Hey everyone, I'm working on turning more of my tabs and exercises into video lessons, but I'd really appreciate your input. I learned guitar before YouTube existed, and if I'm honest, whenever I have used them I've often found many online lessons a bit slow and frustrating. Sometimes I just want to see exactly what someone is playing without having to sit through lots of talking first. I've posted my step-by-step lesson showing how to play my easy arrangement of The Godfather. When I'm teaching a technique, exercise, or course lesson, I think explanation and narration are important. But when you're learning a song, I'm not so sure. So I'd love to know: - Do you find the narration and explanations helpful? - Or would you prefer the song broken into sections with less talking and more playing? - Would a slow demonstration with a close-up of both hands be enough? - Do you like hearing why certain fingers are used, or do you mainly want to see what to play? - What makes a video lesson most useful for you? There's no right or wrong answer. I'm genuinely interested in how you prefer to learn, and your feedback will directly influence how I create future lessons. Thanks in advance for your help—I read every comment and really appreciate your input. Jack 🎸

My title might be a little clickbait, but I've always found the way chords are presented in chord books and on websites like Ultimate Guitar confusing for beginners. Let me explain why. I've attached two versions of With A Little Help From My Friends. One is my arrangement and the other is a typical chord chart from Ultimate Guitar. When a band plays a song, all of the instruments are following the same underlying structure. The music is organised into bars, and most beginner songs are in 4/4 time, meaning each bar contains 4 beats. When a chord changes, it will often happen: • At the start of a bar (beat 1) • Halfway through a bar (beat 3) This is why counting is so important. In my arrangement, you can clearly see exactly where the chord changes happen because the music is divided into bars. We don't normally write the beat numbers on the music, but you can still see whether a chord comes in at the start of a bar (beat 1) or halfway through a bar (beat 3). Once you understand that, it becomes much easier to know exactly when to change chord. The problem with many online chord charts is that the chords are placed above the lyrics. The chord is simply written above whichever word is being sung when the change happens. This is useful for singers, but not always for guitar players. The spacing between words doesn't tell you how long to hold a chord for. A singer might squeeze lots of words into one bar, then hold a long note for two bars. Looking at the lyrics alone can make it seem like some chords last much longer than others when they actually don't. So how should you use chord charts? My advice is to listen to the song while looking at the chords. Don't worry too much about following every lyric. Instead, try counting: 1, 2, 3, 4... 1, 2, 3, 4... and see if you can hear where the chord changes happen. You'll quickly notice that in most beginner songs the changes happen at the start of a bar or halfway through a bar. Once you can hear and count those changes, chord charts suddenly become much easier to follow because you're following the rhythm of the song rather than trying to guess from the spacing of the lyrics.

I love the level one and level two options. As a beginner it helps me learn a song faster when it’s broken down into levels. Thank you! 😊