Covering topics ranging from moving chord shapes to hammer ons to right hand strumming techniques, each lesson will help showcase a different aspect of Johnson's voice in the instrument.  It is hoped that students, whether a fan of Jack Johnson or not, will take away something from this tutorial to see how the acoustic guitar used primarily as a song-writing tool can serve to better any player's ...

This tutorial will show you how to play a one fingered barre chord. I will also show you ways to use those chords to make to best out of them.

Here you can learn the essentials of Mark Knopflers playing style. You learn how he uses his fingerpicking style on chords, chordlicks and on his very unique soloing style. At the end of this tutorial you will be able to sound like him and to play his very common licks.

This tutorial is a collection of funky guitar ideas that are inspired by the music of James Brown.

Freddie King is another one of the essential figures in blues history. His playing has inspired many of the greats that we know today, most notably Eric Clapton. This is so much so that when we look at our examples today, you may feel as if you we are learning Eric Clapton licks. That shows the strength of King's influence along with his reputation as being a great singer and songwriter as well. K...

This one can be a little confusing at first but fits in beautifully with the first 4 bars of a 12 bar. The riff ends neatly on the D for the 5 bar of the 12 bar. I haven�t added hammer-ons or pull-offs to the tab because depending on what context you play you could play every note with a pick or use more of a legato style. This could be used in a straight or swing jazz/blues.

Here's a riff from Stevie Ray Vaughan that I learned about six weeks ago. I didn't think much of the riff at the time, but I play it every time I pick up the guitar these days. It is just the basic pentatonic scale with an extra grace note on the 11th fret. Give it some time to grow on you.

Carl Perkins can be considered the father of Rockabilly and maybe even Rock and Roll itself. He has influenced generations of artists including Scotty Moore, John Fogerty, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Albert Lee, and Brian Setzer. This Rockabilly finger picking riff is an example of a style that would launch the early Rock and Roll craze in the 50's. The riff is in the key of A on the 5th...

Here is a Paul Gilbert-esque E minor pentatonic lick... simple, but it shows off how you can extend the pentatonic to a three note per string scale with some awesome speed payoffs as a result. Check out the video to see it once fast and once in slow motion.