Here is the workshop to cover the missed lesson over the 2016 Holidays!! Hope it is helpful! Worksheet: Online Resources
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Barre Chords
Here is the Barre Chord workshop to make up for summer vacation. Enjoy! Barre Chords Worksheet Jake
Rhythmic Strumming
Rhythmic Strumming Hey Guys, Print out the PDF above and check out this video in order to get the most out of the lesson. This is a great workshop on rhythmic strumming for all styles and levels. Hope you enjoy you holidays!! Jake
Blues Shuffle in A
Hey Guys, As requested by one of my students here in Austin, we are going to be learning how to play a common Blues Shuffle. This is one of the main things I learned as a beginners that I still play constantly as a professional musician! With a little work with your left and right …
One Octave Major Scale
Sheet Music: The Major Scale-One Octave Greetings Guitarists, This is one of my favorite major scale shapes that you can use to compose, improvise, and practice your technique in an key! The best thing you can do is to master playing the major scale ascending and descending with alternate picking and good left hand position. After …
Where Did Our Love Go
The Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go Greetings, One of my private students is working on this great song by the Supremes. This is a beginner-intermediate tutorial on transitioning chords in the Key of C. Feel free to rewind the video and practice the difficult sections as many times as you need to to get …
Gomez-Shot Shot
Gomez-Shot Shot Hi There, And props to you for listening to Gomez! They are a recent discovery for myself. This is a beginner-intermediate arrangement of their song Shot Shot. The song contains two sections that are repeated throughout. One of them is a riff on the 6th string of your guitar and the 2nd section …
More Precious Than Silver
Sheet Music: More Precious Than SIlver Per the request of one of my private students, this is a short video lesson over some different beginner-intermediate strum patterns on the hymn, “More Precious than Silver” The video covers several simple strum patterns and also a picking pattern that goes with the song quite nicely. As always …
In My Arms Instead
Randy Rogers Band-In My Arms Instead Hey Guys, This is a short video about strum patterns I made to help out one of my private students. The strum patterns range from easy to difficult and all of them will sound great when you play along with the song. The first two patterns will feature the …
One String Composition
One String Composition Sheet Music After my students have mastered several songs on one string of the guitar, I then teach them how to compose/improvise with a horizontal minor pentatonic scale. Does that sound like greek to you? If so go ahead and watch the video above. It can actually be very simple and is …