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Get More Power From Your Power Chords!

Get More Power From Your Power Chords! Power chords are part of the backbone of rock guitar. Tony Iommi’s epic, lumbering sludge on “Iron Man,” and Ritchie Blackmore’s iconic grind on…


Green Day Song Lesson Playlist

Green Day Song Lesson Playlist Calling all millennials! Do you remember when alternative and punk rock was synonymous with pop culture? Well, you can partially owe those fond memories to…

JamPlay Learning Paths Featured

JamPlay's Learning Paths - The Best Way to Learn GuitarAlready a JamPlay Member? Click here to jump right in! When it comes to learning guitar, online resources have never been more robust!…

Tony Martinez's Turning Pentatonics Into Music Guitar Course

Tony Martinez's Turning Pentatonics Into Music Guitar CourseAlready a JamPlay Member? Click here to jump right in! One of the first steps of learning guitar is discovering all of the scales…

Chet Atkins Song Lesson Playlist

Chet Atkins Song Lesson Playlist In one of our recent blog posts, we talked about Willie Nelson, who was at the forefront of the “outlaw Country” movement. Outlaw Country, as a…

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What Makes a Guitar Solo Great?

What Makes a Guitar Solo Great? Every guitar fan loves a great guitar solo. If you’re a confident lead player, the guitar solo is the part of the song where you get to strut your stuff. In…


The Doobie Brothers Song Lesson Playlist - Featured

The Doobie Brothers Song Lesson Playlist Today, “Classic Rock” is a name we use to refer to album-oriented rock that graced the 1960s and 1970s, as well as to hard rock that…

Happy International Country Music Day! - Featured

Happy International Country Music Day!

Happy International Country Music Day! Did you know September 17th is International Country Music Day? Well, now you do! Country music, as a genre, is the metaphorical progeny of blues,…


The Different Types of Guitar Slides Explained

The Different Types of Guitar Slides Explained

The Different Types of Guitar Slides Explained Whether you are into blues or country music, you’ve probably seen or heard someone using a guitar slide at some point. We can trace the…


Willie Nelson Song Lesson Playlist

Willie Nelson Song Lesson Playlist If you’ve ever been a fan of country music (or have read any headlines about marijuana legalization in the last 30 years) you’ve probably…