LESSON #636Q&A: Recommended Songs for Two Guitarists? ▶️ Click to watch free video lesson Today I’ll answer a member question, sharing 8 fun songs I recommend playing with a fellow guitarist. For each of these examples, I share a portion of my lesson (teaching each song) where I demonstrate multiple guitar parts. This can be melodic lead riffs, different chords played via capo placement, or even improvisation within a single scale shape. 0:00 Intro 1:24 Brown Eyed Girl 2:43 Sloop John B 3:44...
about 3 hours ago • 1 min read
When it comes to my Song Notes website & lesson library, one of the things I'm most proud of is my collection of free tools to help folks visualize and hear tricky aspects of guitar & music theory. Today, I'm excited to unveil a brand new web tool. Say hello to Tempo Timer – part metronome, part drum machine, part beat visualizer... and much more! Here's a video tour walking you through this tool, where I demonstrate the various ways you can put it to use with just a few clicks: ▶️ Click to...
11 days ago • 1 min read
LESSON #633"Love Me Two Times" by The Doors ▶️ Click to watch free video lesson In this week's new lesson I’ll teach you how to play Love Me Two Times, the blues-rock classic from The Doors. This song strings together a handful of groove-heavy guitar riffs, which are combined in a few different ways throughout the song. Practice Guide and Bonus Tutorials Also Available! For each of the four riffs, I’ll walk you through a few ways to play things… allowing you to put together an overall...
24 days ago • 1 min read
LESSON #6325 Riffs – Played with Straight vs. Shuffle Rhythm ▶️ Click to watch free lesson (6:32) In today’s new lesson I’ll teach you to hear the difference between a straight vs. shuffle rhythm, using 5 different riffs played using both styles. While you’ll often find the shuffle (or “swing”) feel used in blues-flavored music, it also occurs in various other genres. This is an incredibly valuable skill to have as a guitarist, for both playing and listening to music. 👉 Watch the new lesson...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
LESSON #629Small Chunks = Faster Learning! ▶️ Click to watch free video lesson Hello Reader – in this week's new lesson, I unpack a must-know practice tip that will help you learn any extended riff, solo, or instrumental guitar part. Specifically, I demonstrate how you can learn faster and with less frustration is breaking things into small chunks. Learn each chunk by itself, and then chain them together. In this new lesson, I show a specific example of this approach using the intro sequence...
2 months ago • 2 min read
LESSON #628Rock n' Roll Fun with Runaway ▶️ Click to view free video lesson In today's lesson I'll teach you to strum your way through Runaway, the #1 hit from Del Shannon released in 1961. This song is a blast to play, as it features an uncharacteristic key change (A minor to A major) and includes plenty of strumming flourishes. In my tutorial, I'll guide you through all of this — showing you how to work your way up to the full song, bit by bit. Don't miss my practice guide available over on...
3 months ago • 1 min read
LESSON #627Tin Soldiers and Nixon Coming... ▶️ Click to watch my free guitar lesson In today’s lesson I’ll teach you to play Ohio, the Crosby Stills Nash & Young protest classic from 1970. This one came in by request a few weeks back… and though I’d heard it a hundred times in the prior twenty years, it immediately hooked me this time around. And so, after learning it the past couple weeks… here’s my latest lesson. I teach you how to play the main riff & strum the chorus, with my usual...
3 months ago • 2 min read
NEW PDF & 6 STEP-BY-STEP VIDEOS!How I Learned Travis Fingerstyle with John Prine First up, an update to one of my older lessons. Back in 2018 I managed to finally get over the Travis Picking hump, thanks to John Prine's classic Clay Pigeons. In lesson #173 (below) I outlined the step-by-step series of exercises I created to get the hang of things: Today, I'm excited to share some new additions to this classic lesson. I overhauled my 7-page PDF guide from scratch, giving you detailed...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Happy Friday, my friends! Today I want to share a handful of July 4th inspired lessons in honor of the 250th birthday of USA. Also – don't miss my brand new Ramble On tutorial, where I teach the full Led Zeppelin song (following up on my recent lesson teaching the bassline). Happy 4th! –David HAPPY 250th 🇺🇸America-Inspired Songs for Independence Day First, I wanted to share this roundup of lessons I've made that may spark the spirit of Independence Day celebration here in the USA. Any bonus...
4 months ago • 2 min read