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13 Classic Blues Licks & Tricks - Solo Routine #10

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and welcome to routine #10 of my solo blues guitar series. In today's session I'll be showing you over a dozen classic blues guitar licks and tricks over a 12 bar blues in the key of ...

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The Beatles "In My Life" - Complete Guitar Lesson

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And welcome to another By Request Song Tutorial. In today's session I'm revisiting The Beatles 1965 classic "In My Life." This tutorial breaks down how to play the tunes iconic...

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The Beatles "In My Life" Tab & Chord Sheet

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Today I'm working on a number of projects including a revamped lesson on The Beatles "In My Life." As I complete my filming and editing, you can familiarize yourself with this classic...

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How to Play Nirvana "About a Girl" - Easy Songs For Guitar

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And welcome to another by request song tutorial. In today's session I'll be breaking down a fairly easy guitar song in Nirvana's 1993 unplugged version of "About a Girl." I'll take yo...

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How to Play "Remember Me" Lullaby on Guitar - From Disney's Coco

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And welcome to another by request song tutorial! In today's session I'll be brekaing down my approach to playing "Remember Me" by Kristen Anderson Lopez & Robert Lopez, fro...

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Sam Cooke "Bring It On Home to Me" Lesson - Easy Songs for Guitar

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and welcome to another By Request Song Tutorial! In today's session I'll be breaking down how to play Sam Cooke's 1962 classic "Bring It on Home to Me." I'll take you through a guitar...

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How to Write Great Lyrics - 5 Tips for Beginners!

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and thank you so much for your continued support! In recent weeks I've talked a lot about songwriting, and how using music as a creative outlet has driven my progress more than...

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How to Write Great Songs - Learn From the Masters!

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Welcome to another songwriting tutorial! In today's session we will discuss the process of analyzing your favorite tunes. Our goal will be to establish what key the song is in, the ty...

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The Beatles "I've Just Seen a Face" Lesson, Chords & Tab

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And welcome to another song tutorial! In today's session I'm bringing you a revamped video lesson, chord sheet and tab for The Beatles 1965 classic "I've Just Seen a Face." This tune e...

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How to Write Original Songs - Part 1 - Useful Tips, Progressions & Rhythms

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and welcome to another Weekly Challenge! In today's session we'll follow up on our study of major keys and begin learning the process of writing our own original songs! Composition is...

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"Sail the Moon" Solo Acoustic

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And thank you for checking out another original tune of mine. This week I've been working to build up my personal repertoire of performance ready tunes, which I believe is one of the ...

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How to Make Basic Chords Sound Amazing! - Dmaj Hybrid Lick

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And welcome to another lick of the week! In today’s session I’ll be demonstrating a simple way to make basic chords sound amazing! In the context of a 1.5.4.2 progression in G, we...

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Are You Experienced? Group Poll!

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Over the last year our numbers have grown immensely, as we are now over 2800 strong! Since I have so many new students, I'd like to know how long each of you have been practicing the ...

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Major Scale in Three Must Know Positions!

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and welcome to another Weekly Challenge! In today’s session we will expand our ability to solo over major keys by learning three useful positions of our major scale, shown here in t...

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The Everly Brothers "Bye Bye Love" - Lesson, Tab & Chords

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As many of you know, I've been busy creating a new premium music theory course called "Maste...

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"Fly, Eagles Fly" Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson

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This week I'm taking a break from our weekly challenges to bring you a special fingerstyle guitar lesson celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles first ever Super Bowl victory! In this ses...

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Mastering Major Keys - Amaj

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and welcome to session #1 of a seven part series breaking down the notes and chords in your natural major keys. In this lesson I'll be showing you how the A major scale can be convert...

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Solo Blues Guitar Lesson - Routine #9 - Turnarounds, Licks and Shuffles

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and welcome to Routine #9 of my Blues Self-Accompaniment Series! In our previous sessions we worked toward being able to blend chord shapes, licks, and bass lines to create a solo blu...

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My Secret Blues Trick - How to Play Like BB King in Every Key!

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Today a quick lesson on how to find one of blues music's most popular soloing positions, BB's box! We'll begin this session with a brief demonstration over  a 12 bar blues in Ema...

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The Beatles "Here, There, and Everywhere" - Early Release

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Tomorrow I plan to release this new lesson on The Beatles 1966 classic "Here, There and Everywhere." In this session I'll break down the chord progressions for the intro, verse and ch...

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Using "Approach Chords" - Enhanced 12 Bar Blues Guitar Lesson

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welcome to another rhythm guitar tutorial. In today's session we will be expanding your knowledge of blues rhythm options as we learn to employ "approach chords" to a standard 12 bar ...

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How to Memorize the Fretboard - My Top 6 Tips!

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Earlier this week my patrons at the Contributor and Premium levels received my Weekly Challenge to begin learning the names of the notes on the fretboard. Folks, this is View Post

How to Solo Over "Your Cheatin" Heart" - Country Lead Guitar Lesson

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and welcome to another lead guitar tutorial. In today's session I'm going to be showing you some of my favorite tricks for soloing over a 1.4.5 progression in Cmaj, as heard in the fa...

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Hank Williams "Your Cheatin' Heart" - Easy Country Songs Lesson!

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and welcome to another by request song tutorial! In today's session I'll be breaking down how to play the rhythm guitar parts to Hank Williams' 1952 classic "Your Cheatin' Heart." We'...

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"La Vie en Rose" Ukulele Tutorial - Key of C

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and welcome to another Swiftlessons ukulele tutorial. In today's session I'll be showing you how to play my rendition of the Edith Piaf classic "La Vie En Rose." We'll get started lea...

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Rob Swift "La Vie En Rose" Ukulele Cover

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I hope you have enjoyed this weeks lessons, and that you're getting plenty of practice in the new year. Today I worked out a ukulele cover of the Edith Piaf classic "La Vie En Rose" w...

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How to Play Sublime "Santeria" - Intro & Rhythm Guitar Lesson

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and welcome to part two of my Sublime "Santeria" lessons series. In this session we'll be employing a simple reggae style strumming pattern as I break down the rhythm guitar parts for...

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Cadd9 vs C9 Chords - What's the Difference?

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Welcome to another music theory tutorial. In today’s session we will be discussing the difference between two chords with very similar names, the Cadd9 and the C9 chord. We’ll beg...

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5 New Years Resolutions for Guitarist!

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and welcome to another Swiftlessons Guitar Talk Session! In this video, I'll discuss some of my suggestions for New Years resolutions. Let's kick 2018 off right by setting our ...

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Sublime "Santeria" Guitar Solo Lesson

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and welcome to section #1 of my two part lesson breaking down Sublime's 1996 classic "Santeria." In this section we'll be learning how to play Brad's iconic guitar solo. We'll b...

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