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...

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...

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...

I have a student who is making great progress.

While he makes more progress some lessons than others (he is human), he always seems to play better each week than the week before.

I've been reflectin...

Your biggest problem in learning guitar is talent.

It’s not that you don’t have enough talent.
It’s not that others have too much talent.
It’s a different kind of problem.

I know because I used to h...

There are different opinions on this.

Some say guitar playing is hard and you just need to grit your teeth and suffer through the difficulty to eventually play songs you wanna play. You should eat br...

Fingerpicking and arpeggio-style playing can make even simple chords sound beautiful. The problem is that many beginners struggle to keep these patterns flowing without pauses or stumbles.

The good n...