https://youtu.be/iyvhzjjCaXI April 10, 2026 This week we released The Definitive Rolling Stones Collection, which includes 23 lessons covering a wide range of their stuff. There are electric lessons from Max Rich, acoustic lessons, some Open G riffs and a half-dozen or so solo guitar arrangements. I...

https://youtu.be/cYHNGzabqwM April 3, 2026 Recently I have had a few students asking about bass notes, and particularly alternating patterns used in country songs (like Folsom Prison Blues). After establishing that usually you want to alternate between the root and fifth of the chord, the question c...

Interesting tune that I was not familiar with from Nesh this week - The Family Tree. https://youtu.be/eE2nwX9Ca_I Venice is an American band comprising four brothers and cousins, and formed in Venice, California in 1977. They have achieved most popularity in The Netherlands. Other than that they hav...

Robert,

Thanks for the interesting, but disturbing info.

Hey David,

Thanks for the comment and I am glad to hear you are working on this, and good to hear you might be willing to try other DADGAD tunes. Snap A Little Owl is a bit more challenging, I think. But it should be fun!

Neil

https://youtu.be/fw2GDF58ktM March 27, 2026 Continuing my John Prine kick from last week - this week we added a lesson on a bunch of intros to his songs , which was then added to our John Prine Package , along with a Fly On The Wall lesson. I played some bits of a couple of his songs, which led into...

My mistake, fixed now.

Neil

https://youtu.be/y9wpmfOOHQQ March 20, 2026 John Prine was on my mind this week, and on my recent playlists at home. Re-listening to a lot of his stuff, and a request from a student, led to a lesson on his last recorded song, I Remember Everything . It is a great example of his basic approach to fin...

Continuing on the Dr. Hook theme we have added A Little Bit More to the TG Library. https://youtu.be/mVJnO9fyRMQ A Little Bit More is a song originally written and performed by American musician Bobby Gosh, but became a successful hit single when covered and released by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show....

https://youtu.be/xW8tDKYtJtI March 13, 2026 A random improv started today's Update, followed by some discussion on time signatures and strumming techniques. The time signature thoughts cited Nights In White Satin, Lucky Man and Stormy Monday. The technique primer was on using rest strokes to hit bas...