Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 Guitar Lesson – Full Song In this free video guitar lesson you will learn how to play 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan played some really nice guitar parts in 1979, incorporating melody with open string root notes creating a hypnotic and flowing guitar sound. 1979 is a good song [...]

In this video guitar lesson we will learn John Lennon’s classic Christmas song “Happy XMAS (War Is Over)”. “Happy XMAS (War Is Over)” is a very simple song to play and you should get it down relatively easy no matter what playing level you are at. This is one of my favorite John Lennon songs [...]

This free video guitar lesson is another in our look at Eric Johnson’s guitar style. His chord work is one of the most spectacular elements of his playing and one of his most confusing as well. Within these few video lessons I hope to help you understand the things you need to know to be [...]

How to use a guitar capo: In this free video guitar lesson you will learn how to use a capo on the guitar. I have had some requests from viewers asking how to use a guitar capo. I thought instead of answering via email a full video guitar lesson would be easier. It is a [...]

In this video guitar lesson you will learn how to play guitar volume swells that create a violin type sound. This technique has been used by many players of all styles of guitar so you should easily be able to incorporate it into your playing. Famous players using this technique include Steve Morse, Jimmy Page, [...]