Adding Bass notes to your playing is one of the easiest ways to spruce it up. Typically you want to strike a bass note in the chord for the 1st and 3rd beat. For example, if you’re playing a D chord, play the open D string on the 1st beat, and perhaps the open A

From Wikipedia… “Rivers of Babylon” is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible. The Melodians’ original version of the song appeared on the soundtrack album

In this video Alice walks thru how to play a ukulele version of “Sweet Child of Mine” From Wikipedia: “”Sweet Child O’ Mine” is a song by American rock band Guns N’ Roses, released on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). In the United States, the song was released in June 1988 as

Here is a simple version of “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain” played on the guitar in the key of G.

Here’s another familiar Christmas song. This one, “Silent Night” is fairly easy, played in the key of G.

From Wikipedia… “Rivers of Babylon” is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible. The Melodians’ original version of the song appeared on the soundtrack album

“‘Joy to the world’ is perhaps an unlikely popular Christmas hymn. First of all, it is based on a psalm, and, second, it celebrates Christ’s second coming much more than the first. This favorite Christmas hymn is the result of a collaboration of at least three people and draws its initial inspiration not from the

Here’s a guitar rendition from our Christmas collection… This is a fairly easy arrangement that combines the melody of “The Little Drummer Boy” with chords, strumming, and arpeggios. This is a good place to start if you are interested in playing Christmas songs that go “Beyond Chords”.

We are in the process of launching a new course called “Beyond Chords”. This is a “Level 2” course that focuses on combining chords and melodies, as well as embellishing your playing with note sequences, bass runs, and riffs. For more information see Beyond Chords.

Is learning to read traditional music important for guitar players? Can you play guitar at a reasonably high level without learning to read music? Many guitar players and teachers argue that what is important for guitar players is to be spontaneous and creative: that playing from music holds them back and discourages them from thinking