepishly, and asked how to play a C#m. Before I get to how I answered him,
- [1 Song You Can't Touch](https://playguitar.com/1-song-you-cant-touch/) - I was talking to a friend the other day who picked up guitar in the last year. He knows that I teach, and so we got to talking about guitars, and how his playing was progressing. He described to me how he goes about learning new guitar songs: basically he searches Youtube to see if
- [One of the most important guitar lessons I ever learned](https://playguitar.com/one-of-the-most-important-guitar-lessons-i-ever-learned/) - Way back when I was in highschool, just learning how to play guitar, I distinctly remember spending an entire afternoon playing La Bamba on guitar. It was great - the whole song is three chords, and even better - we were playing them all using the E major bar chord shape. E, then barred at
- [What are YOUR guitar goals for 2014?](https://playguitar.com/guitar-goals-for-2014/) - Well, here we are - another year has come and gone, and everyone is older, wiser, and hopefully better guitar players than last year! I know speaking for myself, that I've improved on the guitar in the past year, although in different ways than I'd originally hoped to. Last year I started out with the
- [The World's Ugliest Guitar Player](https://playguitar.com/worlds-ugliest-guitar-player/) - So in my "travels" I recently came across an article talking about the Blobfish - recently voted as the world's ugliest animal. Anyhow, this Blobfish looks for all intents and purposes like a pinkish blob with eyes, a nose like thing, and a mouth. Basically, it sits about 900 meters underwater, looking for stuff to
- [Music Lessons From a Dramatic Hamster](https://playguitar.com/dramatic-hamster/) - Here's something a little out of the usual for you. A YouTube video about a dramatic hamster... turned into a music lesson? Hey, ya gotta have a little fun sometimes, ya know? So I came across this bizzare short video (it is embedded at the end of the post) on Youtube called "Dramatic Hamster" and
- [Music Is A Language - Do You Speak It?](https://playguitar.com/music-is-a-language/) - Have you ever thought of music as being a language? I know a lot of players that think of it that way, and it can be a powerful analogy to help you learn. Today I thought we'd explore that analogy a bit... Language is a powerful thing, it can convey all kinds of stories and
- [The Weird Thing About Guitar Theory](https://playguitar.com/the-weird-thing-about-guitar-theory/) - Yesterday evening I had an epiphany while mowing my grass. Yeah - this time of year it takes pretty much twice a week to keep things under control. Fortunately, I enjoy cutting my grass, when I have time for it that is. Back to that epiphany. If you want your yard to look good, you
- [Stocking Stuffers For Guitar Players](https://playguitar.com/stocking-stuffers-for-guitar-players/) - Here are 7 great stocking stuffer ideas for guitar players. All of these are great gift ideas, and they're all under $20 too! How cool is that?
- [The Beginner Guitar Player's Secret Weapon](https://playguitar.com/the-beginner-guitar-players-secret-weapon/) - One summer night a while back, I met this guy named Aiden. He was playing guitar at a campfire and he sounded pretty good. Nothing he played was that complicated, but the songs sounded good, and everyone was enjoying it. After a while, one of the other guys asked him how long he'd been playing
- [This will make a MASSIVE difference in your guitar playing](https://playguitar.com/massive-difference-in-guitar-playing/) - I talk to guitar players all the time who are looking for a legitimate way to make some massive progress on the guitar. Let's face it... we don't all have 8 hours per day to dedicate to practicing guitar (like Steve Vai did when he was starting out). So how can a normal guy or
- [The most self-conscious guitar player in the room](https://playguitar.com/the-most-self-conscious-guitar-player-in-the-room/) - I was talking to this guy named Chris - he told me a story I've heard all too many times before... Basically he loves to play guitar with his mates, but his big problem is if there isn't a page of chords in front of him, he's totally lost. He kind of gets by, bit
- [Review: Ditto Looper by TC Electronics](https://playguitar.com/review-ditto-looper-by-tc-electronics/) - I recently bought a Ditto Looper pedal made by TC Electronics. The official site for the pedal, with all the technical info can be found here. Jonathan has recently been explaining how the use of Jam Tracks can help improve your playing. Hard to debate that one for sure. Yet, as another complementary and fun
- [How To: Easy Campfire Blues](https://playguitar.com/how-to-easy-campfire-blues/) - Today I've been digging through all my camping stuff, as I'm planning on heading out of town for a couple days soon... Unfortunately, there's a fire ban in the area, but that's not going to stop me from doing a little campfire blues all the same! I picked up one of those propane firepits a
- [Laid Back Summer Blues Licks](https://playguitar.com/laid-back-summer-blues-licks/) - Have you ever had a guitar in your hand, and you were sorta half asleep, but playing some pretty cool stuff? (I'm pretty sure I actually fell asleep with my guitar in hand one time - but that's a different story). In the pic on the right, Bruce Springsteen clearly fell asleep... Laid back blues
- [1 Trick To Figuring Out The Key Of A Song](https://playguitar.com/1-trick-to-figuring-out-the-key-of-a-song/) - After spending 5 months in out space, last week Commander Chris Hadfield safely landed back on earth, with his two crew mates. In case you weren't aware, Cmdr Hadfield has gained fame as being the "guitar playing astronaut" even writing and performing music from outer space! Pretty cool, if you ask me. He even played
- [Gagging Down The Blue Pill](https://playguitar.com/gagging-down-the-blue-pill/) - Did you ever see the movie the Matrix? Kind of a weird movie I guess, but it sure spawned a loyal following, and somehow they turned it into a trilogy... Anyhow, there's this scene in there where Neo, the main character, is given the choice between taking two pills. There's a red pill, and a
- [How To Decipher Mystery Chords on Guitar](https://playguitar.com/mystery-chords-on-guitar/) - So... mystery chords... What is a mystery chord? Have you ever fiddled around on your guitar, and come up with a guitar chord that sounds really good, but because you literally just created it by ear, you have NO idea what to call it, let alone how to use it? (Side note - you can
- [Impress Your Friends With This Guitar Trick](https://playguitar.com/impress-your-friends-with-this-guitar-trick/) - Last weekend I went for a quick little camping trip. There's something about camping - even close to home - that does the heart good. At least, it does mine. And of course I jumped at the chance to take along my old Takamine and get in a little campfire jamming in the evening. Certain
- [BB King's Advice When Getting Lost In A Solo](https://playguitar.com/bb-kings-advice-when-getting-lost-in-a-solo/) - I guess probably everyone has gotten lost in a solo at some point in their lives - the thing that separates the good players from the not-so-good is how they handle it. I read an interview with BB King a while back, and one of the questions he was asked was "What do you do
- [Guitar Theory Is Useless!](https://playguitar.com/guitar-theory-is-useless/) - "Guitar theory is USELESS..." At least, that's what Mike kept chirping at me while we were jamming. He had quick fingers and a big amp, and he seemed to think that was all that was required to be a good guitar player. In the midst of his anti-theory diatribes, Mike would pause every now and
- [Monkey See, Monkey Play Guitar?](https://playguitar.com/monkey-see-monkey-play-guitar/) - A few years back I lived in Liberia, West Africa for about a year. Long story, for a different day. While there, I had a pet monkey. He was cool. He liked to ride on the motorcycle handlebars, right up front. He was pretty good at it too, and he'd go on long rides with
- [Finding the right guitar chord is easier than finding bin Laden](https://playguitar.com/finding-the-right-guitar-chord-is-easier-than-finding-bin-laden/) - So I caught a headline on CNN today, talking all about how bin Laden managed to stay hidden for a decade. You know how they can get a "talking head" (as I like to call them) to go on about anything these days... Isn't that funny eh? We've got an NSA that apparently spies on
- [The Music Legend Who Set Himself On Fire](https://playguitar.com/the-music-legend-who-set-himself-on-fire/) - It's an amazing, and totally true story: A musician named Rodriguez made a couple of albums in the early 70's. A few people in the States saw his potential, but he never really caught on. Probably only sold a few dozen albums stateside. His short-lived musical career seemingly assigned to the dustbin of history, Rodriguez
- [Professional Bass Player?](https://playguitar.com/professional-bass-player/) - A friend of mine sent me this ad recently: Of course, one hopes it is just a joke, but the sad truth of the matter is that many bass players needlessly limit themselves to simply playing the root notes, when in fact a whole other world awaits, ready to be explored. If you'd like to
- [Free Guitar Lessons Online](https://playguitar.com/free-guitar-lessons-online/) - The internet has changed a lot of things for guitar players, one of the coolest things is that you can now find tons of free guitar lessons online. Providing free guitar lessons online is in fact the mission of GuitarTipsWeekly.com, with the added bonus that if you enter your name and email in the form
- [Free Guitar Lessons Video](https://playguitar.com/free-guitar-lessons-video/) - If you're looking for a free guitar lessons video, then this site is a great place to be. Guitar Tips Weekly is a great source of free guitar lessons on video, with lessons for many different skill levels. To take full advantage of all the site has to offer, enter your name and email in
- [Farida J-FT Frank Turner Signature Guitar - Review](https://playguitar.com/farida-j-ft-frank-turner-signature/) - Before I start to look at the Farida J-FT frank turner signature guitar, I’ll talk a little bit about Farida's new ‘Artist designed’ series. The thinking behind this series was to work alongside some of the UK’s finest artists to make the most perfect guitars possible to suit your style of playing. This was achieved

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- [Blues Licks](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-licks/)
- [Guitar Review](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-review/)
- [Amp](https://playguitar.com/tag/amp/)
- [How To Tune A Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/how-to-tune-a-guitar/)
- [Guitar Tuner](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-tuner/)
- [Harmonics](https://playguitar.com/tag/harmonics/)
- [Christmas Music](https://playguitar.com/tag/christmas-music/)
- [Great Stocking Stuffers](https://playguitar.com/tag/great-stocking-stuffers/)
- [Buying Guitars](https://playguitar.com/tag/buying-guitars/)
- [Root Notes](https://playguitar.com/tag/root-notes/)
- [Minor Scale](https://playguitar.com/tag/minor-scale/)
- [Scale Pattern](https://playguitar.com/tag/scale-pattern/)
- [Diatonic Scale](https://playguitar.com/tag/diatonic-scale/)
- [A Minor](https://playguitar.com/tag/a-minor/)
- [Minor Chords](https://playguitar.com/tag/minor-chords/)
- [Chord Chart](https://playguitar.com/tag/chord-chart/)
- [Beginner Chords](https://playguitar.com/tag/beginner-chords/)
- [Guitar Chords](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-chords/)
- [Riffs for Beginners](https://playguitar.com/tag/riffs-for-beginners/)
- [Playing The Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/playing-the-guitar/)
- [G Major](https://playguitar.com/tag/g-major/)
- [Guitar Improvising](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-improvising/)
- [Rhythm](https://playguitar.com/tag/rhythm/)
- [Guitar Solo](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-solo/)
- [Lead Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/lead-guitar/)
- [Stocking Stuffers](https://playguitar.com/tag/stocking-stuffers/)
- [Digital Guitar Tuner](https://playguitar.com/tag/digital-guitar-tuner/)
- [Electronic Tuners](https://playguitar.com/tag/electronic-tuners/)
- [Guitar Stand](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-stand/)
- [Guitar Picking](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-picking/)
- [Blues Riffs](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-riffs/)
- [Guitar Theory](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-theory/)
- [Bar Chords](https://playguitar.com/tag/bar-chords/)
- [Finger Exercises](https://playguitar.com/tag/finger-exercises/)
- [Electric Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/electric-guitar/)
- [Acoustic Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/acoustic-guitar/)
- [Finger Picking](https://playguitar.com/tag/finger-picking/)
- [Beginner Lesson](https://playguitar.com/tag/beginner-lesson/)
- [How To Use A Guitar Capo](https://playguitar.com/tag/how-to-use-a-guitar-capo/)
- [Guitar Capos](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-capos/)
- [Blues Chords](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-chords/)
- [Blues Guitar Strumming](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-guitar-strumming/)
- [Guitar Tuning](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-tuning/)
- [Buddy Guy](https://playguitar.com/tag/buddy-guy/)
- [Guitar Riff](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-riff/)
- [Interval](https://playguitar.com/tag/interval/)
- [Guitar Riffs](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-riffs/)
- [Chord Progression](https://playguitar.com/tag/chord-progression/)
- [Guitar Strap Locks](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-strap-locks/)
- [Last Dance With Mary Jane](https://playguitar.com/tag/last-dance-with-mary-jane/)
- [Major Diatonic Scale](https://playguitar.com/tag/major-diatonic-scale/)
- [Free Guitar Lesson](https://playguitar.com/tag/free-guitar-lesson/)
- [Drop D Guitar Tuning](https://playguitar.com/tag/drop-d-guitar-tuning/)
- [Alternate Tunings](https://playguitar.com/tag/alternate-tunings/)
- [B Minor](https://playguitar.com/tag/b-minor/)
- [Guitar Solos](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-solos/)
- [Open Notes](https://playguitar.com/tag/open-notes/)
- [All Along The Watchtower](https://playguitar.com/tag/all-along-the-watchtower/)
- [How To Tune Your Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/how-to-tune-your-guitar/)
- [Guitar Reviews](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-reviews/)
- [Minor Thirds](https://playguitar.com/tag/minor-thirds/)
- [Guitar Licks](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-licks/)
- [Songwriting Tips](https://playguitar.com/tag/songwriting-tips/)
- [Guitar Setup](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-setup/)
- [Slide Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/slide-guitar/)
- [Hammer On](https://playguitar.com/tag/hammer-on/)
- [Cool Guitar Riffs](https://playguitar.com/tag/cool-guitar-riffs/)
- [Thirds](https://playguitar.com/tag/thirds/)
- [Inverted Thirds](https://playguitar.com/tag/inverted-thirds/)
- [Key of G](https://playguitar.com/tag/key-of-g/)
- [chords](https://playguitar.com/tag/chords-2/)
- [Inspirational](https://playguitar.com/tag/inspirational/)
- [Modes](https://playguitar.com/tag/modes/)
- [guitar christmas albums](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-christmas-albums/)
- [Diatonic Minor Scale](https://playguitar.com/tag/diatonic-minor-scale/)
- [buying a used guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/buying-a-used-guitar/)
- [open G](https://playguitar.com/tag/open-g/)
- [Bass Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/bass-guitar/)
- [Walden Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/walden-guitar/)
- [Concorda](https://playguitar.com/tag/concorda/)
- [Walden](https://playguitar.com/tag/walden/)
- [Fishman Pickups](https://playguitar.com/tag/fishman-pickups/)
- [Walden Guitars](https://playguitar.com/tag/walden-guitars/)
- [guitar capo](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-capo/)
- [cool guitar riff](https://playguitar.com/tag/cool-guitar-riff/)
- [strap locks](https://playguitar.com/tag/strap-locks/)
- [how to install guitar strap locks](https://playguitar.com/tag/how-to-install-guitar-strap-locks/)
- [picking pattern](https://playguitar.com/tag/picking-pattern/)
- [Walden Concorda CD550EB Acoustic Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/walden-concorda-cd550eb-acoustic-guitar/)
- [acoustic guitar review](https://playguitar.com/tag/acoustic-guitar-review/)
- [Riff Ninja](https://playguitar.com/tag/riff-ninja/)
- [Colin Daniel](https://playguitar.com/tag/colin-daniel/)
- [Music Theory](https://playguitar.com/tag/music-theory/)
- [Jam Track](https://playguitar.com/tag/jam-track/)
- [soloing](https://playguitar.com/tag/soloing-2/)
- [how to structure a guitar solo](https://playguitar.com/tag/how-to-structure-a-guitar-solo/)
- [walden concorda](https://playguitar.com/tag/walden-concorda/)
- [blues guitar riff](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-guitar-riff/)
- [Walden Concorda CD550EB](https://playguitar.com/tag/walden-concorda-cd550eb/)
- [Guitar Scale Patterns](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-scale-patterns/)
- [Guitar Scales](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-scales/)
- [Electric Guitars](https://playguitar.com/tag/electric-guitars/)
- [Dynamics](https://playguitar.com/tag/dynamics/)
- [Open Tuning](https://playguitar.com/tag/open-tuning/)
- [open g major](https://playguitar.com/tag/open-g-major/)
- [tones and semitones](https://playguitar.com/tag/tones-and-semitones/)
- [Chord Embellishments](https://playguitar.com/tag/chord-embellishments/)
- [Embellishments](https://playguitar.com/tag/embellishments/)
- [Chord Progressions](https://playguitar.com/tag/chord-progressions/)
- [Blues Soloing](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-soloing/)
- [Blues Solo](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-solo/)
- [Blues Progressions](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-progressions/)
- [Fingerpicking Patterns](https://playguitar.com/tag/fingerpicking-patterns/)
- [Blues Guitar Riffs](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-guitar-riffs/)
- [Knocking On Heavens Door](https://playguitar.com/tag/knocking-on-heavens-door/)
- [Guitar Songs](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-songs/)
- [Easy Guitar Songs](https://playguitar.com/tag/easy-guitar-songs/)
- [Guitar Music Theory](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-music-theory/)
- [Transposing Music](https://playguitar.com/tag/transposing-music/)
- [Changing Keys In A Song](https://playguitar.com/tag/changing-keys-in-a-song/)
- [g major tuning](https://playguitar.com/tag/g-major-tuning/)
- [capo](https://playguitar.com/tag/capo/)
- [Home Recording Studio Setup](https://playguitar.com/tag/home-recording-studio-setup/)
- [Owen Critchley](https://playguitar.com/tag/owen-critchley/)
- [Easy Home Recording Blueprint](https://playguitar.com/tag/easy-home-recording-blueprint/)
- [Jimmy Dillon](https://playguitar.com/tag/jimmy-dillon/)
- [how to create your own guitar chords](https://playguitar.com/tag/how-to-create-your-own-guitar-chords/)
- [Les Paul](https://playguitar.com/tag/les-paul/)
- [Eric Clapton](https://playguitar.com/tag/eric-clapton/)
- [while my guitar gently weeps](https://playguitar.com/tag/while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/)
- [Free Guitar Lessons Online](https://playguitar.com/tag/free-guitar-lessons-online/)
- [arpeggios](https://playguitar.com/tag/arpeggios/)
- [finger picking technique](https://playguitar.com/tag/finger-picking-technique/)
- [D Major](https://playguitar.com/tag/d-major/)
- [Fills](https://playguitar.com/tag/fills/)
- [guitar fills](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-fills/)
- [free guitar lessons video](https://playguitar.com/tag/free-guitar-lessons-video/)
- [tips for changing keys](https://playguitar.com/tag/tips-for-changing-keys/)
- [Planet Waves](https://playguitar.com/tag/planet-waves/)
- [Guitar Octaves](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-octaves/)
- [classic rock christmas](https://playguitar.com/tag/classic-rock-christmas/)
- [guitar boogie](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-boogie/)
- [acoustic blues](https://playguitar.com/tag/acoustic-blues/)
- [acoustic blues guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/acoustic-blues-guitar/)
- [D'Addario](https://playguitar.com/tag/daddario/)
- [Major 3rds](https://playguitar.com/tag/major-3rds/)
- [Minor 3rds](https://playguitar.com/tag/minor-3rds/)
- [les paul's 96th birthday](https://playguitar.com/tag/les-pauls-96th-birthday/)
- [blues guitar boogie](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-guitar-boogie/)
- [blues shuffle](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues-shuffle/)
- [o-port review](https://playguitar.com/tag/o-port-review/)
- [connecting scale patterns](https://playguitar.com/tag/connecting-scale-patterns/)
- [Bm guitar chord](https://playguitar.com/tag/bm-guitar-chord/)
- [bizarre guitars](https://playguitar.com/tag/bizarre-guitars/)
- [weird guitars](https://playguitar.com/tag/weird-guitars/)
- [guitar pictures](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-pictures/)
- [Flatpicking](https://playguitar.com/tag/flatpicking/)
- [Standard Tuning](https://playguitar.com/tag/standard-tuning/)
- [EADGBE](https://playguitar.com/tag/eadgbe/)
- [palm muting](https://playguitar.com/tag/palm-muting/)
- [Spider Capo](https://playguitar.com/tag/spider-capo/)
- [country riffs](https://playguitar.com/tag/country-riffs/)
- [language](https://playguitar.com/tag/language/)
- [music](https://playguitar.com/tag/music/)
- [fingerpicking](https://playguitar.com/tag/fingerpicking/)
- [Sweet Home Alabama](https://playguitar.com/tag/sweet-home-alabama/)
- [acoustic](https://playguitar.com/tag/acoustic/)
- [Lawson Rollins](https://playguitar.com/tag/lawson-rollins/)
- [Tommy Emmanuel](https://playguitar.com/tag/tommy-emmanuel/)
- [pentatonic minor](https://playguitar.com/tag/pentatonic-minor/)
- [rock riffs](https://playguitar.com/tag/rock-riffs/)
- [songwriting](https://playguitar.com/tag/songwriting/)
- [96 Rock Licks](https://playguitar.com/tag/96-rock-licks/)
- [Steve Stine](https://playguitar.com/tag/steve-stine/)
- [rhythm riff](https://playguitar.com/tag/rhythm-riff/)
- [bar chords made simple](https://playguitar.com/tag/bar-chords-made-simple/)
- [Learn and Master](https://playguitar.com/tag/learn-and-master/)
- [Guitar Courses](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-courses/)
- [Standard D Tuning](https://playguitar.com/tag/standard-d-tuning/)
- [Farida](https://playguitar.com/tag/farida/)
- [Farida J-FT](https://playguitar.com/tag/farida-j-ft/)
- [Gear Reviews](https://playguitar.com/tag/gear-reviews/)
- [Mark Knopfler](https://playguitar.com/tag/mark-knopfler/)
- [Sultans of Swing](https://playguitar.com/tag/sultans-of-swing/)
- [Song Surgeon](https://playguitar.com/tag/song-surgeon/)
- [Slow Down Music](https://playguitar.com/tag/slow-down-music/)
- [Change Pitch](https://playguitar.com/tag/change-pitch/)
- [Guitar Harmonics](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-harmonics/)
- [chord inversions](https://playguitar.com/tag/chord-inversions/)
- [Standard Guitar Tuning](https://playguitar.com/tag/standard-guitar-tuning/)
- [Open D Major](https://playguitar.com/tag/open-d-major/)
- [Chuck Berry](https://playguitar.com/tag/chuck-berry/)
- [Rock n Roll](https://playguitar.com/tag/rock-n-roll/)
- [string stretching](https://playguitar.com/tag/string-stretching/)
- [learn to play guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/learn-to-play-guitar/)
- [beginner guitar chords](https://playguitar.com/tag/beginner-guitar-chords/)
- [how to play guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/how-to-play-guitar/)
- [I IV V](https://playguitar.com/tag/i-iv-v/)
- [Hybrid Picking](https://playguitar.com/tag/hybrid-picking/)
- [beginner guitar lesson](https://playguitar.com/tag/beginner-guitar-lesson/)
- [Pentatonic Minor Scale](https://playguitar.com/tag/pentatonic-minor-scale/)
- [Searching For Sugar Man](https://playguitar.com/tag/searching-for-sugar-man/)
- [Rodriguez](https://playguitar.com/tag/rodriguez/)
- [Unlocking I IV V](https://playguitar.com/tag/unlocking-i-iv-v/)
- [BB King](https://playguitar.com/tag/bb-king/)
- [Joe Satriani](https://playguitar.com/tag/joe-satriani/)
- [Memorizing Songs](https://playguitar.com/tag/memorizing-songs/)
- [String Stretches](https://playguitar.com/tag/string-stretches/)
- [IQ Test](https://playguitar.com/tag/iq-test/)
- [Chord Construction](https://playguitar.com/tag/chord-construction/)
- [Joe Bonamassa Crybaby](https://playguitar.com/tag/joe-bonamassa-crybaby/)
- [Ditto Looper](https://playguitar.com/tag/ditto-looper/)
- [TC Electronics](https://playguitar.com/tag/tc-electronics/)
- [Rock Jam Tracks](https://playguitar.com/tag/rock-jam-tracks/)
- [Mistakes](https://playguitar.com/tag/mistakes/)
- [Strum Pattern](https://playguitar.com/tag/strum-pattern/)
- [Strumming Techniques](https://playguitar.com/tag/strumming-techniques/)
- [Motivational](https://playguitar.com/tag/motivational/)
- [David Bowie](https://playguitar.com/tag/david-bowie/)
- [Sean Lennon](https://playguitar.com/tag/sean-lennon/)
- [Bruce Springsteen](https://playguitar.com/tag/bruce-springsteen/)
- [Dave Grohl](https://playguitar.com/tag/dave-grohl/)
- [Prince](https://playguitar.com/tag/prince/)
- [Dhani Harrison](https://playguitar.com/tag/dhani-harrison/)
- [Jon Bon Jovi](https://playguitar.com/tag/jon-bon-jovi/)
- [Keith Richards](https://playguitar.com/tag/keith-richards/)
- [Paul McCartney](https://playguitar.com/tag/paul-mccartney/)
- [Drone Notes](https://playguitar.com/tag/drone-notes/)
- [Chromatic](https://playguitar.com/tag/chromatic/)
- [Gibson Les Paul](https://playguitar.com/tag/gibson-les-paul/)
- [Transposing](https://playguitar.com/tag/transposing/)
- [Major](https://playguitar.com/tag/major/)
- [Minor](https://playguitar.com/tag/minor/)
- [Inspiration](https://playguitar.com/tag/inspiration/)
- [Motivation](https://playguitar.com/tag/motivation/)
- [Joe Bonamassa](https://playguitar.com/tag/joe-bonamassa/)
- [Piano](https://playguitar.com/tag/piano/)
- [Luca Sestak](https://playguitar.com/tag/luca-sestak/)
- [Theory](https://playguitar.com/tag/theory/)
- [Strumming](https://playguitar.com/tag/strumming/)
- [Beginner](https://playguitar.com/tag/beginner/)
- [Blues](https://playguitar.com/tag/blues/)
- [Improvising](https://playguitar.com/tag/improvising/)
- [Progressions](https://playguitar.com/tag/progressions/)
- [Intermediate](https://playguitar.com/tag/intermediate/)
- [Contests](https://playguitar.com/tag/contest/)
- [Picking](https://playguitar.com/tag/picking/)
- [Guitar Techniques](https://playguitar.com/tag/guitar-techniques/)
- [Tunings](https://playguitar.com/tag/tunings/)
- [Greatest Guitarists](https://playguitar.com/tag/greatest-guitarists/)
- [Free Guitar Lessons](https://playguitar.com/tag/free-guitar-lessons/)
- [Advanced](https://playguitar.com/tag/advanced/)
- [Bass](https://playguitar.com/tag/bass/)
- [Melody](https://playguitar.com/tag/melody/)
- [Singing](https://playguitar.com/tag/singing/)
- [Level 2](https://playguitar.com/tag/level-2/)
- [Level 1](https://playguitar.com/tag/level-1/)
- [Midi](https://playguitar.com/tag/midi/)
- [Rhythm Guitar](https://playguitar.com/tag/rhythm-guitar/)
- [pentatonic](https://playguitar.com/tag/pentatonic/)
- [Box 1](https://playguitar.com/tag/box-1/)
- [double stops](https://playguitar.com/tag/double-stops/)
- [bend](https://playguitar.com/tag/bend/)
- [diatonic](https://playguitar.com/tag/diatonic/)
- [bends](https://playguitar.com/tag/bends/)
- [diminished](https://playguitar.com/tag/diminished/)
- [Fourths](https://playguitar.com/tag/fourths/)
- [Sixths](https://playguitar.com/tag/sixths/)
- [Slide](https://playguitar.com/tag/slide/)
- [flatted fifth](https://playguitar.com/tag/flatted-fifth/)
- [traveling lick](https://playguitar.com/tag/traveling-lick/)
- [Thumping](https://playguitar.com/tag/thumping/)
- [first guitar lesson](https://playguitar.com/tag/first-guitar-lesson/)
- [Voicings](https://playguitar.com/tag/voicings/)
- [Chord Voicings](https://playguitar.com/tag/chord-voicings/)
- [Chord Modifications](https://playguitar.com/tag/chord-modifications/)
- [Diads](https://playguitar.com/tag/diads/)
- [Key of E](https://playguitar.com/tag/key-of-e/)
- [muted stroke](https://playguitar.com/tag/muted-stroke/)
- [Jack Johnson](https://playguitar.com/tag/jack-johnson/)

## Symbols

- [Headers](https://playguitar.com/tcb_symbol/headers/)
- [Footers](https://playguitar.com/tcb_symbol/footers/)