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Chuck Berry Guitar Licks: Double Stop Rhythm Riffs (Part 1)
If you don’t know any Chuck Berry riffs, you’re in trouble. Seriously. The man practically invented rock and roll guitar, and his double stop rhythm…
16th Note Strumming Pattern on Guitar
Sixteenth note strumming packs more rhythmic density into each beat than standard eighth note strumming patterns. Where eighth notes give you two pulses per beat,…
Adding Chromatic Passing Tones to Your Guitar Solos
Once you’ve got a pentatonic scale under your fingers and you’re starting to build phrases with it, the next step in your guitar solo lessons…
7 Beginner Guitar Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)
After 45 years of teaching guitar, I’ve seen the same mistakes come through my door over and over. The good news? They’re all fixable. And…
Chromatic Guitar Scale: Easy Pattern + Practice Tips
The chromatic scale is one of the most fundamental guitar scales on the instrument—and probably the most misunderstood. Most guitarists think there’s only one “right”…