Chord charts are the universal language of guitar. Almost every chord you’ll ever learn — from a beginner G major to an advanced jazz voicing — can be communicated in a small grid of dots and lines that fits in a couple of square inches. Once you can read these … Read more
The first week with a new guitar is when most students either build a habit or quit. The decisions you make in these seven days — what to practice, how long, when, and how to handle the inevitable frustration — matter much more than they seem at the time. A … Read more
Most beginner guitar guides try to push you forward as fast as possible — through chords, through songs, through scales — as if speed were the goal. The early stages of learning guitar reward a different rhythm: build the right foundations slowly, then everything that comes later happens naturally on … Read more
Twenty years of teaching guitar has taught me one thing about beginners: nearly everyone tries to learn too many chords too fast. They download a chart with sixty shapes on it, get overwhelmed by week two, and decide they aren’t musical. You don’t need sixty chords. You need eight. Master … Read more