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7 Decades Of Strumming -The Ultimate Guitar Strumming Course

Name: 7 Decades Of Strumming -The Ultimate Guitar Strumming Course
Rating: 4.5 (53 reviews)

All-in-one Strumming Guitar Course With a Proven Method Learning System

Created byJack Long

Last updated 1/2016

English

What you'll learn

At the end of my course, students will be able to play over 30 new type of song structures influenced from 7 different eras, master their whole strumming skills, advanced chord sequences, play at least one barre chord, and learn crucial techniques such as hammer ons, slides, pull offs, accents, palm muting and much more ...

Course content

7 sections • 26 lectures • 5h 7m total length

Introduction5:39
Introduction into what you will learn, how too approach this course and tips and advise so you get the most out of what you will learn from the lessons inside the course.
The King of Rock n Roll13:52
Kick start your 1950's with an Elvis influence strumming pattern. Just because this is our first lesson in the course does not mean it will be easy. The only real challenges faced will be the fast temp of the strumming, but this is a fantastic pattern to learn with a set of fun chords.
That'll Be The Day ...12:28
Buddy Holly influence strumming pattern in waltz style strum, a little tough at first but once you get into the groove it is great fun.
'The Killer' of Rock n Roll14:46
Blues Rock 'n' Roll riff and strumming together in this fun and easy'ish to play exercise, the tempo is fast but start slow and you will LOVE this one.

The Fab Four9:15
Influence here by the Fab Four and a typical song arrangement from them. Fun up beat chords, fun and crucial to learn strumming pattern with a great jam session toghether.
'How Does It Feeeeeel' ....8:23
Beautiful slow strumming pattern, and possibly one of the most important strumming patterns you could EVER learn. With nice folk chords, and a split strumming patern (more info inside the course).
Play It, Black12:49
In this lesson you will learn an absolute BELTER ... Picking and strumming together, fast tempo chords and an awesome strumming pattern. This is influence by the biggest rock band ever to walk the planet and they are still going strong today.

British Punk Rock8:19
1970's starts off with a Punk rock classic, but the best thing about this lesson is the chords are simple, tempo is fun, meaning you can concerntrate more on the very cool strumming pattern.
Part 1 - Strumming & Picking Together12:05
This lovely set of chords and strumming is influenced by Rod Stewart, but what is great about this lesson is that you will learn picking and strumming together and a fun set of chords.
Part 2 - Strumming & Picking Together8:41
In part 2 we focus on the strumming pattern.
Part 1 - Learn How To Barre Chord - Very Easy With My Exclusive Tips12:48
In this lesson you are going to learn a beautiful set of chords, however there is a barre chord to learn. BUT .... Please don't worry if you cannot play barre chords yet, I will teach you inside this lesson how to play the barre chord in this exercise. And I will also show you some very crucial tips on how to play alternative chords to the barre chord.
Part 2 - Learn How To Barre Chord - Very Easy With My Exclusive Tips11:06
Part 2 carry's on nicely with the strumming pattern and the 5/8 strumming signature.

Let's Have a Jam!!!!!!!17:05
We kick start our 80's era with a Jam (clue there where the influence of the lesson comes from). You will learn some very crucial skills and strumming techniques in this lesson. A bit tough at first, but with practice is very effective.
Part 1 - Master your timing with a Rock classic16:08
You can unleash your Rock God inside you for this lesson, you are going to master a good set of chords, a great strumming pattern, a cool effective lick ... But more importantly this lesson will improve your timing.
Part 2 - Master your timing with a Rock classic6:22
Part 2 nicely carries on with the strumming element.
Part 1 - Let's Dance & Strum - Brilliant 6/8 Strumming Signature9:09
Influenced by a David Bowie classic, we get into a brilliant groove in the final lesson from 1980's.
Part 2 - Let's Dance & Strum - Brilliant 6/8 Strumming Signature13:08
Part 2 focuses more on the 6/8 strumming signature, very important to learn and when mastered you will feel a huge improvement in your strumming.

The Best Grunge Music Made14:16
We start the 1990's era with one of the biggest influential bands in my guitar journey, Nirvana. You will learn barre chords, which help with understanding music theory a little more, and you will have a real good rock thrashing with this one.
Brit Pop12:46
The Brit Pop era was alive in the 1990's, swamped with bands influenced by the 1960's and the music was great. The influence from this lesson is a fantastic band who were the masters in strumming and rhythm, if you master this lesson you will see HUGE improvements in your overall streumming skills.
Fun Fast Tempo Brit Pop Strumming14:38
The idea from this lesson is a song that possibly was the most famous song in the whole 1990's, however the band themselves were not the biggest but inside this lesson you will learn fun fast strumming pattern and techniques.

This Lesson is a Killer9:45
Picking and strumming together in this acoustic adapted rock millennium classic, this is influenced by a truly fantastic band of this era. Its a Killer ....
Guaranteed to 'Fix You'9:56
One of the biggest bands in the world today is Cold Play, and I simply could not teach a lesson influenced by their music. This lesson has a set of wonderful chords to learn, a lovely strumming pattern and a nice easy structure to follow.
Simply beautiful when mastered16:45
You will instantly recognise this 'beautiful' song, the strumming pattern is interesting and a must to learn.

Fast, Awesome and Palm Mute Madness14:41
Will start our current ers of 2010's plus with one of the biggest artists of this decade so far, he loves his acoustic guitar, and I particularly love his music. You will learn some very very crucial skills in this lesson, from palm muting to chucking ..
Chilled, Acoustic Strumming11:16
It is nice to end this course with a very chilled easy to play acoustic song, what makes this lesson great to learn is the tempo of the exercises. The lesson starts off slow, and then the tempo really speeds up quickly, and then slows down again. This is a technique to learn if you want to improve your rhythm and timing.
Picking Masterclass11:29
We end our course on picking, and although there is no strumming inside this lesson, learning picking really helps with your strumming skills. More explained inside the lesson how picking helps strumming.

Requirements

Students ideally can already confidently play between 3 - 10 songs off by heart with ease, no matter what level you are at, as long as you understand basic song sequences.
Students will also need to know the basic open chords, basic strumming and some chord transitions.

Description

UPDATE:

My Course has recently featured in the Udemy Instructor Innovation Awards, where my course '7 Decades of Strumming' won the award for 'Incorporate Practice Activities into Lecture Video'.

This course welcomes both acoustic & electric guitar players to the world of Strumming, Rhythm, Timing & Chord Transition, as well as barre chords, slides, licks, picking, riffs and many more awesome skills. Inside the course I focuses on the important basics as well as all the crucial guitar tips and techniques that are vital for your fast progression from beginner to a more advanced level.

This course starts at the Rock n Roll era of 1950's, and in each module we cover the most popular & influenced songs of that decade, focusing on the most influential strumming patterns of music in each era..

The average length of each video is approximately 12 minutes and the course gives a broad insight into learning the most important strumming patterns ever recorded, while providing a solid basis for more advanced guitar styles.

You will learn all the crucial skills and styles adapted from each era of Music. And you will gradually work your way from 1950, to the 1960's, 70's, 80's, 90's 2000's and 2010 +.

Each lesson is influenced by the worlds biggest bands and artists such as Elvis, Beatles, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Nirvana, Oasis, The Killers, Cold Play and much much more and include on-screen guitar tablature, chord diagrams and interactive tablature that moves while you play along and jam with me.

The course will cover the most important strumming skills for your guitar playing such as plam muting, picking and strumming, accents and dynamics, slides and hammer on's, blues, rock, punk, grunge, pop, folk and much much more ...

The Influences You Will Learn From:

1950's - Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry

1960's - The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan

1970's - The Clash, Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd

1980's - The Jam, AC/DC, David Bowie

1990's - Nirvana, Oasis, Pulp

2000's - The Killers, James Blunt, Cold Play

2010 + - Ed Sheeran, The Lumineers, Adele

Jack Long has over 20 years experience in playing the guitar professionally, and over 10 years experience teaching the guitar. His greatest success to date is teaching millions of students world wide via his youtube channel, with a fan following of over 15,000 students.

Who this course is for:

This course is perfect for students who have confidence to learn a new song from fresh, however this course does welcome beginners or advanced players.
Students who need complete professional step-by-step sequenced strumming course should not sign up for this just yet, I recommend my Complete Strumming System Course - Beginner to Advanced

7 Decades Of Strumming -The Ultimate Guitar Strumming Course

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Course content

1950's4 lectures • 47min

1960's3 lectures • 30min

1970's5 lectures • 53min

1980's5 lectures • 1hr 2min

1990's3 lectures • 42min

2000's3 lectures • 36min

2010's3 lectures • 37min

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