Teach a five-step method to add melodic licks between chords on acoustic guitar using a D–Bm–A–G progression, scale choices, rhythm, and techniques.
Learn the fretboard.
A hand-picked library of writing, videos, and diagrams for understanding and practicing the fretboard.
Tries to answer with the most relevant lesson — and points to the exact moment in the video or article.
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First link I randomly clicked was Don Stiernberg teaching the Jethro Superlick. That's worth the price of admission, right there.
What a wonderful resource — thanks for your work and sharing.
This is awesome — for a beginner like myself it will help with structure and focus.
Absolutely love this. We who are working to improve on these instruments thank you for sharing!!
Very nice — thanks for sharing this resource with the community!
I bookmarked this to help me progress.
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“The fretboard isn't a wall of dots. It's a small alphabet arranged in patterns — and once you can read it, every song you already know becomes a sentence.”