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Bar chords are the next step of you chords playing evolution. No student finds these chords easy but they are a necessity, so get started ASAP.

From all my years of teaching I have only come across a hand full of students that have played bar chords successfully right away. I hated playing them when I first started playing, there's a good chance you will to. Learn more...

5th Chords
(8 Lessons)

5th chords and bar chords go hand in hand, if you want to learn a lot of today's popular songs you have to learn 5th chords.

Fifth chords are also knows as power chords, they are the simplest form of chord to play, also the most popular. The reason for this is that a lot of top 40 and modern songs use them. They are usually played on a distorted amp setting (distortion is a dirty, messy or heavy sound that an amp or effects pedal produces). Learn more...

Intermediate Rhythm
(17 Lessons)

Learn about strumming, 16th note rhythms, swing & straight feels, alternate bass note strumming and arpeggio picking.

Rhythm can be as complex as lead or soloing on the guitar, it just depends on how far you want to take it. Some people seem to think there is a difference between a lead guitarist and a rhythm guitarist and that you can do one or the other in a band. Learn more...

This section covers the Major, Minor, Pentatonic & Blues Scales. It will also show you interesting patterns you can play over these scales to make the more interesting.

If you've ever watched someone listen to a song a couple of times then have that tune mastered in 10 minutes, well it's not magic or a god given gift. It is a knowledge of scales, whether that person has learnt scales or not, there are groups of notes that go together and sound nice and harmonious to our ears. Learn more...