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Understanding Rhythmic Displacement

Understanding Rhythmic Displacement

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Mark

22 Jan 2025

Rhythmic displacement is a great concept to help keep key melodies and phrases interesting without having to come up with something entirely new every time. This lesson will help you understand the ins- and outs of rhythmic displacement!

Lucky Man Guitar Lesson

Lucky Man

The Verve

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Jed

15 Jan 2025

It's time to learn how to play Lucky Man by The Verve, and it's a perfect beginner / improver guitar song! We only have a few open chords to work with, but the 16th note rhythm pattern gives it a slight step up in difficulty.

Johnny B. Goode Guitar Lesson

Johnny B. Goode

Chuck Berry

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Dan

8 Jan 2025

Chuck Berry is without doubt one of the most influential guitar players of all time. In this Johnny B. Goode guitar lesson, I'm going to take you through the intro, verse and chorus for this legendary Chuck Berry song!

Under The Bridge Guitar Lesson

Under the Bridge

Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Dan

23 Dec 2024

In this Under The Bridge guitar lesson, I'll walk you through each part of this classic track. As always, no tab is allowed here, as we're learning properly, applying concept to experience!

Slow Dancing In A Burning Room Guitar Lesson

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

John Mayer

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Dan

16 Dec 2024

In this John Mayer lesson, we will break down the chords, licks and even guitar solos, so it's all here for you. So, let's dive into this Slow Dancing in A Burning Room guitar lesson…

From Minor to Dorian

From Minor to Dorian

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Mark

12 Dec 2024

This lesson will help you come to terms with one of the common modes - the Dorian mode! See how making just one change from an already familiar scale will open up a whole new world of sound!

Spicing Up The Pentatonic

Spicing Up The Pentatonic

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Mark

4 Dec 2024

The Minor Pentatonic scale… known and loved by all! In this quick lesson, I'm going to show you how to 'fill in' the pentatonic shape with various intervals to create new scales and completely open up your lead playing!

3 Tips For Scary Speed on the Guitar

3 Tips For Scary Speed on the Guitar

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Dion

30 Oct 2024

For this Halloween special, Dion is going to dive into his top 3 speed-building tips that will start to unlock this part of your playing for you based on many many years of working with speed-building on the guitar.

5 great songs with 5 simple chords

5 great songs with 5 simple chords

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Dan

9 Oct 2024

With just 5 open chord shapes, you can play a whole world of classic songs. I will walk you through 5 songs that I've selected using these exact chords. The only tings you'll need are a guitar, capo and a pick!

5 Pentatonic Exercises You Must Know

5 Pentatonic Exercises You Must Know

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Dan

2 Oct 2024

I will take you through 5 incredible pentatonic exercises that you can use not only to improve your speed, chops and technique but also use in your own improvisation, as demonstrated at the very start of the video! Let's get into it!

3 ways to make the F Major chord easier!

3 ways to make the F Major chord easier!

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Dan

12 Sep 2024

There is no reason that you need to avoid songs that use the F major whilst you are still mastering the barre chord. In this lesson I'll take you through the 3 other ways you can play this chord.

14 Essential Chord Movements Beginners Should Be Exploring

14 Essential Chord Movements Beginners Should Be Exploring

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Kiall

31 Jul 2024

This blog post is all about encouraging you to explore finger movements within your familiar open-position chord shapes through one of these four methods: Losing, Adding, Pushing, or Dragging a note. Let's dive in!

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