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I hope you all are enjoying your weekend practice, and jumping into the new year with renewed focus on your goals as a guitarist. To get 2023 off on the right foot, I'd recommend adding a few new tunes to your repertoire. With...
2023-01-07 16:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another lick of the week. In today's session we'll learn a unique variation to our basic blues progression and how to solo over it using the CAGED system and the major mixolydian blues ...
2022-12-30 14:29:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another rhythm guitar tutorial. One of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal as rhythm and lead guitarist is the CAGED system. This simple method of visualizing the fretboard ...
2022-12-21 16:27:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another by request song tutorial. For today's session, I've broken down an original arrangement of the 1934 Bernard & Smith composition "Winter Wonderland," based off of Dean Martin's 1966 ...
2022-12-19 18:37:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today, I'm so excited to add another Soundslice resource to this growing library! let's head back to my 2018 tutorial featuring the wildly talented Chelsea Mitchell. Together we broke down how to play the Patsy Cline version o...
2022-12-16 21:45:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another mini lead guitar lesson. For today's session we'll borrow a lick from Eric Clapton's vocabulary, and learn how to solo over the common 5 to 4 chord change that occurs at the end o...
2022-12-05 20:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for session #8 of the Daily Player Series. At the core of famous progressions and solos are the scales from which their notes and harmonies derive. In today's lesson, we'll delve into the minor ton...
2022-12-02 21:33:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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For today's lesson, we'll further expand our lead guitar vocabulary and our understanding of harmony as we learn to create lush double-stops in the key of G major. Double-stops are two note chords, also known as "d...
2022-12-01 17:16:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another country/bluegrass lead tutorial. Today, let's sneak in a little thanksgiving practice and learn a classic lick that is tailor fitted to the 1 to 5 chord change in C. This phrase...
2022-11-24 19:38:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another fingerpicking tutorial. In today's session we'll uncover classic folk techniques in the style of 1960's acoustic pickers like Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, and John Denver. Together we...
2022-11-12 19:13:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today I'm excited to bring to you another tutorial for absolute beginners. In session #7 of our Da...
2022-11-11 15:49:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another living room teaching session. To cap off your weekend practice, let's learn to spice up your original compositions and arrangements with flavorful diminished chords. This tutorial is ex...
2022-10-23 21:02:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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I hope you're all enjoying a beautiful Saturday morning and having an excellent week of practice. For today, here's a mini-lead lesson just for you, my generous patrons. In this session, I've broken down an elegant transition ...
2022-10-22 15:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another mini-lead tutorial. Every once in a while, a guitarist receives a wonderful "ah-hah" moment where they happen upon something that forever changes their playing. One such t...
2022-10-19 17:59:33 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another bluegrass tutorial featuring special guest, violinist, educator and author Joseph Arnold. One of the most effective ways of breaking out of a creative or technical rut is ...
2022-10-17 19:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another song tutorial. For today's session I have broken down the timeless classic "Smile," as heard in Nat King Cole's 1954 recording. In this arrangement for solo performance with voc...
2022-10-08 12:53:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another blues/rock soloing tutorial. There comes a time in every soloist development when they find themselves aimlessly running through pentatonics with no real direction. Sure, these ...
2022-09-29 17:08:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another mini blues tutorial. In today's session I've plugged into a beautiful Classic Vibe Squier Stratocaster 2022-09-21 16:04:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another lead guitar hack! Time and time again I have heard from frustrated students who are struggling to move beyond the basic minor pentatonic box. So, in today's lesson I'll sh...
2022-09-15 21:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another essential rhythm guitar tutorial. In today's session we'll be learning the 7 must know chord shapes in the key of A minor. I'll begin by showing you how to play these harmonies ...
2022-09-03 17:45:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today I'm so excited to return to making song tutorials! For today's session, I've broken down another classic Elvis tune titled "Crying in the Chapel." We'll use this opportunity to strengthen our barre chord technique, while...
2022-08-30 20:05:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another music theory pop quiz. In today's session I will be testing your knowledge of 20 essential chord harmonies, and breaking down the intervals they contain. Be sure to track your s...
2022-08-27 15:03:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another essential rhythm guitar tutorial. In today's session we'll be learning the 7 must know chord shapes of a major key. I'll begin by showing you how to play these harmonies in the ...
2022-08-19 18:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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An essential step in your progress as guitarist will be understanding the inner-workings of your favorite music. A firm grasp of just a few music theory concepts will allow you to break down the sounds you hear into raw materi...
2022-08-10 12:28:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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Playing essential progressions doesn't have to be difficult or include finger-bending chord shapes. In this beginner friendly guitar tutorial, I'll be showing you how to perform your basic major and minor harmonies with just o...
2022-08-04 22:21:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another mini lead tutorial. In today's session we'll uncover the secret to achieving that classic country/pedal steel sound on an electric guitar. Together we'll learn the theory behind...
2022-08-01 23:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another blues guitar tutorial. In today's session let's learn to play a minor blues progression in the simplest way possible, fretting minor 7 chords with just one finger! This beginner...
2022-07-21 16:36:32 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another lead guitar tutorial. Well before Hendrix and Clapton wowed audiences with their psychedelic brand of blues rock, guitar legend Scotty Moore helped lay the foundation for all th...
2022-07-14 16:19:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons for another lead guitar hack. In today's session, let's delve into a technique that has been used extensively in neo-soul and R&B style guitar playing, major pentatonic stacking. Togeth...
2022-07-05 18:47:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back to Swiftlessons for Session #5 of my Daily Player Series. In today's lesson we'll discover the most important element of music theory - the reference point for virtually everything in western music - the major sca...
2022-06-29 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post