8:36Master The Fretboard With This Daily Triad Challenge | Guitar Triads Part 1 of 3
Triads are the building blocks of the guitar. Once you know where they live on the neck, chords and connections start clicking into place. In this first…
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9:12Guitar Picking Technique Exercises – How to Improve Guitar Picking Accuracy FAST 🎯🔥
If your picking feels stiff and your solos won't flow, the culprit is usually a few habits in your right hand. This lesson covers the two essential pick…
April 30, 2026397 words
10:50Rhythm Guitar Techniques - Funky Guitar Chord Progressions (Motown Secrets!)
If your rhythm guitar sounds flat or mechanical, the fix is to play fewer notes. The Motown and Stax soul players built their groove on minimalis…
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8:25Guitar Vibrato Technique - How to Play Vibrato on Guitar Like BB King
Better vibrato is the fastest route to more expressive solos. In this lesson Adam breaks down how the kings of the blues make e…
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9:36Better Guitar Intro Ideas - Using Guitar Chord Progressions for Songs (Set Up the Singer)
The best intros grab the listener and set the singer up to shine. This lesson builds an intro from a single idea, the le…
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5:03Guitar pro wow moments - The guitar lesson that changed my life
Two lessons from two legendary teachers changed how Adam sees the guitar: one about the logic of the fretboard, the other about playing the instrument …
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6:09What makes a great band guitarist - How a guitarist contributes to a band
What makes a guitarist valuable in a band is how well you fit. Adam, who also works as a record producer and arranger, breaks down how t…
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8:25How to use the Dorian scale in jazz improvisation - C Dorian scale chords and progressions tutorial
The Dorian scale is a minor sound with a smoothness that crossed from jazz into rock. This lesson shows what makes it Dorian, how guitarists and compose…
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14:03How to use augmented chords musically on guitar - Transforming major to augmented - FREE PDF!
The augmented triad sounds almost wrong on its own. Dropped into a line of chords, though, it becomes hauntingly beautiful, giving a song a climbing, ear-gr…
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14:27Transform Your Guitar Playing with 4 Unique Techniques - How to use a guitar capo creatively
A capo can do far more than change keys. Adam shows four creative ways to use one, from a bright mandolin shimmer to layering two capo'd parts into one ful…
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12:09How to use octaves in guitar solos - Techniques Inspired by Wes Montgomery - and More!
Wes Montgomery is the octave idol for a lot of guitarists, and his approach is only the start. This lesson covers how to actually play octaves cleanly, …
March 14, 2025399 words
7:20What are the most important notes of a guitar solo - Tension and Resolution in Music
The two most important notes in any solo are the first and the last. One brings the listener in and the other satisfies them. Here's how to choose them, u…
March 07, 2025306 words
4:09The One Simple Secret to Great Rhythm Guitar with Adam Levine
Great rhythm guitar comes down to one simple idea, and it's borrowed from the drums. If you treat your strumming hand like a drummer, the groove takes c…
December 08, 2024198 words
26:46Amazing Beginner Guitar Chords - thousands of songs with these 16 guitar chords
Learn just sixteen open chords and you can play hundreds, if not thousands, of popular songs by the Beatles, the Eagles, James Taylor, Paul Simon and …
August 23, 2024632 words
15:444 Ways To Play The Blues - Blues Chords Every Guitarist Should Know
Great blues rhythm guitar means leaving the big barre chords behind and getting up high with tight, stabby voicings like a horn section. Here's how f…
July 20, 2024383 words
10:18The 4 Best Funk Chords For The Rhythm Guitarist * Bread And Butter Funk Guitar Chords
Funk rhythm guitar, the kind you hear in Earth, Wind & Fire and Tower of Power, comes down to a handful of go-to voicings. These are the bread-and-but…
April 12, 2024330 words
8:19Discover Game-Changing Chord Progressions for Guitarists - Jazz R&b Chord Progression And Tricks
One small change to a familiar chord opens up a game-changing sound, and understanding why is the key to soloing over it. Here's the I to IV7 move (G m…
March 03, 2024268 words
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12:29Best Eric Clapton Chords Guitar Lesson - Top 3 Instantly Recognizable Clapton Guitar Riffs [2024]
Three of Eric Clapton's most recognizable guitar moves, broken down: the double-stops behind Crossroads, the moving-bass triads of Wonderful Tonight, a…
February 19, 2024377 words
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11:30How To Master Rhythm Guitar Playing - Supercharge Your Beat Sub Division [With Adam Levine]
Rhythm guitar really comes down to one thing: dividing the beat. Master that, along with the secret of where to accent, and you'll play with the kind of pock…
February 11, 2024323 words
9:10Best way to learn the guitar fretboard - Things Every Guitarist Should Know
Can you name every note on the guitar the instant you see it? Here's the method Adam uses to truly burn the fretboard in, wi…
February 04, 2024345 words
11:24Triads Are The Building Blocks Of Harmony - Inversions of Major and Minor Triads
Triads are the building blocks of harmony, and learning them across the neck is one of the most valuable things a rhythm player can do. Here's how stri…
January 28, 2024369 words
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7:25How To Spice Up Your Guitar Solos ! Modal exploration on the guitar [Phrygian Mode]
Take a plain E minor chord, treat it as a modal chord instead of the usual relative minor, and you unlock the haunting, Spanish-tinged so…
January 21, 2024233 words
7:45Rhythm Motivates Melody And Harmony - Dont Overlook Guitar Rhythm Chords - Story Telling Solos
Most players obsess over which notes to play and overlook the thing that actually makes a solo speak: rhythm. The big idea here is simple: rhythm motiv…
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42:08The Ultimate First Guitar Lesson - Everything You Need To Get Started On Guitar
Your first lesson on the guitar, with a twist. Instead of getting stuck in one position for months, Adam starts you with the underlying logic of th…
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