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Easy F Chord Guitar: Your First Bar Chord
The easy F chord guitar players need to learn is usually the first bar chord guitarists attempt — and the first one that makes them…
Practicing Strumming with a Metronome: Build Rock-Solid Timing
If your strumming sounds good alone but falls apart when you play with other people, timing is the issue. And the fastest way to fix…
What is the Nashville Numbering System?
The Nashville Number System is how professional musicians communicate chord changes without written music. In Nashville recording sessions, you won’t see sheet music — just…
Boogie Shuffle Guitar Riff
The boogie shuffle is one of those riffs that shows up everywhere. Blues, rock, country — you name it. It’s two notes working together to…
Cool Country & Blues Riffs (Acoustic Guitar)
Here’s one of those riffs that sits right at the crossroads of country and blues. Colin picked it up years ago, and it’s stuck around…