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This is the only trick you need to make all your solos sound way better

playing technique Sep 16, 2023

You deserve to feel like a rock star! Pick up The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First by going to http://simpleguitar.com/top10 to get my free 17 page guide that will help you have more fun & get more bang for your buck out of your playing.

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How to play like a drummer to transform your strumming

playing technique Aug 05, 2023

Do you need to learn more strum patterns? Are you bored with how your strum patterns sound?

Today we're going to fix that by showing you how to think about playing guitar like a drummer so that you can take even the most basic strum pattern and make it sound exciting and interesting.

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Why you should skip the minor pentatonic box & learn this scale first

playing technique Jun 17, 2023

Want to go deeper with this scale? Check out my course on this scale that walks you through step by step of getting used to playing this everywhere on the fretboard in every key and beyond. Check it out here: http://simpleguitar.com/instantrockstarscale

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Save Your Strumming with these 3 simple fixes

playing technique Jun 10, 2023

You deserve to feel like a rock star! Pick up The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First by going to http://simpleguitar.com/top10 to get my free 17 page guide that will help you have more fun & get more bang for your buck out of your playing.

In today's guitar lesson for beginners we're...

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The Power Chord Fix that will make your power chords way easier

playing technique May 27, 2023

You deserve to feel like a rock star! Pick up The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First by going to http://simpleguitar.com/top10 to get my free 17 page guide that will help you have more fun & get more bang for your buck out of your playing.

Power chords can be really tough the first...

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PRACTICE ALONG - Get stretchier fingers in 4 minutes with FINGER LUNGES

playing technique Apr 29, 2023

You deserve to feel like a rock star! Pick up The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First by going to http://simpleguitar.com/top10 to get my free 17 page guide that will help you have more fun & get more bang for your buck out of your playing.

Get stretchier fingers in 4 minutes with...

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PRACTICE ALONG - Get faster fingers in 6 MINUTES with Double Finger Push Ups

playing technique Apr 01, 2023

You deserve to feel like a rock star! Pick up The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First by going to http://simpleguitar.com/top10 to get my free 17 page guide that will help you have more fun & get more bang for your buck out of your playing.

Get faster fingers in 6 minutes with double...

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PRACTICE ALONG - Get faster fingers in 4 MINUTES with The Spider Walk

playing technique Mar 25, 2023

You deserve to feel like a rock star! Pick up The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First by going to http://simpleguitar.com/top10 to get my free 17 page guide that will help you have more fun & get more bang for your buck out of your playing.

1:35 - 1st Spider Walk Finger Exercise
3:09 -...

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PRACTICE ALONG - Get faster chord changes after 3 MINUTES with Chord Flips

playing technique Mar 11, 2023

You deserve to feel like a rock star! Pick up The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First by going to http://simpleguitar.com/top10 to get my free 17 page guide that will help you have more fun & get more bang for your buck out of your playing.

 1:40 - 1st Chord Flip Finger Exercise...

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PRACTICE ALONG - The Best Beginner Guitar Finger Exercise - FINGER PUSHUPS

playing technique Mar 04, 2023

You deserve to feel like a rock star! Pick up The Top 10 Things to Learn on Guitar First by going to http://simpleguitar.com/top10 to get my free 17 page guide that will help you have more fun & get more bang for your buck out of your playing.

1:47 - 1st Finger Exercise
3:07 - 2nd...

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A lot of the advice on what to do when you start learning guitar comes from the thinking "That's how I learned, so everyone must learn that way", but that isn't always the best advice.

I'll help you with 10 kinda counter-intuitive things you should learn on guitar first that will give you the most bang for your buck so that you can go from being a beginner to feeling like a confident guitar player that wows your friends in less time.