Learn an arrangement of the Grateful Dead’s classic “Box of Rain,” played on two guitars with different tunings and capo positions.

Learn a simple way to create powerful and distinctive chord voicings.

Learn the perennial favorite “Old Man,” from the signature riff to the chord shapes and groove.

Explore open-string chord shapes up the neck that give you alternate-tuning-like sounds with easy fingerings—while staying in standard tuning.

Play a funky dropped-D guitar arrangement of the classic traditional song, inspired by the Grateful Dead.

Learn an acoustic arrangement of the Cream classic, played in dropped-D tuning.

Learn how to play the original George Harrison guitar riff, and then how to adapt it for other keys and other songs.

Learn an acoustic arrangement of Don Henley’s classic song, with a guitar adaptation of the original synthesizer riff.

Try this exercise to improve your fretting finger dexterity and strength and practice alternate picking too.

Here’s a great exercise for warming up and playing melodies and lead too.

Learn a fingerstyle guitar arrangement of the Jimmy Cliff classic from The Harder They Come.

Learn the correct tuning and the intro riff for the Brandi Carlile’s Joni Mitchell–esque song.

Part two of a video lesson on playing sixths intervals on guitar, as used in classic riffs from songs by Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, Jim Croce, and more.

Explore sixths intervals on guitar, as used in classic riffs from songs by Van Morrison, John Fogerty, Cat Stevens, and more.

Learn four secrets of Jerry Garcia’s lead guitar style in this video lesson.

Learn to play a Joni Mitchell classic, inspired by her triumphant return to the stage at Newport Folk Festival 2022, in this video lesson.

Learn what slash chords are and how to use them to sweeten the sound of a chord progression or bass line.

Learn to play a Richard Thompson classic in this video lesson.

A video lesson on adapting cool chord progressions from other songs to spur your own song ideas.