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Understanding Rhythmic Displacement
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
The Verve
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
Chuck Berry
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
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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
John Mayer
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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!