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Learn MoreTake Your Guitar Playing From Total Beginner to Intermediate
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Take Your Guitar Playing From Total Beginner to Intermediate
Everything You'll Need to Know to Start Playing Like a Pro!
Created bySean Daniel
Last updated 2/2021
English
What you'll learn
- Guitar Playing
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Course content
5 sections • 44 lectures • 8h 15m total length
- Introduction and Your First Song!15:55
Even your first lesson is a great time to start learning a song! So let's kick off your guitar journey right by learning a classic Beatle's song! It's all about track root notes so even though we haven't gotten to full chords yet, anybody can outline the structure of a song and follow along while learning the ins and outs of the fretboard.
- Tuning, Riffs and Stretching14:52
If your guitar isn't in tune, it won't sound good no matter how well you understand the fretboard. We'll go over how to tune a guitar and also start learning riffs, or pieces of songs, to start stretching out your fingers!
- Your Very First Chords12:18
Chords are the backbone of any piece of music, regardless of genre or arrangement. It's time we start learning the basics and how they work with each other!
- Naming the Notes and Your First Scale15:49
SO MANY guitar players skip the basics like learning the names of the notes and how scales work because they're intimidating when explained in a confusing way. Hopefully this isn't confusing.
- Having Fun with Riffs10:43
Riffs are on of the most fun things to learn when you begin because you can get pattern recognition down. Learn a few of them to have a collection to jump in between so practicing never gets stale.
- The Most Important Lesson There Is21:21
It's one thing to be able to play a bunch of songs, but there's a HUGE distinction between memorizing long and complicated changes and understanding fundamentally how songs are organized. This lesson shows that it's a lot easier to remember structures than you might think!
- Playing a Full Song14:11
As fun as it can be to jump from piece to piece of different songs, there's a lot to be said of learning one thing from start to finish! So let's finish!
- Quiz Time!3:34
Let's see if you've been paying attention by administering this cruel and intense quiz!
- Building Chords6:34
Once you see that chords aren't just shapes to be memorized, but structures that have a purpose and can be found all througout the fretboard, you'll be flying!
- The People's Key10:26
Time to venture forth from the safe haven of the key of C. The People are calling, and the key of G awaits.
- Sweet Home Alabama and the Glory Within10:49
Whether you're down with this song or not, it's a fantastic example of interchanging a simple chord progression with fun little riffs!
- Getting Your Rhythm On Point5:26
The secret to being able to diagnose strumming patterns for any song is all in the counting!
- Making Things Easier On Yourself11:40
One of the best things about guitar is how accessible it is. There are many different ways to play a song or chord progression. We're going over a few of them here.
- Intro to Arpeggios11:30
Arpeggios are a great way to start working through the fretboard. Here's an easy introduction to them!
- Intro to the Blues!14:41
The blues!!! The ultimate way to understand how an effective chord progression and structure can lead to endless creativity.
- Spanning the Fretboard13:59
Time to start learning what's going on in the higher register of the guitar.
- Don't Fear the Barre9:54
Barre chords are really intimidating at first, but the dirty secret is that you never even need to learn them, as there are always way around it. HOWEVER, you definitely need to understand the shape behind them, and eventually you'll have it down!
- Time Signatures and Strumming11:39
Learn the difference between 4/4, 3/4, and 5/4 time signatures.
- The Key of D and Pretty Much All Others12:13
Let's get a full 3rd key under out belts. The key of D! Also learn how to use a capo to transpose any song to any key.
- More on Triads8:37
Triads, a chord with 3 notes, have a huge importance in music. Find out why!
- The Circle of 5ths13:29
People tried to explain this to me forever and I never understood it. Then I finally saw it as a tool and tried to showcase the breakthrough I had with it.
- Hammer Ons and Chords10:44
Showcasing some of the flashier techniques that sound a lot harder than they are to play!
- Extended Chords11:51
Time to start getting into extended chords. My personal favorite, the major 7, is a great way to make some beautiful sounding music.
- Minor 7 Chords10:15
Every minor chord is better as a minor 7 chord :)
- Dominant 7 Chords9:27
No chord has as much of a signature sound and pull on a chord progression as a dominant 7 chord.
- Diminished and Extended Chord Scales13:35
Maybe the most under-used chord in the history of music!
- Sharps vs Flats7:17
Time to finally start talking about the differences between sharps and flats!
- Suspended Chords9:57
Learn all about suspended chords and where you can use them!
- Subdivisions and Time10:11
In this lesson we learn the difference between strumming quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes. Plus we talk about adding triplets as well.
- Location! Location! Location!7:14
- Into the Fretboard!6:10
- Cleaning Up Your Sound10:09
- Intro to Fingerstyle8:16
- Connecting Chords and Scales11:53
- Playing with Vibrato and Feel10:56
- Really Digging into Scales14:19
- Behold the Relative Minor!13:56
- Beginning to Solo10:31
- Further into the Fretboard11:22
Starting our journey into 'modes'. Be not afraid!
- Building Riffs from Scales9:09
Rocking out a classic song as an example of building riffs from a scale! All hail the minor scale!
- Lesson 41: The Lydian Mode11:32
Going over my personal favorite mode, Lydian.
- The Mixoldydian Mode13:56
- The Locrian Mode12:51
Going over the Locrian Mode.
- Combining the Shapes10:22
Time to start putting it all together!
Requirements
- Just have a guitar!
Description
Everything you'll ever need to know to get started on guitar. This comprehensive course will take you through the absolute basics into way you'll need to make your own original music OR play all the songs you've always loved! Plenty of examples will be used from genres spanning decades of great guitar music! Even more intermediate guitar players will learn a lot!
Who this course is for:
- Beginners and Intermediate Players