Frere Jacques is a traditional French nursery rhyme. The English translation of this song is known as Brother John. In this lesson, we cover the chords, sheet music for the melody including guitar tabs and also a finger-style arrangement. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How to read the guitar chord charts To clarify … Read more
The E Major scale is one of the essential scales to know on guitar. You might have learned it in the first position of the guitar, but now you want to learn the same set of notes throughout the fretboard. This lesson covers the 5 scale shapes for effectively playing the E Major scale on … Read more
In this lesson, we cover how to play minor 6 chords on guitar, which are more commonly used in jazz and can be used to add color to your chords. We’ll first go over the music theory to understand minor 6 chords and then show you examples of how to play them throughout the fretboard … Read more
In this lesson, we’ll cover how to play Bourrée in E minor by Johann Sebastian Bach on guitar. This popular classical piece, also known as BWV 996, was originally written for the lute as the 5th movement from Suite in E minor. The piece gives you a good introduction to Bach’s work without being overly complex. This … Read more
In this lesson, we cover how to play Major 6 chords on guitar, which are more commonly used in jazz and can be used to add color to your chords.We’ll first go over the music theory to understand Major 6 chords and then show you examples of how to play them throughout the fretboard starting … Read more
The altered scale is one of the essential scales to know in jazz and improvisation. This scale is especially useful when playing over altered chords which include chord extensions such as the b9, #9, #11, or b13. In this lesson, we cover the music theory on the altered scale, how to play them in different … Read more
Opus 60, No. 6 was written by Spanish guitarist and composer, Fernando Sor. This is the sixth of a 25 piece study by Sor. This is a simple yet musical piece recommended for beginner level guitarists looking to develop their fingerpicking technique. Opus 60 No. 6 guitar tabs Some minor edits have been made to the … Read more
Opus 60, No. 5 was written by Spanish guitarist and composer, Fernando Sor. This is the fifth of a 25 piece study by Sor. This is a simple yet musical piece recommended for beginner level guitarists looking to develop their fingerpicking technique. Opus 60 No. 5 guitar tabs The numbers next to some notes on the top … Read more
Opus 60, No. 4 was written by Spanish guitarist and composer, Fernando Sor. This is the fourth of a 25 piece study by Sor. This is a simple yet musical piece recommended for beginner level guitarists looking to develop their fingerpicking technique. Opus 60 No. 4 guitar tabs Some minor edits have been made to the original … Read more
The F 7 chord (F dominant 7 chord) is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. Like the F Major chord, the F 7 chord doesn’t have an open chord shape but there are many ways you can play this chord throughout the guitar fretboard. We’ll first go over some basic chord … Read more