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Description
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How To Tune
(4 Lessons)
 
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This section is exactly that, what you need to know about tuning your guitar and what to listen for.
Unfortunately tuning the guitar is one of the harder tasks to attempt when starting to play the guitar, it is also one of the more important. If your guitar is always out of tune you will have a hard time hearing how a songs should sound.  Learn more...
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The Basics
(7 Lessons)
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Learn about the parts of the guitar, how to hold the pick and guitar, also learn the musical alphabet and practice your finger exercises.
I won't lie to you, learning these basics can be boring, especially when reading sheet music. This may not sound like much of an incentive to make you learn this, but nobody is going to make you learn these basics, it is totally up to you. Learn more...
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Reading Sheet Music
(9 Lessons)
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Standard musical terms like staffs, treble cleff, time signatures. Also learn about note values and how to read tab.
When music is written down on paper there are two main factors you have to consider. The first is pitch (how high or low the note sounds) and the second is rhythm (at what time the note is played and how long does it last for). Learn more...
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Learning The Strings
(9 Lessons)
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Learn the basic notes on your E, A, D, G, B and E strings up to the 3rd fret. Also learn about sharps and flats.
Every note you play on the guitar is equal to a note on sheet music and vise versa. In this section you will learn how to read the notes on sheet music and convert them to notes on the guitar. It is a simple process that is easy to learn but can take a while to master. Learn more...
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Practice Songs
(17 Lessons)
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Play song using the string notes you've learnt in the previous section. Still to come - Songs for the D, A and Low E Strings.
Once you have practiced through your notes on the guitar, you can try these songs to help you practice your sight reading. I'll be the first to admit that these songs are not very exciting, but remember the main idea here is to learn how to sight read. Learn more...
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Basic Chords
(9 Lessons)
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Learn about the five simple open chords D, A, E, C and G Major, Minor, Seventh, Major Seventh and Minor Seventh.
The guitar can either be a solo or soloing or a ryhthm instrument, by learning chords you are playing it as a rhythm instrument. Learn more...
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Basic Rhythm
(12 Lessons)
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Explaning how to strum simple songs and patterns. Only using eighth note rhythm patterns and also explaning how to read different styles of rhythm charts.
There Are 3 Steps To Playing Rhythm Successfully !
1. Memorize your chords and chord chart.
2. Be able to change between your chords quickly.
3. Be able to play the rhythm pattern fluently. Learn more...
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Basic Lessons Movie Archive
(5 Movies)
Total Time:
17m 18s
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Promotional:
Showing Danny Poole playing a few songs on various guitars.
Introduction:
A quick talk on what, why and how to go about learning the guitar.
Parts Of The Guitar:
Describing all the parts of different types of guitars.
Finger Placement:
This movie explains finger placement, how to hold the pick, common problems with holding picks & finger exercises.
Musical Alphabet:
This movie explains one of the most basic, yet important factors of music theory. |
