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Complete Basic Course- Stage Two

Open Chords

  • How to change quickly from one chord to another
  • Developing muscle memory
  • Studying shapes of chords
  • How to make changing chords effortless and natural
  • Several exercises with open chords

Power Chords

  • Two and three string movable voicings
  • Using these shapes on all sets of strings
  • Riffs and backing tracks using power chords
  • Combining power chords and open chords in progressions
  • You'll know more than 100 chords to play along with any song
Bar chords
  • Building up to full six-string bar chords
  • Major, minor and minor seventh bar chords
  • Combining bar chords with open chords in progressions
  • Strengthening your bar technique

Strumming Patterns

  • Acoustic and clean electric “power ballad” and campfire style
  • Combining eighth and quarter notes
Notes on the Fretboard
  • The chromatic scale
  • Sharps and flats
  • Different names for the same notes
  • Assigning numbers to scale notes
  • Be prepared for your next jam session
Drop D Tuning
  • The heavy sound that Seattle made famous (Alice in Chains called it “chunge”)
  • Identify the names of the notes in this tuning
  • Play three-string power chords with just one finger
  • Jam with a rhythm track
Pentatonic Minor Scale
  • Choosing which pentatonic minor scale to use over a chord progression
  • How to make the scale sound like a lead and create melodies
  • Learn a simple solo and play it with a backing track
  • Moving the scale to other keys (transposing)
Demonstration of Electric Guitar Effects
  • Distortion
  • Reverb
  • Echo/Delay
  • Flanging
  • Phase Shifting
  • Chorus
  • Wah Pedal
And More...
  • Setting a practice schedule and keeping it fun
  • How to use the Scorch files as training and practice tools
  • More tips on fret-hand and palm muting
  • More finger dexterity and picking exercises
  • Study and practice tips for mastering the exercises

 

 

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