Take your playing to the next level

Guitar can be complicated to learn! While my free video lessons will get you started in learning songs or techniques, I believe there is immense value in print-friendly diagrams that you can reference alongside my video lessons. I take great pride in creating diagrams to explain the concepts behind strumming patterns, fretboard & chord charts, scales, tablature, and more.

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How to get my premium sheet music & PDFs

I offer two types of print-friendly content:

A tour of my instructional PDFs

Here’s a glimpse at the (non-song) PDFs you get access to once you become a member. These cover general guitar topics that roughly fall into these categories:

• Quick riffs & warm-up exercises
• Tips & Techniques
• Music Theory
• Notes from my Practice Sessions
• Backing tracks

Interested in a free sample? Here’s some of my instructional PDFs available at no charge:

• Travis Picking vs. Traditional Fingerstyle (tips & techniques)
• Essential Mods for the A-major chord (tips & techniques)
• Fingerstyle Walkdown exercise, Key of C (warm up exercise)
• "Happy Birthday" triad exercise, Key of G (warm up exercise)
• Blank guitar tab templates

Patreon is the best way to support me & these lessons!

Many folks have asked what’s the best way to support me and this project – and the answer: become a member on Patreon. The cost is $3 per month (cancel anytime) or via annual pledge (save ~15%) – most of which goes directly to me. These lessons are a labor of love, but make no mistake – they take a lot of work to create! It’s my dream to one day work on this project full time – and the key to making that happen is your support.

Support me on Patreon

What happens after signing up on Patreon

The membership perks become available to you immediately!

• You get immediate access to a 50%-off discount code for my licensed song sheet music arrangements (available on Musicnotes.com)
• You have immediate access to all of my Patreon posts, where the instructional PDFs can be downloaded (warm-up riffs, tips & techniques, music theory, etc)
• You get an email each time I create a new lesson (1-2 times per week), with a link to any instructional PDFs
• You can participate in the Patreon community! Comment on my posts, send in lesson requests, send me direct messages, etc.

You’ll also be charged the day you sign up. If you join on a monthly plan, your ongoing pledges will be processed on the 1st of each month (no matter which day you originally sign up on).

You can cancel Patreon anytime

Seriously, it’s dead simple – with just a few clicks you can end your membership if for whatever reason you’re no longer able or interested in the few bucks a month of ongoing support. You can keep any of the instructional PDFs you’ve downloaded.

Obviously, I hope you stick around! If not for the ongoing lessons, then just to support me & this project of mine. But I also understand that this isn’t feasible for everyone.

What members are saying

You have the very best tabs on the net! Easy to follow, logically designed, complete with all information. That's why I'm a supporter!

– Jimbo

Thank you David for the most excellent guitar lessons. I am getting old now and my guitar is a new and awesome instrument that gives me peace in our troubled world. Your contribution and dedication to your lessons provides me with hours of learning in an easy fun style. I am blessed to have been able to support you on Patreon and have access to everything you put out there.

– Harvey

I've seen more guitar instructional videos on the web than I can count but but no one does a better job of explaining and simplifying a song as you do, with the added bonus of a downloadable PDFs. I just got back into playing acoustic guitar last year after a hiatus of too many decades. Keep up the good work you do for all us beginners, re-beginners and not so beginners.

– David

Thank you 🙏 you are a wonderful teacher as well as a fabulous musician not often do you get both in the same package.

– Eileen

I have just picked up the guitar after 30 years of saying 'I would love to learn that'. Out of all the lessons I have come across online yours are the best. You have a way of making the song sound close to the original and making it pretty easy to learn as a beginner to learn. I could not keep watching the lessons without donating something because learning the guitar takes time and devotion. You deserve to get something back for all you put in. I have subscribed to your channel, and I have never subscribed to anything online. I wish you all the best and hope you have continued success.

– Joshauh

I enjoy your lessons and teaching style. They are practical and I love that you break things down in an easy to understand way. Also your lessons are fun! :) I'm a happy supporter and thank you for providing great service and your musical gift.

– Tangie

I’ve tinkered with the guitar since I was a teenager but never really committed to practicing it. I could never find the passion or the structure from a teacher to keep me at it. I have a full time job and kids...and life is busy. Almost two years ago, I broke my ankle playing baseball and dusted off the guitar. I stumbled across your lesson Say It Ain’t So by Weezer. I was completely sold. I decided to become a patreon supporter of yours. Tonight, I was just completely compelled to send you a message. Your lessons, teaching, PDF’s...you name it...Are pure quality. You come across as passionate about your work and it truly makes a difference. Anyway. I hope you and your family are staying healthy and safe during these times. I wish you all best. Thank you for the lessons and I also hope that your site becomes so successful that you can just do this full time. No response necessary. Just reaching out to say I wish lots of good karma to go your way! Cheers!

– Jason

You are such an amazing teacher! You describe steps in detail that is so necessary for beginners like me. Thank you for all that you do!

– Cara

Man, you're the best out there and the way you break things down with printables along with the different camera angles helps me in ways I can't put into words. It's truly a pleasure to be a Patreon supporter of yours!

– BB

You are the very best on the web for teaching how to play a particular song down to the details that deliver a truly professional sounding version. I love it!

– Nick

Ready to take your playing to the next level?

Become a member on Patreon – it’s as little as $3! The content you’ll unlock will go miles in helping your guitar playing improve. Thanks so much for your support – it helps make these lessons possible!

Support me on Patreon

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Don’t want to pay? I make plenty of free content!

• 375+ video lessons on YouTube, with new ones added each week! Subscribe here. This includes song lessons, in addition to general instructional videos (guitar techniques, quick riffs, music theory, etc).
• I send out a email newsletter every 1-2 weeks, keeping you in the loop with my latest lessons. Sign up here, it’s free – and is the best way to stay in the loop.
• This website! No login required. Search all my lessons, use my FretMonster web tool, and view notes & tabs for all of my non-song lessons.