Lesson 191 Tips on how to stay inspired and motivated along your guitar journey – 14:28 min

In this lesson there is no guitar playing. Something different – in this lesson David Taub gives you a huge batch of tips on how to stay inspired, empowered, and motivated along your guitar journey. At times it seems like our progress is not coming fast enough. Or at times it seems we hit a wall that we just can’t seem to get over. Well, don’t beat yourself up as we have all been there. So David tries to empower you will some stories and tips and suggestions on how to stay motivated and how to get through the hard times. You can do it – watch this video and try a few of the suggestions and keep up all that hard work on that guitar!

Lesson 190 Acoustic rhythms, new chords, and devices in the style of Neil Young – 7:17 min

In this lesson dave Nassie teaches some fun acoustic guitar rhythms and devices in the style of Neil Young. This lesson is in drop D tuning. All you have to do is drop the low E string down on whole step to a D – so the tuning low to high is D A D G B E. Dave teaches this lesson finger style but you can use a pick if you like. Learn some new chords as Dave you through different ways to play some chords that you may be familiar with. Its important to learn chords all over the neck and not just in first position. Listen to the cool sounds these new chords and embellishments give. Its all about the sounds. Experiment with these chords and add them to your playing arsenal. Keep that low D string pumping as Dave demonstrates as that adds layers of sound. Notice the strum patterns Dave uses as he moves through the chords. Try these and experiment with the chord voicings – have fun and get creative with them – enjoy! 

Lesson 189 Learn cool chords and rhythms in the style of JACK JOHNSON – 4:52 min

In this lesson Mike Sculli teaches some fun rhythms, chords, and techniques inspired by Jack Johnson. Mike uses an acoustic guitar for this lesson but you can do the same things on an electric. Jack Johnson uses some very cool chord voicings – lot of jazz voicings in a laid back vibe. Mike teaches his interpretations of some of the styles of these chords. Learn some of these new chord voicings and mix them into your progressions and songs – have fun with them and try them in different rhythmic patterns. Mike uses his fingers to play these ideas but you can also use a pick. Lots of great ideas in this lesson – get creative with them and have fun!

Lesson 188 Acoustic guitar chords, devices, and rhythm ideas inspired by the BLACK CROWES – 6:12 min

In this lesson Mike Scuili teaches some fun acoustic guitar chords and rhythms inspired by the Black Crowes. This lesson is in the key of E major and the base chord used is the basic E major chord. Mike then teaches how you can start to create some melody lines using the open E string combined with notes from the E major Scale. All kinds of doors start to open and ideas start coming along in this style once you get the basic groove down. Learn the licks and chords as Mike teaches them but then mix things up and try some ideas of your own in the style. Switch the notes and chords up and see what sounds best to your ears. Basically you can use the e string as a pedal note – going back to that e note after hitting each other note. Fun stuff and super easy to create some new sounds. Mike then starts moving around the E major chord shape to get some new suspended sounds -and embellish them and also add harmonics as Mike teaches – try it and enjoy! 

Lesson 187 Chord inversions – getting new into sounds and new musical avenues – 8:37 min

IN his lesson Ben Zinn teaches some acoustic guitar fingerpicking ideas inspired by the late Jeff Buckley. This lesson focuses on reworking some standard chords. that you may already know, to really open up some new musical avenues. Here Ben teaches how to play chord inversions – or basically having another note in the chord as the lowest note instead of the root note. This gives you all kinds of new musical sounds and possibilities. Ben then puts these new chords into motion showing you how to sub these inversions into progressions. Its all about options here and getting new sounds, and exploring new territories on this beautiful instrument. Try these new chords and add them into your playing arsenal – enjoy! 

Lesson 186 Acoustic lesson techniques and licks in the style of the Rascal Flats – 10:25 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches some fun and easy acoustic guitar techniques and licks in the style of the Rascal Flats. Dave takes a popular song and uses it an inspiration to teach about chords and melody. So much you can learn by looking at style wise what goes into a given song. Dave first goes over the chords he will play throughout the lesson. He plays an F#m7 in an interesting way with his thumb and then an interesting voicing for a C#m7 chord. He also plays a Bm7 chord. He then teaches how to add melodies within the chords. Its so important to learn different voicings for chords as they will give you different palettes of sounds as well as some make it easier to transition to the next chord. Dave then shows how to add embellishments within the chords with hammer ons and slides and other techniques like adding licks with notes from the pentatonic scale. Go through the progression and try some of these techniques and then use them to inspire you to come up with your own ideas and progressions you can create yourself – get creative and enjoy this lesson.