Video Lessons
Here's a directory of all my 350+ video lessons, separated by category. You can also search if you're looking for something specific.
Quick Riffs Tips & Techniques Full Songs Practice Log
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Q&A: 8 Tips to Avoid Muting Strings
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Strumming with Accented Notes - A Getting Started Guide
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Lead Guitar Finger Placement — ft. "La Sitiera" by The Mavericks
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Hybrid Fingerstyle - First Steps!
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Guitar Finger Exercises for Flexibility, Control, Speed, and more
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Lead Guitar Improvisation Tips (feat. Wagon Wheel)
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Travis Picking Training Wheels (ft. Hayes Carll)
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Strumming with Alternating Bass Notes
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Fingerstyle Cheat Sheet: Travis Picking Patterns for Every Chord
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Getting Started with Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs, and Bends
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Memorizing Song Lyrics: 8 Techniques That Work For Me
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Major Key Cheat Sheets! Must-Know Chords, Scales, and Fretboard Diagrams
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Short Scale Guitar... Worth Buying? (Taylor GS Mini review, 3 Years Later)
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Creating a Fingstyle Arrangement from Scratch (feat. Graceland by Paul Simon)
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A Simple Way to Travis Pick Any Song (Key of C)
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How I Use This CAGED Poster to Practice Lead Guitar
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Strumming Guide for "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison
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Q&A: Recognizing Time Signatures by Ear?
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Strumming Q&A: Lighter Strums, Pick Rotation, and Gap Between Fingers
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Reading Music for Guitarists - Chord Charts vs. Tabs
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Major Pentatonic Scales in Open Position
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How to Strum with a Percussive "Slap"
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Tips for Writing Guitar Tabs (on Paper and iPad)
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Practice Routine Tips! Setting Goals, Choosing Songs, and Warm-Up Exercises
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Quick Tips for Strumming in 6/8 Time (feat. No Hard Feelings by The Avett Brothers)
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Q&A: How to Add Depth to a Simple Riff? (feat. Stuff That Works by Guy Clark)
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Q&A: How Does a Capo Change a Song's Key?
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Beginner Lead Guitar with the Star Spangled Banner
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Major Scales in Open Position
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Tips for Strumming & Singing at Same Time
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New Course: Beginner Chord Guide!
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How to Fingerpick in 3/4 Time (feat. Amazing Grace & John Prine)
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Alternating Bass Notes in Key of G
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Vidami YouTube Looper Now Works on SongNotes.net!
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Q&A: Why Bother Learning Scales?
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Must-Know Chord Combination: C Fadd9 G
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Updates to FretMonster (Interactive Fretboard Tool)
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How to Make Drum Tracks Using GarageBand's Beat Sequencer
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A Fingerstyle Arrangement of Tom Petty's American Girl
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Q&A: Learning a Song for a Wedding? (feat. Chris Stapleton)
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Easier Ways to Play B-minor (No Barring Required)
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Using Slides to Connect Pentatonic Scale Shapes
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Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown Chords, Explained
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Landslide Chord & Fingerpicking Guide
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Q&A: Practicing When One Hand is Injured?
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"Me and Bobby McGee" Strumming Comparison (Kris vs. Janis)
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Chord Guide for Wildflowers and If I Had A Boat
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Key of A-major Cheat Sheet! Notes, Chords, Fretboard, and Misc Tricks
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How to Recognize Chord Shapes within Guitar Tabs
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How to Tune Down 1/2 step (E-Flat Tuning)
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F Chord, Made Easy: 7 Alternatives to the Barred Version
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Key of C Cheat Sheet! Notes, Chords, Fretboard, and Misc Tricks
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Major Scale Positions and CAGED Chord Shapes
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Electric Guitar: 8 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting
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CAGED Chord Shapes, Explained
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D Chord Stretches: Ring or Pinky Finger?
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Patreon Q&A (August 2021)
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Essential Strum Technique: Alternating Picking
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Learn Any Travis Picking Song, Step by Step
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Bass Note Strumming (Essential Technique)
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Beginner-friendly guitar slides (Keys of D and A)
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How to use Fret Monster
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Tuning Tip: how to change your pitch away from 440hz
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Using flat-thirds and flat-sevenths to add GRIT to your walk-ups and walk-downs
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Understanding the 12 notes (Practical Music Theory Ep. 1)
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Walk-ups, Walk-downs, and the fretboard
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Blank Guitar Tab Template
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Guitar walk-ups and walk-downs, quickly explained
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G-chord finger position guide
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Silencing the strings on the 2 count (percussive technique)
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Q&A: How to strum without a guitar pick
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How to silence the strings with your left hand
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Travis Picking vs. "Normal" Fingerstyle
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Q&A: Which guitar pick I use & why
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Enhance Your Strumming with Syncopation and Sus Chords
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12 easy ways to modify the A-major chord
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How to read & write strumming patterns
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2-finger chords in the key of C
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Barre Chord Strength Exercises! For Left Ring & Index Fingers
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F Major Chord with Wrapped Left Thumb (for Fingerstyle & Travis Picking)
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How to play F#m without barring (for fingerstyle)
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How I change my acoustic guitar strings (from start to finish)
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Add easy flourish to C-F-G-Am
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Guitar chords on a ukulele
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Slap strumming basics (percussive rhythm technique)
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Playing A-major with big fingers or a small fretboard
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How to play F#m (F sharp minor)
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Palm muting basics
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Q&A: Why Use a Capo?
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How to play Fadd9
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How to stretch your pinky on D major
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How to Tune to Drop-D By Ear (Without a Tuner)
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Barre Chord Strength Training Exercise (Left Index Finger)
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How to play the B-flat chord (Bb)
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Playing G major chord with only 2 fingers
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Hammer-On Practice with G and Cadd9 (feat. "Southside of Heaven")
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How to play B-minor chord (Bm)
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Walking up & down between the E, A, and B7 (bass note transitions)
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How to play A-major with one finger (barred on 2nd fret)
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