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How to Find the Best Guitar Instructor [Parents & Adult Learners]

Searching for the best guitar instructor? Our guide for parents and adult learners covers Nashville in-person and global online lessons.

Nashville Soloing Techniques: A Guide to Playing the Changes

Learn Nashville soloing techniques, including chord-tone extensions, open-string drones, and volume swells for a studio-ready sound.

How to Build a Professional Nashville Overdub Rig for Guitarists

Learn the art of the home session. Learn to build a professional Nashville overdub rig with the right interface, room treatment, and tone.

The Nashville Session Guitarist’s Roadmap to Professionalism

Want to be a Nashville session guitarist? Learn the technical skills, gear, and etiquette required for the Music City sound and “the hang.”

Learning to Hear Two Things at Once: Counterpoint for Guitarists

Learning to hear two things at once helps guitar players understand counterpoint, improve rhythm, and play with more awareness.

How Musical Collaboration Makes You a Better Player

Become a better player and songwriter. Explore the benefits of co-writing and musical collaboration can help you improve faster.

What Nashville Songwriters Mean by “Serve the Song”

What “serve the song” really means in Nashville songwriting, and how writers make clear, practical choices that strengthen songs.

Why Rhythm Is the Most Important Skill Guitarists Underpractice

Rhythm is the most important skill guitarists underpractice. Learn why time, feel, and restraint matter more than notes or speed.

The Difference Between Practicing and Showing Up

Reflect on your musical progress this year. Learn how practicing and showing up differ, celebrate real wins, and prepare for what comes next.

Using the Guitar as a Songwriting Tool

Learn how to use the guitar as a songwriting tool. Practical insights on rhythm, harmony, and restraint to help your songs hold together.

How Great Rhythm Guitar Parts Are Built: A Songwriter’s Approach

Most players learn rhythm guitar through patterns. Songwriters don’t work that way. When you’re writing songs—especially in environments like Nashville—the rhythm guitar part is a core arrangement decision, not a default texture. It shapes the groove, the vocal space, and the feel of the hook. Great rhythm parts don’t draw attention to themselves. They make…