I'm Sharim. My music journey began with classical training, but I found freedom with guitar and piano.
Now, I help others play from the heart and express their unique voice. Let's go beyond playing notes on a page and start making the music you love!
11/12/2025
New Post Day!
Arm Yourself for Easier Playing It's easy for music students to assume that playing their instrument well relies solely on finger dexterity and strength. This mechanical logic, however, quickly hits a wall as songs become more complex. You might become...
Riff on Too Sweet by Hozier.
04/12/2025
New Post Day!
Nashville Numbering, the Harmonic Rosetta Stone Have you ever felt that panic on stage where you forget a single chord, and suddenly the entire song falls apart? This happens when we learn songs as a collection of unique, isolated shapes. We're caught in the "visual t...
Fingerstyle arrangement inspired by Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson).
20/11/2025
New Post Day!
Harmony's X-Ray Vision: A Framework for Analysing Songs by Ear A few weeks ago, we talked about the Skeleton of a Song - how music is built from melody, rhythm, and harmony. Today, we're diving deep into harmony.
Gummi Bears theme song arranged for Piano.
14/11/2025
New Post Day!
The Minimum Pressure Principle: Stop Pressing So Hard! If you've been playing guitar for a while, there’s a good chance your left hand is working much harder than it needs to.
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by (Fingerstyle Cover)
06/11/2025
New Post Day!
Improvising with Diatonic Notes: Your First Map to Fluency A few weeks ago, we introduced Melody with a Destination - the idea that every melodic phrase is a journey. Today, we're zooming in on the diatonic framework - which gives you everything you need to start improvising wit...
Lose Control (Piano Cover) by
30/10/2025
New Post Day!
Guitar as a Melodic Instrument When you pick up a guitar, what do you see first? If you're like most guitarists, you see shapes: a G chord, a pentatonic box, a barre chord. The guitar is a wonderfully tactile instrument, and its fretboard layout encou...
Fraggle Rock theme song (Fingerstyle Guitar Cover).
