Recently a student was telling me the woes of beginning guitar instruction. I responded as follows:   Bear in mind…

Today lets look at one of the most common ways to solo over or with chords. Referencing our last lesson…

Today lets look at how the family of chords is put to work in a hit song. We will be…

Today let’s take the C major scale and its family of chords and see how we can connect the chords…

When playing common chords you can use scale tones to connect chords. This makes chord changes much more interesting and…

When writing a song, there is a standard structure that is used. The structure can be varied but basically does…

Using the 3 note chords created from the C Major Scale below play their chords in the common progression (sequence)…

Family of Chords – Song Writing 101   As a teacher I am often asked how songs are made. Songs…

These lessons are made for any instrument. You must have a basic knowledge of note values as well as basic…