https://youtu.be/9riaKYxEXn4 For more moveable shapes, check out Bar Chord Shapes.
Intro to Bar Chords
Take a look at my tips for learning bar chords. In my video, I tell you how I learned to play them.
Absolute Beginner Lesson
The song "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple is iconic as a first song for a beginning guitarist. It is a classic riff.
Pentatonic Scale Patterns
These diagrams are all in the key of A. You will need to adjust accordingly based on where your root note is located for each box. There are 5 boxes that cover the whole fretboard. The root notes are in red. The minor thirds are green. I wanted to show where each one of them …
Lick Library
Just a bunch of blues licks that I wanted to keep up with. Most of them I got from Justin Guitar. If you haven't been to his site yet, you should check it out. There is a lot of information on there, and it's all free.
Bad Moon Rising (Lead Guitar)
Learn the lead guitar part to Bad Moon Rising by CCR. Has an awesome solo!
Bad Moon Rising (Rhythm)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64dTIiIEysU This song uses 3 easy chords (D, A, G) and a very simple strumming pattern. This is a great song for a beginner. With this song, you want your downstroke to be on the downbeat and your upstroke to be on the upbeat or the & of the beat. If you are just learning …
Bar Chord Shapes
Shape charts for many of the commonly used chords!
Learn the Fretboard!
In this post, we will look at the notes on the fretboard. Many guitar players know how to make chord shapes and play songs, but do not really know which notes they're playing. This is fine, but if you're anything like me you want to know more. Plus by knowing the notes on the fretboard …
Rock Me Mama Like a Wagon Wheel!
Learn Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show! With or without capo