This video lesson will show you how to hold your pick...talk about all the different motions a player will have when holding the pick properly...show you the way not to hold a pick...more.

Holding the guitar correctly...how to properly use a guitar strap...position of the foot make a difference in how you hold the guitar and how you play...more.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to play the song Scarborough Fair and at the same time learn how to use a capo. This arrangement of Scarborough Fair makes use of a capo. You will understand why chord shapes are the same up and down the fretboard but they go by different names when used in conjunction with a capo.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to play the song Scarborough Fair and at the same time learn how to use a capo. This arrangement of Scarborough Fair makes use of a capo. You will understand why chord shapes are the same up and down the fretboard but they go by different names when used in conjunction with a capo.

While learning how to play the song Midnight Special, you will learn how to combine strumming techniques with the right hand and muting techniques with the left hand, alternate ways to make and strum 7ths chords to make your playing more interesting to the listener and finally, the theory behind the structure of the 7th chords used in a 1, 4, 5 progression in the key of G.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to play the song Scarborough Fair and at the same time learn how to use a capo. This arrangement of Scarborough Fair makes use of a capo. You will understand why chord shapes are the same up and down the fretboard but they go by different names when used in conjunction with a capo.

You will learn how to play fingerstyle jazz with your right hand thumb and fingers, how the bass note, "chord" notes and melody notes fit together, you will also learn and use many advanced chord forms like 9ths, aug 5, min 11, 13th, 13add9, etc.

Old Joe Clark is a traditional American bluegrass standard dating back to the 19th century. From The Clay County, Kentucky Historical Society: Mountain ballad, about 90 verses, sung during World War I, and later wars by soldiers from eastern Kentucky. Early version, as sung in Virginia, printed in 1918. Joe Clark, born 1839, lived here; shiftless and rough mountaineer of that day. His enemies were legion; he was murdered in 1885. In the moonshining days of the 1870s, he ran a government supervised still. Here is a...

While learning how to play the song Midnight Special, you will learn how to combine strumming techniques with the right hand and muting techniques with the left hand, alternate ways to make and strum 7ths chords to make your playing more interesting to the listener and finally, the theory behind the structure of the 7th chords used in a 1, 4, 5 progression in the key of G.

This is the third in a series on the song Midnight Special. The first 2 lesson groups concentrated on rhythm guitar. This third lesson group deals with how to play lead guitar to the song Midnight Special...major and minor pentatonic scales are used, several double-stop runs (picking two parallel notes at a time, sus 4 chord utilized, more...

Easy Fingerstyle Acoustic 1 - Pt. 1 Key of D Here we have some nice, easy mellow fingerstyle acoustic guitar in the key of D. None of the chords are that difficult, open strings are used freely. Right hand fingerings shown in detail, left hand chords explained, more

Bluegrass Hot Lick 1 This is a standard bluegrass lick--one of the first ones you should get to know--a very common ending lick for a song. In Bluegrass, pulloffs, hammers and slides are used and are very common. They allow you to divide up the work between your right and left hands, i.e., since most bluegrass picking is very fast, you learn how to pick one note with your right hand and use pulloffs, hammers and slides with your left hand which could result in two, three or maybe even four notes sounding. Notice that I have shown in this example how to us...

The Black Mountain Rag, a traditional American tune from days gone by done in the thumb and finger style of Chet Atkins. Several syncopation picking exercises are included which help you to achieve the timing necessary to get the song to flow smoothly. The song and the picking examples are reinforced with visual graphics which show the notes in motion as the song and the examples are being played. Much more...

A Concise Course in 12 Bar Blues - Pt. 1 Video Lessons Video lesson part 1 - Introduction to material with complete demonstration of 12 Bar Blues example in the key of A. On screen tab (left hand) and on screen picking strokes (right hand) are included. Video lesson part 2 - Left hand fingerings explained, melody line using minor pentatonic scales explained. Modification of minor pentatonic scale for blues usage. Video lesson part 3 - More left hand fingerings explained. Blues vamp in A, typical blues end-of-sequence transitional phrase explained. Video le...

More lead guitar riffs for the song Midnight Special. Totally new and different riffs as compared to Midnight Special Lead Guitar 1.

Bluegrass Hot Lick 2 Another standard bluegrass lick. Just as with Bluegrass Hot Lick 1, this lick also uses plenty of pulloffs, hammers and slides. There are a few differences though--this lick goes from low to high and stays within the span of one octave--G to G--whereas Lick 1 spans two octaves--G to G to G. I have shown in the video how to play this lick with a flatpick, with the thumb and first finger or with the thumb, first finger and second finger. Some players like to play with a flatpick between thumb and first finger and then also use the second f...

While learning how to play the song Midnight Special, you will learn how to combine strumming techniques with the right hand and muting techniques with the left hand, alternate ways to make and strum 7ths chords to make your playing more interesting to the listener and finally, the theory behind the structure of the 7th chords used in a 1, 4, 5 progression in the key of G.

While learning how to play the song Midnight Special, you will learn how to combine strumming techniques with the right hand and muting techniques with the left hand, alternate ways to make and strum 7ths chords to make your playing more interesting to the listener and finally, the theory behind the structure of the 7th chords used in a 1, 4, 5 progression in the key of G.

This is the third in a series on the song Midnight Special. The first 2 lesson groups concentrated on rhythm guitar. This third lesson group deals with how to play lead guitar to the song Midnight Special...major and minor pentatonic scales are used, several double-stop runs (picking two parallel notes at a time, sus 4 chord utilized, more...

A Concise Course in 12 Bar Blues - Pt. 2 Video Lessons Video lesson part 1 - Introduction to material with complete demonstration of 12 Bar Blues example in the key of A. On screen tab (left hand) and on screen picking strokes (right hand) are included. Video lesson part 2 - Left hand fingerings explained, melody line using minor pentatonic scales explained. Modification of minor pentatonic scale for blues usage. Video lesson part 3 - More left hand fingerings explained. Blues vamp in A, typical blues end-of-sequence transitional phrase explained. Video le...

Arkansas Traveler If you are serious about learning bluegrass guitar, it is a rite of passage that you know how to play the Arkansas Traveler. Being in the public domain, this song first appeared in 1851. Note that except for four notes, all of the song is played in the open G triad position, i.e., the D, G and B strings. The way I approach it is to consider the entire song as just one long string of notes--one following the next following the next, etc. If you can't approach the entire song that way, then approach it in parts that way, that is, broken up into segm...

Old Joe Clark is a traditional American bluegrass standard dating back to the 19th century. From The Clay County, Kentucky Historical Society: Mountain ballad, about 90 verses, sung during World War I, and later wars by soldiers from eastern Kentucky. Early version, as sung in Virginia, printed in 1918. Joe Clark, born 1839, lived here; shiftless and rough mountaineer of that day. His enemies were legion; he was murdered in 1885. In the moonshining days of the 1870s, he ran a government supervised still. Here is a...

Old Joe Clark is a traditional American bluegrass standard dating back to the 19th century. From The Clay County, Kentucky Historical Society: Mountain ballad, about 90 verses, sung during World War I, and later wars by soldiers from eastern Kentucky. Early version, as sung in Virginia, printed in 1918. Joe Clark, born 1839, lived here; shiftless and rough mountaineer of that day. His enemies were legion; he was murdered in 1885. In the moonshining days of the 1870s, he ran a government supervised still. Here is a...

Bluegrass Hot Lick 3 Here is a nice bluegrass three-finger banjo roll type lick with which to end a song that is played in G. Actually, three-finger is a bit of a misnomer since of course it is actually thumb, first and second finger. But the misnomer lives on nonetheless. The four groups of three notes are pretty straightforward for the right hand--thumb, first finger and second finger low to high. When playing this lick fast however, the very last note should be played with the thumb since that would be the next one in sequence to play after just having us...

Here is the first in a series of Fingerstyle Acoustic Blues lessons. (No brainer) Measures 1-12 form a 12 bar blues sequence. Measures 13-20 form an 8 bar bridge sequence. In the 12 bar sequence, the odd numbered measures utilize a repeating "lead guitar" pattern. Also, the even numbered measures from 2 to 10 utilize a repeating bass line/chord progression. Right Hand Note that the entire piece is played with only the thumb (T) index (I) and middle (M) fingers. Except for measure 20 and the the last half of the 2nd ending (measure 22) strings 1 and 2 are not us...

In addition to learning about how fingerstyle jazz works as far as the right hand is concerned, you will also learn many advanced chord shapes such as M7, min 7, aug 5, flat 5, 9th, 11th, 13th, etc.

Scarborough Fair is a traditional song with it's origins in Medieval times, and the Simon and Garfunkel recording was a hit in the 60s. In this tutorial, instructor Bobby Howe plays his own arrangement using a capo, teaching how chord shapes are the same up and down the fretboard.

Old Joe Clark is a traditional bluegrass standard dating back to the 19th century. Here, three-finger "banjo-roll" style guitar picking is explained in great detail to get that fast, rolling sound on acoustic guitar. We take advantage of and use the open G triad tuning of strings 4, 3 and 2 to help us along. A fun, driving backing track is used to make the tune complete.

Several subscribers have indicated an interest in learning more about the Chet Atkins thumb and finger style, so this tutorial has been created to go into quite a bit of detail to show the learner how to learn it.

Midnight Special is a traditional song performed by many different artists over the years. This tutorial is based on an original arrangement by Bobby Howe, and takes an in-depth look at several rhythm and lead guitar approaches. Strumming techniques, ways to voice 7th chords, soloing with pentatonic scales, and more are included, along with a backing track.

How to achieve syncopation between the thumb and fingers as one plays this style, some of the trickier parts explained in detail, some of the chords that were typical Chet Atkins chords explained.

Upon completion, the learner will understand what 16th notes are, how to count them and how to strum them in two keys: E and G. The strumming patterns are played at normal tempo and also demonstrated at a slower tempo so that the learner can play along as he or she learns.

Introduce the learner to 12 Bar Blues structure, minor pentatonic scale, blues scale, 12 bar blues vamp and 7th chord usage in a 12 bar blues progression.

In this tutorial I explain solutions to common problems in beginning guitar. How to hold the guitar. How to place the left and right hands. Understanding the "layout" of the guitar from a tonality perspective. How to determine right hand position without looking. How to make difficult chords (especially the F chord), and more.

In my experience of having taught guitar privately to students for many years, I have seen the things they have struggled with in playing power chords. This video series should help you to understand more quickly and thereby help you to play better more quickly.

The Blues Rock Strum series 101A through 101E build upon each other from lesson to lesson to allow you to see how techniques compound.

Christmas Jazz anyone? This tutorial will show you how to play some classic Christmas songs with an added jazz flavor. All lessons have videos so you can get a closer look at how I play them.

If you can play the other "Easy Fingerstyle Jazz" pieces I have submitted, this would be a good next step for you. This tutorial will show you how to play some more complex Jazz piece.

I have put together many easy fingerstyle guitar lessons to help you learn this style of guitar playing. One of them is a special arrangement of the Canadian national anthem.

This tutorial will show you some easy fingerpicking jazz songs. All lessons have videos that show you both left and right hand to help you understand what each hand is doing.

This tutorial is a series of fingerpicking country boogie and hot licks. Each lesson has videos where I show you both right and left hand movement.

In Bluegrass, pulloffs, hammers and slides are used and are very common. They allow you to divide up the work between your right and left hands, i.e., since most bluegrass picking is very fast, you learn how to pick one note with your right hand and use pulloffs, hammers and slides with your left hand which could result in two, three or maybe even four notes sounding. This tutorial will teach you some cool Bluegrass licks.

Here is the next installment in the song series for acoustic guitar. Right Hand: like many of the other songs in this series, the chord melody method for the right hand generally works as follows: Thumb on either string 5 or string 6. First finger on string 4. Second finger on string 3. Third finger on string 2. There will be exceptions to these rules but they apply a great majority of the time. Looking at the notation for Streets of Laredo, it will be seen that there are times when the strings p...

This lesson will help you with counting beats in a measure and demonstrate the arpeggiation technique so closely associated with early rock music

Holding the guitar correctly...how to properly use a guitar strap...position of the foot make a difference in how you hold the guitar and how you play...more.

This video lesson will show you how to hold your pick...talk about all the different motions a player will have when holding the pick properly...show you the way not to hold a pick...more.

In this lesson you will learn how to strum open chords in the key of A, learn what it means to be in the key of A, learn about a I, IV, V chord progressions, learn what is sounds like as the chords change from I to IV, I to V and back to I again. The video for Part 1 is at the top of the page, the music and tab are in the middle of the page and the video for Part 2 is at the bottom of the page. I hope you enjoy. Thanks, BH