7 Free Lessons That'll Change How You Play Guitar

(Most players miss at least one of them)

After 45 years of teaching, I can usually spot what's holding a player back within five minutes. It's almost always one of these seven things. I put together a free video lesson for each — delivered to your inbox over the next week.

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Practice Tips

Tips for Tone Deaf Guitar Players

Think you’re tone deaf? Colin has taught plenty of students who believed the same thing, and not one of them turned out to be truly…

Blues Rhythms

12 Bar Blues Rhythm: Scale-Based Riff Guitar Lesson

You know what? Most folks think rhythm guitar is just about strumming chords. D chord, strum it. G chord, strum it. That’s fine, but you’re…

Blues Songs

Sharp Dressed Man Guitar: Double Stop Intro Riffs: Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top)

There’s something unmistakable about Billy Gibbons’s guitar playing. In this lesson, I’ll break down some licks inspired by that signature style so you can work…