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How To: Play slash chords or slashed chord on the guitar

In popular music, a slash chord or slashed chord is a chord whose bass note or inversion is indicated by the addition of a slash and the letter of the bass after the root note letter. This how to video explains how to play slash chords on the guitar. This tutorial also briefly covers palm mutes.

How To: Play notes in unison on the guitar

Two tones in unison are considered to be the same pitch, but are still perceivable as coming from separate sources. Understand the concepts of unison and with what instruments you can play them with this two part how to video.

How To: Play notes on the guitar

This tutorial teaches and easy technique for learning notes on the guitar. This concept makes reading guitar music easier and faster to learn. Follow this how to video and you will be jamming on the guitar in no time.

How To: Strum basic patterns on the acoustic guitar

Learn how you can practice the basics of guitar playing and how you can strum some simple patterns with this music how to video. Follow this easy tutorial and you will be playing guitar in no time at all.

How To: Play like Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead

This acoustic video will show you how you can play acoustic guitar just like Jerry Garcia. The secret, of course, is to hear a song in your head.

How To: Play the "Ragged but right" intro by the Grateful Dead

This acoustic guitar video will show you how you can play the intro from "Ragged by Right" by the Grateful dead. It provides tips on the chord structure, and other basic guitar tips.

How To: Play "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters on acoustic guitar

This tutorial teaches you how to play "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters on the acoustic guitar. This lesson is for beginner to intermediate guitarists.

How To: Play "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer on acoustic guitar

In this tutorial, learn how to play "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer on the acoustic guitar. This lesson is for intermediate guitarists so you really should know your barre chords and power chords for this one.

How To: Play "Lack of Color" by Death Cab For Cutie on guitar

In this how to video you can learn to play "Lack of Color" by Death Cab for Cutie on the acoustic guitar. This guitar lesson is great for beginners.

How To: Play "Come As You Are" by Nirvana on acoustic guitar

This quick video will teach you how to play the beginning of the song "Come As You Are" by the band Nirvana on electric guitar.

How To: Play the "Subway Shuffle" on the guitar

This video is a quick lesson on a blues shuffle picking pattern I learned on a Philadelphia subway platform many years ago.

How To: Play chord inversions on the acoustic guitar

Learn how to play chord inversions on the acoustic guitar. Inversions can be used as alternatives or substitutes to create a little different sound in the songs we play. I'll introduce some easy chord inversions for some common chords. Play chord inversions on the acoustic guitar.

How To: Play fill-ins and rundowns on the acoustic guitar

The objective of this lesson is to break up the same old up and down strumming pattern and sound better. Otherwise your playing can sound the same after a while even though your playing different tunes. By adding rundowns, fill-ins, and alternating bass notes, we can take ordinary strumming up to a more advanced level. Play fill-ins and rundowns on the acoustic guitar.

How To: Play chord embellishments on the acoustic guitar

Thsi video lesson is on chord embellishments, specifically the use of suspended 2 and suspended 4 chords as little enhancements. Using these easy, little chords as substitutions will enhance your rhythm playing. Hopefully, this will aid in your strumming effectiveness too. We'll learn how to play the chords in 3 different positions each, and how to play them up the neck.

How To: Play jazz chords on the acoustic guitar

This video is a jazz chord progression lesson. In this lesson some of the more basic barre chords are introduced, and we build upon that with a few more types of chord forms. Once you learn the chord forms, they can be played at any fret (in any key) just like the previous barre chord forms Play jazz chords on the acoustic guitar.

How To: Play the tapping technique on the acoustic guitar

In this video we are going to build upon hammer on and pull off skills. We are going to introduce tapping, which can be used to further enhance your soloing. I'll go over some basic tapping tips to get you started, and walk you through a classical riff. Then I'll introduce our first guest guitar teacher, Parker Fly. I'll turn over the controls to Parker and he will take it from there. Parker will demonstrate the riff. First he will play it slow, then he is going to open up and really smoke it...

How To: Play solos on the acoustic guitar

This two part series teaches how to improvise playing solos. First we'll review the basic 12 notes of the scale, which we need to know in order to begin working with keys and lead guitar scale patterns. I'll explain how the 12 notes of the scale relate to the guitar fretboard. This will serve as a basis for all things that follow, including barre chords.

How To: Play a G, Em, C and D chord progression on the guitar

This video teaches a simple chord progression consisting of 4 simple chords, G, Em, C and D to learn up to 5 songs. The principle I will illustrate in this video is that popular music often is based on standard chord patterns, or intervals. To demonstrate this, I will play the end part of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" and go right into Jimmy Hendrix's "All Along The Watchtower" -- without changing chords or tempo!

How To: Strum and count on the acoustic guitar

Learn how to make your strumming more interesting. This is great for both acoustic and electric guitar. We'll go over a couple of fundamentals plus learn two fancy strums that will liven up your playing of most any rock strum-along song.

How To: Play Coldplay "The Scientist" on acoustic guitar

Learn to play Colplay's "The Scientist," a great tune that uses an unusual tuning (in 4ths). It uses chords like power chords and barre chords, but they are easier to play. This is great for a beginner trying to stretch into intermediate material. Chords are taught in detail because they are not normal chords.