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I hope you all are enjoying your weekend practice, and jumping into the new year with renewed focus on your goals as a guitarist. To get 2023 off on the right foot, I'd recomme...
2023-01-07 16:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another lick of the week. In today's session we'll learn a unique variation to our basic blues progression and how to solo over it usin...
2022-12-30 14:29:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another rhythm guitar tutorial. One of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal as rhythm and lead guitarist is the CAGED system...
2022-12-21 16:27:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another by request song tutorial. For today's session, I've broken down an original arrangement of the 1934 Bernard & Smith composition "Wi...
2022-12-19 18:37:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today, I'm so excited to add another Soundslice resource to this growing library! let's head back to my 2018 tutorial featuring the wildly talented Chelsea Mitchell. Together w...
2022-12-16 21:45:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another mini lead guitar lesson. For today's session we'll borrow a lick from Eric Clapton's vocabulary, and learn how to solo over the c...
2022-12-05 20:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for session #8 of the Daily Player Series. At the core of famous progressions and solos are the scales from which their notes and harmonies derive....
2022-12-02 21:33:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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For today's lesson, we'll further expand our lead guitar vocabulary and our understanding of harmony as we learn to create lush double-stops in the key of G major. Double...
2022-12-01 17:16:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another country/bluegrass lead tutorial. Today, let's sneak in a little thanksgiving practice and learn a classic lick that is tailor f...
2022-11-24 19:38:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another fingerpicking tutorial. In today's session we'll uncover classic folk techniques in the style of 1960's acoustic pickers like P...
2022-11-12 19:13:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today I'm excited to bring to you another tutorial for absolute beginners. In session #7 of our 2022-11-11 15:49:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another living room teaching session. To cap off your weekend practice, let's learn to spice up your original compositions and arrangements wit...
2022-10-23 21:02:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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I hope you're all enjoying a beautiful Saturday morning and having an excellent week of practice. For today, here's a mini-lead lesson just for you, my generous patrons. In thi...
2022-10-22 15:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another mini-lead tutorial. Every once in a while, a guitarist receives a wonderful "ah-hah" moment where they happen upon someth...
2022-10-19 17:59:33 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another bluegrass tutorial featuring special guest, violinist, educator and author Joseph Arnold. One of the most effective ways ...
2022-10-17 19:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another song tutorial. For today's session I have broken down the timeless classic "Smile," as heard in Nat King Cole's 1954 recording....
2022-10-08 12:53:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another blues/rock soloing tutorial. There comes a time in every soloist development when they find themselves aimlessly running throug...
2022-09-29 17:08:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another mini blues tutorial. In today's session I've plugged into a beautiful 2022-09-21 16:04:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another lead guitar hack! Time and time again I have heard from frustrated students who are struggling to move beyond the basic m...
2022-09-15 21:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another essential rhythm guitar tutorial. In today's session we'll be learning the 7 must know chord shapes in the key of A minor. I'll...
2022-09-03 17:45:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today I'm so excited to return to making song tutorials! For today's session, I've broken down another classic Elvis tune titled "Crying in the Chapel." We'll use this opportun...
2022-08-30 20:05:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another music theory pop quiz. In today's session I will be testing your knowledge of 20 essential chord harmonies, and breaking down t...
2022-08-27 15:03:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another essential rhythm guitar tutorial. In today's session we'll be learning the 7 must know chord shapes of a major key. I'll begin ...
2022-08-19 18:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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An essential step in your progress as guitarist will be understanding the inner-workings of your favorite music. A firm grasp of just a few music theory concepts will allow you...
2022-08-10 12:28:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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Playing essential progressions doesn't have to be difficult or include finger-bending chord shapes. In this beginner friendly guitar tutorial, I'll be showing you how to perfor...
2022-08-04 22:21:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another mini lead tutorial. In today's session we'll uncover the secret to achieving that classic country/pedal steel sound on an elect...
2022-08-01 23:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another blues guitar tutorial. In today's session let's learn to play a minor blues progression in the simplest way possible, fretting ...
2022-07-21 16:36:32 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another lead guitar tutorial. Well before Hendrix and Clapton wowed audiences with their psychedelic brand of blues rock, guitar legend...
2022-07-14 16:19:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another lead guitar hack. In today's session, let's delve into a technique that has been used extensively in neo-soul and R&B style...
2022-07-05 18:47:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for Session #5 of my Daily Player Series. In today's lesson we'll discover the most important element of music theory - the reference point for vir...
2022-06-29 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post