Rhythm Guitar

Accurately tunes guitars with electronic tuners, eliminating manual methods.

Tuning techniques and principles are applied to achieve accurate guitar playing.

Covers the basics of classical guitars with nylon strings and steel strings used for various styles, including Classical, Fingerstyles, and rock/pop.

Electric guitars have built-in microphones and require an amplifier to produce sound, covering solid body and hollow body designs.

Gauge, tension, and their impact on sound quality and tuning are discussed.

Correct arm positioning for guitar is covered, including right-hand pick technique and left-hand thumb placement.

Left-hand fingering and notation conventions for guitar are introduced, focusing on reading chord diagrams.

The application of rhythm notation focuses on strumming chords rather than playing individual notes.

Tablature notation is introduced, illustrating how to represent guitar fretboard notes and play them effectively.

The fundamentals of music reading cover treble clef and staff concepts, along with the musical alphabet and bar lines.

Powerful chords are introduced through identification and formation of essential guitar components.

Relaxed wrist techniques for playing power chords and timing concepts, including quarter notes and four-four time signatures.

Introduces notation fundamentals for notes and rests, emphasizing duration.

Introduces techniques for playing chords with multiple strings harmonically and rhythmically.

Moves and shapes power chords to facilitate various musical arrangements.

Dampening techniques for tight power chords and chord formation strategies for various root notes are covered.

Power chords are covered, rooted on a note with alternating 5th, 6th, and flattened 7th degrees, commonly used in Rock 'n' Roll and Blues.

Introduces fundamental rock guitar concepts by covering three essential chord shapes and explaining how to use them in a straightforward progression.

D rock chord shapes include D, D6, and D7, plus playing tips for a two-bar progression.

Introduces fundamental rock chords on two strings, including E chord shapes and a related progression.

The 12-bar blues progression is introduced as a fundamental musical form in Rock, Blues, and Jazz.

Root notes, letter names, and chord diagrams are explored in relation to the definition of guitar chords.

Rhythm notation applied to guitar chord progressions introduces reading and playing techniques.

Alternate strumming techniques cover combination of down and upstrokes on and off the beat.

Introduces fundamental major chord shapes and essential transitioning techniques.

Introduces techniques for developing pivot fingers to enhance chord progression fluidity.

Covers the fundamentals of the guitar fretboard, including movable chord shapes, scales, chords, and arpeggios for advanced playing.

Introduces the concept of rests, covering quarter, half, whole, and eighth rests that signify silence in music.

Incorporates rest techniques to add dynamics and variety to rhythmic patterns in music.

Introduces the concept of eighth-note rhythms by explaining the connections between beats and notes.

Percussive strumming techniques are applied across multiple music genres.

Improves rhythmic control through note placement, accents, percussive strumming, metronomes, and taps to enhance timing.

Covers the characteristics and fundamental forms of minor chords, noting their distinctively melancholic tone.

Staccato technique is used to cut off chords, while smooth transitions are achieved through mastering changes between them.

Introduces techniques for connecting notes on the guitar using traditional notation principles.

Arpeggiating chords creates complex-sounding guitar parts in band settings.

Fingerpicking basics covered: introduces techniques for playing two strings with index finger.

Introduces the fundamentals of music notation, covering notes with sharps and flats.

Semitones and tones on the guitar: intervallic relationships and note connections are covered.

Techniques for raising note pitch by one semitone include using sharp signs and precise finger placement.

Covers the chromatic scale, natural signs, and their effects on sharp and flat notes.

Flats are covered, including recognition and application in music notation, guitar playing, and enharmonic notes.

Syncopation creates an off the beat feel by using ties to connect eighth notes, with anticipated chord changes giving the rhythm a push.

Recognizes and works with lead-in notes in music, enabling smooth transitions into songs starting on the and or off-beat.

Introduces fundamental concepts of creating and playing short musical patterns, including various styles and techniques.

Builds chords on every note of a scale, generating seven possible harmonic options for melody and guitar part harmonization.

Introduces the relationship between major key triads and their corresponding scale tones.

Transposes and adapts music to new keys, enabling manipulation of chord progressions.

Primary chords I, IV, and V form the foundation for harmonizing melodies within a specific key.

Harmonizing melodies involves applying key concepts and using secondary chords.

Transposes common chord progressions to demonstrate chord learning in various keys.

Introduces fingerings for major, minor, and diminished chords and applies them to create seven scale tone chords in any major key.

Seventh chords are introduced as a foundation for various music styles.

Introduces techniques for finding relative minors of major keys, examining scale tones and chord relationships.

Introduces techniques for playing slash chords with non-root bass notes to create smoother, more melodic soundscapes.

Bass lines use arpeggios and scales to create harmonically rich chord progressions.

Introduces the scale tone chords of E natural minor, a key with harmonic relationships to G major.

Transposing minor keys and creating harmonically rich music through technical skill and musical understanding.

Builds on the harmonic minor scale to create unique chord qualities through scale tone chords.

Introduces chord construction from the A melodic minor scale, covering altered varieties such as minor and diminished.

Introduces suspended chords formed by substituting the 3rd with the 4th degree of a scale, applicable in both major and minor keys.

Major and minor triads with a 9th degree are introduced, covering chord construction principles.

Adds scale tones to chords, enhancing harmonic possibilities and creative expression within a key.

Bar chord techniques for playing in any key are covered.

Notes on the sixth string up to the 13th fret are covered, with a focus on developing instant chord recognition through bar chord practice.

Bar chord techniques emphasize percussive strumming and open-chord voicings for a unique tone.

Root five bar chord shape covers a fundamental technique for expanding guitar playing skills.

Notes on the fifth string and root 5 bar chords are covered.

Covers techniques for navigating chord changes between root 6 and root 5 bar chords in the context of 12-bar Blues playing.

Eighth notes grouped together as three evenly spaced notes within one beat.

Covers various strumming patterns for triplets, featuring all-downstrokes, alternate approaches, and highlighting the middle beats.

Tying notes together and substituting triplets with quarter notes creates swing rhythms.

Swung eighth-note rhythms are introduced, focusing on the fundamental shuffle pattern used in Blues and related music.

The structure and chord progression of 12-bar blues are covered, including adapting a moveable shuffle pattern to any key.

Introduces major, minor, and dominant chords in all 12 keys for playing blues progression.

Introduces techniques for playing 16th-note rhythms in musical contexts.

Introduces the concept of sixteenth notes in timing, covering 16 positions within a bar and techniques for accurate strumming.

Introduces techniques for playing riffs with sixteenth notes and developing rhythmic awareness.

Combines 16th and 8th note rhythms in a single beat.

Introduces power chord sixteenth note rhythm parts with accents on each beat.

Seventh chord types include major, minor, dominant, diminished, suspended, and altered chords; images depict chord shapes and fingerings.