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Cool Country Guitar Riff: Inverted Thirds with Hybrid Picking
Country guitar has its own sound. A lot of it comes from double-note riffs that move together like a single melody. What you’re about to…
Free Beginner Guitar Course: Learn to Play in 4 Lessons
I built this free four-part course for one reason: to prove that my approach to teaching guitar actually works. If you follow these four lessons…
Rock This Riff In 12 Bar Blues
Playing rhythm doesn’t mean just strumming chords up and down. You already know that. A good rhythm part has movement, texture, personality. It sits in…
Practicing Strumming with a Metronome: Build Rock-Solid Timing
If your strumming sounds good alone but falls apart when you play with other people, timing is the issue. And the fastest way to fix…
12 Bar Blues in Open D: Finding Your I-IV-V for Slide Guitar
Open D tuning is the other major open tuning for slide guitar, and it’s perfect for playing in the key of D. The 12 bar…