Index Reference Speed Challenge (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 …
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Pat Sajak (Em – Scale – FLP)
What do you get when you cross a single string scale, a drone string, and a steady fingerpicking pattern… pure awesomeness that's what. Today's scal…
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…
Burt Reynolds (G – Lick – FP)
Today’s lick has a few things going for it, but before I even get to why this lick will change your perspective of guitar I have to tell you about t…
Tom Selleck (G – Rhythm – FP)
The chord progression in store for today is one that will utilize open G tuning with banjo picking hand techniques. What you will learn today is actua…
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…
Great White North (G – Scale – FLP)
Triplets, the rare mythical beast that they are, come into sight again today. Today you will learn a G minor pentatonic scale across the G string and …
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 …
Tricky Texture
Using a drone while flatpicking is seriously fun, especially when you can compose an entire solo infused with droney goodness. It just so happens that…
KC11 (Key of Em Accidentals)
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…
Groucho Marx (G – Scale – FP)
What happens when a banjo and a guitar collide??? This scale, this scale is exactly what happens. For today’s G major scale you will embrace open G …
You Hoser (G – Lick – FLP)
Man oh man, is a lick in store for you today!!! This lick in the key of G has two things going for it. The first is that it is as bluesy as they come,…
Alex Trebek (Em – Rhythm – FLP)
The chord progression on the menu for today is one that doesn't involve too many chords, but it packs a huge technique punch in the key of Em. What yo…
Elsinore (G – Rhythm – FLP)
The chord progression today is one in the key of G and it has a very cool bass technique that you can integrate into your playing nearly immediately. …
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…
KC11 (Key of Em Mixed)
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…
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…
KC11 (Key of Em Major)
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…
Seventh Heaven
Emphasizing dissonance is something that is wildly effective and it's exactly what you will be doing today. You will be using an "odd" crosspicking ap…
KC11 (Key of Em Minor)
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…
Drone Zone
Using a drone while flatpicking is seriously fun, especially when you can compose an entire solo infused with droney goodness. It just so happens that…
Bob Barker (Em – Lick – FLP)
This lick is a beautifully resonant one in the key of Em. For this lick you will use a single string descending scale sequence in conjunction with a d…
Eighth Note Turnaround Speed Challenge (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…
Topsy Turvy
Today's lick is one that may have you feeling topsy turvy because the picking can certainly be confusing. What's great about this lick is that it comb…
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Limbering Up
The limbering up exercise is one that will prepare your mighty index finger for the barre chord madness that is heading its way. This exercise,…
E Shape Familiarity
There are two barre chord shapes that prove to be the most useful and the ‘E’ Shape is certainly one of them. This workout is…
A Shape Familiarity
The A shape is an extremely effective barre chord shape and one that, once learned, can be incredibly useful. This shape has given me a…
E Shape Exam
It is exam time, wahoo!!!Do not worry this is not a pass/fail situation. This exercise is simply meant to work on a few aspects of…
A Shape Exam
It is time to test your A shape barre chord. This test is really designed to evaluate where your barre chord is currently at and…
4/4 Time and It’s Simple Divisions
This lesson will familiarize you with the common rhythmic divisions in 4/4 time so that you can not only understand them but also apply them…
3/4 Time and It’s Simple Divisions
This lesson will build off of the rhythmic notation you know already, but apply it to waltz (3/4) time so that you can understand rhythmic…
The Golden Rule of Strum Direction
In this lesson, you will see how the physical action of strumming follows a rule base on how you count through a measure so that…
Interpretations of the Same Rhythmic Pattern
In this lesson, you will become aware that although the rhythmic divisions look the same they can be executed a number of ways (all of…
Mixing note values in 4/4
This lesson shows the power that combined note values can offer so that you can further deepen your knowledge of how to keep beat in…
Mixing note values in 3/4
This lesson shows the power that combined note values can offer so that you can further deepen your knowledge of how to keep beat in…
10 Essential Strumming Patterns
Now that you know the inner workings of strumming, here are 10 essential strum patterns so that you can have options when starting to strum…
Backward Roll Speed Challenge
The backward roll is just as useful as the forward roll when it comes to fingerpicking, and this warmup will help you refine and absolutely dominate t…
The Suzanne Somers
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
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
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…
KC4 (Key of F Major)
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…
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Backward Roll
The backward roll is just as useful as the forward roll when it comes to fingerpicking, and this warmup will help you refine and absolutely dominate t…
Hello Beautiful
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
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
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 …
KC4 (Key of F Minor)
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…
Finger Pairs Speed Challenge
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…
Brian Boitano
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…
Double Axle
Today’s scale is a two for one special, yes it is your lucky day two scales all in one day… well kind of. You will execute a G major scale way up …
Ice Dancing
Chord progressions can sometimes feel as though they are all the same, but this one today will take some common chords for a whole different ride. You…
KC4 (Key of F Accidental)
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
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
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
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 …
KC4 (Key of F Mixed)
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 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…
KC4 (Key of F Major)
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 …
KC4 (Key of F Minor)
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…
Finger Pairs Speed Challenge (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…
Brian Boitano (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…
Double Axle (G – Scale – FLP)
Today’s scale is a two for one special, yes it is your lucky day two scales all in one day… well kind of. You will execute a G major scale way up …
KC4 (Key of F Major)
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…
Finger Pairs
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…
The Suzanne Somers
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
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
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…
Backward Roll
The backward roll is just as useful as the forward roll when it comes to fingerpicking, and this warmup will help you refine and absolutely dominate t…
Hello Beautiful
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
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
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 …
KC4 (Key of F Minor)
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…
Finger Pairs Speed Challenge
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…
Brian Boitano
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…
Double Axle
Today’s scale is a two for one special, yes it is your lucky day two scales all in one day… well kind of. You will execute a G major scale way up …
Ice Dancing
Chord progressions can sometimes feel as though they are all the same, but this one today will take some common chords for a whole different ride. You…
KC4 (Key of F Accidentals)
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…
Finger Pairs
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…
The Suzanne Somers
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
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…