CLICK HERE for Tabs Nate shows you a variation on a great John Petrucci warm up exercise from the book Rock Discipline. This exercise focuses on string skipping, alternate picking, stretch, finger independence, and finger dexterity control. If you only have a few minutes to warm up before playing guitar, this is a great choice …
Read lesson → CLICK HERE for Tabs In this lessons, Nate shows you how to play Hey Hey My My by Neil Young. This song is one of the greatest acoustic singer/songwriter songs of all time, in my humble opinion. I’ve heard Neil Young play this one tuned a half step down, as well as a whole step …
Read lesson → No tabs for this song! Watch this video tutorial on how to play Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran. This easy guitar song consists of various chords, as well as finger picking technique. I’ve gotten a lot of requests for lessons on this song, and the guitar work is interesting in his use of finger …
Read lesson → CLICK HERE for Tabs Nate shows you how to play a single string pentatonic guitar scale. If you haven’t learned the pentatonic scale yet – and you should right away as it is the bread and butter of rock guitar playing – go to this post here. The pentatonic “boxes,” especially the classic root position box, …
Read lesson → CLICK HERE for Tabs Even rock guitar players should want to expand their chord knowledge into the realm of jazz guitar by learning jazz 7th chords. Jazz offers us a huge library of chords that can spice up our songs, improve chord technique, and add interest to songwriting. Also, jazz 7th chords have an interesting …
Read lesson → CLICK HERE for Tabs One of the classic riffs, No Quarter by Led Zeppelin is the perfect riff to work on sliding and power chords. Jimmy Page’s unique style has influenced countless guitarists, and his technical skill, great tone, and amazing vibrato have been woven into the fabric of many famous guitarists since his time …
Read lesson → CLICK HERE for Tabs – Click into post for COVER VIDEO!!! This lesson is one of my favorites and shows you how to play When You Were Young by The Killers. This song is super high energy, fun, and great for live performances. Currently, our Jr. rock band Stix ‘n Pix performs this song as a …
Read lesson → Yup, that’s right – how to play Blank Space by Taylor Swift. While she’s not known for feats of guitar gymnastics, Taylor Swift has consistently written songs that the public goes nuts over. Soooo, at parties and gatherings, it’s always great to be able to play songs that people know and can sing along. Ironically, …
Read lesson → Richards Guitar Studio Podcast Episode 2 – Interview with Pete Napper. I had the pleasure of talking with Pete for a half hour on all things learning guitar. I couldn’t be happier with the material that came out of this interview! WOW – Pete really knocked it out of the park with some great advice …
Read lesson → Click HERE for Tabs Rock music has it’s roots in blues, and blues licks are a key component to many guitar solos, as well as riffs. This blues guitar lick has many different elements crammed into it. Here are a few tips to get you started: Focus on intonation (tuning the bends). If you haven’t …
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