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The CAGED System (Minor)
A series of six guitar lesson videos on the minor side of the CAGED system, aimed at intermediate to advanced players. The CAGED system is a method of learning the five main shapes of all the scales, chords, arpeggios and modes across the whole guitar neck in all 12 keys.
Each of these CAGED guitar lesson videos comes with a free PDF worksheet download.
I demonstrate and explain each lesson in detail and then show you how to practice it efficiently with other lessons from this series.
Topics covered include: the natural minor scale, minor pentatonic scale, minor chords, minor seventh chords, minor arpeggios, minor 7th arpeggios and root shapes. I also discuss relevant guitar techniques and music theory.
Lesson 1
Lesson 1: Minor chords & root shapes
Lesson 2
Lesson 2: The natural minor scale
Lesson 3
Lesson 3: The pentatonic minor scale
Lesson 4
Lesson 4: Minor arpeggios
Lesson 5
Lesson 5: Minor 7th chords
Lesson 6
Lesson 6: Minor 7th arpeggios and MEGA combo!
String bends
A series of fourteen guitar lesson videos covering the different types of string bends, aimed at beginner to advanced players.
These techniques are mainly used on the electric guitar. String bends can be very difficult on the acoustic guitar.
Each string bending lesson comes with a free guitar TAB download, so that you can also learn what the technique looks like written down.
I demonstrate and explain each string bend in detail.
Lesson 1
Lesson 1: Whole Tone Bends
Lesson 2
Lesson 2: Semitone Bends
Lesson 3
Lesson 3: Tone And A Half Bends
Lesson 4
Lesson 4: Two Tone Bends
Lesson 5
Lesson 5: Quarter Tone Bends
Lesson 6
Lesson 6: Repeat Pick Bends
Lesson 7
Lesson 7: Choke Bends
Lesson 8
Lesson 8: ‘Teasing’ Bends
Lesson 10
Lesson 10: Up/down bends
Lesson 11
Lesson 11: Double & Triple Bends
Lesson 12
Lesson 12: Vibrato Bends
Lesson 13
Lesson 13: Unison Bends
Lesson 14
Lesson 14: Harmony Bends
Essential guitar techniques
A series of sixteen guitar lesson videos on essential guitar techniques, aimed at beginner to advanced players.
These techniques are relevant to both acoustic and electric guitarists.
Most of these Essential Guitar Techniques lessons come with a free guitar TAB download, so that you can also learn what the technique looks like written down..
I demonstrate and explain each technique in detail.
Lesson 1
Technique #1: holding the pick
Lesson 2
Technique #2: basic strumming
Lesson 3
Technique #3: alternate picking
Lesson 4
Technique #4: economy picking
Lesson 5
Technique #5: hammer ons
Lesson 10
Technique #10: palm muting
Lesson 11
Technique #11: unpitched percussive notes
Lesson 12
Technique #12: pick scrape
Lesson 14
Technique #14: tremolo picking
Lesson 15
Technique #15: natural harmonics
Lesson 16
Technique #16: artificial harmonics
Blues licks
A series of ten guitar lesson videos on blues licks, aimed at beginner to intermediate players.
You will hear some Chuck Berry and Eric Clapton sounds, and some classic blues turnarounds.
Each of these blues lick lessons comes with free guitar TAB and blues backing track downloads.
I demonstrate and explain the lick in detail and then show you how to combine it with other licks from the series to make your own guitar solos.
Topics covered include: hammer ons, pull offs, double stops, slides, tone bends, unison bends, blues bends, targeting chord tones, music theory and octave transpositions.
Lesson 1
Blues Licks, Lesson 1: Double stop lick with slide
Lesson 2
Blues Licks, Lesson 2: Double stop lick with bend
Lesson 3
Blues Licks, Lesson 3: The ‘four note’ lick
Lesson 4
Blues Licks, Lesson 4: The ‘Clapton’ lick
Lesson 5
Blues Licks, Lesson 5: The ‘dominant seventh’ lick
Lesson 6
Blues Licks, Lesson 6: Unison bends
Lesson 7
Blues Licks, Lesson 7: The ‘turnaround’ lick
Lesson 8
Blues Licks, Lesson 8: The ‘Poison’ lick
Lesson 9
Blues Licks, Lesson 9: Blues turnaround #1
Lesson 10
Blues Licks, Lesson 10: Blues turnaround #2
The CAGED System (Major)
A series of seven guitar lesson videos on the major side of the CAGED system, aimed at intermediate to advanced players. The CAGED system is a method of learning the five main shapes of all the scales, chords, arpeggios and modes across the whole guitar neck in all 12 keys.
Each of these CAGED guitar lesson videos comes with a free chord and scale diagram download.
I demonstrate and explain each lesson in detail and then show you how to practice it efficiently with other lessons from this series.
Topics covered include: the major scale, major pentatonic scale, major chords, major seventh chords, major arpeggios and root shapes. I also discuss relevant guitar techniques and music theory.
How to learn the notes on the guitar
A series of six guitar lesson videos on how to learn the notes on the guitar. Knowing where the notes are opens up so many doors for you – your music theory is useless if you don’t know where to put it! You will learn chords and scales faster and find it easier to remember songs.
Lessons 1-5 come with a free guitar tab download.
I demonstrate and explain each lesson in detail and then show you how to practice the exercises efficiently.
Topics covered include: open string names, sharps flats and naturals, enharmonic equivalents, octaves, the order of the notes, chromatic scales, fret position markers (neck dots), notes above the 12th fret, the cycle of 4ths, notes for further study. I also discuss relevant guitar techniques.