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…
Lesson Category: Guitar Routine
Spread The News
Today you combine all of the ingredients you have collected thus far to bake a rock and roll casserole specifically designed for the acoustic guitar. …
Layin’ It Down
The guitar lick on deck for today is actually a core part of the song "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo." Not only is it a focal point of this song... it ju…
Hoochie Koo
I'd like to introduce you to your new best friend... the power chord. Today's challenge is the chord progression to the entire song "Rock and Roll Hoo…
That Funky Sound
The scale that started it all... for me anyway... the A minor pentatonic scale. If I had a nickel for every hour I spent with this scale when I first …
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…
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…