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…
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Up Around The Bend (CCR) Guitar Chords
Learn the chords and rhythm for Up Around the Bend — one of CCR’s most recognizable songs. John Fogerty’s approach to this tune is deceptively…
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…
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.…
Cool Acoustic Guitar Riffs in C Major / A Minor
Let’s talk about something simple that sounds beautiful. Acoustic riffs in C major and A minor. This is first position stuff, the diatonic scale laid…
Guitar Muting Techniques for Total Control
If there’s one thing that separates a sloppy guitar player from a clean one, it’s muting. Learning to control which strings ring and which stay…