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Acoustic Rhythms: Creative ways to fill the space – Acoustic rhythm guitar ideas – EP509

acoustic rhythm guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn an acoustic rhythm with creative fills that leave lots of open space. You'll learn how to connect everything to basic chord shapes. … [Read more...]

Super easy spacey lead using SUS chords without even thinking about scales. Guitar Lesson EP507

super easy melodic lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play an easy melodic lead without even needing to think about scales. You'll be using suspended (Sus) chords. … [Read more...]

The easiest scale pattern to visualize on the fretboard. Play major AND minor keys w/ this shape – EP506

start improvising guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to visual an easy scale pattern that can represent major and minor scales. It all depends on where you place the pattern on the fretboard. … [Read more...]

Creating the ultimate practice routine for guitar. How to practice guitar – EP498

the ultimate practice routine for guitar

In this week's video, you'll learn how to set up the ultimate practice routine that is customized to help you meet your specific goals. … [Read more...]

Do THIS to make a boring melody sound more interesting. Tips for improvising a guitar melody – EP497

make a boring melody interesting guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to take a boring melody and enhance it by using notes from the major scale and notes from chord shapes. … [Read more...]

Limitation can set you free! Limiting choices when improvising on guitar may be what you need – EP495

limitation will set you free guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, we'll look at the benefits of limiting your options when it comes to improvising lead guitar. Less is more! … [Read more...]

The Interval Lesson I Wish Someone Had Given Me – Guitar Lesson EP492

the interval music lesson for guitar

In this week's lesson, we'll be talking about how to find, understand, and use intervals to create melodies when composing a song or improvising. Having the ability to hear and play intervals is the key to speaking the language of music! This lesson comes with 12 jam tracks (1 in each key), and an interval ear training quiz. … [Read more...]

This simple square patterns gives you both major & minor pentatonic lead options – Guitar Lesson EP489

simple square pattern guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play both major and minor pentatonic scales in the same song, using a simple box shape that is easy to visualize and use. … [Read more...]

Slow and mellow guitar solo – Let it BREATHE! – EP476

slow and mellow guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to leave space in between your notes when soloing on guitar. Remember to keep things simple and let the notes breathe. … [Read more...]

Simple concept to create movement within chords (triads) – Line cliché guitar lesson- EP452

line cliche guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a simple concept that involves moving just 1 note in a chord to create a melodic movement (or a line cliché). … [Read more...]

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