Course Highlights
  • New to Guitar? This Will be the Only Course You Will Ever Need to Take
  • Have You Playing the Guitar in the Shortest Amount of Time While Having the Most Fun
  • Most Logical Step-by-step Method to Play Songs and Master Chords, Scales and Guitar Theory
  • Exercises That Will Sharpen Your Chord Transitioning, Strumming, Fretting, Picking, and Fingerpicking
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum

1 Topic
Introduction Video

7 Topics
30000 Foot Overview of Guitar
Choosing an Acoustic Guitar
Choosing an Electric Guitar
Anatomy of the Acoustic Guitar
Anatomy of the Electric Guitar
Definitions We'll Need to Know
Proper Posture and How to Hold the Pick

5 Topics
Introduction To The Physics of Sound
Basic Picking Technique - The Pick Rest
Basic Fretting Technique
Naming the Notes on the Fretboard
How To Read Tablature

5 Topics
Dexterity Exercise 1
Stacatto Vs Legato Technique
How To Read Chord Stamps
Tuning With A Tuner
Basic Chord Technique

6 Topics
Curled Knuckle Technique - To Help With Chord Playing
Advice and Encouragement
9 Essential Chords
Changing Chords - Transitions
Basic Rhythm Lesson
Basic Strum Technique and Exercises

7 Topics
Picks and How the Gauge Effect Your Playing
If You Are Still Having an Issue With Strumming
Why Do You Want To Play Guitar
Practice Schedule - How To Practice
Guitar Care 101
Quicken Your Chord Transitions Using the Inventory Trick
"Big Strumming" To Sharpen Your Strumming Skills

7 Topics
Workout For Your Hand Without a Guitar
Talent vs. Practice
Using The Thumb For Muting and Playing
Inversions and "slash chords"
Inversions You Will Use A Lot
"Perfect Practice" As Opposed to Just Practice - HOW To Practice
Construction of the Major Scale on a Single String

8 Topics
Introduction To Intervals
Understanding Shuffle Rhythms
How To Tune The Guitar To Itself
Basic Music Reading For The Guitar - Musical Notation
How To Read Chord Charts
How To Learn & Practice a Song Step-By-Step - Amazing Grace
How and When To Use A Capo (All about capos)
Overview of Various Capos

7 Topics
Basic Electric Guitar Settings Part 1
Basic Electric Guitar Settings Part 2
The Looping and Chunking Techniques - Ninja Methods For Getting Massive Results In Your Playing
The Juggling Unicyclist on a Tightrope - How To Get Good at Many Things at Once
Slow It Down! Break It Down!
Guitar Pro Downloading Looping Playing and Slowing-Down
How to Download Tux Guitar for Playing .gpx Files

7 Topics
Play Your Chords On Time When Moving From One Chord To The Next
Dexterity Exercise 2 - Ninja Fretting Hand Skills
Chord Noodling
Octave Technique
Fretting Hand Muting
Introduction to Playing By Ear
Fingerpicking Guitar - An Introduction

6 Topics
Pick or Strum Hand Muting For Spicing Up Your Playing
Adding a "Snare" To Your Strumming
Fingerpicking Harpsichord Technique
Introduction To The Metronome - Improving Your Timing
The One Crucial Method That Unlocks the Mysteries of ALL Fingerpicking
Fingerpicking Harpsichord Technique (Basic Method Revisited by Request)

14 Topics
Inside Vs. Outside Fingerpicking
Alternate Picking
Tuning By Harmonics
How to Key a Song to Your Vocal Range
How To Create A Reggae or Ska Rhythm Sound
Hum and Hunt Ear-training Exercise
How To Play the Guitar Without Looking at the Guitar Neck
How To Determine The Strumming Pattern Of A Song
Strumming 16th Notes - Dirtying Up Your Strum
Playing Open Chords on the Electric Guitar - Less is More!
12 Bar Blues - Folsom Prison Blues - Alternating Bass Notes
The Violin or Volume Swell Technique
Using the Rake Technique
Using Accents To Play In Time

11 Topics
How To Keep Everything In The Feel Of G Or C
Stationary Springboards - Fretboard Knowledge
Movable Springboards - Fretboard Knowledge
"Magic Z" Pattern - Fretboard Mapping Logic and Theory
Nashville Number System
Finding The Chords To Any Key Instantly Without Music Theory - 6th Strin...
Finding The Chords To Any Key Instantly Without Music Theory - 5th Strin...
Transposing Up AND Down With a Capo - SUPER Powerful Tool for Changing Keys
(Nashville) Number System - Further Discussions Part 1
(Nashville) Number System - Further Discussions Part 2
String Patterns That Occur on the Guitar and What's Up With That Tuning ...

6 Topics
Introduction To Chord Construction
Construction of Triads: Major Chord
Construction of Triads: Minor Chord
Construction of Triads: Diminished Chord
Construction of Triads: Augmented Chord
Construction of Suspended 4th Chord

4 Topics
Bar Chords: Understanding The Forms
Bar Chords: Playing The Forms (fingering technique)
Introduction to Power Chords
The One Trick That Will Double Your Chord Vocabulary

13 Topics
Intro To The CAGED System
Practical Applications For The CAGED System
Caged System - Advanced Exercises and Applications
Using the CAGED System Across the Neck to Find Dominant 7th Chords
Using the CAGED System Across the Neck to Find Minor Chords
Using the CAGED System Across the Neck to Find Major 7th Chords
Using the CAGED System Across the Neck to Find Minor 7th Chords
Ear Training (Sister Chords) Part 1
Ear Training (Sister Chords) Part 2 - Every Major Chord Has a Relative Minor
How To Apply The CAGED System To Dominant 7th Chords
How To Apply The CAGED System To Minor 7th Chords
How To Apply The CAGED System To Major 7th Chords
How To Apply The CAGED System To Minor Chords

5 Topics
How to Use Scales Over Chords
One-Octave 6 String Root Major Scale
One-Octave 5th String Root Major Scale
Two-Octave 6th String Root Major Scale
Two-Octave 5th String Root Major Scale

4 Topics
Introduction To The Pentatonic Scale
Introduction To The Major Pentatonic Scale
Introduction To The Minor Pentatonic Scale
The Chromatic Run (Scale)

2 Topics
Changing Strings - From Beginning To End
Clean String Cuts When Changing Strings

9 Topics
Tuner Pedals For Your Live Rig
How To Get That Blues Tone - Strat Style
How To Get That Rock n Roll Tone
Getting That Blues Tone - Les Paul
How To Get That Country Tone
Tremelo Pedals - How To Get That Old School Cowboy Guitar Effect
Phaser Pedals - Get That Spacey Sound From the 70s and 90s
Fuzz Pedals - When You Don't Want Crunchy Heavy Metal Distortion but...
Booster Pedals - A MUST Have For Lead Guitar Player's

23 Topics
Introduction to Pursuit of the Ultimate Tone
Solid State Amplifiers
Tube Amplifiers - Do Tubes Truly Affect Your Tone?
Tube vs. Solid State Listen Test
Amp Modeling Tone
Telecaster Style Guitar
Stratocaster Style Guitar
Les Paul Style Guitar
Advanced Pick Choice
String Choice and How They Affect Tone
Cabling Choice and How It Affects Your Tone
Pedal Boards
Effects Order and Detail and How That Can Affect Your Tone
Assembling a Pedal Board
Tone Woods - Does The Wood of Your Electric Guitar Actually Affect Tone?
C Major Chord Noodling
A Minor Chord Noodling
G Major Chord Noodling
D Major Chord Noodling
E Minor Chord Noodling
Transitioning Between Open Chords and Bar Chords
Using the F Major Chord Forms To Help You Master Bar Chords
Power Chords

11 Topics
Practice Coaching One-On-One With Erich - Introduction
Level 1.1 Warming Up/Pick Rest
Level 1.2 Fretting
Level 1.3 Strumming
Level 1.4 Theory
Level 2.1 Pick Rest
Level 2.2 Fretting
Level 2.3 Theory
Level 2.4 Strumming
Level 3.1 Pick Rest/Fretting
Level 3.2 Theory/Strumming

10 Topics
How to Practice - Series Introduction
Questions to Ask When Coming Up With a Practice Schedule
Introduction to How to Practice
Warming-Up
Scalular Practice
Chords Practice
Picking-Fingerpicking Practice
Theory Practice
Repertoire
Conclusion - How Should I Practice?

3 Topics
Dexterity Exercise 3
Hammer-ons
Pull-offs

8 Topics
Introduction To Volume Swells
Introduction To Natural Harmonics
Introduction To Pseudo Harmonics
Using Your Thumb To Play The Bass Notes Of Chords
Introduction To Sliding
Introduction To String Bending
Hybrid Picking Lick #1
Adding "Glissando" Picking To Spice Up Your Playing

5 Topics
Introduction To Palm Muting
Introduction to Tremolo Picking
Introduction to Vibrato
Introduction To The Trill
Introduction to Drop D Tuning - Alternative Tuning

5 Topics
Basic Amplifier Settings
String Skipping Exercise For Extreme Pick Control
Double Stops
Super Advanced Metronome Techniques For Building Ninja Timing Skills On The Guitar
Woodshedding Versus Dress Rehearsal - Different Ways To Practice

4 Topics
How To Do A Pick Scrape
Wiggle Pick Trick
Pinch Pick False Harmonics Squealies - How To Create a "Screaming" Guitar
How To Harmonize A Melody Line

25 Topics
Introduction To Advanced Fingerpicking Module - Polyphonic Playing
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - Establishing Your Timing - (Exercise 1 2 3)
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 26) 16th Note Speed and Coordination Exercise
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - Basic Cornerstone Picking Patterns - (Exercise 4 and 5)
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - Adding "Melody" Fingers
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 6) "and of 4"
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 7) "and of 3"
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 8) "and of 2"
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 9) "and of 1"
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 10) "4" pinch pick
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 11) "3" pinch pick
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 12) "2" pinch pick
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 13) "1" pinch pick
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 14) Melody Exercises
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 15) Melody Speed Exercise
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 16) Coordination Melody Exercise
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 17) Coordination Melody Exercise
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 18) 16th note exercise "da of 4"
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 19) 16th note exercise "da of 3"
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 20) 16th note exercise "da of 2"
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 21) 16th note exercise "da of 1"
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 22) Pinch Pick Speed Exercise
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 23) Moving Melody Line Exercise
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 24) Moving Melody Line Exercise and Changing Strings
Advanced Fingerpicking Module - (Exercise 25) Moving Bass Line Exercise

5 Topics
Travis Picking #1
Travis Picking #2
Travis Picking #3
Travis Picking #4
Travis Picking #5

3 Topics
Sweep Picking Major Arpeggio
Sweep Picking: Minor Arpeggio
Sweep Picking: Diminished Arpeggio

5 Topics
Introduction To Slide Guitar
Slide Technique - Slide Hand
Slide Technique - Picking Hand
Slide Exercises
Slide Types

5 Topics
Economy Picking Exercise #1
Economy Picking Exercise #2
Economy Picking Exercise #3
Economy Picking Exercise #4
Economy Picking Exercise #5

1 Topic
Another Way to Understand Chords and Scales

12 Topics
Introduction - How to Find the Key or Tonal Center to a Song
Three Powerful Ways to Find the Key Tonal Center of a Song
Song Example 1 - He Stopped Loving Her Today
Song Example 2 - Folsom Prison Blues
Song Example 3 - Mr. Brightside
How the Feel of C and G Major Will Revolutionize the Way You View the Guitar
The Naturally Occurring Diatonic Chords and How We Get These
G Major Chordal Scale
C Major Chordal Scale
Song Example 4 - House of the Rising Sun
Song Example 5 - Don't Fear the Reaper
Conclusion - How to Find the Key or Tonal Center to a Song

6 Topics
Know The One Note That Makes A Chord Major Or Minor
7th Chord Introduction
Creating The Dominant 7th Chord
Creating The Major 7th Chord
Creating The Minor 7th Chord
Creating the Minor Major 7th Chord

5 Topics
Form 1 Minor Pentatonic Scale
Form 2 Minor Pentatonic Scale
Form 3 Minor Pentatonic Scale
Form 4 Minor Pentatonic Scale
Form 5 Minor Pentatonic Scale

6 Topics
Form 1 G Major Scale
Form 2 G Major Scale
Form 3 and 4 G Major Scale
Form 5 G Major Scale
Form 6 G Major or E Minor Form 1 Scale
Form 7 G Major Scale

7 Topics
All About The Modes - Part 1 - Overview
All About The Modes - Part 2 - Modal Intervals Using Whole/Half Steps
All About The Modes - Part 3 - Thinking About The Modal Notes
All About The Modes - Part 4 - Thinking In "Sharps" and "Flats"
All About The Modes - Part 5 - How To Match Modes With Chords
All About The Modes - Part 6 - Applying Modal Theory To The 12 Bar Blues
All About The Modes - Part 7 - How To Think About Modes Over Embellished Chords

20 Topics
Primer 1 Licks Measure 1
Primer 1 Licks Measure 2
Primer 1 Licks Measure 3
Primer 1 Licks Measure 4
Primer 1 Licks Measure 5
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Primer 1 Licks Measure 7
Primer 1 Licks Measure 8
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Primer 1 Licks Measure 15
Primer 1 Licks Measure 16
Primer 1 Licks Measure 17
Primer 1 Licks Measure 18
Primer 1 Licks Measure 19
Primer 1 Licks Measure 20

6 Topics
Boogie Woogie - Basic Key of A
Boogie Woogie - Basic Key of A - Variation 1
Boogie Woogie - Basic Key of A - Variation 2
Boogie Woogie - Basic Key of G
Boogie Woogie Basic Key of G - Variation 1
Boogie Woogie - Basic Key of G - Variation 2

7 Topics
Boogie Woogie - Basic Key of F with Turnaround
Boogie Woogie Turnaround - Key of A - Lick 1
Boogie Woogie Turnaround - Key of A - Lick 2
Boogie Woogie Turnaround - Key of A - Lick 3
Boogie Woogie Turnaround - Key of A - Lick 4 measure 7 and 8
Boogie Woogie Turnaround - Key of A - Lick 5
Bending the Minor 3rd or b3 Within the Minor Blues or Minor Pentatonic Scale

7 Topics
Introduction To Blues Scale
Minor Blues Form 1
Minor Blues Form 2
Minor Blues Form 3
Minor Blues Form 4
Minor Blues Form 5
Major Blues Forms Related To Minor

4 Topics
Introduction To "Call and Response" Lead Playing Exercises
Call and Response for Beginner Lead Players
Call and Response for Intermediate Lead Players
Call and Response for Intermediate Lead Players #2

6 Topics
Adding the Major 3rd to the Blues Scale
Adding the Major 6th to the Blues Scale
Adding the Major 2nd to the Blues Scale
Extending the Blues Scale - Adding the "1" Chord Notes to the Blues Scale
Extending the Blues Scale - Adding the "4" Chord Notes to the Blues Scale
Extending the Blues Scale - Adding the "5" Chord Notes to the Blues Scale

6 Topics
Introduction to Two-hand Tapping
Two-hand Tapping Technique 1
Two-hand Tapping Technique 2
Two-hand Tapping Technique 3
Two-hand Tapping Technique 4
Two-hand Tapping Technique 5

1 Topic
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