It’s been a busy year or so with a crazy amount of project work in my day job, so I haven’t had much time to work on new lesson content. But over the last several months, I’ve taken some some time to stock up on studio gear and a new and improved video creation arsenal. [...]
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Here’s a re-post of an article I wrote a few years back on Overcoming Writer’s Block. I was going through some of my notes, and found this helpful in getting past the blank page. Hope you find it helpful, too! – Craig Songs just don’t materialize out of thin air – most of the time. [...]
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Howdy from scenic Ponder, TX, and welcome back to 5minuteguitarlessons.com. Today’s post is the 2nd lesson in our series on how to fake any song in 3 lessons. It deals with the basics of strumming, and gives a few patterns to use when faking songs in 4/4 and 3/4 time. This is especially important for [...]
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Thanks for the feedback on the Open D tuning video. Since viewing the post last week, a few of you have emailed to ask for tips on tuning the guitar to standard tuning. There are several ways to do this. The most common is to use an electronic guitar tuner. Anyway, I filmed a short [...]
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I’ve been working on a series of videos aimed at taking a complete newbie through faking almost any straightforward pop/rock/country song in 3 lessons. This is the test of my “get good enough fast enough, and you’ll stick with it longer” theory. My hope is that you’ll be able to take these lessons, learn the [...]
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Posted by Craig Canon.
Howdy! And welcome to 5 Minute Guitar Lessons. I’m Craig Canon, your host. I created this site to provide guitar lessons for folks who want to cut to the chase and have fun playing guitar. I’m working on short, focused videos aimed at helping you master one skill at a time. There are lots of [...]
