Jerry Springer (C – Rhythm – FLP)
Palm muting and mini chord shapes combine today to form one awesome rhythmic technique. For this chord progression you will use small “two note chor…
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KC8 Accidentals (Key of Am)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU18 Ring Finger Staircase Speed Challenge (FP)
You will get another crack at the warmup from week 2 of this month today, but this time the tempo will be increased :-) The warmups are designated to …
Call and Response (D – Lick – FP)
The lick on the menu today will exploit the D chord in a way that shows how incredibly useful that little buddy can be. You will use the D chord as yo…
Movement and Location (D – Scale – FP)
Using the D chord shape again today, you will complete a D harmonized scale and this time you will use the interval of a 5th. This scale sequence has …
Stack’em High and Watch’em Fly (D – Rhythm – FP)
Again with the D chord shape today!!! Today you will combine what you did earlier in the week and create a chord progression with a unique rhythm. Thi…
KC8 Mixed (Key of Am)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU1 Alternate Picking (FLP)
Today's warmup is one that will aid in fretting finger articulation, as well as flatpick control while performing alternate picking. This warmup not o…
Synchronized Success (C – Lick – FLP)
The lick for today is one that you can access by just making a chord. The beauty of this lick is that all you have to do is hold down a C chord and yo…
Chord Shape Conundrum (C – Scale – FLP)
Magical improv day is here and you will be playing in the key of C, using the C major scale… but you will be soloing from the chord position that mi…
Smoke and Mirrors (C – Rhythm – FLP)
The magical C shape will be used today, and not only will it be used… it will be just plain abused. Using the C shape, you will perform a magic tric…
KC13 Mixed Barre (Key of C)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
Foundational Five
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Foundational Five
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How to Find the Key By Ear
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Transposing the Easy Way
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How to Find Chords By Ear
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WU21 Index Reference (FLP)
The whole notion of this warmup is to use your index finger as a reference and find frets based upon it. This particular feeling of having your index …
Bingo Bango (G – Lick – FLP)
Today's lick is focused mostly on the high two strings. This G major lick is one that shows the power of phrasing and combinations. Through different …
Oingo Boingo (G – Scale – FLP)
This scale is one that is more of a mutation than a true scale shape. The scale you will learn today is in the key of G and is oriented in a "horizont…
Flippety Doo (G – Rhythm -FLP)
A chord progression in the key of G that targets the high 3 strings is in store today. At first listen you might think, "just three strings, how can t…
KC9 Minor (Key of Bm)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU22 Eighth Note Turnaround (FP)
This warmup is one that reaches into the banjo trick bag and pulls out a technique that is very much applicable to guitar. This will help you focus on…
Ditka (D – Lick – FP)
Ok so this lick is one that may sound very familiar. It is from a song that I loved growing up and still love to this day… I will just leave that th…
Coach Q (D – Scale – FP)
The scale that you will learn and use today is in the key of D major and it is a harmonized scale. By taking the 1st and 3rd degree of each chord in t…
Phil Jackson (D – Rhythm – FP)
You will welcome a new technique into your home today with this lesson. This chord progression is in the key of D and it utilizes a bare hand strummin…
KC9 Major (Key of Bm)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU21 Index Reference Speed Challenge (FLP)
You will get another crack at the warmup from week 1 of this month today, but this time the tempo will be increased :-) The warmups are designated to …
Slapshot (G – Lick – FLP)
This lick is a bit of an anomaly. It is located in the middle of the neck, but it elegantly ties in open strings. These open strings not only add to t…
Icing (G – Scale – FLP)
A scale that covers some serious ground is on the menu today, and not only does it cover a lot of ground, it also incorporates open strings. This part…
Hansen Brothers (G – Rhythm – FLP)
The chord progression today is one that seems simple, is very common, and isn't to terribly difficult… so what is the catch??? There is none. This c…
KC9 Accidentals (Key of Bm)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU22 Eighth Note Turnaround Speed Challenge (FP)
You will get another crack at the warmup from week 2 of this month today, but this time the tempo will be increased :-) The warmups are designated to …
Hrothgar (A – Lick – FP)
The lick that will be under your fingers after today’s lesson is in the key of A and it is a bluesy one at that. This lick is a classic blues turnar…
Beowulf (A – Scale – FP)
The scale for your playing and listening pleasure this week is an A blues scale. It will be performed out of an open position, and the technique that …
Grendel (A – Rhythm – FP)
This chord progression is in the the key of A and it truly is a thumb workout of epic proportions. This chord progression is a standard 12 barre blues…
KC9 Mixed (Key of Bm)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
The Improvisation Framework
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Final Project: Write a Song
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WU23 Mixed Values and Strings (FLP)
Deceiving is the one word I would use to describe this warmup. Today’s warmup will mix up strings as well as rhythmic values of notes. Due to the in…
Tribute to Mr. Rice (D – Lick – FLP)
Nothing rocks quite as hard as the D run. I first heard the D run in Tony Rice's version of Blue Railroad Train, it knocked my socks off then, and it …
Five Minute Rice (D – Scale – FLP)
The scale you will learn today is one that will have you feeling a bit more confident during your fretboard navigation and transportation. This D majo…
Quinoa Quickness (D – Rhythm – FLP)
The name of the game for this chord progression is quick changes. One thing that you should be aware of is that the chord changes that occur in this p…
KC10 Minor (Key of Dm)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU20 Thumb Workout (FP)
Your thumb is about to develop serious strength with today's warmup. You will combine a unique fretting pattern with some intense movement of the thum…
Bugs Bunny (A – Lick – FP)
A bluesy infused lick is on tap today and it is one that utilizes the open position A pentatonic scale in glorious fashion. Starting with a slide into…
Elmer Fudd (A – Scale – FP)
The A minor pentatonic scale can be interpreted in so many different ways, and today you will learn another interpretation of it. Today’s scale is i…
Roadrunner (A – Rhythm – FP)
This chord progression is one that I know you will find incredibly useful. This is a blues chord progression that involves the A7 chord. The A7 is not…
KC10 Major (Key of Dm)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU23 Mixed Values and Strings Speed Challenge (FLP)
You will get another crack at the warmup from week 1 of this month today, but this time the tempo will be increased :-) The warmups are designated to …
Weeble Wobbles (G – Lick – FLP)
This lick is an awesome one for traveling up the neck. This flat picking lick is one that starts out fairly plain jane, and then it migrates up the ne…
Rock’em Sock’em Robots (G – Scale – FLP)
The scale that awaits you today is one in the key of G major, and there is a very important technique combined with it. You will notice as you perform…
Lite Brite (G – Rhythm – FLP)
The chord progression that lies before you today is one that although it contains common chords gets a bit of a rhythmic curveball. You will be playin…
KC10 Accidental (Key of Dm)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU20 Thumb Workout Speed Challenge (FP)
You will get another crack at the warmup from week 2 of this month today, but this time the tempo will be increased :-) The warmups are designated to …
Dungeon Master (Dm – Lick – FP)
What happens when you pair a backward roll with drop D tuning… pure magic… pure magic is the answer. This lick uses the low strings and sounds dar…
Dungeon of Despair (Dm – Scale – FP)
The beauty of the backward roll continues today, as well as the exploitation of the dropped Low E string. Using a D minor scale on the D string, you w…
Torture Chamber (Dm – Rhythm – FP)
This chord progression does two things… first, it sounds quite sad (D minor is indeed the saddest of all keys), and two, it shows that the backward …
KC10 Mixed (Key of Dm)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU27 Syncopation (FLP)
A curve ball will be heaved your way today, but it is the best possible curveball that could ever happen. Today’s warmup takes an in depth look at h…
Sweet Spot (G – Lick – FLP)
One of the hard parts about playing up the neck is getting back to play the chords, when you switch from “solo mode” to “rhythm mode.” This li…
Sweeter Spot (G – Scale – FLP)
The scale you will go through today is a G major scale that accomplishes the goal of the week rather well… it is an up the neck/closed position scal…
Block Party (G – Rhythm – FLP)
Open chords are wonderful it’s true, I dearly love them with all of my heart… but what happens when you can’t get away from up the neck in time?…
KC11 Minor (Key of Em)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU26 Ring Finger Roundup (FP)
This warmup will help you, in great detail, to examine the fingerpicking relationship between your thumb, index, middle and ring finger. You will take…
Back Asswards (A – Lick – FP)
This lick puts the backward roll in action, and shows how it can be placed over a chord prior to a single note lick. This is a technique that really h…
Parallel Parking (A – Scale – FP)
The powerful interval of the octave is what this scale sequence is all about. So often the backward roll is performed on the higher strings, leaving t…
Nintendo Nuances (A – Rhythm – FP)
Today you will use little chord chunks so that you can see how effective even little pieces of chords can be. All of these chord chunks will be locate…
KC11 Major (Key of Em)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU27 Syncopation Speed Challenge (FLP)
You will get another crack at the warmup from week 1 of this month today, but this time the tempo will be increased :-) The warmups are designated to …
Fairy Godmother (G – Lick – FLP)
The lick on tap for today is a somewhat whimsical one… Whimsical in title, of course, but also whimsical in sound. This lick is one that will take y…
Hidden Sea of Awesomeness (G – Scale – FLP)
The scale for today is one that seems rather common, however I have added some extensions so that you can go from the low end of the guitar way up to …
Magic Wand (G – Rhythm – FLP)
The magic continues today and the chord progression you will have under your fingers after today’s session will leave you in awe. By using the same …
KC11 Accidentals (Key of Em)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU26 Ring Finger Roundup Speed Challenge (FP)
You will get another crack at the warmup from week 2 of this month today, but this time the tempo will be increased :-) The warmups are designated to …
Boogie Woogerton (A – Lick – FP)
The lick today is one that will have all of the blues hounds howling. This lick is prime for placing into a boogie rhythm in the key of A. It retains …
Total Neck Domination (A – Scale – FP)
The scale that is queued up for today is one that will do just as it's name explains… After you learn this you will be able to dominate the entire n…
Boogie Barn (A – Rhythm – FP)
This is a rhythm that will make you smile, laugh and ultimately boogie. This is a rhythm that is commonly picked, but I think it works so well in the …
KC11 Mixed (Key of Em)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU25 String Locater (FLP)
A true wonder warmup is in store for today. This warmup is one that will surely increase your flatpicking prowess especially if you are looking to imp…
The Suzanne Somers (E – Lick – FLP)
This lick is ripe with hammer ons and pulls offs, and really ends up being a study as to how hammer ons and pull offs work together so that licks lay …
Nancy Kerrigan (E – Scale – FLP)
The scale today will be a challenge no doubt about it. You will have your fill of hammer ons, pull offs and as a result triplets. This is an E major s…
Tonya Harding (E – Rhythm – FLP)
This chord progression is one that isn’t strange by any means, however it has an interesting rhythmic treatment. The initial bass note of both the E…
KC5 Mixed (Key of G)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU29 Up Stroke (FLP)
For every push there is a pull, for every red light there is a green light and for every down there is an up, and in today’s warmup you will focus o…
High School Prom (Am – Lick – FLP)
A lick that provides the soundtrack to my dreadful high school prom. A minor tinged lick that has you exploiting the open A minor scale and then zoomi…
Wallflower (Am – Scale – FLP)
A minor is the name of the game and you get two scale shapes in that key to play with today. Yep, a true two for one special!!! You will harness the p…
Around the Clock (Am – Rhythm – FLP)
A chord progression in A minor is on tap for today and this one has some added flare to really drive the minor tonality home. The chords for this prog…
KC12 Major (Key of G Barre)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU28 Thumb Awareness (FP)
The thumb awareness warmup is one that although rather unconventional will play a huge impact in the confidence and accuracy you have in your thumb. T…
Roller Skating Rink (G – Lick – FP)
The lick for today will show how the forward roll (both with the ring finger and without) can be incorporated into a lick. This lick is a fun one in G…
Falcor Flies Again (G – Scale – FP)
A scale that contains double stops in the key of G is in order for today, but there is a beautiful thing that lies within todays scale… the use of t…
Merlin’s Mutant Brother (G – Rhythm – FP)
So often the forward roll is associated with a driving, almost momentum building effect, but today you will see a side of the forward roll that is muc…
KC12 Minor (Key of G Barre)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU29 Up Stroke Speed Challenge (FLP)
You will get another crack at the warmup from week 1 of this month today, but this time the tempo will be increased :-) The warmups are designated to …
Ace Up Your Sleeve (A – Lick – FLP)
Nothing is better than a standard sounding lick with a tweak at the end. Today's lick fits that bill to a T. Placed in the key of A, this licks starts…
Jokers Are Wild (A – Scale – FLP)
I love double stops… just plain love them and today I wish to share that joy of double stops with you. You will have a look at an A major double sto…
Two Of A Kind (A – Rhythm – FLP)
The boom chick-a rhythm is one that warms the hearts of guitarists across the world. Today's chord progression uses the boom chick-a rhythm, but adds …
KC12 Accidentals (Key of G Barre)
Today's lesson is focused on helping you roadmap keys with common chords that you will likely run into. This category is designed for a couple reasons…
WU28 Thumb Awareness Speed Challenge (FP)
You will get another crack at the warmup from week 2 of this month today, but this time the tempo will be increased :-) The warmups are designated to …