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Guitar basics course
New to playing the guitar? Don’t know what the frets are? This is the place to start! A comprehensive overview of the Guitar, including the differences between Acoustic, Electric and Classical Guitars, the names of the parts of the guitar, and everything else you need to know to get started playing!
LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE GUITAR
LESSON 2: ACOUSTIC GUITARS OVERVIEW
LESSON 3: CLASSICAL GUITARS OVERVIEW
LESSON 4: ELECTRIC GUITARS OVERVIEW
LESSON 5: GUITAR AMPLIFIERS OVERVIEW
LESSON 6: GUITAR ACCESSORIES
LESSON 7: HOW TO HOLD THE GUITAR
LESSON 8: NUMBERING THE STRINGS
LESSON 9: NUMBERING THE FRETS
LESSON 10: LEFT AND RIGHT HAND FINGERING
LESSON 11: TUNING THE GUITAR
LESSON 12: RIGHT HAND POSITIONING
LESSON 13: LEFT HAND POSITIONING
LESSON 14: HOLDING THE PICK
LESSON 15: READING TABLATURE
LESSON 16: PICKING TECHNIQUE
LESSON 17: RIGHT HAND OPEN STRING EXERCISES
LESSON 18: OPEN STRINGS AND FRETTED NOTES
Reading Music Part 1: Understanding Rhythm
New to playing the guitar? Don’t know what the frets are? This is the place to start! A comprehensive overview of the Guitar, including the differences between Acoustic, Electric and Classical Guitars, the names of the parts of the guitar, and everything else you need to know to get started playing!
LESSON 1: BASICS OF STANDARD NOTATION
LESSON 2: TYPES OF NOTES
LESSON 3: TEMPO
LESSON 4: PRACTICING WITH A METRONOME
LESSON 5: TIME SIGNATURES
LESSON 6: RHYTHM EXERCISES PART 1
LESSON 7: TYPES OF RESTS
LESSON 8: RHYTHM EXERCISES WITH RESTS
LESSON 9: TIED RHYTHMS
LESSON 10: DOTTED RHYTHMS
LESSON 11 - RHYTHM REVIEW
Reading Music Part 2: Open Position Reading
New to playing the guitar? Don’t know what the frets are? This is the place to start! A comprehensive overview of the Guitar, including the differences between Acoustic, Electric, and Classical Guitars, the names of the parts of the guitar, and everything else you need to know to get started playing!
LESSON 1: THE TREBLE CLEF
LESSON 2: NOTES ON THE TREBLE STAFF
LESSON 3: LEDGER LINES
LESSON 4: OPEN STRINGS IN STANDARD NOTATION
LESSON 5: OPEN STRING READING EXERCISES
LESSON 6: OPEN STRINGS WITH ALTERNATE PICKING
LESSON 7: 6TH STRING OPEN POSITION NOTES
LESSON 8: 5TH STRING OPEN POSITION NOTES
LESSON 9: 4TH STRING OPEN POSITION NOTES
LESSON 10: 3RD STRING OPEN POSITION NOTES
LESSON 11: 2ND STRING OPEN POSITION NOTES
LESSON 12: 1ST STRING OPEN POSITION NOTES
LESSON 13: OPEN POSITION NOTES REVIEW
LESSON 14: SHARPS, FLATS, AND NATURAL SIGNS
LESSON 15: 6TH STRING OPEN POSITION SHARPS AND FLATS
LESSON 16: 5TH STRING OPEN POSITION SHARPS AND FLATS
LESSON 17: 4TH STRING OPEN POSITION SHARPS AND FLATS
LESSON 18: 3RD STRING OPEN POSITION SHARPS AND FLATS
LESSON 19: 2ND STRING OPEN POSITION SHARPS AND FLATS
LESSON 20: 1ST STRING OPEN POSITION SHARPS AND FLATS
LESSON 21: SHARPS, FLATS, AND NATURAL SIGNS REVIEW
Major Scales in the Open Position
Learn how major scales are constructed using intervals, and play major scales in all 12 keys in the open position of the guitar.
MAJOR SCALES IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 1: INTERVALS - HALF-STEPS AND WHOLE STEPS
LESSON 2: THE MAJOR SCALE
LESSON 3: KEY SIGNATURES
LESSON 4: C MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 5: G MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 6: D MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 7: A MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 8: E MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 9: B MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 10: F# MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 11: C# MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 12: F MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 13: B FLAT MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 14: E FLAT MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 15: A FLAT MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 16: D FLAT MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 17: G FLAT MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
LESSON 18: C FLAT MAJOR SCALE IN THE OPEN POSITION
Strumming Basics
Learn the basic mechanics of strumming on the guitar, including downstroke and upstroke techniques, how to read rhythmic notation, understanding basic strumming patterns, tied strumming patterns, and strumming using dotted rhythms.
STRUMMING BASICS COURSE
LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO STRUMMING TECHNIQUES
LESSON 2: RHYTHMIC NOTATION
LESSON 3: BEGINNING STRUMMING PATTERNS PART 1
LESSON 4: BEGINNING STRUMMING PATTERNS PART 2
LESSON 5: STRUMMING PATTERNS WITH QUARTER RESTS
LESSON 6: SYNCOPATED STRUMMING PATTERNS (COPY)
LESSON 7: SYNCOPATED STRUMMING PATTERNS WITH EIGHTH RESTS
LESSON 8: TIED STRUMMING PATTERNS
LESSON 9: TWO-MEASURE TIED STRUMMING PATTERNS
LESSON 10: STRUMMING PATTERNS WITH DOTTED RHYTHMS
Open Chords
This course covers the most commonly played open chords on the guitar, including how to build major and minor chords, and switching between chords.
OPEN CHORDS COURSE
LESSON 1: WHAT ARE CHORDS?
LESSON 2: READING CHORD DIAGRAMS
LESSON 3: HOW TO PLAY CHORDS
LESSON 4: THE E MINOR CHORD
LESSON 5: THE E MAJOR CHORD
LESSON 6: MOVING BETWEEN E MAJOR AND E MINOR CHORDS
LESSON 7: THE A MAJOR CHORD
LESSON 8: THE A MINOR CHORD
LESSON 9: MOVING BETWEEN A MAJOR AND A MINOR CHORDS
LESSON 10: THE C MAJOR CHORD
LESSON 11: THE G MAJOR CHORD
LESSON 12: MOVING BETWEEN C AND G MAJOR CHORDS
LESSON 13: THE D MAJOR CHORD
LESSON 14: THE D MINOR CHORD
LESSON 15: MOVING BETWEEN D MAJOR AND D MINOR CHORDS
LESSON 16: OPEN CHORDS REVIEW
Blues Basics
Learn the basics of Blues music, including open Dominant 7th chords, and playing the 12-bar blues progression.
BLUES BASICS COURSE
LESSON 1: BLUES CHORDS - THE DOMINANT 7TH CHORD
LESSON 2: THE C7 CHORD
LESSON 3: THE G7 CHORD
LESSON 4: MOVING BETWEEN C7 AND G7 CHORDS
LESSON 5: THE A7 CHORD
LESSON 6: THE E7 CHORD
LESSON 7: MOVING BETWEEN E7 AND A7 CHORDS
LESSON 8: THE D7 CHORD
LESSON 9: THE B7 CHORD
LESSON 10: MOVING BETWEEN D7 AND B7 CHORDS
LESSON 11: DOMINANT 7TH CHORD REVIEW
LESSON 12: THE 12-BAR BLUES PROGRESSION
LESSON 13: THE 12-BAR BLUES IN G
LESSON 14: THE 12-BAR BLUES IN D
LESSON 15: THE 12-BAR BLUES IN A
LESSON 16: THE 12-BAR BLUES IN E
Open Chord Inversions
Chord inversions alter the order of major and minor chords and use either the 3rd or 5th of the chord as the lowest note. Learn some of the most commonly used open chord inversions and how they are used in chord progressions.
OPEN CHORD INVERSIONS COURSE
LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO CHORD INVERSIONS
LESSON 2: THE C/E CHORD
LESSON 3: THE D/F# CHORD
LESSON 4: MOVING BETWEEN C/E AND D/F# CHORDS
LESSON 5: THE C/G CHORD
LESSON 6: THE G/B CHORD
LESSON 7: MOVING BETWEEN C/G AND G/B
LESSON 8: THE F/C CHORD
LESSON 9: CHORD INVERSIONS REVIEW
LESSON 10: CHORD PROGRESSIONS WITH INVERSIONS
Barre Chords
Learn to play barre chords, and using movable chord shapes to create chords up and down the neck.
BARRE CHORDS
LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO BARRE CHORDS
LESSON 2: F MAJOR - THE FIRST BARRE CHORD
LESSON 3: THE CAGED SYSTEM
LESSON 4: THE E MAJOR CAGED SHAPE
LESSON 5: THE E MINOR CAGED SHAPE
LESSON 6: THE A MAJOR CAGED SHAPE
LESSON 7: THE A MINOR CAGED SHAPE
LESSON 8: THE D MAJOR CAGED SHAPE
LESSON 9: THE D MINOR CAGED SHAPE
LESSON 10: THE C MAJOR CAGED SHAPE
LESSON 11: THE G MAJOR CAGED SHAPE
LESSON 12: BARRE CHORDS REVIEW
LESSON 13: CHORD PROGRESSIONS WITH BARRE CHORDS
How to Use A capo
Learn to play barre chords, and using movable chord shapes to create chords up and down the neck.
HOW TO USE A CAPO COURSE
Open Chord Extensions
Create new chords by adding notes from the major scale to create new variations on major chords. Includes Add 9 chords, Suspended 4th (Sus4) chords, Major 6th chords, and Major 7th Chords.
OPEN CHORD EXTENSIONS
LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO CHORD EXTENSIONS
LESSON 2: ADD9 CHORDS
LESSON 3: MAJOR AND ADD9 CHORD PROGRESSIONS
LESSON 4: SUSPENDED 4TH CHORDS
LESSON 5: MAJOR AND SUS4 CHORD PROGRESSIONS
LESSON 6: MAJOR 6TH CHORDS
LESSON 7: MAJOR AND MAJOR 6TH CHORD PROGRESSIONS
LESSON 8: MAJOR 7TH CHORDS
LESSON 9: MAJOR AND MAJOR 7TH CHORD PROGRESSIONS
LESSON 10: CHORD EXTENSION PROGRESSIONS: ADD 9, MAJOR, MAJOR 7, MAJOR 6 CHORDS
LESSON 11: CHORD EXTENSION PROGRESSIONS: SUS 4, MAJOR, ADD 9, AND MAJOR CHORDS
Right Hand Arpeggios
Learn how to play chords with individual notes using alternate and directional right-hand picking techniques, moving through various chords and chord progressions.
RIGHT-HAND ARPEGGIOS
LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO RIGHT-HAND ARPEGGIOS
LESSON 2: DIRECTIONAL PICKING AND ALTERNATE PICKING TECHNIQUES
LESSON 3: ARPEGGIOS AND ROOT NOTES
LESSON 4: ARPEGGIO EXERCISE #1
LESSON 5: ARPEGGIO EXERCISE #2
LESSON 6: ARPEGGIO EXERCISE #3
LESSON 7: ARPEGGIO EXERCISE #4
LESSON 8: ARPEGGIO EXERCISE #5
LESSON 9: ARPEGGIO EXERCISE #6
LESSON 10: ARPEGGIO EXERCISE #7
LEGATO TECHNIQUES
Techniques for lead guitar playing, including Hammer-On’s, Pull-Off’s, and Slurred Notes.
LEGATO TECHNIQUES
POWER CHORDS
The Chords of Rock and Roll, Punk, and Metal. Power Chords are the go-to chord shapes for loud, distorted guitars and aggressive guitar playing.
POWER CHORDS
Advanced Strumming patterns
The next level of right-hand strumming techniques using 16th notes rhythms.
ADVANCED STRUMMING PATTERNS
ADVANCED STRUMMING PATTERNS COURSE HOMEPAGE
LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED STRUMMING PATTERNS (COPY)
LESSON 2: ACCENTED DOWNBEATS IN 16TH NOTE STRUMMING PATTERNS
LESSON 3: BASIC 16TH NOTE STRUMMING PATTERNS
LESSON 4: 16TH NOTE STRUMMING PATTERN EXERCISES
LESSON 5: 16TH NOTE STRUMMING PATTERNS WITH RESTS
LESSON 6: 16TH NOTE STRUMMING PATTERNS WITH TIES
LESSON 7: 16TH NOTE STRUMMING PATTERNS WITH DOTTED EIGHTH NOTES
LESSON 8: 16TH NOTE STRUMMING PATTERNS AND CHORD PROGRESSIONS
Reading Music Part 3 - 5th position reading
Reading notes in the 5th Postion. Reading Double-Stops and Triple-Stops, and Open Chords.
