I'm always curious to learn more about people's challenges and sticking points when it comes to the guitar. Comment below so we can help each other out and brainstorm together 🧠

What is your ONE thing that if you fixed it - everything on guitar would sound better? One of the most powerful ways to help get tough song under your belt is too create exercises/warm ups that are specifically targeted to the song your working on. Last week during the Live Q + A @Jake Yakes needed help with the intro Solo to “Wish You Were Here” So the first thing we needed to address was technique. Specifically on his slides. The issue was with the slides. So my suggestion was to create warm ups that replicate the slides in the song but in other places on the guitar. Not trying to sound perfect or even musical, just building the muscle memory. And that’s the key. When your working on a song that’s difficult you’ve got to step outside the song and work on the mechanics. Create warm ups that are related to the song and you’ll be blown away at the progress. Drop a song your working on in the comments and I’ll give you a quick and easy warm up that’ll help you finally tackle it.

Been working on this acoustic version of Money for Nothing recently and it's a pretty fun one to play. It's very rhythm oriented with the dead notes and the odd plucking pattern, but it's a lot of fun.

I think it’s safe to say last weekends challenge was a ton of fun so let’s keep it going. For those that missed it… The song was “Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding. Go give it a listen and you'll hear it right away. Alright let's break down this weekends Mystery Song. Strumming Pattern D👻DU👻UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Chords: Verse | G / / / | D/ / / | G / / / | G/ / / | | G / / / | D/ / / | G / / / | G/ / / | | Cadd9/ / / | G/ / / | Cadd9 / / / | G/ / / | | Cadd9/ / / | G/ / / | D / / / | D | Chorus Strumming Pattern DD (Per Chord) | G / Cadd9 / | G / Cadd9 / | G / Cadd9 / | | G / Cadd9 / | G / Cadd9 / | G / Cadd9 / | | G / Cadd9 / | G / Cadd9 / | Once you think you've got it send me a DM and I'll let you know if you got it right. ****Bonus**** First 5 Play Through Videos Get a Free 1 on 1 with me!!!! Have fun and enjoy your weekend everyone. Jake G.

Guitar Players... It's time for some fun this weekend. We're going to play a little game of mystery song, and I want every member of this community involved. Players from PRO, that means you too 😂 this will serve as our weekend challenge this weekend. Here's what we're going to do: Down below your going to find a strumming pattern and associated chords. Grab your guitar and work your way through them. Our goal isn't to be perfect it's to internalize the music and let your chords be the guide. Once you think you have the song, send me a DM, and I'll let you know if you have it right Like I said this is more of an ear training exercise so don't aim for clean and perfect. ***BONUS POINTS**** Record yourself playing one of the sections and post it down in the comments.‌ Here’s our mystery song!!! Strum: D U _U D U _U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Chords: Verse | G / / / | B7 / / / | C / / / | A / / / | Chorus | G / / / | E / / / | G / / / | E / / / | |G / / / | A / / / | G / / / | E / / / | Let the fun begin!!!