6 Basic Guitar Chords
The 6 basic guitar chords every beginner needs are: G, C, D, Em, Am, and Bm. These six chords are all in the key of…
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Slow Blues Solo — The Toughest Riffs
Lesson four. Two days to go. If you put your time in after the last lesson, this is going to make sense. If you didn’t…
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,…
Double Stop Blues: A Cool Blues Riff Using Doublestops
Double stops are one of the easiest ways to make your blues soloing sound bigger without adding any complexity to your fretting hand. You’re just…
Acoustic Beginner 1 – Your First 3 Chords
When you’re first getting started learning to play the acoustic guitar, don’t allow yourself to become overwhelmed trying to learn tons of chords. This is…
Blues Rhythm Guitar Pattern: The Perfect 5th and Major 6th
You know what’s in every blues song, every rock track, and just about every country tune you’ve ever heard? A rhythm pattern that works. And…