Full Chords Group 3: Introducing the B Major Chord
In this single lesson tutorial, we're going to learn how to play a B major chord.
Walking Bass Line Turnaround
This tutorial is in the key of G and is a blues based turnaround. You will earn that a blues turnaround is made of dominant 7th chords and you will learn how to connect each...
Rock Riffing: 10 Rock Riffs
Here you can learn a selection of rock riffs which I created. I'll take you through distinct ten rock riffs that will help you understand what riffs are, and how to start creating...
Basic Jazz Chords
This tutorial gives you the theoretical background behind basic jazz chords - where they come from and how they are used. Take your time to get familiar with the theory behind it,...
Seamless Chord Changes For Beginners
One of the most challenging tasks for a new guitarist can be making chord changes smoothly and quickly, without creating a pause in the music.
Often times, coming up with a...
Mixing Major & Minor Chords 2: C, A minor, F, G
Playing chords is the first step in guitar playing. Switching between chords is the first great leap in guitar skill. If you can switch between chords, you can play a song. This...
Mixing Major & Minor Chords 3: A min, C, D min, E
Playing chords is the first step in guitar playing. Switching between chords is the first great leap in guitar skill. If you can switch between chords, you can play a song. This...
Mixing Major & Minor Chords 1: G, E minor, C, D
Playing chords is the first step in guitar playing. Switching between chords is the first great leap in guitar skill. If you can switch between chords, you can play a song. This...
Practicing Switching Chords 4: A, D, and E Minor
Playing chords is the first step in guitar playing. Switching between chords is the first great leap in guitar skill. If you can switch between chords, you can play a song. This...
Full Chords Group 4: A, D, and E Minor
This tutorial introduces the beginning guitar player to the full (non-simplified) versions of the A, D and E minor chords in open position. These are the standard basic chords...
Practicing Switching Chords 1: A, D, and E
Playing chords is the first step in guitar playing. Switching between chords is the first great leap in guitar skill. If you can switch between chords, you can play a song. This...
Practicing Switching Chords 2: C, F, and G
Playing chords is the first step in guitar playing. Switching between chords is the first great leap in guitar skill. If you can switch between chords, you can play a song. This...
Practicing Switching Chords 3: E, A, and B
Playing the B chord can be very challenging. Switching from B to other chords is also difficult in the beginning. This tutorial for the beginning student introduces changing...
Full Chords Group 1: A, D, and E
This series introduces you to some of the basic chords on guitar: A, D, and E.
Full Chords Group 2: C, F, and G
This tutorial introduces the beginning guitar player to the full (non-simplified) versions of the C, F and G major chords in first position. These are the standard basic chords...
Simple Chords Group 1: Intro To C Major & G Major
This tutorial introduces simplified versions of the C and G chords at a beginner level.
Simple Chords Group 2: Intro To A Minor & E Major
This tutorial introduces simplified versions of A, E and C chords at a beginner level.
More 12 Bar Blues in A
In this Tutorial Series we are going to expand upon our 12 Bar Blues in the key of A.
12 Bar Blues in A
In this Tutorial Series we are going to learning how to play a 12 Bar Blues in A.
Barre Into Jazz Chords
In these seven guitar lessons, Caren Armstrong will teach you how to turn barre chords into jazz chords. After introducing you to the tutorial, Caren will first break down the A7...
Jam Over Cmaj7 to Fmaj7
In a previous tutorial you were introduced to the C to F chord progression. This progression can be difficult; especially for beginning players. In my newest tutorial I'll...
Two-Note Chords
In these six lessons, I will introduce you to the concept of two-note chords. Then I will show you a small example song, so you can see how they can be used in a musical context.
The All Chords Exercise
In this tutorial I will show you a great chord exercise that I call The All Chords Exercise.
The purpose of the exercise is to practice finding all 12 chords of a certain type...
Beyond Power Chords
In these lessons I will leave standard power chords behind and show you four types of chords that are just as useful, that you may not have seen before. In the first two examples,...
Freshen Up Your Guitar Playing
"Freshen Up Your Guitar Playing" is a lesson that hopefully will show you how to see a new way of thinking about the guitar.
We are so locked into playing chord shapes covering...
Trick of the Week - January 11, 1999
This is a chord trick in A minor. It is especially useful as a pinky finger exercise. The idea is to leave the barre chord in place (leave the index finger laying across the 5th...
Trick of the Week - February 8, 1999
I was having so much fun with Al Gendron's January 25th Trick of
the Week that I wrote one of my own using the same tuning but no slide. It reminds
me of a Led Zeppelin...
Trick of the Week - August 3, 1998
This lesson is based
on the C major chord. The most common chord trick for the C chord is hammering and pulling
off on the D and G strings with your second finger while...
Trick of the Week - August 31, 1998
This is an example of a type of trick called a "walking bass line." The trick
is usually placed at the transition between two sections of a song. For
instance, you could play...