Guitar Fretboard Notes: Introduction to the Guitar Fretboard
Understanding guitar fretboard notes is a big step forward for any guitarist. Once you get this under your fingers, you’ll start seeing the fretboard differently…
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Hybrid Picking Guitar: Combine Your Pick and Fingers
Hybrid picking sounds fancy, but it’s really just learning to hold a pick and use your fingers at the same time. I’ve been doing this…
Blues Double Stops – Move Your Riff Up the Neck
You’ve nailed the basic riff, added the shuffle, and mastered the bends. Now it’s time to break out of the box and take this riff…
Tips for Tone Deaf Guitar Players
Think you’re tone deaf? Colin has taught plenty of students who believed the same thing, and not one of them turned out to be truly…
Boost Your Songwriting (Part 1 of 4)
Songwriting is something many guitar players aspire to, but few ever take the leap. In this series, we’re going to pull back the veil on…
Two Finger Blues Guitar Lesson (12 Bar Blues)
The two finger blues shuffle guitar technique is one of the most useful and musical ways to play a 12 bar blues progression on guitar.…