Blessed Assurance is a popular Christian hymn composed by Phoebe Palmer Knapp and written by Fanny Crosby. This lesson covers the chords for this song, melody with tabs, and a fingerstyle guitar arrangement. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How to read the guitar chord charts To clarify how to read the chord charts, … Read more
What a Friend We Have in Jesus is one of the most popular Christian hymns, written by Joseph M. Scriven. This lesson covers the chords, melody with tabs, and a finger style guitar arrangement. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How to read the guitar chord charts To clarify how to read the chord … Read more
The melodic minor scale has a darker yet hopeful sound that’s essential for jazz and modern guitar playing. It’s the secret ingredient behind those sophisticated, “outside” lines you hear in solos and surprisingly, it’s only one note different from the major scale. If you already know your Major scales, you can unlock melodic minor in … Read more
Key signatures are one of the essential music symbols to know when reading notation. In this guide we’ll explain what key signatures are, how to learn the symbols in all keys using the circle of 5ths and quick tips to find your music keys. You’ll also be able to test your knowledge with a key … Read more
Fur Elise is a popular classical piece written by Ludwig Van Beethoven. This song is less commonly known as Bagatelle No. 25. In this lesson, we’ll cover how to play the guitar chords for Fur Elise, sheet music for the melody and a finger-style arrangement with tabs. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! How … Read more
The D 7 chord (D dominant 7) is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. Like the D chord, the D 7 chord also has easy open chord shape but there are many other ways you can play this chord throughout the guitar fretboard. By knowing different D7 chord variations, you’ll … Read more
The A 7 chord (A dominant 7) is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. The A 7 chord has an easy open chord shape but there are many other ways you can play this chord throughout the guitar fretboard. By knowing different A 7 chord variations, you’ll be able to … Read more
The E 7 chord (E dominant 7) is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. The E 7 chord has an easy open chord shape but there are many other ways you can play this chord throughout the guitar fretboard. By knowing different E7 chord variations, you’ll be able to use … Read more
Improvising on guitar is one of the most challenging but rewarding skills that takes intentional time to get better at. Rather than thinking of music improvisation as a purely spontaneous ability, it’s actually the gradual development of smaller concepts that eventually help you to come up with musical ideas on the spot. In this post, … Read more
The D minor chord is one of the first chords you should learn on guitar. You may also see this written as Dm or D min on sheet music. This chord has an easy open chord shape but there are many different ways you can play it throughout the guitar fretboard. By knowing different chord variations, … Read more