Where to follow my more recent content outside of the website

Hi, I’ve kept this website going for a long time now, must be about 15 years. It still generates quite a bit of traffic from old posts but when I first made the website I had loads of free time. After building up a full time self employed business and starting a...
A minor pentatonic scale practice with backing chords

A minor pentatonic scale practice with backing chords

Free PDF & Guitar Pro 7 Tab Practice exercise for 2 minor pentatonic scale shapes in A minor. There are backing chords that you can use for playing with someone else or for use in guitar lessons with a teacher. This guitar scale exercise uses 2 and a half of the 5...
We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Chords and TAB for Ukulele

We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Chords and TAB for Ukulele

Each year I usually end up tweaking my Christmas music a bit for my lessons and we tend to do a few Christmas songs like this in the primary schools I teach at. For the older students I might teach them something more advanced but this is still quite fun to play...
Guitar Chords and Rhythm Worksheet 2

Guitar Chords and Rhythm Worksheet 2

PDF – Guitar Chords and Rhythm Worksheet 2 ← Go back to worksheet 1 This exercise sheet is for beginner guitarists and advanced beginners. Method: Using rhythm 1, play this rhythm for all 4 chords on the sheet in sequence (e.g. Em – down down down up down...
Guitar Chords and Rhythm Worksheet 1

Guitar Chords and Rhythm Worksheet 1

PDF – Guitar Chords and Rhythm Worksheet 1 Go to worksheet 2 → This exercise sheet is for beginner guitarists and advanced beginners. Method: Using rhythm 1, play this rhythm for all 4 chords on the sheet in sequence (e.g. Em – down down down up down, Am...
12 Bar Blues in A – Easy Reading Tab

12 Bar Blues in A – Easy Reading Tab

This sheet is for beginners and Grade 1 level guitarists. The blues pattern follows the basic 12 bar blues. The riffs used here are popular for the blues style and can also be found in rock and roll. You could play this exercise with either straigh 8th notes or swung...
Fingerstyle Guitar – Easy Songs in the Public Domain

Fingerstyle Guitar – Easy Songs in the Public Domain

This guitar ebook includes fingerstyle arrangements for Brahms Lullaby, Kumbaya, Ode To Joy, Sarabande, Can Can, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Frère Jacques and All Through The Night. There is also a selection of fingerpicking, bluegrass and chord strumming...
Ukulele Arrangements for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Ukulele Arrangements for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

In this post we have lots of free PDFs for this song, including melody, chords, fingerpicking and fingerstyle. You can find more like this in my ebook Easy Songs in the Public Domain for Fingerstyle Ukulele. Fingerpicking Accompaniments Uke-Fingerpicking_Twinkle...
C Major Scales – 6 Patterns

C Major Scales – 6 Patterns

Download Free PDF These 6 C major scales are essential to learn for for exploring and discovering patterns on the fretboard in the major key. The scales are good for general practice and they will help you to know where to go in a guitar solo or for melody...
5 Movable 1 Octave Scale shapes in 5 keys – 25 Scales – PDF

5 Movable 1 Octave Scale shapes in 5 keys – 25 Scales – PDF

Free PDF:5 Moveable 1 Octave Guitar Scales in 5 different keys Free Guitar Pro 7 File:5 Moveable 1 Octave Guitar Scales in 5 different keys All scales in 5 keys: G, A, B, C, D 5 Major scales 5 Major Pentatonic scales 5 Minor Pentatonic scales 5 Blues scales 5 Natural...
Beginners Ukulele Chord Exercises 5-6 of 50

Beginners Ukulele Chord Exercises 5-6 of 50

These 2 ukulele chord exercises are featured in the book 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises Here are 2 beginners ukulele chord exercises using C, am and F chords. On this sheet, we start to work on strumming rhythms. Exercise 5 uses C and Am chords and the rhythm is down up...
Beginners Ukulele Chord Exercises 3-4 of 50

Beginners Ukulele Chord Exercises 3-4 of 50

Here are 2 beginners ukulele chord exercises using A7, A, C and Cmaj7. There are very simple rhythms in each exercise. Use the video below to help you with knowing how to count them. ← Exercises 1-2 Exercises 5-6 → Buy The Book →