Tyler Larson

Tyler Larson is the founder of the guitar-centric brand Music is Win. His insightful, uncomplicated guitar lessons and gear demonstrations along with entertaining, satirical content about life as a musician receive tens of millions of video views per month across social media. Tyler is also the creator of the extremely popular online guitar learning platform, Guitar Super System. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Tyler has been teaching guitar for over a decade and operates a production studio in Nashville, TN.

Latest articles by Tyler Larson

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The Nervous Guitar Player

By Tyler Larson Published

Playing guitar brings us the greatest joy on Earth. Sometimes, however, we can become overwhelmed trying to convey our happiness to an audience. Sometimes, we get nervous.

Guitarists
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How to Sound Heavy

By Tyler Larson Published

Guitar Setup
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Why Sweep Picking is So Difficult

By Tyler Larson Published

Sweep picking isn’t easy to learn–but not for reasons you might think.

Artist Lessons
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Guitar Players Who Suck

By Tyler Larson Published

Guitarists
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A Simple Trick to Sound More Bluesy

By Tyler Larson Published

Lessons
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When Guitar Picks Mysteriously Disappear

By Tyler Larson Published

“Where does my pick keep going? Whatever, I have to get this harmony down!”

Guitar Picks
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Three Cool Guitar Noises

By Tyler Larson Published

Lessons
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How Guitar Players Suffer

By Tyler Larson Published

Guitarists
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How Guitarists Really Practice

By Tyler Larson Published

Guitarists
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It's Time to Meet Some New, Slick-Sounding Chords

By Tyler Larson Published

There are some chords you’ve known since you first started playing the guitar, and frankly, you might be getting sick of playing them.

Chords
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What People Think Guitar Players Do All Day

By Tyler Larson Published

Guitarists
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The Master’s Approach: Play Like Steve Vai

By Tyler Larson Published

If you were tasked with playing something in the style of Steve Vai, you might be a little intimidated.

Lessons
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Guitar Faces: A Step-by-Step Guide

By Tyler Larson Published

Lessons
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In Quest for Classic Rock Guitar Sounds, Attitude Goes a Long Way

By Tyler Larson Published

What’s the secret to sounding unmistakably like a classic rock guitar player? The truth is, your attitude has a lot to do with it.

Lessons
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How to Break the Chains of Scale Boxes

By Tyler Larson Published

One of the most difficult challenges guitarists will experience in their quest to find their voice on the axe is the art of improvising.

Lessons
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What Does a Guitarist Do at the NAMM Show?

By Tyler Larson Published

Having never been to NAMM before this year, it always looked like the greatest place on the planet.

Events & Trade Shows
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