Courses

 

 

Guitar BasicsIntro Course

1. Guitar anatomy, tuning, etc.
2. What it takes to play guitar
3. Our process and tools

Free

Guitar Styles Intro Course

1. Rock/Blues/Folk, Americana/Bluegrass, Latin, Fingerstyle, Jazz
2. Demonstration of each style
3. You can focus on one style or mix and match

Free


 

Beginner Friendly Courses

How to PracticeIntro Course

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$35

Guitar TechniqueLevel 1

1. Fingerpicking or using a Pick
2. Strumming Techniques
3. Left Hand Technique
Runtime: 3hrs of video
Time to complete: 6 hours
How easy is this? Easy: you can do this in 15min!

$35

Rock GuitarLevel 1

1. Sunshine of Your Love
2. Smoke On The Water
3. 12 Bar Blues

$35

Americana & BluegrassLevel 1

1. Boom-chick strumming
2. Shady Grove or This Land Is Your Land
3. Wagon Wheel or …

$35

Fingerstyle GuitarLevel 1

1. Landslide
2. Dust in The Wind
3.

$35

Latin GuitarLevel 1

1. Spanish Ballad
2. Malagueña
3.

$35

Guitar SolosLevel 1

1. Open Scales
2. Movable scales
3. Adding Flavor

$35

Chord TheoryLevel 1

1. What is a chord?
2. What is a key?
3. Types of chords

$35


 

Intermediate Courses

Rock GuitarLevel 2

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$35

Americana & BluegrassLevel 2

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$35

Latin GuitarLevel 2

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$35

Fingerstyle GuitarLevel 2

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$35

Guitar SolosLevel 2

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$35

Chord TheoryLevel 2

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$35

Jazz GuitarLevel 1

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$35

Guitar TechniqueLevel 2

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$35

Jazz GuitarLevel 2

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$35

Flamenco GuitarLevel 1

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$35

Music Theory Courses

– Rhythm 1
– Rhythm 2
– Reading Music
– Composition 1
– Composition 2

 
 
 
 
 
 

First draft of course ideas below. Used as a starting point for the 2nd draft above.

 

Course Ideas:

  • Introduction to the Guitar
    • Musical Styles
    • Playing Melodies & Chords with a Pick
    • Playing Melodies & Chords with your Fingers
    • Folk Fingerstyle picking

 

  • Beginner courses in different styles:
    • Spanish Guitar for Beginners: Spanish Ballad, Malaguena, another easy tune
    • Rock Riffs for Beginners: Sunshine Of Your Love, Smoke On The Water, Thunderstruck
    • Fingerpicking for Beginners: Landslide, 2 more easy fingerpicking tunes
    • Americana Guitar for Beginners: choose 3 easy boom-chick strumming songs
    • Intro to Bluegrass Guitar: June Apple, Shady Grove, boom chick strumming

 

  • Music Theory Courses:
    • Intro to Guitar Solos: use 2 scales to solo in any key.
    • Guitar Solos Level 2: Adding Rhythms
    • Guitar Solos Level 3: Adding Flavor
    • Intro to Chord Theory: Every key contains 3 major chords and 3 minor chords.
    • Chord Theory Level 2: Finding all 6 chords on the guitar.
    • Chord Theory Level 3: Case Studies
    • Intro to Rhythm: Rhythm begins with a beat, how to read and write rhythms

 

  • More Advanced Courses:
    • Intermediate/Advanced Spanish Guitar: improvisation, more rhythms, advanced technique
    • Intermediate/Advance Rock Guitar: Learning classic solos, imitating styles, advanced techniques.
    • Intermediate/Advanced Bluegrass Guitar: practicing classic bluegrass tunes with attention to picking technique.
    • Jazz Improvisation: arpeggios, shifting keys, other scales
    • Rhythm Studies and Concepts: odd meters, using rhythm patterns in melodies & improvisation
    • Flamenco Guitar: techniques, styles, 3 intro pieces
    • Writing Your Own Music: identifying variables, stylistic frameworks, composition tools.