Guitar Practice Log

We've got a great hybrid picking arpeggio challenge that will get you flying across the strings!

This is a great 'outside' sounding lick that uses the half-whole diminished scale to take you from the I chord to the IV chord in a blues. Tough to play but sounds great when you get it!

In this masterclass, Jarrod will get you started with your folk playing with a very cool 4 chord loop and melody that you can layer up with your phone or looper. This is a fantastic class for anybody looking to improve their folk strumming, chord playing and start to learn to construct folky melodies based around a certain key. As always, Jarrod walks you through at a steady pace and gradually builds up to playing the whole track!

In this masterclass, we welcome back the amazing Jarrod to walk you through a super cool fingerstyle blues track, perfect for beginners to this style. Our aim is to start to create thumb and finger independence, and this track, custom-written by Jarrod, is the perfect start to that journey. If you love a bit of Delta blues and want to try your hand at the style, you'll absolutely love this!

In this masterclass, we introduce Jarrod to our team of online guitar tutors! Jarrod will be taking you through some of the key principles behind the Gypsy Jazz style of rhythm playing, including the use of minor 6th chords, the awesome La Pompe rhythm and much more! By the end of the webinar you'll have a cool piece to work through, and a much better understanding of this awesome genre!

This G major based lick is using all the country tricks of Hybrid picking as well as some major chromaticism to give both hands an equal share of the work, try focusing on the left hand first and then try adding in that hybrid picking to get the attack on the higher strings!

Guitar lessons London Road Brighton with our amazing guitar tutor Bryn. He takes extra time to ensure that he understands your goals and then focuses in on achieving those using his vast teaching and playing experience, alongside the course material. Bryn is a great tutor and a lovely guy, a great addition to the YGA teaching team!

Our MD, Dan Holton, takes to the stage for a fun chat all about the blues! We discuss the brand new Blues Essentials course alongside answering all of your blues related questions! It's a fantastic excuse to have a full-blown bluesy chat with YGA's blues expert, Dan (including some fun gear talk as well). See you at the webinar!

In this masterclass with Dion, we'll be guiding you through the amazing "Bright Lights" by Gary Clark Jr. Gary Clark Jr is well known for his fuzz fueled riffs, and this song is a perfect example of how you can use your pentatonic scales, heaped with some cool fuzz tones, to create chunky, cool and very rhythmical riffs! We'll take you through the whole track and even show you the key bits of the improvised solo!

In this masterclass with Dion, we'll take the theory skills you learnt in the previous webinar and apply them to real songs! We'll take you through the process of learning an entire song by ear, using your theory, with plenty of guitar-based practical tips. We don't want to have to reply on chord charts and tabs forever so this will be a massive step towards training your ear and trusting your own skills, rather than someone else's!