
Magical, Easy Fingerpicking!
With a few simple pointers ... I can usually get even relatively new players making a decent fist of this folk guitar classic.


How Good is Your Technique?
Speed test for guitar. A minute to learn; a lifetime to never master! What could be simpler than the 4 notes, A, B, C and D repeated?


100% Free 1-1 Guitar Tuition?
Taplature is my labour of love! Join me in the Taplature forum and I'll make it my mission to get (and keep) you moving on guitar with f

How to Practice Guitar Scales: Pentatonics!
... until you can get decent results with this simple pattern you'll never make the more complex scales sound the way you want either.


How to Improve Guitar Chords: Secrets of A, D & E
Here's how I get beginners doing basic chord changes in double-quick time while ensuring they don't get stuck with the common proble

Struggling with Strumming?
I've lost count of the number of frustrated beginner and intermediate guitarists I've met who never made it beyond that early hurdle


Beef up your Sound! Power Trio Playing!
Guitar parts that had worked well for years with a piano filling out our band's sound were suddenly laid bare. They didn't work any


The Story of Taplature
After this hint to the power of the foot tap as the cornerstone of practice and improvement I began incorporating it into all my lessons. P

How to Practice Guitar 101: The Million Pound Challenge!
Winning the "Million Pound Challenge" is easy; so easy a beginner can do it! Oh ... and in the over ten years since I devised it

Pick it Son! "Country Boy" Slow and Close up Lesson.
Show Me Where I Start! Albert Lee's Country Boy is a true classic, originally recorded with Head Hands and Feet (1971) and re-recorded on...

How to *Really* Learn a Riff: Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog"
How to practice this classic rock riff on guitar for the fastest results! Timing, bending, semiquavers and more! In this blog post and...

Caught in a Trap? How to sing and play guitar at the same time!
How to practice to make it easy to sing while playing *any* guitar part! Here are some quotes from the comments left on Justin...