Santa’s Brother, Seventh Claus

The use of percussion and seven chords will be copious today. Nothing says the blues like some ear friendly dissonance and that's what you'll be impar…

Light My Fuse

Two physical movements are the focus of today's technique challenge. For the first part you will be focusing on your pinky and stretching it quite a f…

Take A Look At My Life

The main chord progression for "Old Man" is on deck and although it may seem pretty standard it has a bit of a twist... two twists actually. Twist #1 …

Nice List, Naughty List

Today, you break the rules... well, first you'll follow the golden rule of flatpicking and then in nearly the same breath you will proceed to break th…

Bright Sun Shiny Day

Bringing in the palm muted strum you worked on on Monday, you'll freshen up the verse portion of this song and give it a mellow laid back feel. You'll…

Nothing But Blue Skies

Strum, strum, strum your way into the New Year. This challenge will help you harness one of the most useful syncopated strumming patterns in all of gu…

Obstacles In My Way

Two scales on tap for today... kind of three, but first let's focus on the two main ones. You'll be learning a D major scale as well as a D mixolydian…

The Rain Is Gone

The melody of a song is the most important thing you can get under your fingers. Finding and learning the melody is good for your fretting hand, it's …

Run Around The Same Old Town

Remember those chord modifications from way back on Monday's technique challenge? Well, you're going to lean on those heavily to accentuate the change…