Guitar Sessions

Learn chords, riffs, and complete song arrangements in this video lesson series. Charts and guitar tab for every session are available on Patreon.

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Learn a set of great-sounding chord shapes in this popular alternate tuning, and try an arrangement of an original song.

Learn a complete arrangement of Shawn Colvin hit, complete with instrumental riffs based on the original recording.

Learn how to use chord shapes up the neck to play Jerry Garcia’s iconic solo in “Touch of Grey.”

Songwriting lessons

Get started with songwriting, play creative games, and learn about chord progressions, song form, and more.

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Every songwriter needs a nudge sometimes to keep writing.

Inspiration may be impossible to define or control or predict, but that doesn’t mean that we have to just sit around idly waiting for it.

A songwriter’s guide.

Explore the guitar and songwriting styles of the masters—with video and tab examples based on classic songs.

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An in-depth video lesson on the distinctive fingerstyle guitar of JT, with examples to play based on some of his best-loved songs.

A conversation with legendary U.K. songwriter Joan Armatrading, and a video lesson teaching guitar grooves and riffs from some of her best songs.

Roots music performer and teacher Happy Traum looks back at his 50-plus-year career, and shares how to play some of his signature songs.