There are many things about the guitar that are unique and special. One of those things is that we have multiple places to play many notes, and this gives us the possibility of playing the same patterns in many different ways.

This can be frustrating, but is also an opportunity. Each different way ...

Pentatonic scales are a fantastic tool to get you soloing. Even after playing for 25+ years I use them all the time. But overusing them can get boring and sound uninspiring.

That's why I wanted to share this simple idea for how you can breath new life into your playing by making one simple adjustme...

When you play a chord progression you have tons of options. You can play the most basic chords, open or barre chords, or you can doctor it up a bit and use triads and 7th chords, inversions and so on.

It doesn't have to be showy or busy. Just adding some chord motion by connecting inversions with i...

The way you practice new patterns can directly translate to the way you solo, if you do it right. Don't just mechanically run scales, create rhythmic cycles out of them to harness of the feeling of creating real phrases. That way when you solo you'll already be used to playing your patterns in the t...

Funk guitar is an exciting and fun style to play. There are a few techniques that can help you sound convincing in this style, and if you combine them you can come up with funky rhythm parts at will.

In this video we’ll cover some of the key ideas that I focus on: muting, combining single note lines ...

This is an exercise to help you get out of a single pentatonic shape and start adding some horizontal movement that will bring you out of the "box" of the simple shapes.

If you get stuck in a single position, incorporating some horizontal motion will open up new shapes and areas of the fretboard.

Every once in a long while I have a breakthrough in my playing. I love when that happens, but it is not very often so when I have one I try to dive deep into it and explore it.

A few years ago I had one of these moments, and I want to share the simple idea that transformed my playing and the way that...

Creating melodic movement in a chord progression can make basic chord patterns more fun to play. It sounds great too!

In this video we'll look at one way you can do this by using intervals taken from a basic scale fragment. Essentially we'll just take note pairs from a scale and try some different ...

Mapping the Fretboard is one of the best ways for you to gain a better understanding of how the guitar is laid out. You can deepen your knowledge and ability to navigate the guitar by creating your own visuals, and in today's lesson I take you into a program that I use to create diagrams and map out...

Happy friday! Today's video is just for fun, a chance to laugh at the absurdity of an unbelievable musician playing what is probably the silliest, weirdest and funniest solo I have ever heard.

Pat Metheny is a legend, is way better than me at guitar, so in no way am I trying to rag on him. Buuuuut......

Chromatic Scales: A tiny bit of history and the application of this concept.

In Western music (as it is commonly called) we have a system that divides each octave into 12 equal parts. This developed over the course of western music history, originally as a way to modify diatonic melody and harmony. T...

Making consistent progress in guitar playing can be difficult. It gets discouraging at times, and progress can feel painfully slow. I get it! I've been there. But through the years that I've been playing, nothing has pushed my playing forward like consistent, well planned, and focused practice.

In th...