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Three free videos. The fretboard isn't twenty separate positions, it's one system that keeps repeating. Once you see that, the chord shapes you already know stop being mystery moves and start being the where of something bigger. I'll show you in about fifteen minutes total.

Guitar Chords

Guitar Tips for Newbies: Open D Chord

The D chord is one of the smallest open chords on guitar — just four strings. But that compact shape leaves your fingers room to explore, and there are some surprisingly cool things you can do with it. This lesson covers a handful of simple modifications to the open D chord that you can start […]

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An Easy Riff For Beginners – With Open Chords

Once you’ve got your basic open chords down — G, C, D, E minor, A minor — the next thing that makes your playing jump a level is connecting them with short riffs. Instead of just strumming one chord, stopping, then strumming the next, you add a few notes between the changes that create a […]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Open Chords

A lot of you beginners have mentioned to me that you’re at the stage where you’re working on chords, so I thought that today I would bring you a handy little video which very simply focuses on open chords, how you play them and what they sound like. I’ve included a chord chart beside each […]

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Triads on Guitar: How to Use Small Chord Shapes for a Bigger Sound

If you have ever played in a band or jammed with another guitarist, you have probably run into a common problem: both players strumming the same open chords in the same range. The result is a wall of sound that lacks definition. In the video above, we walk through a simple but powerful solution — […]