An integral part of playing many blues, country, and folk songs on guitar is the inclusion of an alternating bass line that you mix in… Read More »Alternating Bass In Four Steps (Acoustic Guitar Secrets)
What Is A Suspended Chord? A suspended chord is a chord that creates a subtle harmonic tension by adding an extra note that sounds like… Read More »Acoustic Guitar Secrets: “Suspended Chords”
Here is a fun and educational exercise. We’ll locate all of the D notes on our guitar and practice playing them. The D notes on… Read More »Locating Every The D Note On The Fretboard
In this lesson, you’ll discover some of the ways you can improve your rhythm or, in other words, your sense of time. When you’re first… Read More »Rhythm Trainer (Keeping Better Time)
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer – Tom Petty Where to find this song – Greatest Hits, track #17 Release Date – November 1993 There will be… Read More »Mary Jane’s Last Dance (Full Tab And Playing Tips)
Exercise 1 Getting the hang of playing an alternating bass line while strumming takes a little practice. It’s well worth the effort! In this lesson,… Read More »Alternating Bass In Four Easy Steps
Let’s take a look at several slash chords that you can play with the open E chord, such as E/F#, E/A, and E/B. Fig. 1:… Read More »Slash Chords For Open E
Chords are simply three or more notes sounding at the same time. Most of the chords that you’ll use in the future only have three different… Read More »What Are Chords?
Guitar Chords: An Introduction In this lesson, you’ll learn a little about guitar chords and what you can expect in subsequent lessons. I’ll give… Read More »Getting Started
Beyond Open Chords Open chords are great, but all chords can’t be played in the open position. You’ll notice that there are chords that seem… Read More »Beyond Open Chords: Barre Chords Mini Course