The Secret to Noodling on Guitar
If you’ve ever picked up your guitar with no plan — just playing whatever comes to mind — you’ve probably been noodling. But what separates…
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Guitar Chords For Beginners: How To Play Guitar Chords
Understanding guitar chords for beginners is a big step forward for any guitarist. Once you get this under your fingers, you’ll start seeing the fretboard…
2 Sweet Slash Chord Progressions in D Major
Slash chords are guitar chords that use a different bass note than the root note of the chord. In a normal chord, the lowest note…
Beginner Strumming Patterns for Guitar
Once you can hold a chord and move the pick up and down, the next step is learning actual beginner strumming patterns. Patterns are what…
Three Finger Blues Guitar Lesson (Adding the Minor 7th)
You’ve mastered the one finger blues and the two finger blues shuffle. Now it’s time to wake up that pinky and add one more layer…
Guitar Practice Routine for Beginners (What to Practice and How)
The number one question I get from beginner students isn’t about chords or scales. It’s “what should I actually be practicing?” And I get it.…