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What a Beautiful Name | Cover Oct 22, 2018: "What a Beautiful Name" is a popular song from Hillsong Worship which is easy to sing all the way through and lyrically highlights different aspect of the name of Jesus. This is a simple cover with a DADGAD tuning and a secondary guitar part with chord inversions.

King of My Heart Cover | Bethel Music Oct 18, 2018: This is a simple version of the song "King of My Heart" by Bethel Music, mainly using a finger picking pattern.

Exalted Over All | Cover | Vertical Worship Oct 10, 2018: This Vertical Worship song is a powerful worship song that's great for Easter. The chorus is "singable" and says: "One name higher, one name is stronger, than any grave, than any throne, Christ exalted over all."

O Come to the Altar | Cover Aug 15, 2018: This Elevation Worship song is a great song for an "altar call" or response time during a service. Check out all of the free charts for this song.

Lion and the Lamb | Electric Guitar Lesson Jun 26, 2017: In this lesson, you'll earn both electric guitar parts for this song. You'll learn the "signature lick" that happens in the intro, and you'll learn the exact parts happening in the verse, chorus, and bridge for each guitar.

Wonder | Rhythm Guitar Video Lesson | Hillsong United Jun 6, 2017: In this lesson, you'll learn both rhythm guitar parts for the song "Wonder" as well as the strum pattern. The first position uses a capo on the 4th fret, and the second position is open, using mainly a B chord. You can also check out the free charts using the link below.

Jesus | (Chris Tomlin) | Video Lesson Sep 23, 2016: This lesson will show you how to approach "passing chords" which you'll hear throughout the chorus of this song as well as the intro and verse. You'll also learn a few optional ways to spice up the chord structures and picking patterns.

O Praise the Name | Video Lesson Jun 1, 2016: You'll learn the alternate chords I used in my cover of "O Praise the Name" (Anástasis), and you'll also learn a simple finger picking pattern you can use. These chords will also be helpful in any other song that uses the G chord family.

"O Praise the Name" (Anástasis) | Cover May 18, 2016: Stephen covers this Hillsong Worship song, which has a simple melody but is lyrically rich. This cover is in the key of A, using a capo on the second fret with the G chord family.

Extended Hammer-on Dec 2, 2015: In this lesson, you'll learn a unique technique that extends a normal hammer-on to add a note in between the two notes of the hammer-on. In other words, the second note of the hammer-on is delayed until a different note in the chord is first played. The result is a sounds that works really well in a picking pattern with C shape chords.

Good Good Father Cover Nov 4, 2015: Stephen covers the Tomlin version of the song "Good Good Father". This cover is in the key of G, which is a whole step lower than the original recording of A. This song has a simple melody and phrasing, making it easy to sing quickly.

Good Good Father Acoustic Tutorial Oct 28, 2015: This lesson shows you the acoustic guitar part for the song "Good Good Father" which has grown in popularity. While many artists have performed this song, this lesson is based on Chris Tomlin's version. The chord structure is fairly simple, but there are a few simple tricks to get the unique sound in this song. You'll use a capo on the second fret and G chord family chords; however, this song is in the key of A.

Alive Acoustic Tutorial Oct 15, 2015: In this lesson, you'll learn the Hillsong Young & Free song "Alive" and how to play it on the acoustic. I'll show you the best way to play it using an alternate tuning: tune the little E and B string back a whole step to D and A. This tuning combined with some easy alternate chords sounds great. I'll also cover the unique timing of the strum pattern and how to play these chords with in standard tuning as well.

Alive Cover Oct 7, 2015: This Hillsong Young & Free worship song is pushing the boundaries of contemporary worship music with somewhat of a euro-dance feel, electronic elements and lots of energy. This is my acoustic version of the song, which of course is a little more laid back; however, it allows just one person to play the song all the way through.

The lesson on this cover as well as the chart for it are coming soon! For now, enjoy the cover.

Oceans Cover Lesson Sep 30, 2015: This is a lesson on how I play my folksy version of the song Oceans. I cover some unique chords, as well as a great finger picking pattern that can be used in a variety of songs.