Connecting Fretboard Positions: In this lesson I address a question from one of my viewers who is trying to work out how to better connect the different positions on the fretboard. Despite knowing …
Chord Family Arpeggios
This lesson expands on the last lesson, Triad Arpeggio Workout. By using the same shapes that were introduced, this lesson takes it further by leading you through a major scale "Chord Family" of …
Music Theory: Using a Single String to Understand the Fundamentals
Today's lesson is an outline of an approach that I developed over my years as a private guitar teacher. In this approach you look at the instrument by reducing concepts in theory to a single string. …
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Rhythm Is The Path
There are numerous points on the path to learning anything that is worth learning, where the progress stalls. We keep doing the things that were working before, but for some reason they stop working. …
What To Include In Your Practice: A Process For Deciding What To Work On
We all love to sound great. Being good at something gives us a sense of confidence and purpose. The problem is that you can’t get better by doing what you’re good at. The first tenet of my …
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The Most Important Thing
The most important thing to learn is how to enjoy practicing. Find the joy in practice. Learn to enjoy the feeling of playing a scale to a metronome and placing that note just perfectly on the …