Blues Rhythm Guitar Pattern: The Perfect 5th and Major 6th
You know what’s in every blues song, every rock track, and just about every country tune you’ve ever heard? A rhythm pattern that works. And…
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Guitar Capo for Beginners: Play Any Key With Simple Chords
A capo is one of the best things a beginner can buy. Ten bucks, and suddenly those five or six open chords you already know…
Wonderful Tonight Chords: Wonderful Tonight – Guitar Chords (Eric Clapton)
Wonderful Tonight is one of Eric Clapton’s most beloved songs, and it’s a fantastic one to learn because the chords are straightforward but the song…
Alternate Picking Guitar Lesson
Want to improve the speed of your picking? There are techniques for both hands that make a real difference, and I’m going to cover the…
Fortunate Son Guitar Riff: Double Stop Intro Technique
John Fogerty gave us one of rock’s most recognizable intros with Fortunate Son. This riff uses double stops—two notes played together—in a way that sounds…
Dust My Broom on Guitar: Open D Tuning and Slide Blues
Dust My Broom is one of those songs that sits at the roots of electric blues. Elmore James wrote it, and that slide riff has…