In this guitar lesson, you’re going to learn one version of the New Flamenco Strum. This is a good, basic version that will suit you…

In this guitar lesson, I’m going to show you a Flamenco chord progression that is a lot of fun to play and fairly easy to…

These three chords each have a certain amount of dissonance that makes them sound somewhat exotic. I’m going to show you each chord and then…

Knowing the notes on the guitar fretboard will help you in many ways including naming bar chords, learning songs faster, playing chords in different places on the neck, and generally getting around the guitar fretboard more easily.
Learn several techniques for easily identifying the notes on the neck. Then I’ll give you an exercise to help you memorize them easily in just a few minutes a day.

Learn this basic new flamenco riff and use it as a basis to improvise and jam. I’ll break it down step-by-step so you can play this fun style of music in no time at all.

In this lesson we talk about ways to practice chord changes. We’ll take a look at the F major barre chord, and learn a bit…

For today’s training Thomas gave 4 strategies for dealing with fat fingers and touching other streams from playing chords. In addition he showed a 12 bar…

In this session I show you how to set up a warm up routine. Along with specific techniques I discuss the importance of paying attention…

​​ Adding bass notes to your strumming is an easy way to add some spice to your guitar playing. It’s also a lot of fun. In this…

In this month’s Live Q&A session I’ll use a popular blues progression as a focal point to work on several aspects to improve your guitar…

This month’s live Q&A session is a step-by-step lesson on getting started with the Ukulele with Aimee Field. She teaches the The Caterpillar Exercise, four…

Here’s a short lesson on how to get started improvising. Aimee has graciously offered to play backup rhythm on her Ukelele while I demonstrate some…

In this month’s live Q&A session, I give a step-by-step explanation of Travis Picking. I also answer questions like How close to the fret do…

  In our first-ever live Q&A session, I answered guitar questions like What are the advantages to using the pinkie as an anchor when picking?, Do…

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Adding bass notes to your strumming is an easy way to add some spice to your guitar playing. It’s also a lot of fun! In…

I’m going to show you how to use jam tracks to improve your guitar playing. By using jam tracks, you’re going to be more motivated…

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If you’re having a hard time getting your chords to sound great don’t feel bad. Most everyone has this problem when learning guitar.

I’ll give you some tips to help you fix bad sounding chords… starting off with the basics issues that cause buzzing or dead sounding notes.

More importantly, I’ll give you a system to develop the habits to solve this issue once and for all.

It is useful to learn how to strum the guitar with fingers for times that you don’t have a pick or when you want a different sound. When you’ve completed this Quick Win you’ll have four strumming techniques that you can use without a pick.

Here’s an easy Bossa Nova strum that you can use on either a nylon string guitar or steel string guitar.

I’ll start with a simple version, then teach you how to embellish the basic pattern. To give you the full experience we’ll then apply the strum to some cool “bossa” chords.

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Using a capo is a valuable skill.  One of the most important uses is to raise or lower the pitch of a song to make it easier to sing along. In this course module, you’ll learn the ins and out of changing keys with a capo and without a capo. The course includes several practical exercises with Play-Along tracks. You’ll also get my unique Key Change Chord Chart along with the instruction to make rapid key changes.

Changing chords on time while strumming is a crucial skill when playing guitar. If changing chords without slowing down or fumbling is difficult for you… You are not alone. In this lesson, you’ll learn the critical techniques that enable you to change chords smoothly and on time.

A fairly simple fingerstyle solo version of this Christmas classic. I’ve broken it down into five sections with a lesson for each. This is a good song…

This fingerstyle solo version of the traditional Christmas song combines melody and arpeggio style chords. It’s an excellent way to practice the fundamentals of solo…

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