7 Free Lessons That'll Change How You Play Guitar

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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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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

Blue Jean Blues on Guitar: A 10-Bar Blues Study in A Minor

Most blues songs follow the standard 12-bar pattern. Blue Jean Blues doesn’t. ZZ Top wrote it as a 10-bar progression, which gives the song a…

Open Chords

Open Chords and Bass Lines: Add Movement to G, C, and D

If you know just a few open chords like G, C, and D, you already have everything you need to start adding bass lines to…

Beginner Guitar

Acoustic Beginner 1 – Your First 3 Chords

When you’re first getting started learning to play the acoustic guitar, don’t allow yourself to become overwhelmed trying to learn tons of chords. This is…

Power Chords

Power Chord Inversions: Add a Low Bass Note for a Bigger Sound

You already know the basic power chord shape. But there’s a trick that can make your power chords sound twice as big – and it’s…

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