I get a lot of questions about strumming patterns and barre chords. So this week on insider I offer an alternative to both by demonstrating how many simple and powerful parts you can get from stripping down the basic barre chord shapes and simplifying the right hand approach. 

This is great for many reasons - for one it's an excellent exercise in the powerful concept of "see how little you can get away with". It's also a great and musically useful alternative to everyone struggling with the full bar chord shapes. I'll build a track in my looper, focusing on parts that blend well with each other and create a cohesive mood.  You can recreate this exercise with any barre chord shapes and chord progressions. 

Published: 10/08/2026 Published: 10/08/2026 Upgrade

 This week on Insider I compare my recent experience of recording with a "holy grail" 1958 Telecaster to the $100 Strat I keep at my In-laws' place. It never fails to amaze me how quickly any guitar turns into merely a tool, once you start practicing, recording or playing with a band. There is such a thing as good and bad quality when it comes to guitar, but it doesn't usually correlate with how expensive the instruments are. So in this episode we take a deep dive into all the nuances of quality and what I personally look for in a guitar. This will potentially help you save a lot of money and if nothing else guide you on your journey toward finding your own favorite instrument.... or instruments! 

Published: 10/01/2026 Published: 10/01/2026 Upgrade

 This week on Insider we continue exploring all the beautiful sounds you have easy access to in the open G-tuning on an acoustic guitar. Open tunings are not for everything, but once you've tuned your way there, the idea is to pick the low hanging fruit and have fun with that. We have standard tuning for everything else! 

Last week we explored the same approach with the open D-tuning, but this week we'll do it with open G.You'll see a lot of similarities, and the overall approach and vibe is the same. Open G can be tuned up a whole step to open A and down a whole step to open F - so in a way you're learning 3 open tunings for the price of 1. 

Published: 09/24/2026 Published: 09/24/2026 Upgrade

 This week on Insider we explore a tool that is so often misunderstood that I hesitated to put it in the title. Open tunings are a cheat code to get easy access to some really cool sounds - not a new way to play all the things you already know in standard tuning. It can be a bit cumbersome to get into the tuning, but once you're in it there's a whole world of awesome sounding low hanging sonic fruit to be picked. Open D is often explored in the context of slide guitar playing and electric rock riffs, but today we'll explore the gorgeous sound of open D on acoustic. 

Published: 09/17/2026 Published: 09/17/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I answer a question from Phil about the best ways to arrange your practice space. I love this question, because our practice space is our whole world, while we're learning guitar. For that reason it's worth making sure it's an extremely inviting space, whether you have a small corner of a laundry room or a larger dedicated space. 

We'll talk about the ambiance, the gear setup, our posture, the volume, the clutter and much more. Here on Insider we explore a lot of different ways to cultivate motivation rather than relying on discipline - setting up your practice space is a huge part of this. 

Published: 09/14/2026 Published: 09/14/2026 Upgrade

 This week on insider I try to clear up some of the all-too-common confusion regarding how to use a metronome - and just as importantly how not to use a metronome. 

The metronome is a powerful tool with many great uses and it's often presented by teachers like myself as a straightforward thing. But it is really not straightforward and it's surprisingly common to miss the point entirely. So in this episode we get to the bottom of all that confusion and try to clear it up, so that you'll know when to use a metronome and how to use it productively. 

Published: 09/03/2026 Published: 09/03/2026 Upgrade

 This week on Insider we explore the all-too-often elusive connection between melody and harmony by adding chords to a simple four-note melody. There is an almost infinite array of choices, and once you understand the basic approach, your taste and personal preference will guide you to the final combination of chords and melody. 

In this particular example, we're coming up with something brand new and therefore any decision is valid. In the very common scenario where you're trying to recreate a song that you know, there will be a specific chord choice you're searching for. But in either scenario the approach is the same. 

Published: 08/27/2026 Published: 08/27/2026 Upgrade

 This week on Insider I offer a clear explanation and demonstration of one of the most foundational concepts in music: intervals. The term interval refers to the distance between notes in a scale - measured in scale steps. We'll go through it all within the most basic pattern of the C major scale and talk through both the theory and the common uses on the guitar for all 8 of the intervals. 

Published: 08/21/2026 Published: 08/21/2026 Upgrade

 This week on Insider we explore a really fun style/vibe commonly referred to as "spy guitar". This is closely related to surf guitar with bright, twangy tones with lots of reverb and tremolo, and it's a ton of fun to play. I have written a little secret agent theme that includes cool low riffs, spicy minor/major7 chords and even a chord I don't know what to call. I'll break it all down in this very special edition of Guitar Insider. 

Published: 08/13/2026 Published: 08/13/2026 Upgrade

 This week on Insider we go deeper into the world of bass guitar. And don't worry if you haven't already watched the episode called "intro to Bass Guitar". All you need to know is at the bottom 4 strings of the bass are the same as on your regular Guitar - only an octave lower. 

The coolest thing about the bass is that it's 50% harmonic instrument and 50% rhythm instrument. Today we'll explore what this means in the context of a track that made for this very purpose. You can play along on your regular guitar and see if you want to try a real bass guitar at some point. Either way it's fun and helpful to be aware of how the bass works in a band. 

Published: 08/06/2026 Published: 08/06/2026 Upgrade

 This weekend on Insider we continue last week's ambitious undertaking of going through and categorizing all the Insiders we've ever done. It's very helpful to talk through all the many topics we have covered, so you can see what you might have missed, and what you'd like to revisit. I truly think these episodes make up a powerful resource for learning about guitar and music, and I hope you'll get a lot of inspiration out of it all. 

Last week we talked through all the episodes that had to do with acoustic guitar, big picture, chord melody, gear and tone and lead playing. 

This week we'll continue by talking through all the videos that have to do with practice guidance, recording, riff and rhythm playing, technique, theory and writing. 

Published: 07/30/2026 Published: 07/30/2026 Upgrade

 This week on insider we take a birds-eye-view of all the insider episodes we've done so far. Rather than doing this in the order they were made, we talk through all of them organized by categories. That way you can go through and see which ones you might wanna check out or revisit. I'm biased but I think this collection of Insiders make up an incredible resource for learning about music and guitar. 

The episode got very long so I decided to split it into two parts. That way you'll have time to explore or revisit any of the episodes that stuck out to you, and then we'll pick it right back up next week. 

Published: 07/24/2026 Published: 07/24/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider, we continue to explore the concept of learning harmonic building blocks and chord progressions as "licks". 
This is mirroring the way we learn to solo where we make useful phrases (licks) out of the scales and have those "licks" readily available for improvising in different contexts.
This week we explore what's called a "line cliché" progression, and I'm sure you recognize the sound of it from a million classic songs. This progression is fun to jam, solo, sing, and write over.

Published: 07/17/2026 Published: 07/17/2026 Upgrade

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Published: 07/16/2026 Published: 07/16/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I share what happened to my most precious acoustic guitar when I broke my own rule and took it flying. Ironically, what happened was not the airline's fault, but spoiler alert: it wasn't good. After this horror story, I share some tips on practicing on an electric guitar that isn't plugged into an amp. This can be a supercharged way of practicing if you approach it right and make sure to stear clear of certain pitfalls that we'll discuss. 

Published: 07/15/2026 Published: 07/15/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I share another one of the things I really wish someone would have told me early on in my own guitar journey, which is what on earth to do with dimished chords?!?! What even are they, how do you play them, how do you avoid them and much more. We'll start with the most basic approach and then we'll gradually build on both the voicings as well as a deeper understanding of how they tend to function within a progression. 

Published: 06/25/2026 Published: 06/25/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider we explore some very advanced soloing sounds, BUT we do this using the most simple and basic pattern of the minor pentatonic. It's an often overlooked fact that you can get easy access to sounds like minor, major, Mixolydian, Lydian and more by simply moving the old familiar pattern around on the neck. First I'll build an ambient C5 loop and then I'll demonstrate how to move the basic minor pentatonic shape around to create some new, exciting and wildly different sounds.

Published: 06/25/2026 Published: 06/25/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I share one of the biggest lightbulb moments I had early on, on my guitar journey. This happened when I started to see the visual overlap between scale patterns and chord shapes, and once I started using this musically it opened up a whole world of beautiful sounds that effortlessly blend melody and chord without straining to do both at once. You can easily explore this concept on an advanced level, but even at it's most basic levels it's a great sound and makes for an extremely beneficial exercise. 

Published: 06/11/2026 Published: 06/11/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider we dive into the world of MIND GAMES. Just like it's the case with most other difficult things we try to do in life, the mental component of learning and performing music is powerful. Some mind games can send you into a tailspin if you don't manage to snap out of it, and others can be extremely helpful. 

This all came about after I received a question about that familiar moment when you realize you're doing something new and difficult and then seemingly because of that thought you end up messing it up. That particular issue is simply a matter of powering through to the other side, but there are many other both helpful and destructive mind games that it's important to be aware of. 

Published: 06/04/2026 Published: 06/04/2026 Upgrade

This week on insider we continue our journey into songwriting. In the last episode, we explored adding melody and chords to the lyrics we had written in the first episode, and today I show you everything that has happened with this song since the end of that last episode. 

I basically followed the formula until I got inspired. This inspiration was triggered by an upcoming studio session with friends and something really tragic that happened. It all lead the song to a very interesting and unexpected place, and in this episode I'll walk you through all the decisions I made in the process and offer lots of helpful songwriting tips along the way.

Published: 05/28/2026 Published: 05/28/2026 Upgrade

This week on insider we continue our deep dive into the songwriting process. We have now reached step 2 of my tried-and-true method for writing a song - a method that works whether you're feeling inspired or not. Some writers wait for the songs to come, but I like to chase them!

In step 2 we pick some reference songs that we would like our song to feel like and with those in mind, we start singing our lyrics over different chords. After that, it's simply a matter of staying with it long enough and keep searching until you find something that feels right. I demonstrate this process and offer all my best advice along the way. 

The world of songwriting is for everyone, and I hope you'll join me there. 

Published: 05/15/2026 Published: 05/15/2026 Upgrade

This week on insider I come to you from an entirely empty studio. A studio that has been my one-man music spaceship for the past 15 years of my life. This room was a Swiss Army knife of guitar sounds and I could do anything I ever needed to in there. Now it's empty and I'm playing a small ZT amp I could dig out of storage and a really cool Jerry Jones baritone guitar that just showed up in the mail! We'll talk about baritone guitar and how to approach any old or new, cheap or expensive instrument with curiosity and try to find out what IT wants to do. That's a hack that'll give you access to so much inspiration, help you beat the gear hype and ultimately find your own unique voice on the guitar.

Published: 04/30/2026 Published: 04/30/2026 Upgrade

This week on insider, I offer a stark warning about cheese graters. I also offer my best tips on one of the skills that I always dreamt of acquiring, but for some reason thought was entirely unattainable: lyric writing. I don't know why, but so many of us think lyric writing is a skill you have to be born with, but it is a craft - just like anything else we do in music. 

Today I offer some hands-on tips that will help you get started writing your very own lyrics - and if you're already writing lyrics, these are really great tools that I use myself every time I sit down to write. 

Published: 04/24/2026 Published: 04/24/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider we continue our exploration of the concept of "micro licks" - this time within the context of "Chicken Picking". Chicken picking refers to the percussive sound we get when we use a combination of regular picked notes and notes we "pluck" with our fingers. This is a really fun sound to explore and you often hear it within a country context - but it can be used in many other styles as well. We'll break down 4 micro licks that can be expanded and combined to play a large number of different chicken picking licks. If you're already a seasoned chicken picker, this will give you some new ideas - and if you've never tried this sound before, it's a really great place to start.

Published: 04/16/2026 Published: 04/16/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider we talk about gear! Acquiring instruments and equipment in order to find your sound can be an exciting part of learning to play. It also has the potential to be a giant rabbit hole and a total waste of money and energy. Because at the end of the day the most powerful way to sound better is to get better - but as we all know it is all too easy to get caught up in the notorious "Gear Acquisition Syndrome" and think you can fix your musical challenges by buying stuff. So in this episode I share all the moments, where I bought equipment that did in fact make a difference for me. I hope this will help you on your own journey through the exciting and confusing world of GEAR.

Published: 04/09/2026 Published: 04/09/2026 Upgrade

One of the trickiest parts of navigating your guitar journey is figuring out what advice to take to heart and what to ignore. In this episode I share some of the advice I got that sent me down the wrong path for a while. I also share what I think the advice should have been and what I eventually learned from it all. These bits of bad advice were offered to me by people who gave me an astronomically larger amount of great advice, so this is in no way me criticizing or putting down my old teachers and mentors. I'm simply offering some hard lessons I learned, hoping it will be helpful to all of you.

Published: 04/07/2026 Published: 04/07/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider we continue to explore the concept of "micro-licks", this time in a jazz blues context. Jazz blues is an intriguing sound that mixes up the basic blues pattern with notes from the major chord/scale along with other cool sounding tension notes. We will break down and practice four short licks that can be used and combined in a bunch of different ways. This new, jazzy sounding vocabulary will blend in seamlessly with your regular blues vocabulary, and I think you'll have a ton of fun exploring this potent blend of sounds and vibes.

Published: 03/26/2026 Published: 03/26/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I share another powerful group of "microlicks" - this time to work in a blues shuffle context. The medium tempo blues shuffle can be hard to solo over, because everything becomes triplet based and it can feel very disorienting to navigate for both your phrasing and your technique. These 5 microlicks can be used in a million different ways and can serve as a kickstarter for your triplet-based vocabulary. Im confident you'll get a lot of use out of it - also outside of the shuffle context!

Published: 03/19/2026 Published: 03/19/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I share the behind-the-scenes story of how I ended up playing on a song with the great Willie Nelson that just came out. I spent some time in Nashville last year, and while I was there I played on a song for a great artist named Lily Meola. I played my heart out and the producer was extremely happy. Unfortunately the artist didn't think it was the right vibe stylistically, so they axed my lead parts and called in the amazing Willie Nelson to replay it. Thankfully my Tic Toc parts survived, so now I can cross "playing on a song with Willie" off my bucket list. Throughout this story I'll show you some of the tricks and techniques I used in the process as well as some general tips for playing with this kind of south-of-the-border country sound. Sounds that are so convincing enough that even a Danish guy can pull it off!

Published: 03/12/2026 Published: 03/12/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I share a true lightbulb moment I had in the earlier part of my guitar journey. This all comes down to a simple, but powerful exercise that really made the relationship between chords and scales click on a whole new level. We'll be soloing in the key of A minor, using a small pattern of the full minor scale. Then the harmony will go to a major V-chord, which uses a note that isn't in the regular minor scale. Changing this one note within our scale pattern, really opened up the door for me to a whole new level of playing - a level where you're not just blindly soloing over and through the chords, but playing with them. This scale is called "harmonic minor", but I hope you'll see it as a simple variation of the basic scale rather than a whole new scale.

Published: 03/05/2026 Published: 03/05/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I invite you all to join me in a bit of an experiment. I have always encouraged everyone to break down a longer lick or phrase into smaller chunks - in order to get creative with each of the chunks individually. Today we'll reverse engineer this process by learning four micro-licks and then exploring all the different ways you can string those together to make long and elaborate phrases. We'll explore this in a Bluegrass context (because it's fun!), but it works in any style of music. My hope is that you will not only get a lot of mileage out of these micro-licks, but also that this will help you get more use out of licks you already know.

Published: 02/26/2026 Published: 02/26/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I respond to a request for more "lab work" - particularly the concept of chasing a particular emotion in the lab. The "lab" refers to the headspace in which we stretch and build upon our existing knowledge - see the episode called "5 Rooms" for more info. The emotion were trying to evoke is "hopeful" and in order to conjure up this feeling well use all the tricks, tools and techniques available to us. Conveying emotion just might be the ultimate goal of music making, so this exercise is important and hopefully inspiring. You can come at it from a million different angles, and I hope this demonstration will help you get started.

Published: 02/12/2026 Published: 02/12/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I share my experience from this weekend attending the Grammys as a nominee. Grab your guitar, run some scales and let me tell offer you an insider perspective from the biggest night in music!

Published: 02/05/2026 Published: 02/05/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I respond to two questions from Larry and John about finding your way through all the many Insider episodes we've done so far. After that we continue to the topic of the day which is as clear a demonstration as I can imagine of the power of rhythm and timing. I have recorded a simple rhythm guitar and a solo with the worst timing I could pull off, and then I'll show you how much more confident and pro it sounds, once I clean up the timing. This is not a lesson in editing a poor performance, but rather a demonstration that I hope will inspire you to pay attention to your rhythm and timing in both your lead playing and accompaniment.

Published: 01/29/2026 Published: 01/29/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I share one of the important lessons that I wish someone would have shared with me early on. This is the fact that a scale is simply a collection of notes that makes sense to the player so anything can be a scale. You can even make up your own based on simple variations on scales you already know or random visual patterns on the neck. Try it out remember the good notes and ditch the bad ones. And don't be afraid of a little dissonance as long as you land on a comfortable note it can be a powerful sound.

Published: 01/22/2026 Published: 01/22/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I respond to what might be my favorite Insider question ever. The question is from Bill who asks for some tips on how to play melodic and catchy solos rather than the usual pentatonic riffing. This is something I strive to do anytime I play a solo, so I'm excited to offer some tips on making your solos more catchy, recognizable and melodic. To me, the perfect solo is one that you have to play note-for-note when you play the song - or the listener gets disappointed. Obviously this is a huge topic, but today we're diving right in.

Published: 01/15/2026 Published: 01/15/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I show how easy and affordable it can be to explore the sunshiney sound of the Ukulele. With just a little bit of knowledge you can more or less directly transfer your guitar skills onto the Ukulele by pretending it's the top 4 strings of the regular guitar. You also don't have to spend a lot of money to get a decent Ukulele. They're extremely affordable, and it can be nice to have as a break from your learning on your regular guitar - for both your fingers and your mind. Finally I show how you can convert your regular acoustic to work like a Ukulele in case you like the sound, but don't want to buy the instrument.

Published: 01/08/2026 Published: 01/08/2026 Upgrade

As we're heading into the new year, I thought it would be helpful to offer some encouragement for all my Insiders - because we all need that from time to time. We'll talk about why the guitar is such an awesome instrument, why it's a uniquely great time to be learning it right now, how there is no wrong way to study and how it's good for much more than just your musical abilities to be learning music and guitar. I hope to leave you invigorated and excited to continue your guitar journey in 2026!

Published: 01/01/2026 Published: 01/01/2026 Upgrade

This week on Insider I respond to the many questions I've received about dialing a good tone on various different pieces of equipment, amps, pedals, modelers, etc. We'll explore this by dialing in some of my best virtual guitar amps - all within my recording software. This software is modeling real tube amps, so all the knowledge will transfer directly to real tube amps as well as other types of modeling equipment. We'll use a virtual amp that's modeled after a Fender Twin Reverb and another that's modeled after a VOX AC30 - two of the most iconic classic amps that exist. We'll apply those amp tones to guitar tracks I recorded with a cheap Strat going straight into the computer, and you'll see how much magic these classic tube tones can provide.

Published: 12/19/2025 Published: 12/19/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider we talk about the only secret there ever was to getting really good at guitar, which is to fall in love with the process of getting a little bit better at playing guitar. Once you figure that out everything else falls into place! I could do a whole course on how to facilitate this, but today we're going to focus on some key elements of what I consider to be the ideal headspace for practicing. Print out this chart, add your own reminders and put it up in your practice space! Unless you're rehearsing for a specific performance, the only goal for your practice session should be to stay in the right headspace and to get a little bit better than you were when you started. What you work on is infinitely less important than that!

Published: 12/11/2025 Published: 12/11/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider I continue my "Cheat Like A Pro" series, in which I show you ways to make music that don't even require playing an instrument. This is of course not meant to replace your guitar playing, but rather to supplement it and expand your abilities and perspective on music making as a whole. This week we're working with the most forgiving tool in music, which is called "MIDI" and I show how anyone can use this tool to easily build up a song with drums, bass and piano.

Published: 12/04/2025 Published: 12/04/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider I continue my long neglected series called "Cheat Like A Pro" in which I try to let everyone in on some of the dirty tricks and techniques that are used in professional music making. We always have to remember that the vast majority of the people who made/make the music we all listen to don't care very much about the "proper" way to do this. They will use any tool at their disposal to make the best possible music, and in this series I aim to let you in on some of these tools. Even for a dedicated instrumentalist like myself it's fun and rewarding to learn some of these tricks and techniques. The workflow we'll explore today is called "sampling" and it enables you to make all the music in the world and doesn't even require you to play an instrument!

Published: 11/27/2025 Published: 11/27/2025 Upgrade

Here on Insider we have talked a lot about the importance and the power of working on your rhythm. Having a solid rhythmic feel will make everything you do sound better, and if you don't have good rhythm you'll never sound truly great - no matter how good you get at the notes. But it can be hard to work on your rhythm in a way that feels fun and musical. In a way where you can feel and track the progress. So in this episode I'll show you a really fun funk exercise that - once you learn it - feels more like a jam and less like a workout. It's fun and incredibly beneficial for your rhythmic chops. At the end of it I have also included a metronome track that blends the classic metronome sound with a simple drum beat, so that you can start to bridge those two things in your mind.

Published: 11/20/2025 Published: 11/20/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider I respond to a question from Thilo, who has been invited to join a rehearsal for a blues band to see if it might be a fit. We'll talk about the best ways to prepare with the somewhat limited material that has been offered ahead of time, how to figure out the gear situation, how to deal with your nerves and many other helpful tips for going to play electric guitar with a band for the very first time. The advice we'll get into is also helpful if you're a beginner hoping to do this someday, and a useful reminder if you're more experienced.

Published: 11/13/2025 Published: 11/13/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider I respond to a request from George for more examples of "lab" work - particularly in relation to the world of moving pentatonic shapes around the neck. So in this episode we take a simple pentatonic lick into the lab and use our ears and knowledge of the neck to come up with an epic climbing pentatonic lick.

Published: 11/06/2025 Published: 11/06/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider we're doing a very special Halloween episode! Ever since Tony Bones - The Tonal Terrorizer first appeared on the GuitarTricks Youtube channel, the world has been anxiously waiting for the third song. However, shortly after his short stint of fame and fortune, Tony went back to the depths where he came from, and we never got a chance to record it. At the time I wrote this song for him, he only had one string left on his guitar - but that didn't stop us from writing an epic Halloween instrumental that we'll break down in this episode. Terrifying backing track included!

Published: 10/30/2025 Published: 10/30/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider we talk about a topic that comes up a lot in messages, private lessons and forum posts, which is the topic of quitting. Some people find themselves so frustrated that they are considering quitting. Others have come back from having quit for many years and are now re-discovering the joy of learning and playing guitar. In this episode I share my best advice for how to handle the roadblocks that we all encounter in ways that don't result in selling your guitar and turning your practice into a gym.

Published: 10/23/2025 Published: 10/23/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider I continue my quest to help everyone get the most out of their practice time. A while back we explored the very helpful analogy of the "5 rooms". Last week I showed how I spend most of my time in the "Gym" these days in order to maintain my technique during the periods where I don't have enough time to practice. Today I show an example of how I work in the "Lab", which is the practice room where guitar players have the potential of becoming really great - where one little nugget can become a million and where we really find our voice and develop our playing.

Published: 10/16/2025 Published: 10/16/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider I share some insights on how I spend my own practice time these days. We'll base this on the principle of the "5 rooms" that we explored in a recent Insider episode. In spite of my professional life being centered around the guitar, my actual practice time is surprisingly limited. Most of my time I spend rehearsing material, recording, writing or simply managing all the things that come with a life in music. So when I do have some real practice time I'm very aware of which of the rooms I spend it in and why. The concept of the 5 rooms is a very powerful concept, and I hope that spending some more time with it will help you focus and supercharge your own practice time.

Published: 10/09/2025 Published: 10/09/2025 Upgrade

This week on Insider I respond to a request from John, who would like to take the knowledge from the video called "Chord Theory in Five Minutes" and adapt it onto the guitar. These two episodes contain some of the most useful theory I have ever learned, which will enable you to understand how chords are created, and subsequently how to modify the chords you already know as well as create your own voicings. The layout of the notes on the guitar is very confusing and it's not a great place to learn theory. It's better to start on the piano like we did in the older video, but once you have that visual in your mind it's really beneficial to transfer it to the guitar.

Published: 10/02/2025 Published: 10/02/2025 Upgrade