You want to play a certain song.

You're so excited to play it.

But you're just not sure you can.

As someone who has taught guitar for 27 years, I see this all the time.

One thing that helps is bei...

You pick up the guitar but feel like you can’t do anything right.

A song you played perfectly yesterday now sounds bad.

A song you played last week feels like you never played it before.

Why?

Beca...

You decide what you want to accomplish.

You set a goal.

It might be small, like getting comfortable with G, D, Em, and C chords.

Or finally conquering barre chords.

Or understanding the guitar fre...

We think a lot about what we want to learn on guitar.

The songs we want to play.

The chords, riffs, and melodies we enjoy.

That’s great!

But we don’t think as often about what’s holding us back.

If you haven't played guitar for 1 minute today, please stop reading this and do it now.

I'll wait.

Have you done it?

Great!

You might say:

"Sean, this is ridiculous. Making significant progress ...

This was a question I recently asked in a poll on my YouTube channel.

I was curious because in my teaching experience, I've seen some students that are more focused on one of these above the others.

Consistency is hard.

I was talking about this with one of my guitar students recently.

You can play the right note one time and miss it the next time.

Play the right chord, then the wrong chord.

S...

Have you ever practiced something on guitar over and over… and still found yourself making the same mistake the next day?

You slow it down.
You repeat it.

And yet it doesn’t stick.

I see this all th...

One of the most common questions I hear from new guitar players is:

“How long should I practice each day?”

We tend to imagine that real progress requires long practice sessions of at least 30 minute...

The good news is you can find lyric and chord sheets for almost any song.

The bad news is these sheets don't give you the rhythm.

Here's what to do:

1. Listen to a Recording

Your first step is to ...

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...