Tuning your Guitar by ear: This movie demonstrates how you can tune a guitar without any reference note. This method doesn't guarantee you'll be in tune with instruments like pianos or harmonicas, but you'll be able to play on your own without any problem.

Fine tuning your guitar using harmonics: Harmonics are a good tool to use when fine-tuning a guitar. I show you how to do it in this movie.

Restringing your nylon string guitar: Tying nylon strings on at the bridge and attaching nylon strings at the headstock.

Restringing your nylon string guitar: Tying nylon strings on at the bridge and attaching nylon strings at the headstock.

Restringing your steel string guitar: Taking the strings off, putting the strings on at the bridge and attaching the strings at the headstock.

The Chromatic Scale Staircase: A short movie that lets you see and hear how the chromatic scale rises and falls in pitch.

Fretboard Notes: In this movie you will hear me play all the notes, from the lowest E on the thick string to a high A on the thin string. You will also be able to see in the animation how one string takes over from the other and how most notes have multiple positions, up to 4 in some cases. It's important to realize that these duplicate notes have the exact same pitch.

The Major Scale Staircase: A quick look and listen to the C Major scale depicted as the spiral staircase.

A look at the C Major Scale: You'll be able to see how many ways we guitarists have for playing the very same thing, in this case the C Major Scale. This applies to everything and anything, from chords to melody to harmony.

Reading Tablature: A comprehensive look at how tablature works. I use animation and voice-over to run through the three examples on the page, all played at normal speed and then slow motion. 

Strumming: Probably the first way you will want to twang those strings is by strumming them. In these 6 movies, I use the overhead angle here for both hands and extensive use of animation to show you the various ways of strumming. We look at 4/4 time, 4/4 'swing' time, 3/4 time, we look at Palm Muting and also how to strum without holding a flat pick, just using the fingers. 

Finger Picking: In the Fingerpicking movie I show you a few common patterns. I make good use of the overlays in this one, showing you very clearly which strings come into play. Overhead shot, picking hand shot, animated fretboard and voice over make it easy to understand. 

Finger style: An overview of the art of orchestrating the guitar. Weaving bass lines, melody lines and chords into one part is a very satisfying way to play the guitar. Again I use the overhead shot, picking hand shot, animated fretboard and voice over to help you on your way. 

Harmonics: Those bell-like sounds you hear sometimes coming from the guitar. There are two types: natural and artificial. They each get their own movie here. I explain my way through this one again, and use the same camera angles and animated fretboard to make it all very clear for you. The artificial harmonics movie has the overhead camera angle and has two different angles for the picking hand to really zero in on this tricky technique. 

Vibrato: A 7 minute look at the two main ways of getting thise notes to 'wobble'. Overhead shot, picking hand shot, voice-over and animated fretboard. 

Bending: Same as above, 10 minutes long. Learn what you need to do to bend those strings 

Muting: Once again, same format, 10 minutes long showing how to mute strings you don't want ringing out.

Sliding: Same format, looking at how to slur those notes together by sliding the finger up and down the fretboard, A very common technique, well worth learning. 

Slide Guitar: This is the technique that uses a tube on the pinkie to get that neat bluesy (or Hawaiian) sound. Same format as all the other movies. I use my resonator guitar in this one. 

Using a Capo: A two movie look at how to use these neat little devices. The guitar has friendly keys, and not-so-friendly keys. Capos can help with the latter. Find out how in these movies. I also show how they can be used in duo situations, where one players clamps a capo on up the neck and plays familiar open chords for the same progression. And ... I also show with animation how to transpose chord progressions from unfriendly to friendly. 

Chords defined: An animation with voice over presentation showing what chords are and where they come from. This is the plain English approach to music theory, and it teaches a very important lesson. 

The open Majors: A look and listen to the 5 open guitar chords: C, A, G, E and D. Three camera angles and diagram for each chord. You can hear me strum and pick my way through them. 

The open minors: There are only 3 open minors. You can see them -- three camera angles and diagram -- and hear them. 

The open Major 7ths: The 5 major shapes become major 7th shapes with a little adjustment. See and hear what I mean in these five movies. 

The open 7ths: Once again, with a further tweak, these 5 chords become dominant 7th chords, very important shapes to lock in. 3 camera angles and diagram plus audio. 

The B7 chord: A quick look at this important stand-alone shape showing where it comes from. 

The open minor 7ths: Just as the majors become 7ths with a bit of adjusting, so too do the 3 open minor shapes. See and hear what I mean with the three camera angles, diagram and audio. 

E-form barre chords: A very important topic. This family of barre chords is easiest and the most useful. Watch and listen as I demonstrate how the 4 main E shapes move up the fingerboard to become new chords. 

A-form barre chords: The other good shapes to move up the fingerboard as barre chords. I show two different ways of playing the majors. This shape is the best to use for barre Major7th chords. 

Sus2 chords: A look and listen to the 5 open sus2 chord shapes. 3 camera angles, diagram, audio. 

Sus4 chords: Same as above for the more commonly used 'suspended 4th' chord. 

Extended chords defined: A 5 minute animated presentation showing what 'extended' chords are are where they come from. Takes the mystery out of those 'big' numbers you see written next to chord names, in plain old English. This is a spoken commentary, animated graphics and audio movie. 

Extended chords: A look and listen to the three most common extended chords, the 9th, 11th and 13th. Overhead view camera angle and animated fretboard make it very easy to understand what they're all about. I explain as I go in these there movies. 

Power chords: Overhead shot and animated fretboard explanation and demo of those 'thirdless' chords, aka 'power chords. These handy little chords come in two main moveable shapes. I explain as I go in this movie. 

Slash chords: A good look at what are known as Slash Chords. I take you through a common sounding progression using 'normal' chords and then play it using slash chords. You'll learn all about 'inversions' at the same time. Overhead camera angle, animated fretboard and voice over. 

More Slash Chords: In this movie I show you how any scale note can be inserted under a chord as a bass note. Overhead camera angle, animated fretboard and voice-over. 

Diminished, Augmented and 6th chords: These are the not-so-often used chords. Find out what they are and what they sound like in these 4 movies. I use the overhead camera angle and animated fretboard and talk my way through them. 

Simple progressions: I have put together five movies for these simple progressions. Three camera angles: overhead, picking hand and a rear view of the fretboard so you can see how your thumb should be positioned, and diagram. These will help you see how to change from one chord to another, which is the most difficult thing to do when starting out. 

Trickier progressions: 4 animations of some trickier progressions with various chord flavors. I use the animation to show you timeline of the progression, the diagrams of the chord in play, the beats of each measure and I also warn you in advance of the next chord in the sequence. These will be good to play along to. To make it less confusing, I use keyboard sounds rather than guitar.