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Guitar Lesson: “We Will Rock You” by Queen

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Few rock & roll songs are as iconic and universally known as “We Will Rock You” by Queen. Every school kid knows how to stomp-stomp-clap on the gym bleachers as the masses chant along. This song works splendidly for a newbie guitar player to learn to transition between three chords in a changing chord progression. […]

Fingerstyle Lesson: “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Songs by Lynyrd Skynyrd are deceptive; they seem simple when first learning the rhythm guitar parts, but they have layers like an onion. And, like an onion, they often make folks cry as they work through them! “Simple Man” is a basic three-chord song with a monotonously repetitive chord progression. Much like it’s more famous […]

How to Set Up Skype for Lessons

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When using Skype for live video lessons, you need to complete the following steps to make sure you are ready to rock: Download Skype for your computer. Go to Skype.com and download the appropriate version of Skype for your computer. You can also use Skype on a variety of mobile devices with the same account […]

Chord Voicing and Layering

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Sometimes the same old chords get… well, boring. Every guitar player can pick up an axe and hammer away at G, C and D in first position. When you sit around the campfire with your pickin’ and grinnin’ friends, spice up your strumming by layering the chords with different voicings. What is voicing? Have you […]

Intro to the Major Diatonic Scale

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The major diatonic scale is the most well-known scale in Western music. It is made of eight notes (including the repeated octave) with the interval arrangement of whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. This scale is sung with the syllables do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do in the solfège method. The major diatonic […]