Notes, Chords & Rhythms

Introduces fundamental guitar concepts, covering notes, chords, rhythms, and music theory, including major, minor, and seventh chords.

Comprehensive guitar instruction covers lead, rhythm, fingerpicking, and bar chords through supplements, theory, and manuals.

Optimizes learning through balanced daily practice sessions, incorporating new material, revisions, and mistake correction.

Accurately tunes guitars using electronic tuners, reducing uncertainty and saving time.

Acoustic guitars cover nylon-stringed classical instruments and steel-stringed acoustic models used in various music styles.

Electric guitar design and tone production are explained, covering solid-body and hollow-body construction, pickups, and amplification.

Types of amplifiers covered include combo and stack designs, highlighting their characteristics and uses.

Optimizing playability and tone through strategic string selection strategies.

Optimal guitar playing starts with proper seating and instrument positioning.

Correct standing posture for guitar playing, including techniques for electric guitarists and band performance.

The fundamentals of right-hand picking are developed through exercises using a plastic triangular pick.

Proper right and left arm positions for guitar playing are covered, including visual aids illustrating correct techniques to prevent misalignment.

Musical notation basics cover the musical alphabet, staff, clefs, notes, and bar lines.

Introduces the fundamental concepts of music notation, including common note values, rests, and the impact of dots on note duration.

Ties are musical embellishments that add rhythmic interest by extending the duration of a note.

Time signatures are explained, relating rhythm and meter in music.

Techniques for counting, picking, and precise hand positioning are covered.

Covers chord diagram reading and creation techniques for precise finger positioning on the guitar.

Basic chord shapes are introduced using visual diagrams featuring colored dots, numbered fingers, and symbols for barred and dampened strings.

Rhythm symbols include half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes, along with triplets and broken rhythms.

Covers essential concepts for beginners, including initial string notes and finger positioning.

Supporting the palm or fingers on the guitar allows for efficient picking with a comfortable right-hand position.

Develops a consistent and precise picking approach to ensure smooth, even playing.

Notes on the second string, including B, C, and D, are covered alongside fundamental guitar techniques and music reading basics.

Guitar tuning techniques ensure proper sound quality and production.

Introduces the C major chord and fundamental strumming techniques.

Dominant seventh chords, including the D7, and half-note strumming patterns are covered.

The pivot finger technique is applied to simplify chord changes between C and D7, enhancing playing rhythm.

Rhythm patterns are simplified through repeatable strumming techniques, enabling consistent playing of chord progressions.

Introduces fundamental open chord shapes and their applications in popular music.

The 12-bar blues chord progression is introduced, covering its fundamental structure and applications across Blues, Rock, and Jazz.

Recognizes and plays whole notes (four beats) in 2/4 time, with blues music applications.

Third string notes G and A are introduced with finger placement guidance and accompanying diagrams.

The octave is explained, with notes repeating in a pattern. A G major chord is demonstrated through

Practicing finger slides between G and D7 chords helps improve chord transitions and overall guitar skills through song-based exercises.

Eighth note rhythms are covered, with a focus on mastering complex timing and phrasing.

Lead-in notes, also known as pick-up notes, introduce a song before the first complete measure.

Covers fundamental chord shapes for A, E, and D major, with techniques for smooth transitions through finger sliding.

Introduces the fundamentals of 12-bar blues and seventh chords, including A major key and E7/A7 chord shapes.

Introduces fundamental concepts of loop and chorus guitar pedals, mini recording devices used for creative improvisations and ambient textures.

Minor chords are introduced, along with the three-four time signature, also known as the waltz rhythm.

Introduces three-four time rhythm patterns and applies them to a C chord progression, highlighting key guitar playing techniques.

Introduces playing bass note rhythms on 6th, 5th, and 4th strings while strumming chords, emphasizing root notes.

Introduces the playing of fourth string notes D, E, and F, as well as dotted half note values and a bass note rhythm pattern.

Introduces techniques for calculating and applying the time value of unplayed notes in creating a musical tie.

Correct playing positions, counting, pick technique, and wrist support are covered to enhance musicality.

Introduces fundamental techniques for playing A, B, and C notes on the 5th string, covering note locations and finger placements.

Explains the whammy bar's uses and types, including Fender, Bigsby, and Floyd Rose, with examples from Jimi Hendrix.

Finger placement and strumming techniques for F and C7 guitar chords are covered.

The turnaround progression is a fundamental chord sequence underlying many hit songs, providing harmonic structure for songwriting.

Covers innovative approaches to smooth chord changes through pivot and slide finger techniques.

Music and note values have correlated relationships that influence understanding.

Common time signatures and their application in guitar playing and songwriting are introduced.

Explains guitar notes on the 6th string, including E, F, and G notes.

Introduces the fundamentals of open position note patterns, covering interval relationships and distance between notes.

Eighth notes are introduced as a rhythmic unit, covering their value, counting rules, and recognition in music notation.

Alternate picking technique covered, focusing on speed and accuracy improvement.

Covers techniques for playing harmonious melodies in ensemble settings with other musicians.

The B minor and B7 chords are covered, along with the application of deadened strings technique for improved tone.

Covers sharp signs and their application to raise note pitch by one semitone, including examples House of the Rising Sun, Dark Eyes, and Minuet.

Introduces flat identification and application techniques on the guitar fretboard, including enharmonic note recognition and practice exercises.

First and second endings refer to the repetition of a musical phrase with alternative conclusions.

Introduces techniques for mastering silent strumming and continuous rhythms to enhance eighth-note playing proficiency.

Introduces silent strum symbols for upward and downward strokes, enabling nuanced rhythm control.

Introduces rhythmic patterns and demonstrates how to incorporate syncopation into chord progressions.

Dotted quarter notes and high A notes are introduced, covering technique and application on the guitar.

The suspended chord concept is introduced, covering D, A, and E sus chords, with accompanying exercises.

Bass note rhythm patterns are introduced and applied to various chord progressions and a familiar melody.

Alternate bass note picking is applied to create rhythmic interest in Country music styles using chord shapes.

The structure of major scales is explored, along with their relationships to intervals and octave patterns.

The key of C major is explored, including common chords and techniques for transposing songs into more accessible keys.

The G major scale features a distinctive pattern using F# notes, which has implications for musicianship.

Covers the concept of key signatures, focusing on C major and G major examples.

F major scale, key signature, and common chords are covered.

Silence in music, including the eighth rest symbol and its applications.

Covers the concept of syncopation in music, where notes are played off-beat to create a distinctive rhythm.

Tuning techniques include matching pitches with the instrument, pitch pipes, tuning forks, and electronic devices.

Tunes guitars by de-tuning one string then re-tuning against a reference note, improving pitch retention.

Electronic tuners streamline guitar tuning, improving musicians' workflow and skill.

Major, minor, and seventh chords are visually represented and diagrammed.

Music notation, theory and terminology: scales, chords, rhythm, tempo, time signatures, clefs, pitch, timbre, vibrato, tremolo, and more.