Thumptoctotron
This chord progression is really more of a series of riffs threaded together to make an awesome iteration of a 12 bar blues. Really what you will do h…
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KC6 in A 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…
Cement Mixer
The power of one hand position will be revealed today. Just by holding a basic C major open chord and combining that with some pull offs, hammer ons a…
Finger Duos
Your fingers will work in dynamic duos for today's warmup. This warmup is one that will not only build strength for your fretting digits, but it will …
KC5 (Key of G 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…
Quinoa Quickness
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…
Melody Lane
It's Banjo Picking Week! This week, you'll face a different challenge each day that will test your ability to apply banjo technique to your guitar pla…
Wallflower
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…
Roadrunner
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…
Tribute To Mr. Rice
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 …
Bugs Bunny
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…
High Roller
It's Banjo Picking Week! This week, you'll face a different challenge each day that will test your ability to apply banjo technique to your guitar pla…
Construction Zone
The C major harmonized scale is up on tap today and this one really focuses on the lower strings and it integrates sixteenth notes as well. This scale…
Rhythm Arcade
It's Banjo Picking Week! This week, you'll face a different challenge each day that will test your ability to apply banjo technique to your guitar pla…
Around The Clock
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…
High School Prom
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…
Staggered Pinch
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…
Five Minute Rice
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…
Orange Safety Cones
The rhythm technique used in this chord progression is one that really provides a huge punch on the one beat of the first measure of each rhythmic seq…
Finger Duos Speed Challenge
Your fingers will work in dynamic duos for today's warmup. This warmup is one that will not only build strength for your fretting digits, but it will …
KC5 (Key of G 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…
Elmer Fudd
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…
Staggered Pinch Speed Challenge
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…
Going With The Roll
It's Banjo Picking Week! This week, you'll face a different challenge each day that will test your ability to apply banjo technique to your guitar pla…
KC5 (Key of G 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…
KC5 (Key of G 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…
Make Earl Proud
It's Banjo Picking Week! This week, you'll face a different challenge each day that will test your ability to apply banjo technique to your guitar pla…
Bingo Bango
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 …
Gravy Boat
Today’s scale is a two for one special. Here you will connect two E minor pentatonic scales to create a serious understanding of the higher part of …
Connecting Pairs Speed Challenge
This warmup is truly a double whammy… almost a triple whammy even. This warmup will give you confidence in your alternating picking pattern, and als…
Bearded Lady
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
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
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 in Am 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…
KC8 in Am 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 of reas…
KC8 in Am 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…
KC8 in Am 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 of reas…
Fingerpicking Orientation
This warmup will give you a tour de force of basic finger usage while fingerpicking. After doing this warmup you will have a basic physical awareness …
Fingerpicking Orientation Speed Challenge
This warmup will give you a tour de force of basic finger usage while fingerpicking. After doing this warmup you will have a basic physical awareness …
Bum Dittly
The ever-useful "dead" thumb will be exploited in today's lick. This lick is in the key of E minor and the "dead" thumb will be responsible for its rh…
Hi-Diddlee-Ho
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
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…
Real American Hero
There are two things that you will combine today that make for what feels like a magical combination. Actually, now that I think about it you will com…
Cobra Commando
You will get a double dose of D awesomeness today. You will learn the D major scale on your dropped D string as well as your standard D string. This i…
GI Joe
The beauty of power chords will be explored today. The extra double awesome bonus is you will learn to play a power chord with only one finger… with…
Big Foot
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
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
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…
Dusting off the Digit
Today's challenge is focused on getting your pinky in gear and shaking any dust or rust that may have accumulated from it not being an active member o…
Getting Along With Others
The pinky can be a meek, quiet little digit, often getting lost amongst the much louder and more boisterous ring finger... not today though. Today the…
Strength in Numbers
The pinky stands alone, or wait was it the cheese?!?!? Today your pinky will be teaming up with its other finger friends to unleash its full potential…
Slide Away
Sustained pinky pressure is the name of the game today. This challenge will essentially add a fret to the amount of ground you can cover in first posi…
The Gauntlet
Holy smokes does a challenge await you today. This challenge has it all: Slides with the pinky, check. Using the pinky to roll from string to string, …
Even Crosspicking
This warmup helps you get comfortable with crosspicking, as well as exposes you to the idea of “even†crosspicking, which is essentially picking a…
Even Crosspicking Speed Challenge
This warmup helps you get comfortable with crosspicking, as well as exposes you to the idea of “even†crosspicking, which is essentially picking a…
Foggy Mountain Guitjo
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
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
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 crosspicking you wil…
KC9 in Bm 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 of reas…
KC9 in Bm 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 of reas…
KC9 in Bm 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 of reas…
KC9 in Bm 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 of reas…
Ring Finger Staircase
The exercise on tap for today is one that will increase the strength of communication between your fingerpicking hand and your fretting hand. This war…
Ring Finger Staircase Speed Challenge
The exercise on tap for today is one that will increase the strength of communication between your fingerpicking hand and your fretting hand. This war…
Jack Skellington
The lick today is in the key of Gm and it happens to be in a closed position. This lick features so many cool things such as; one: it’s moveable, tw…
Edward Scissorhands
Closed position scales… the all-powerful, moveable closed position scales. Closed position means that all of the notes in this scale are fretted. Yo…
Veruca Salt
The chord progression for today is creepy. Plain and simple, this is a creepy, Tim Burton-esque sounding chord progression. You will be playing a Gm, …
Double Vision
Today’s lick is one of those that will have you thinking “didn’t I just do that?†The answer to that question is actually yes, but the way you…
Deja Vu
Two scales, same shape… different results. Today you will get a look at two types of pentatonic scales. The first one will be a major pentatonic and…
Ketchup and Mustard
The classic combination of ketchup and mustard happens to make a perfect name for a classic rhythm and chord progression to play as well. This chord p…
Pledge Power
This lick is one that will catapult you into the beauty that is open D tuning. This lick as I mentioned, is one that utilizes open D tuning (DADF#AD).…
Scrubbing Bubbles
Today’s scale is one that utilizes the options that open D tuning presents. You will be executing a single string major scale on the low D string as…
Arm & Hammer
Open D tuning delights again today, and this chord progression shows off how simplistic yet beautiful a common chord progression can be in this tuning…
Finger Duos
Your fingers will work in dynamic duos for today's warmup. This warmup is one that will not only build strength for your fretting digits, but it will …
High School Prom
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
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
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…
KC5 (Key of G 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…
Hammers and Pulls
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Hammers and Pulls Speed Challenge
You will think that your picking hand is on a vacation today because today’s warmup is all about hammer-ons and pull-offs. You will have a chance to…
Argos the Power Dog
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Bonsai the Ninja Master
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Koda the Pro Napper
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KC10 in Dm Major
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KC10 in Dm 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 of reas…
KC10 in Dm 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…
KC10 in Dm 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…
Thumb Workout
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…
Thumb Workout Speed Challenge
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…
Thunderlips
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
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
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…
Wedgie
This lick has a bit of everything, but mostly what it has is attitude. Today's lick is in the key of B and it is bluesy, just plain gritty and bluesy.…
Swirly
Bends are the name of the game today. The scale you will learn may very well be a familiar minor pentatonic shape in the key of B, however you will be…
Wet Willy
Today's chord progression is a prime example of not using chords in a chord progression. Yes, it's true, today you will not use a chord in a chord pro…
Tin Man
The lick today is in open D minor tuning and it is one that will give you some creative experimenting grounds. You will use an open position D minor s…
Scarecrow
The scale for today will use the low D string as a drone string while you play a D minor scale on the higher four strings. Now you might be thinking 
Cowardly Lion
This chord progression is one that involves three really crucial things, and the cool thing is that they aren't all that complicated either. So here g…