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Rock Guitar Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play

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Overview

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Get a beginner's guide to rock guitar. Learn how to start immediately playing riffs and licks, reading music, playing chords, and learning guitar at your own pace.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Getting Started
  • The parts of your guitar
  • The acoustic guitar
  • The electric guitar
  • Which guitar is best for me?
  • How to hold your guitar
  • The amp
  • The right hand
  • The left hand
  • How to tune your guitar
2. Basics of Reading Guitar Music
  • Getting acquainted with music
  • Getting acquainted with tablature
  • Left-hand finger numbers
3. The Sixth String and Counting Time
  • The sixth string E
  • Sound-off: How to count time
4. The Fifth String
  • The fifth string A
  • Repeat signs
5. The Fourth String
  • The fourth string D
  • Playing two notes together
6. The Third String and Power Chords
  • The third string G
  • The quarter rest
  • Power chords
7. The Second String and the First String
  • The second string B
  • The first string E
  • Review
8. Scales and Chords
  • The major scale
  • Six-string E minor (Em) chord
  • Quarter-note slash
  • Five-string A7 chord
  • Introducing high A
  • Ties
  • Eighth notes
9. Advanced Chords
  • Four-string D7 chord
  • Six-string E chord
  • Introducing the eighth-note slash
  • Five-string A chord
10. Strumming Patterns and More Scales
  • 11 classic rock strumming patterns
  • Sharps, flats, and naturals
  • Signs of silence
11. Playing Two Notes Together and Moving Up the Neck
  • Playing two notes together: Blues patterns
  • Move up the neck on the 6th string
  • Moving up the neck on the 5th string
  • Moving up the neck on the 4th string
  • Moving up the neck on the 3rd string
12. Advanced Chords and Licks
  • More on power chords
  • Six-string G chord
  • Chords in standard notation
  • Rock and blues licks and tricks
  • The bend
13. Pentatonic Scales
  • The E minor pentatonic scale
  • The A minor pentatonic scale
  • Incomplete measures or pickup
Conclusion
  • Conclusion and credits

Taught by

Nathaniel Gonud, Jared Meeker, Ron Manus and L.C. Harnsberger

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