Download the "Duality" Tabs / Sheet Music  People often view simple music as "less than." We praise complex harmony and chords and turn our noses up at simplicity. Why do we do this? Why do we feel the need to add complexity for the sake of complexity in our music. Is there not beauty in simplicity? For this video, I challenged myself to compose an interesting and emotionally powerful fingerstyle / classical guitar piece using only 2 chords. Download the "Duality" free sheet music / tabs PDF right here ..read more

  Download the "Versus" Tabs / Sheet Music Can you hear the difference between a cheap vs expensive guitar? The single biggest factor that determines how good your guitar sounds is... Wait for it... YOU! Stop chasing more expensive guitars and other gear with the hopes that they'll help you finally find YOUR sound - and instead, get serious about your technique. Good technique makes the cheapest guitars sound amazing, and poor technique makes the best guitars sound like trash... To prove this - in today's video, I challenged myself to make my son's cheap little beginner gui ..read more

  Download the "Arpeggio Study" Tabs / Sheet Music A great way to break through plateaus in your progress with the guitar is to take common techniques that your fingers are comfortable with and used to - and approach them in a completely different way to force your fingers to adjust and adapt and break out of their stagnation. In today's video, I do this with arpeggios. I kind of accidentally stumbled across this unique approach to playing arpeggios - and it turns out, it's an incredible exercise! I'm confident that you've NEVER played arpeggios like this before - I ce ..read more

  If you're relying on motivation to determine whether or not you're going to show up and practice today - you're going to fail... Motivation is a feeling that you can't control. It's fleeting - it comes and goes.  But what if we didn't have to rely on a fickle feeling that comes and goes out of our control, and instead anchored our desire to practice to one simple and powerful idea. An idea that allows you to operate with zero regard to how you're feeling at any given moment... In today's video, I'm going to teach you how to ditch motivation - and replace it with something far more ..read more

  Download the "Pizzicato Study" Tabs / Sheet Music   One of the best things about the guitar is that it's essentially a mini-orchestra. We can imitate so many different instruments with just one guitar - no other equipment or bandmates required. In today's guitar lesson, I'm going to teach you how to play pizzicato (more commonly known as palm-muting) to imitate a plucked violin sound - and I'm going to show you 6 different ways to play pizzicato to give you ultimate flexibility over your tone. Download the Pizzicato Study free sheet music / tabs PDF right here ..read more

  Download the "Cross-String Trill Study" Tabs / Sheet Music   If you've never heard the term "Cross-String Trill" - don't worry, you're not alone! But it refers to this incredibly unique classical guitar technique that almost makes your guitar sound like a harpsichord. And most importantly, I've found that when I regularly incorporate cross-string trills in my practice routine - my scales and arpeggios suddenly get much faster and more accurate. And that's no coincidence. In today's guitar lesson, I'm going to teach you how to play cross-string trills, I'll share a fun mus ..read more

  Download the "Grooviest Riff" Tabs / Sheet Music   I've got something really fun for you to practice this week! One of the grooviest riffs I've ever played comes from the Jessica Jones theme in my Defenders Medley video I did a few years ago. It's got a groovy bassline with a crazy chromatic melody on top - and it's a blast to play! And the best part: you can play most of the riff with just 1 finger! I'm giving this riff the spotlight in this week's video and giving you the tabs/sheet music so you can use it to spice up your practice this week. Download the Grooviest Riff ..read more

  Download the free Tabs / Sheet Music from this video   I've been playing around with this space-age-looking Lava Me 3 Smart Guitar* a lot over the last few weeks... And every time I pick up the guitar and slap on that crazy reverb - it inspires me to approach my playing and composing in a totally different way. That inspiration led to this crazy futuristic Cyberpunk-esque tune in today's video. Enjoy the music and my review of the Lava Me 3 Smart Guitar with its built-in effects (like reverb, delay, and chorus) and built-in looper. Make sure to download the free sheet mus ..read more

  Download the free Tabs / Sheet Music The guitar has fallen out of the spotlight - and it's time to put it back! We are the champions of the most beautiful and versatile instrument on the planet, and it's our job to spread its glorious message ? In all seriousness though, our incredible little instrument doesn't get the credit it deserves... so in today's video, I made a case for why the guitar is the coolest. AND I'm giving you a gorgeous little tune to learn this week that will remind you why you fell in love with the instrument in the first place ..read more