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Music Theory 101 For Guitar

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Overview

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Do you want to understand the fretboard?

Would you like to know how to build any chord?

How about being able to play in any key?

If you answered YES to these questions, then you're in the right place! My name is Henry Olsen, and I've been teaching guitar for eight years. I've taught thousands of students online and one-on-one, and now I'm ready to transform your playing in record time! Now it's time for me to show you basic, everyday, music theory and how it applies to the guitar. This course is full of practical, everyday examples and explanations that will turn YOU into a guitar wizard.

You will:

- Learn the musical alphabet and how to master it the easy way and save years of frustration and confusion

-Learn to understand and build any chord with ease

-Learn secret formulas and shortcuts that will save you months of confusion

-Play and understand intervals in any key flawlessly

-Instantly master and visualize the entire fretboard

-Learn to develop and locate triads and "triad islands" all over the neck

-Learn and understand all of the musical keys all over the neck with ease

-Understand relative major/minor keys and how to use them

-Learn sus2, sus4, 7th, minor 7th, 9th,11th, 13, diminished, augmented and many more types of chords

-Learn and understand chord inversions and effective ways of using them

-Master the major & minor scale in any key

-Learn how the notes from the major scale are used to build chords within a key

-Learn how to play and visualize the major & minor scale on any string

-Learn how intervals relate to chords and their color

The course also comes with "in-video" scales and charts, so it's easy to follow.

Of course, you also get all of the files as a downloadable PDF so that you can learn anytime and anywhere!

I've been testing and refining this course on real beta students for the past month, and their results have been off the charts! That's why I'm very confident that this course will be an incredible asset in your guitar journey.

Imagine the next time someone asks you to pick up the guitar at a family gathering and NOW you can play songs everyone knows and enjoys with ease and confidence. You'll be the star at the party, and everyone will love you for it!  After you join this course, you won't need to imagine anymore. I take you step-by-step and note-by-note through all the elements necessary to make this a reality in a short amount of time!!!

The course also comes with a 42-page picture chord book, so you'll have an easy time following along with all the lessons.

This method has WORKED on thousands of students, and I know it will work for you!

Become the guitar player you've always dreamed of being and JOIN NOW!!!

You won't regret it!

Here are what some of my students have said in the past!

"Just amazing, Can't ask for more simple and easy step-by-step learning.

The good thing is I'm learning, and the instructor is proving to be the best. Glad

I found this course! Thank You, sir!"

"I have just completed this course and would comment accordingly.

Extremely well-constructed, laid out and balanced course, targeting all

the key areas of guitars and gear. The information and advice provided

by Henry Olsen gives the student a sound grounding and prepares

them for their journey ahead. I found the lectures most informative and

stimulating and has further invigorated me to explore some new aspects

of my playing too. Highly recommended, and I would urge anyone,

certainly a beginner, to work through this course. Thank you, Will."

See you inside!

Henry

Syllabus

  • About the course
  • Welcome to the course
  • Let's start learning
  • The magical formula
  • The magical scale shape
  • How to build a triad
  • Introduction to triad islands
  • Triad islands close up
  • A quick review
  • Adding more notes to the triad
  • Minor triads
  • Different keys and how to think of them
  • Let's take a look at the key of A
  • Now let's look at the key of B
  • E to A to B
  • How to unlock any musical key
  • More about musical keys
  • Relative major/minor keys
  • Introduction to intervals
  • All of the intervals
  • Mastering natural intervals
  • Playing on multiple strings
  • The 6 main triad types
  • Sus2&Sus4 chords
  • 7th and maj 7th chords
  • Minor 7th chords
  • Extended chords
  • How to find triad islands in any key
  • Chord inversions
  • Inversions on different string sets
  • Introduction to chord and scale relationships
  • Scale chord relationship
  • Adding colour notes

Taught by

Henry Olsen

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