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Ken Susi (Fluence Brand Manager and Unearth Guitarist) shows you the basics of alternate picking for hard rock and metal.

Ken Susi (Fluence Brand Manager and Unearth Guitarist) shows you the basics of alternate picking for hard rock and metal.

Ken Susi covers how to hold a pick, arm positioning, and the basics of downpicking in this lesson.

Add to your blues! This easy “walk-up” and “turnaround” quickly enhances the 12-bar blues shuffle in E. Danielle Miraglia shows us how to apply these two licks to the 12-bar pattern. Both are simple, fun, and essential building blocks for beginners playing the blues.

Play an easy blues lick! Danielle teaches the basic E minor pentatonic blues scale, and then she shows how to use it to play a classic blues lick. Essential and fun, this scale is perfect for beginners.

Play a Blues Shuffle! This easy 12-bar blues in A is essential to know, and fun to play. Danielle Miraglia breaks it down simply so you’ll be playing the blues in no time!

This is a quick overview of some chords you will want to know how to play. YouTuber and touring professional Melanie Faye shows you the standard shapes and approaches to some of the most common guitar chords, and also how they relate to each other!

2021 “Blues Act of the Year” Danielle Miraglia shows the basics of fingerstyle guitar playing with this simple right-hand pattern that is perfect for beginners. Using this simple technique you can make one guitar sound like two!

Using a capo can make guitar playing easier. Melanie Faye shows beginners the correct way to use a capo, and then gives a few tips on the best times to use it!

With the “pinchie” technique, 2021 “Blues Act of the Year” Danielle Miraglia shows you how to take a simple fingerstyle picking pattern to the next level. This trick is a great way to easily add accented beats to your fingerpicking.