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All-Purpose Rhythm Guitar Alternate Tunings Made Easy Blues Lead Phrasing Building Fingerstyle Arrangements Chords 101 Creating Chord Progressions Crosspicking Pop Songs Do the Shuffle Easy Fingerpicking Embellishing Cowboy Chords Fingerstyle for Flatpickers Lead On! Movable Minor Chords Movable Open-String Chords Music Notation Key Rhythms in Three Step Up to the Barre What Chord Names Mean (Part 1 of 2) What Chord Names Mean (Part 2 of 2)

All-Purpose Rhythm Guitar A few rhythm techniques useful in a wide variety of playing styles and situations Return to Top

Alternate Tunings Made Easy David Hodge explains alternate tunings from the ground up. Music to 'Handsome Molly' Return to Top

Blues Lead Phrasing Building licks from a few essential notes. Return to Top

Building Fingerstyle Arrangements Instructor Andrew DuBrock explores the development of a simple melody into a complete fingerstyle arrangement, using the traditional tune 'Greensleeves.' Return to Top

Chords 101 Everything you wanted to know about chords and strums (but were afraid to ask). Return to Top

Creating Chord Progressions Coming up with your own chord progressions with basic chords. Return to Top

Crosspicking Pop Songs Use simple crosspicking techniques to create full, driving acompaniments to pop tunes, country songs, or any other song you can think of. Return to Top

Do the Shuffle Chris Grampp gives an easy introduction to one of the most popular rhythms of all time. Return to Top

Easy Fingerpicking Unlock the flowing rhythm of Coldplay's 'Clocks' with one simple pattern. Return to Top

Embellishing Cowboy Chords Create countless easy and cool patterns by adding hammer-ons and pull-offs to first-position chords. Return to Top

Fingerstyle for Flatpickers An introductory fingerpicking lesson using blues progressions and walking bass lines. Return to Top

Lead On! Fire up a rockabilly-style lead over a classic Merle Haggard song. Return to Top

Movable Minor Chords Happy Traum shows you how to play minor chords up and down the neck. Return to Top

Movable Open-String Chords AG's music editor shows you how to turn simple chord patterns integrating open strings into magic bullets you can fire from across the fretboard. Return to Top

Music Notation Key Learn how to read music with this useful guide. It covers the basics of guitar tablature and standard notation as used in our lessons. Return to Top

Rhythms in Three Get comfortable playing rhythm in 3/4, 6/8, and 12/8, and you'll open up a whole new world of songs to add to your repertoire. Return to Top

Step Up to the Barre Play any major, minor, or seventh chord in any key with barre chords. Return to Top

What Chord Names Mean (Part 1 of 2) David Hamburger demystifies confusing chord names, turning them into a tool so you can know exactly what you're playing. In this lesson he'll cover major, minor, augmented and dimished triads and seventh chords. Return to Top

What Chord Names Mean (Part 2 of 2) Starting where Part one left off, Hamburger walks you through sixth chords, five chords, suspended chords, extended chords, and chords with altered extensions. Return to Top

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