Tom Godfrey
@godfreyguitar.bsky.social
I teach guitar, create YouTube guitar lesson videos, write guitar books, and ride my bike. That's pretty much it.
This 3-Minute Theory lesson shows you how to invert intervals. This lesson builds on the previous interval lessons. If you need to get up to speed on those, you’ll find links to lessons 21-25 in the description.
youtu.be/O5VQHjowuUk
youtu.be/O5VQHjowuUk
3-Minute Theory #26: How to Invert Intervals • Guitar Music Theory
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
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December 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This 3-Minute Theory lesson shows you how to invert intervals. This lesson builds on the previous interval lessons. If you need to get up to speed on those, you’ll find links to lessons 21-25 in the description.
youtu.be/O5VQHjowuUk
youtu.be/O5VQHjowuUk
December is always a light month for teaching income, so I was grateful and pleasantly surprised when my main music engraving client sent a generous holiday bonus today. They didn't know it, but they really helped make up for the income lost from guitar students taking off for the holidays.
December 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
December is always a light month for teaching income, so I was grateful and pleasantly surprised when my main music engraving client sent a generous holiday bonus today. They didn't know it, but they really helped make up for the income lost from guitar students taking off for the holidays.
RIP salt and vinegar Pringles. I bagged these up to include with my lunch on today's ride, put them in my rear cycling vest pocket so they wouldn't get crunched, immediately forgot about them and sat down to check email before I left. Crunch!
December 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RIP salt and vinegar Pringles. I bagged these up to include with my lunch on today's ride, put them in my rear cycling vest pocket so they wouldn't get crunched, immediately forgot about them and sat down to check email before I left. Crunch!
A tutorial for my solo jazz guitar arrangement of “Misty.” This solo is written to be accessible for developing guitarists familiar with shell voicings and standard 4-note chords. TAB and standard notation are shown throughout.
youtu.be/KeYpfAw6Ul4
youtu.be/KeYpfAw6Ul4
Misty • TUTORIAL • Easy Jazz Guitar Arrangement
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
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December 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A tutorial for my solo jazz guitar arrangement of “Misty.” This solo is written to be accessible for developing guitarists familiar with shell voicings and standard 4-note chords. TAB and standard notation are shown throughout.
youtu.be/KeYpfAw6Ul4
youtu.be/KeYpfAw6Ul4
An accessible solo jazz guitar arrangement of “Misty” with mostly 3-note voicings, double stops, and single note runs. This solo is appropriate for the guitarist who is familiar with shell voicings and standard 4-note chords. TAB and standard notation are shown throughout.
youtu.be/ieiFuOyweTU
youtu.be/ieiFuOyweTU
Misty • Easy Jazz Guitar Arrangement
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
An accessible solo jazz guitar arrangement of “Misty” with mostly 3-note voicings, double stops, and single note runs. This solo is appropriate for the guitarist who is familiar with shell voicings and standard 4-note chords. TAB and standard notation are shown throughout.
youtu.be/ieiFuOyweTU
youtu.be/ieiFuOyweTU
The previous lesson introduced perfect, augmented, and diminished intervals (4ths, 5ths, and octaves). This lesson shows you how to find and play these intervals on the guitar.
youtu.be/wZoE2mnSTTk
youtu.be/wZoE2mnSTTk
3-Minute Theory #25: Perfect, Augmented, and Diminished Intervals on the Fretboard • Guitar Theory
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The previous lesson introduced perfect, augmented, and diminished intervals (4ths, 5ths, and octaves). This lesson shows you how to find and play these intervals on the guitar.
youtu.be/wZoE2mnSTTk
youtu.be/wZoE2mnSTTk
Just taught a young piano student. We usually spend some of our time transcribing short songs that he makes up. I'm gradually showing him how to learn to play what he sings. He told me that he likes his singing voice and thinks it's pretty. I hope he never loses this confidence in his voice.
December 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just taught a young piano student. We usually spend some of our time transcribing short songs that he makes up. I'm gradually showing him how to learn to play what he sings. He told me that he likes his singing voice and thinks it's pretty. I hope he never loses this confidence in his voice.
Sometimes dreams do come true. Last night I dreamed I was tired.
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sometimes dreams do come true. Last night I dreamed I was tired.
Tip for beginners: Improve your music reading by getting in the habit of looking in the upper left hand corner before beginning a new piece of music.
youtu.be/J5SFzUyfSv4
youtu.be/J5SFzUyfSv4
Upper Left Corner • Beginning Music Reading Tip
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Tip for beginners: Improve your music reading by getting in the habit of looking in the upper left hand corner before beginning a new piece of music.
youtu.be/J5SFzUyfSv4
youtu.be/J5SFzUyfSv4
Last week I posted the final Rhythm Guitar 3 lesson: a review of all the moveable chords that appear in Rhythm Guitar 3. youtu.be/sgPfYXf1eiI
In January I’ll start uploading lessons from Three-Note Jazz Guitar Chords, which focuses on shell voicings.
In January I’ll start uploading lessons from Three-Note Jazz Guitar Chords, which focuses on shell voicings.
Rhythm Guitar 3, Lesson 64 | ALL Moveable Chords Review (pages 125-127)
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Last week I posted the final Rhythm Guitar 3 lesson: a review of all the moveable chords that appear in Rhythm Guitar 3. youtu.be/sgPfYXf1eiI
In January I’ll start uploading lessons from Three-Note Jazz Guitar Chords, which focuses on shell voicings.
In January I’ll start uploading lessons from Three-Note Jazz Guitar Chords, which focuses on shell voicings.
I'm not quite right in the head, so I decided to climb up the Paseo de la Mesa trail twice today. It didn't feel great, but my legs felt better than expected. I'm planning on doing this double climb every other week.
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm not quite right in the head, so I decided to climb up the Paseo de la Mesa trail twice today. It didn't feel great, but my legs felt better than expected. I'm planning on doing this double climb every other week.
Great moments in music education: I just remembered a lesson from a few years ago. I was showing a kid a scale or a fingering or something. He seemed to be engrossed in what I was saying until he blurted out, "My dad has those same socks!"
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Great moments in music education: I just remembered a lesson from a few years ago. I was showing a kid a scale or a fingering or something. He seemed to be engrossed in what I was saying until he blurted out, "My dad has those same socks!"
This 3-Minute Theory lesson (which turned out to be about 4.5 minutes) explains perfect, augmented, and diminished intervals and how you can use the major scale to figure out if a 4th, 5th, or octave is perfect, augmented, or diminished.
youtu.be/68WM16xixGk
youtu.be/68WM16xixGk
3-Minute Theory #24: Perfect, Augmented, and Diminished Intervals • Guitar Music Theory
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This 3-Minute Theory lesson (which turned out to be about 4.5 minutes) explains perfect, augmented, and diminished intervals and how you can use the major scale to figure out if a 4th, 5th, or octave is perfect, augmented, or diminished.
youtu.be/68WM16xixGk
youtu.be/68WM16xixGk
I'm just gonna leave this right here. youtu.be/3zGf7_YL70M?...
If Stayin' Alive Had Been Written in 16th Century
YouTube video by Jonasquin
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December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I'm just gonna leave this right here. youtu.be/3zGf7_YL70M?...
Teenage me would be horrified, but I'm planning on relearning algebra and was thrilled when these books arrived today.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Teenage me would be horrified, but I'm planning on relearning algebra and was thrilled when these books arrived today.
Number 4 in a series of jazz guitar chord drills to use as warm-ups and to improve your muscle memory. This lesson features 5-1 chords in major keys played with dominant 7 and major 6 chords in 4-note voicings.
youtu.be/QxKHGVYOAa0
youtu.be/QxKHGVYOAa0
Jazz Guitar Chord Drills #4 – Dominant 7 and Major 6 4-Note Voicings
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
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December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Number 4 in a series of jazz guitar chord drills to use as warm-ups and to improve your muscle memory. This lesson features 5-1 chords in major keys played with dominant 7 and major 6 chords in 4-note voicings.
youtu.be/QxKHGVYOAa0
youtu.be/QxKHGVYOAa0
This "3-Minute" Theory lesson turned out to be over 7 minutes. The previous lesson introduced major and minor intervals (2nds, 3rds, 6ths, or 7ths). This lesson shows you how to find major and minor intervals on the guitar.
youtu.be/AAIIUG7Cgrg
youtu.be/AAIIUG7Cgrg
3-Minute Theory #23: Playing Major and Minor Intervals on the Fretboard • Guitar Music Theory
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
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December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This "3-Minute" Theory lesson turned out to be over 7 minutes. The previous lesson introduced major and minor intervals (2nds, 3rds, 6ths, or 7ths). This lesson shows you how to find major and minor intervals on the guitar.
youtu.be/AAIIUG7Cgrg
youtu.be/AAIIUG7Cgrg
So…Oreo flavored Oreos?
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So…Oreo flavored Oreos?
This field is starting to get crowded!
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This field is starting to get crowded!
My older bike just went home with its new owner, the father of one of my piano students. Now he can ride bikes with his son! (And I have a little bit more room in my apartment again.)
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My older bike just went home with its new owner, the father of one of my piano students. Now he can ride bikes with his son! (And I have a little bit more room in my apartment again.)
If you know how to play a moveable minor 6 chord, you already know how to play a moveable minor 7b5 (half-diminished) and vice versa.
youtu.be/bbzWjAhAS7M
youtu.be/bbzWjAhAS7M
Minor 6 = Minor 7b5 | Guitar Theory
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
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November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you know how to play a moveable minor 6 chord, you already know how to play a moveable minor 7b5 (half-diminished) and vice versa.
youtu.be/bbzWjAhAS7M
youtu.be/bbzWjAhAS7M
So comforting to have a bike lane…
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
So comforting to have a bike lane…
This lesson explains major and minor intervals and how you can use the major scale to figure out if a 2nd, 3rd, 6th, or 7th is major or minor.
youtu.be/uOj-1kpOob8
youtu.be/uOj-1kpOob8
3-Minute Theory #22: Major and Minor Intervals • Guitar Music Theory
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This lesson explains major and minor intervals and how you can use the major scale to figure out if a 2nd, 3rd, 6th, or 7th is major or minor.
youtu.be/uOj-1kpOob8
youtu.be/uOj-1kpOob8
If you know how to play a moveable major 6 chord, you already know how to play a moveable minor 7 chord and vice versa.
youtu.be/_l6gXBi4OMQ
youtu.be/_l6gXBi4OMQ
Major 6 = Minor 7 | Guitar Theoryhttps://youtu.be/_l6gXBi4OMQ
YouTube video by Godfrey Guitar
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you know how to play a moveable major 6 chord, you already know how to play a moveable minor 7 chord and vice versa.
youtu.be/_l6gXBi4OMQ
youtu.be/_l6gXBi4OMQ
There's a wee bit of snow on the Sandias today. Not much, but it's a start.
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
There's a wee bit of snow on the Sandias today. Not much, but it's a start.