Jason Aaron Wood

I'm going back 20 years in time for this week's VIP Challenge, to the very first Etude I ever wrote... and I wrote it twice — one version as 4/4

Because it's Week #5, for the week of October 27 there will be no lessons and no TADS Group Coaching Call, but we'll be back to the usual weekly schedule

We're putting a small "twist" into the standard "small sweeps" picking pattern with this week's VIP Challenge. This mini-solo inserts TWO pull-off phrases after each small sweep, which can be

If you continue to struggle with music theory, it likely boils down to one core concept: Scale Degree Awareness. Without it, all of the relationships between notes are meaningless. But

This week's VIP Challenge is pulling ALL of the stops when it comes to infusing every note and phrase with emotion. TAB is below!I went into INSANE detail about every

Using a sample solo (this week's VIP Challenge, #21, the "Bittersweet Solo"), in this coaching call I demonstrated how to approach infusing every single moment of a solo with expression

As exciting as shredding CAN be, without actively infusing it with emotion, it gets stale for the listener pretty fast. That's why it's vital that you practice BOTH speed AND

A brand new 10-minute+ chord progression practice track just went live in your Guitar Practice Tools account!This is a great, emotional take on a Major key, moving to a minor

Even when you don't have the optimal amount of time to practice, you can still maximize your results. I break it all down in this 11-minute walk-through video lesson for

I've been working a lot behind the scenes on developing motion graphics formats to make guitar visuals that really get the point across and simplify concepts.This ultimately brought me back