D Standard Tuning Guitar: Standard D Tuning
Standard D tuning (also called D standard) is one of the most useful alternate tunings you can have in your toolkit. Every string drops exactly…
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Sultans of Swing Tab (Video Lesson)
This is one of those songs every guitarist should know. In this lesson, I’ll show you exactly how to play it — the chords, the…
What to Look for in a Guitar Teacher
Finding the right guitar teacher can make or break your progress. Colin learned this lesson firsthand as a teenager, and the advice he got from…
How to Slide in Your Guitar Riffs: Technique Guide
Slides bring a lot of soul to guitar. They’re smooth, expressive, and they connect one note to another without picking. Once you learn how to…
How to Improve Your Strumming: Practice Tips That Actually Work
You can play all the right chords and still sound like a beginner. Nine times out of ten, strumming is the reason. It’s the thing…
Cool Chordal Guitar Riffs: Inverted Thirds in G Major
Want to play riffs that sound professional and work in country, rock, or almost anything else? Let me show you inverted thirds. It’s a fancy…