The capo is one of the simplest tools you can buy for your guitar, but it's powerful. It can make songs easier to play, open up new sounds, and even help you write music in fresh ways.

Let’s break do...

If you’ve been playing guitar for any amount of time, you’ve likely had a run-in with barre chords. For many players, they’re a frustrating roadblock—you press down hard, your hand cramps up, and the ...

You’re interested in improving your classical guitar playing, but you've hit a plateau.

How do you take your playing to the next level?

I recommend 7 things that will help:

1. Start Strong

Each ti...

Picture this.

You can play each chord individually.

But when you try to switch from one to the other, there’s an annoying pause.

I struggled with this myself for years.

Here's how I fixed it:

1. ...

You’ve been playing guitar for a while.

In the past you saw your playing improve, but now you feel stuck.

You want to take your playing to the next level.

But you don't have clear guidance.

You pr...

Playing guitar with your fingers instead of a pick offers an entirely different range of musical expression.

But for many guitarists, plucking with the fingers never feels as effortless as playing wi...

You hear guitarists play beautiful bell-like notes called harmonics.

But trying to play them yourself can be confusing.

There are both natural harmonics and artificial harmonics.

For more about how...

All barre chords seem to fit in one category: challenging.

But as you explore further, there are different barre skills to practice.

Partial Barre

Play a four-string F chord.

Work to adjust your...

When you play simple music, you let the left-hand fingering happen by instinct.

That works.

But with more complicated music, random left-hand fingerings don’t get the best result.

How do you decide...

You enjoy playing guitar.

But your sitting position does not always feel good.

Your back gets stiff and your shoulders hurt.

To fix this, find a comfortable position without the guitar.

Put your f...

When you sing a melody, connecting the sound comes naturally.

But when you play the same melody on guitar, the plucking of the strings interrupts the flow.

How do you fix this?

Avoid the following ...

When you first started playing guitar, you used whatever right-hand finger got to the string first without much thought.

But as you played more complicated music, randomly chosen right-hand fingering...