If you’re a beginner, there’s no denying it: barre chords suck. They are hard to play and worse yet, they’re everywhere. Barre chords stand between you and countless songs that […]

Here’s a question that I was asked today from my student Paul: “How hard do you press on the strings? When I watch you play chords, it seems like you […]

Recently, I’ve had several students ask about slash chords. The question usually sounds like this: “What the heck does this chord mean: C/G?” That is a slash chord. Before I answer […]

All of us get frustrated during our practice sessions. We may be having difficulties playing a scale, or learning a new chord. A section of a new song may be […]

On a typical 22-fret electric guitar, there are 138 notes available to us. Memorizing the note names of all of 138 positions on the fretboard takes time and patience, but […]

Practice makes perfect right? Well, no. We’ll never be perfect. Who is? But if we follow this highly scientific and brightly-colored road map, we can at least be awesome. Your […]

As a practicing guitar player, you should change your strings every month or so. When you do, be sure to recycle your strings. Don’t just throw them in the trash […]

Part of the reason most of us play is because we adore guitar music and we want to play the songs we love. We spend hours learning a song note-for-note […]

Many of us suffer from G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome). We tend to take consumerism to a new level. We want new sounds and new ways to play, but that comes […]