Intermediate Guitar Lessons

When you’re playing guitar dynamics are very important. The same is true for any instrument, but how do you add dynamics to your guitar playing? Although there are … [more]

I’ve decided to start a series of videos for the cool guitar riffs lessons. Hence the name “Cool Guitar Riffs #2.” Mostly because I’m running out … [more]

In this video lesson you’ll learn how you can cut your bar chords down to size, and still get a great result. The cool thing about this is that it takes a lot less … [more]

Here’s another lesson for you riff-hungry rocksters out there! One cool way that you can start looking for new chords to use is to examine the top few strings of th… [more]

If you’ve watched my Guitar Scale Patterns lesson, you’ll know that one of the things that I mention in there is the octave pattern. I think I’ve mentio… [more]

If you look at your scales, and actually dissect them to see what notes are in each scale, you’ll see that in many keys, some of the notes you’re playing are … [more]

The Diatonic Scale If you’ve been following along with the lessons, then we’ve already covered a few different scales, including the pentatonic minor scale, a… [more]

A little while ago I did a lesson for the beginner’s on the chords for Last Dance With Mary Jane, by Tom Petty. I got some good feedback from the lesson, with most … [more]

I know there’s a fair amount of interest in different guitar finger picking techniques – and truthfully I’m sure you could do an entire course just on f… [more]

Here’s a lesson on finger exercises for guitar. As a guitar player, you are forever strengthening your fingers, not to mention practicing your scales! So, why not d… [more]

Many days when I pick up my guitar I end up just noodling away… improvising is probably my favorite part of playing the guitar. Improvising over open chords is prob… [more]

A few of you have asked me about how you can play faster, so this video on guitar speed exercises is in response to that. I realize I’m not a string shredding speed… [more]

Here’s a fun yet easy progression you can jam with in A pentatonic minor. The chords are simply Am7, Dm7 and Em7. Try experimenting with your own riffs in between c… [more]

Seriously – if you’re playing along with another guitar player – this lesson will help you find something different to play. Puh-lease don’t play … [more]