Sitting on the Dock of the Bay: Guitar Strum Pattern
Otis Redding’s “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” is one of those songs that everybody knows, even people who don’t know they know it.…
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Slide Guitar Riffs in Open G: Picking, Expression & Single Note Lines
Once you’ve got your chord positions and progressions down in Open G, it’s time to break out of the “bar everything” approach. This lesson focuses…
How to Make G C D Sound Better on Guitar
There are thousands of hit songs built on G, C, and D. Same three chords — but they all sound different. The difference isn’t in…
How to Tune Down a Whole Step on Guitar
Tuning your guitar down a whole step is one of the simplest alternate tunings you can try, and it completely changes the character of your…
Chuck Berry Guitar Licks: Bending & Muting Techniques (Part 2)
You’re not a guitar player if you don’t know something about Chuck Berry. That’s just a fact. And one of the biggest things Chuck brought…
What is the Nashville Numbering System?
The Nashville Number System is how professional musicians communicate chord changes without written music. In Nashville recording sessions, you won’t see sheet music — just…