Getting a guitar can be a great source of enjoyment.

It can also be a source of anxiety if you’re a beginner.

How do you know what to look for?

I recently talked to a retired married couple, both o...

There’s a surprising amount of debate on this topic.

Put the guitar on your right leg. No, left leg.

Use a strap. No strap.

Use a foot rest. No foot rest.

Use a guitar support. No guitar support.

A few days ago, I posted a short video showing how to play an easy riff from “Eye of the Tiger” on one string.

I expected it to do okay.

Instead, it quickly became one of my most-watched beginner vi...

You keep working on guitar chord switches, but they don’t sound the way you want.

You say, “Sean, nothing seems to help!”

I feel your pain!

You need a step-by-step approach to make your chord switc...

You want to get better at guitar.

But you don't seem to make progress.

You’ve watched videos.

You’ve bought books.

You’ve tried courses.

All of those things can be helpful.

But none of them make...

The guitar fretboard can seem mysterious.

People talk about the CAGED system. Chord shapes. Scale patterns. Modes.

It’s so confusing! AAUGH!

Try this.

Just focus on locating the letter names.

The...

One of my young students recently said, “Rules are stupid.”

She was talking about rules of technique, like curving your fingers.

I had a conversation with her to explore this topic a bit.

I told he...

This week one of my guitar students was having a challenging time playing the F-C-G-Am chord progression.

The challenge was not the F chord as you might expect. He was playing a four-string version o...

I think you should play less.

I don't mean you should spend less time playing guitar. You'll never hear me say that!

What I mean is you should play less music at a time.

I have said this to more th...

One of the most common frustrations I hear from guitarists is this:

“Some days I play well… and other days it feels like I'm starting over.”

If you’ve ever felt that inconsistency, here’s something ...

The other day I was playing something on the guitar and it just didn't feel comfortable.

So I played it again and again until it felt comfortable.

I realized afterward that my approach might not hav...

Years ago, I went to a classical guitar technique workshop by Solo Duo, which consists of two amazing Italian guitarists, Lorenzo Micheli and Matteo Mela.

As they began their technique workshop, I wa...