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Electric Guitar Fundamentals
Welcome!
Welcome! (2:06)
Section 1 - Absolute basics
1. How to use this course (1:06)
2. What you need (5:59)
4. Electric guitars explained (14:47)
5. How to hold an electric guitar (4:41)
6. How to hold and use a guitar pick (2:50)
7. How to tune a guitar (9:07)
8. How to set up a guitar amp as a beginner (6:12)
Section 2 - Single notes & your first guitar riffs
1. Open strings and muting techniques (5:10)
2. How to fret notes on the fretboard (7:51)
3. How to read basic guitar tablature (3:52)
4. Rhythm basics & how to play in time (7:46)
5. Learn your first guitar riffs (1:55)
6. Riff exercise 1 (2:00)
7. Riff exercise 2 (2:17)
8. Riff exercise 3 (2:47)
9. Riff exercise 4 (2:32)
10. Riff exercise 5 (2:58)
11. Riff exercise 6 (4:54)
Section 3 - Famous rock guitar riffs
1. Introduction - Learn how to play some famous rock guitar riffs (1:30)
2. Riff 1 - Smoke On The Water (2:46)
3. Riff 2 - Iron Man (2:48)
4. Riff 3 - (I Can-t Get No) Satisfaction (2:00)
5. Riff 4 - Seven Nation Army (3:00)
6. Riff 5 - Crazy Train (2:54)
7. Riff 6 - Breaking The Law (2:42)
8. Riff 7 - Heartbreaker (2:46)
9. Riff 8 - Sunshine Of Your Love (3:29)
Section 4 - Power chords
1. Power chords explained (12:39)
2. Tablature & chord charts (3:51)
3. Power chord exercise riff 1 (6:21)
4. Power chord exercise riff 2 (7:31)
5. Some very important tips! (4:17)
6. Power chord extension (6:14)
7. Power chord exercise riff 3 (arpeggiated) (6:37)
8. What is palm muting? (5:33)
9. Palm muting exercise riff 1 (5:17)
10. Palm muting exercise riff 2 (4:44)
11. Simple 12 bar blues shuffle (7:55)
12. Simple 12 bar blues shuffle alternative (4:39)
Section 5 - Famous rock guitar riffs with backing tracks
1. "T.N.T." Inspired riff (4:46)
2. "Iron Man" inspired riff (5:20)
3. "Rock you like a Hurricane inspired" riff (3:35)
4. "Blitzkrieg Bop" inspired riff (8:01)
Section 6 - Basic major & minor chords
1. About major & minor chords (2:09)
2. How to play the most important major & minor chords (12:22)
3. Useful tips for your thumb position (3:34)
4. Practicing chord changes part 1 (4:28)
5. Practicing chord changes part 2 (1:34)
6. Practicing chord changes part 3 (3:01)
7. Practicing chord changes part 4 (3:18)
Section 7 - Strumming
1. Chord strumming explained (8:34)
2. Knocking on Heavens Door inspired strumming (7:42)
3. Typical rock-riff inspired strumming (9:13)
4. Rock-riff with ghost notes (9:01)
5. More strumming exercises (1:31)
Section 8 - Melodies & lead guitar
Your first melody with octave chords (10:04)
Lead guitar melody with single notes (11:31)
Introducing: Pentatonic scale (main pattern) (5:36)
A-minor pentatonic backing track (1:28)
Four pentatonic guitar licks (10:21)
Pentatonic guitar solo (1:19)
Section 9 - Drop D-tuning is fun!
The benefit of Drop-D tuning (1:14)
3 important tips for Drop-D tuning (3:39)
How to play Drop-D power chords (3:16)
Drop-D riff 1 (1:18)
Drop-D power chord extension (2:48)
Drop-D riff 2 (1:30)
Other Drop-D chord voicings (sus2, major & minor) (4:02)
Drop-D riff 3 (1:37)
3 famous Drop-D riffs you should learn! (15:50)
Section 10 - Bar chords
The benefit of bar chords (1:27)
Bar chord pre-stage / simplified versions (7:04)
The four main bar chord shapes (9:47)
A practical example how you can use bar chords in your playing (7:38)
Section 11 - Final Song
Introduction (0:44)
Final song performance (1:28)
Final song - parts explained (8:31)
Final song - tabs on screen (1:27)
Bonus Section 1 - Warm Up Exercises
Basic warm up exercise explained (5:32)
Warm up exercise playthrough (3:00)
Bonus Section 2 - Practicing
How to learn songs on your own (6:22)
How to get free Guitar Pro files for songs (5:09)
How to schedule a practice routine (4:02)
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