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Green River Intro Riff: E Minor Double Stop Slide
Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival has one of those intros that just sticks with you. It’s built on E pentatonic minor, and it uses…
Easy F Chord Guitar: Your First Bar Chord
The easy F chord guitar players need to learn is usually the first bar chord guitarists attempt — and the first one that makes them…
Pentatonic Scale Guitar: Pentatonic Guitar Scales
Understanding pentatonic scale guitar is a big step forward for any guitarist. Once you get this under your fingers, you’ll start seeing the fretboard differently…
How to Choose a Strumming Pattern for Any Song
You know a handful of strumming patterns. You know the chords to a song. But when you sit down to play, you freeze — how…
What to Learn First on Guitar (A Realistic Starting Point)
This is probably the most common question I get from new students: where do I even start? This is part of our beginner guitar lessons…