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…
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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…
WU25 String Locater 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 designed to bu…
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…
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 designed to bu…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Multi-Tool (G – Lick – FLP)
The lick on tap for today is one that upon first glance looks like one lick, but upon further review you can pull it apart and generate at least two l…
3 Fretted Safety Cushion (G – Scale – FLP)
This scale is one that may raise an eyebrow or two… You are likely going to think, “ I thought this was a warmup, but now you are telling me it is…
Leap And The Net Will Appear (G – Rhythm – FLP)
This saying is one that could quite possibly be on refrigerator magnets across the world, but it applies to this chord progression so well I couldn’…
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…
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…
Flying V (D – Lick – FP)
What a lick for this fine Tuesday!!! This lick is in the key of D, it incorporates the technique of the backward roll and it includes the flat seventh…
Goldberg (D – Scale – FP)
The scale on the menu for today utilizes not one but two drone notes. Yes, two drone notes will be employed today and you will use them with a single …
Knuckle Puck (D – Rhythm – FP)
Today’s chord progression combines strumming and fingerpicking… yes it can be done and it will be done. This key of D progression will reinforce t…
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…
WU13 Inside Out (FLP)
This flatpicking warmup is one that you will no doubt benefit from… think of it as a sort of fretting finger gymnastics. The warmup, if you so choos…
Trampoline Accident (D – Lick – FLP)
Open strings are the name of the game today. In fact not only are there open strings, there are pull offs a plenty. This lick is in the key of D and i…
No Whammy No Whammy (D – Scale – FLP)
Combinations, combinations, combinations. Today is all about combinations (if you couldn't tell). Today I present to you three different D major scale…
Bankrupt (D – Rhythm – FLP)
This chord progression is one that utilizes only two strings but has big time sound. But how can that be ?!?!? Enter the magic of palm muting. By usin…
KC13 Major (Key of C 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…
Beaumont Rag (Section 1)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
Beaumont Rag (Section 2)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
Beaumont Rag (Section 3)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
Beaumont Rag (Section 4)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
Beaumont Rag (Section 5)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
Beaumont Rag (Section 6)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
Beaumont Rag (Section 7)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
Beaumont Rag (Section 8)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
Beaumont Rag (Section 9)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
Beaumont Rag (Full Song)
The year-end song challenge is here!!! Spend time over the next two weeks learning "The Beaumont Rag" section by section. On the last Friday of the ch…
WU24 Pinch Study (FP)
The pinch study is something that will elevate your timing, technique, and your overall fingerpicking confidence. The pinch study mixes note values an…
Thunderlips (D – Lick – FP)
Today’s lick is one that you will have on repeat. This lick is highly addictive and it actually is two licks in one. This lick is one that utilizes …
Clubber Lang (D – Scale – FP)
Open D tuning can be a little bit confusing and even disorienting. However, if you happen to know a basic major scale shape in this tuning, all of a s…
Apollo Creed (D – Rhythm – FP)
What a cool open D progression this week?!?!?! Although it only sits across three strings of the guitar this chord progression in the key of D packs s…
KC13 Minor (Key of C 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…
New River Train (Key of C)
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More Pretty Girls Than One (Key of C)
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Bury Me Beneath The Willow (Key of D)
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WU27 Syncopation (FLP)
A curveball 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 ho…
WU14 Traveling Pairs (FP)
A dual purpose warmup awaits you today. This fingerpicking warmup involves and works not only the fretting hand but the picking hand as well. The fret…
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 designed to bu…
WU14 Traveling Pairs 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 designed to bu…
KC7 Major (Key of B)
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…
Uncle Buck (Dm – Lick – FLP)
This lick really pays homage to the D minor chord position. This lick essentially arpeggiates the D minor chord and in doing so your fretting hand bas…
Great Outdoors (Dm – Scale – FLP)
The scale that awaits your fingers today is in the key of Dm. This scale although it sounds somber is one that will give you tons of mileage. This sca…
Cool Runnings (Dm – Rhythm – FLP)
This chord progression in the key of Dm utilizes the actual D minor chord shape incredibly well. By using it as a moveable shape you will see how much…
KC7 Minor (Key of B)
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…
Foggy Mountain Guitjo (G – Lick – FLP)
Today’s lick will sound familiar if you have ever heard any bluegrass banjo. Seriously, if you have ever heard a banjo kick off a song today’s lic…
Deliverance (G – Scale – FLP)
This scale is actually two scales in one… they are both G scales; the descending version is a bluesy, pentatonic scale and the ascending scale is a …
Squeal Like A Pig (G – Rhythm – FLP)
You will channel your inner banjo today… but the good news is you won’t have to run out and buy a banjo. Through the magic of cross picking you wi…
KC7 Accidental (Key of B)
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…
Bum Dittly (Em – Lick – FP)
The ever useful "dead" thumb will be exploited in todays lick. This lick is in the key of E minor and the "dead" thumb will be responsible for it's rh…
Hi-Diddlee-Ho (Em – Scale – FP)
Nothing quite sounds like adding a drone string to a scale position, it helps a scale transform from a one dimensional single note sequence to a much …
Flanders Fiasco (Em – Rhythm – FP)
This E minor chord progression will give you ample opportunity to practice and develop the "dead" thumb. The "dead" thumb means that your thumb is loc…
KC7 Mixed (Key of B)
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…
Shuttle Run (C – Lick – FP)
Today’s lick is one that I think you will really enjoy. It uses some double stops, as well as a good portion of the open C major scale to create a c…
Rope Climb (C – Scale – FP)
A new look at an old favorite. Today you will check out a double stop scale in the key of C, but the manner in which you will move through the scale w…
Sit and Reach (C – Rhythm – FP)
The chord progression on the menu for today is a rather timeless one in terms of what chords are used. You will be comfortably relaxing in the key of …
WU7 Finger Pairs (FLP)
This warmup is one that will most certainly limber up your fretting hand. For this warmup you will be pairing your index and ring finger as well as yo…
WU7 Finger Pairs 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 designed to bu…
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…
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 designed to bu…
Bearded Lady (E – Lick – FLP)
The magical lick today is one that utilizes the low three strings in combination with hammer ons as well as pull offs. Take special note while perform…
Strong Man (E – Scale – FLP)
The scale on tap for today is one that will cover three octaves. This scale starts in what I will refer to as the "center" position. I refer to this p…
Shrunken Head (E – Rhythm – FLP)
This chord progression is one that shows the beauty of using different chord shapes for the same exact chord. This progression is fairly common as it …
KC8 Major (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…
Hello Beautiful (A – Lick – FP)
Ok so I think this lick is just plain cool, it starts off with a simple slide into an A7 chord and then with flashes of sorcery and magic you find you…
Four Eyes (A – Scale – FP)
Today’s scale shape is actually three shapes connected, and the cool thing about this shape is that it is isolated to the high four strings on the g…
Sliding Into Home (A – Rhythm – FP)
The ever popular slide is back in full force today and this chord progression is fueled on the beautiful sound a slide creates. You are going to make …
KC8 Minor (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…
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…
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…
Big Foot (C – Lick – FP)
Stair Step, Waterfall, Descending lick… whatever you want to call it this lick is it. A descending lick that has a repetitive rhythm is in store tod…
Yeti (C – Scale – FP)
A curveball is certainly in store for today. You will execute an open C major-ish scale… now I say major-ish because you will be going through this …
Abominable Snowman (C – Rhythm – FP)
What seemingly appears as a common key of C chord progression is spiced up today by integrating some triplets. Triplets will afford you the opportunit…
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…
Blues Jitter Bass – 5 Day Blues Challenge
This 5 day challenge will focus on the 12 bar blues in the key of A. Today you will be learning a bassline, but giving it a guitar twist with eighth n…
Triple Threat – 5 Day Blues Challenge
This 5 day challenge will focus on the 12 bar blues in the key of A. On tap for today is a fantastic example of how one single tiny chord shape can be…
Kodachromatic – 5 Day Blues Challenge
This 5 day challenge will focus on the 12 bar blues in the key of A. This riff is one that, once you get, you will no doubt be wanting to play any cha…
Shape Shifter – 5 Day Blues Challenge
This 5 day challenge will focus on the 12 bar blues in the key of A. A fingerstyle treat is awaiting you. This will again display the power of a singl…
Funkified Blues – 5 Day Blues Challenge
This 5 day challenge will focus on the 12 bar blues in the key of A. Today's 12 bar blues is brought to you by the electric guitar... Yes, it's true I…
WU5 DDU Crosspicking (FLP)
The warmup today will help you harness the power of the down, down, up crosspicking pattern. This exercise will help you navigate your way through all…
WU5 DDU Crosspicking 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 designed to bu…
WU10 Staggered Pinch (FP)
This warmup will no doubt get your picking and fretting fingers ready to rock. The focus of this warmup is what I like to call the staggered pinch. Th…
WU10 Staggered Pinch 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 designed to bu…
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 …
Mashed Potatoes (E – Lick – FP)
Blues is on the menu today and it comes in the form of this awesome ending lick in the key of E. This E blues lick starts out with a familiar sounding…