Our first tip is going to be the first tip I got as a young guitar student many years ago. After discovering the guitar and noodling around for a few months on my own, this one little secrete made me…
Category: Tips & Tricks
Free Guitar Lessons San Francisco — Tuesday Guitar Tips Intro
Starting today, each Tuesday I’ll be introducing a new, simple, and easy-to-follow guitar tip that you can that will help you improve your guitar playing immediately. Check out the intro video below!
Free Guitar Lessons San Francisco — Monday Exercise #1
For our first Monday Exercise, we’re going to take a simple and easy exercise that countless guitarists have used to build dexterity, strength, stamina, and to quickly warm up the fingers. This type of exercise is sometimes called a chromatic…
Free Guitar Lessons San Francisco — Monday Exercises Intro
Starting today, each Monday I’ll be introducing a new, simple, and easy-to-follow exercise that you can do in just a few minutes or seconds to improve your guitar playing immediately. Check out the intro video below!
Free Guitar Lessons San Francisco — Beginner Guitar Hacks Intro
This series is for beginning guitarists who want to start playing well fast. Over the years, many of my non-musician friends have expressed awe and amazement when I would start strumming my guitar along to a song I was hearing…
Guitar Quote of the Week: Pat Metheny
“Listening is the key to everything good in music.” — Pat Metheny
Free Songwriting Lessons: Songs from Nothing
Songwriting Challenge: Songs from Nothing Required Equipment: Guitar (or another instrument you can play) Any recording device Required Skills: Be able to play two notes Description: Songs from Nothing is one of the easiest ways to start writing a song right…
Free Guitar Lesson of the Week: The Amazing Movable E Major Chord Shape
For today’s free guitar lesson, we’re going to use just one chord shape — E major — and create the four most common chords in Western music with it. In a couple of minutes we’ll be able to play literally…
Unlocking Open Strings in Your Playing
Today’s lesson is a guest post from Joel Cornell of Joel’s Guitar Lessons, a fellow Bay Area (Oakland) teacher who specializes in rock and metal guitar. If you like this lesson, head to his website and download a free copy of…
The Fastest Way to Start Playing Songs, Part 1: Playing Melodies
With first-time students, many guitar methods say to start by learning open chords. This method makes some sense: Open chords are used in many songs, you can strum most or all of the strings at once, achieving a bigger and…