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The Ultimate Nylon String Guitar Guide - $297
Play Spanish and Latin Guitar like a pro! This course will teach you the essential techniques and concepts to set you up for a lifetime of discovery on the nylon string guitar. Apply your skills on fun-to-play songs with step-by-step instruction.
Bossa Basics and Beyond - $197
Learn everything you need to confidently play this enchanting Brazilian jazz rhythm with step-by-step tutorials for the techniques and concepts you need to play beautiful Bossa Nova guitar. Compete with practice play-alongs and full PDF workbook.
Guitar Tab Treasure Trove (MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION) - $10/month
Dive into a wealth of expertly notated guitar music for nylon string guitar (classical, flamenco, latin jazz, and more)! In this database you'll find everything from flamenco solos to folk songs from around the world! Updated regularly!
The Picado Technique - $25
Finally learn how flamenco guitarists get "that sound" when playing melodies! With this lesson collection you'll develop speed and accuracy as we delve into drills, strategies, and famous musical examples. Includes play-along videos, downloadable sheet music, and lesson videos.
Gypsy Jazz Starter Kit - $79
Learn to play 5 classic tunes in this super fun jazz guitar style. Step-by-step guidance for the melody and chords, technique tips and tricks, play-along tracks for learning and more! This course will get you playing these core gypsy jazz songs as quickly as possible.
Bésame Mucho: Building Your Own Solo Step-by-Step - $97
Learn how to create a solo guitar arrangement of this classic song. You'll learn to play the melody and chords of this song and put them together in a way that works for you. Includes comprehensive music theory lesson, tutorials for each level, full tabs and play-alongs.
Pica Pica: Transform Your Playing with a South American Waltz - $97
One of my FAVORITE songs to play, Pica Pica contains a universe of technique, musicality and theory elements that will make you a better guitarist. We do a deep dive with preparatory drills, in-depth tutorials, and guidance on altering this FUN song to match your skill level.
Farruca: Your Entryway to Flamenco - $25
Learn how to play the flamenco form Farruca with step-by-step guidance and demonstrations of this exciting Spanish guitar form in various keys. If you're just getting started with flamenco, Farruca is the BEST form to start with!
FREE COURSE: Autum Leaves Easy Solo Guitar Arrangement and Tutorial
Learn to play an easy solo arrangement of a famous jazz standard, and learn how to vary it to fi your current skill level. Comes with full PDFs, play-along practice videos, tutorial and more! Try this course out if you want to see how I teach!
Holiday Classics for Solo Guitar - $20
Entertain family and friends with an enchanting collection of Christmas and holiday songs. Fully notated downloadable PDFs, play-along practice videos for each song, with new songs added over time. Start playing beautiful pieces at various skill levels to challenge yourself while entertaining for the holidays!
Allegro - A MUST KNOW Classical Guitar Study by Mauro Giuliani
Learn how to play an essential guitar study, with important technique tips, step-by-step guidance, PDFs, play-along practice tracks and a final quiz! If you aspire to play fingerstyle guitar, Allegro is a must!
Travis Picking for Nylon String - Patterns, Tips and Songs
Get into fingerpicking in a variety of ways, from the most basic to the more complex Chet Atkins style. Nylon string guitarists have a special advantage with this style, as it is generally much easier than a lot of classical techniques. Patterns, exercises and songs to get you playing fast with guitar tabs and play-along videos throughout. Updated with new material regularly!
The Zambra - An Exciting Arabian Dance for Solo Guitar
Learn how to play the flamenco form Zambra with step-by-step guidance and demonstrations of this exciting but little-known Spanish guitar form with full tutorials, play-alongs and more!
Sabor a Mí - Building a Chord Melody Arrangement
Learn how to create a solo arrangement from the ground up. Here we will explore different aspects of this classic Mexican bolero with a chord study, the melody played in 2 octaves and combine them for a beautiful solo arrangement. Tabs, tutorials, play-alongs all included.
How to Play the Rumba: Songs, Techniques and Strategies
Get everything you need to know to play this exciting Latin guitar style, from exercises and patterns to help hone your technique and rhythmic vocabulary to complete performance pieces at various skill levels, with full tabs, PDF guides, play-alongs and more..
Improvisation Loops: Real-Time Music Theory Practice
Get expert guidance on what scales you should use followed by repeating chord progressions for you to test your musical knowledge in a variety of styles, keys, and rhythms. All chord names and scale shapes displayed on the screen in real time as you play.
Play a Spanish Guitar style solo version of a Beatles classic
If you can strum along to "Norwegian Wood" you can learn this solo guitar arrangement. Learn to strum the way the Beatles did while adding the melody. A perfect catchy song for your next campfire!
The Reggae Beat: Be the Drummer, Bassist and Guitarist
In this video I show you how to play the drums, bass, and guitar parts of a reggae rhythm on acoustic guitar. Using Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” as our template, we learn how to slap the bass strings to get a snare drum "backbeat" while picking up the bass and guitar parts step by step.
Cuban Dance - A Rumba for Intermediate and Advanced Guitarists
Get the essentials of the rumba rhythm under your fingers as you learn how to play 2 versions of the beautiful song Cuban Dance with tutorials, guitar tabs, and play-along videos at various tempos to guide you as you learn.
Nenúfar - Sagreras' Hidden Gem
Play a beautiful waltz by famed South American guitar composer Julio Sagreras. One of countless gorgeous and fun South American waltzes, Nenúfar offers us an easy to play composition with an advanced technique option: artificial harmonics. Learn this great song with step-by-step guidance, play-along tracks and full guitar tabs.
Tremolo - A Technique Survey and Workshop
The guitar solves the problem of not being able to sustain long notes by using tremolo which can come in many different forms and applications. In this course you learn 3 different types of tremolo: triplet, classical, and flamenco tremolo as well as 3 different ways to practice each and 3 song examples to apply them. With full tabs and play-along videos to ensure you're playing the right thing at the right time.
Moorea - How to Play and Understand a Gipsy Kings Classic
Play ALL the parts of this must-know rumba and improvise over this interesting and challenging chord progression. You'll be able to strum the "Gipsy Kings rumba", play the catchy opening theme and main melody and begin improvising with an essential scale shape and some music theory guidance. Includes an 11-page PDF guide, full guitar tabs and play-along videos and a chord progression loop for practice.
