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Holding the Guitar

Mike Walker

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Mike Walker

This first lesson of Week 2 is all about Holding the Guitar, and Mike Walker is here to make your Guitar learning smooth and fun. In this lesson, you'll break down Holding the Guitar step by step, making it easier to incorporate into your Guitar practice. Learning Guitar is all about small wins. Keep going, and you'll master Week 2 before you know it!

Getting to Know Your Electric Guitar

Anatomy of the Guitar

Holding the Guitar

Picking Exercises-Two Strings

Holding a Pick

Fretting a Note

Counting Frets

Previous Topic

Dynamic Rhythm Techniques

Next Topic

Strumming Patterns & Groove Feel

Topic 1Basic Note Values

Intro to Playing Rhythm

Rhythm Pyramid

Quarter & Eighth Note Rhythms

Counting Strings

Topic 2Dynamic Rhythm Techniques

Adding Palm Muting

Accents in Rhythm

Topic 3Getting to Know Your Electric Guitar

Anatomy of the Guitar

Holding the Guitar

Picking Exercises-Two Strings

Holding a Pick

Fretting a Note

Counting Frets

Topic 4Strumming Patterns & Groove Feel

Alternate Strumming with Subtraction

Straight vs Shuffle Rhythm

Barre Chords and Left Hand Muting

Topic 5E Minor Chord and Down Up Picking

1-2 Finger Exercise-Part 1

Down Up Picking

Note Exercises

Peter Gunn Theme

E Minor Chord

Song-Eye of the Tiger

Topic 6Bass Note Foundations & Chord Movement

Introduction

Root Note Bass and Chord

Alternating Root and Fifth

Alternating Root and Third

Bass Notes Using Scale Tones

Arpeggios with Chord Bass Notes

Song Lesson: Wish you were here

Topic 7Rhythm Styles & Time Signatures

Introduction

Rhythm Based on 4-4 and 3-4 Feel

Rhythms with 6-8 and 12-8 Feel

Rhythms with 5-4 and 7-4 Feel

Conclusion

Topic 8Sixteenth Note Rhythm

Introduction

Sixteenth Note Rhythm and Accents

Subtraction - Part 1

Subtraction - Part 2

Topic 9Left Hand Control

Left Hand Muting

Adding Bass Notes

Topic 10Hand Embellishments

Left Hand Embellishments

Left Hand Embellishments - Paradise City

Funk Rhythm

Conclusion

Topic 11Funk Rhythm - Part 1

Introduction to Funk Rhythm

Understanding 16th Note Based Rhythm

Sixteenth Note Based Rhythm with Chords

Rhythm with Single Note Lines

Using Wah Wah Pedal

Topic 12Funk Rhythm - Part 2

B Minor Pattern

E9 Pattern

E7sharp9 Pattern (Jimi Hendrix Chord)

Chameleon

Brick House

Topic 13Funk Rhythm - Part 3

Higher Ground

Aeroplane

Funky Town

Michael Jackson Groove

Topic 14Blues Rhythm I

Intro to Blues Rhythm

Slow Blues

Blues Shuffle

Chuck Berry Rhythm

Stomp

Topic 15Blues Rhythm II

Triplet Shuffle

Swing

Straight

Funk

Topic 16Reggae Rhythm

Introduction

Fundamentals of Reggae

Rhythm Variations

Single Note Rhythm

Conclusion

Topic 17Artist - Jack Johnson

Introduction, History, and Influence

Rhythm with Chokes

Rhythm with Palm Mutes

Rhythm with Slaps

Rhythm with Slides

Rhythm with Hammer Ons

Reggae Influence

This first lesson of Week 2 is all about Holding the Guitar, and Mike Walker is here to make your Guitar learning smooth and fun. In this lesson, you'll break down Holding the Guitar step by step, making it easier to incorporate into your Guitar practice. Learning Guitar is all about small wins. Keep going, and you'll master Week 2 before you know it!

Getting to Know Your Electric Guitar

Anatomy of the Guitar

Holding the Guitar

Picking Exercises-Two Strings

Holding a Pick

Fretting a Note

Counting Frets

Previous Topic

Dynamic Rhythm Techniques

Next Topic

Strumming Patterns & Groove Feel

Topic 1Basic Note Values

Intro to Playing Rhythm

Rhythm Pyramid

Quarter & Eighth Note Rhythms

Counting Strings

Topic 2Dynamic Rhythm Techniques

Adding Palm Muting

Accents in Rhythm

Topic 3Getting to Know Your Electric Guitar

Anatomy of the Guitar

Holding the Guitar

Picking Exercises-Two Strings

Holding a Pick

Fretting a Note

Counting Frets

Topic 4Strumming Patterns & Groove Feel

Alternate Strumming with Subtraction

Straight vs Shuffle Rhythm

Barre Chords and Left Hand Muting

Topic 5E Minor Chord and Down Up Picking

1-2 Finger Exercise-Part 1

Down Up Picking

Note Exercises

Peter Gunn Theme

E Minor Chord

Song-Eye of the Tiger

Topic 6Bass Note Foundations & Chord Movement

Introduction

Root Note Bass and Chord

Alternating Root and Fifth

Alternating Root and Third

Bass Notes Using Scale Tones

Arpeggios with Chord Bass Notes

Song Lesson: Wish you were here

Topic 7Rhythm Styles & Time Signatures

Introduction

Rhythm Based on 4-4 and 3-4 Feel

Rhythms with 6-8 and 12-8 Feel

Rhythms with 5-4 and 7-4 Feel

Conclusion

Topic 8Sixteenth Note Rhythm

Introduction

Sixteenth Note Rhythm and Accents

Subtraction - Part 1

Subtraction - Part 2

Topic 9Left Hand Control

Left Hand Muting

Adding Bass Notes

Topic 10Hand Embellishments

Left Hand Embellishments

Left Hand Embellishments - Paradise City

Funk Rhythm

Conclusion

Topic 11Funk Rhythm - Part 1

Introduction to Funk Rhythm

Understanding 16th Note Based Rhythm

Sixteenth Note Based Rhythm with Chords

Rhythm with Single Note Lines

Using Wah Wah Pedal

Topic 12Funk Rhythm - Part 2

B Minor Pattern

E9 Pattern

E7sharp9 Pattern (Jimi Hendrix Chord)

Chameleon

Brick House

Topic 13Funk Rhythm - Part 3

Higher Ground

Aeroplane

Funky Town

Michael Jackson Groove

Topic 14Blues Rhythm I

Intro to Blues Rhythm

Slow Blues

Blues Shuffle

Chuck Berry Rhythm

Stomp

Topic 15Blues Rhythm II

Triplet Shuffle

Swing

Straight

Funk

Topic 16Reggae Rhythm

Introduction

Fundamentals of Reggae

Rhythm Variations

Single Note Rhythm

Conclusion

Topic 17Artist - Jack Johnson

Introduction, History, and Influence

Rhythm with Chokes

Rhythm with Palm Mutes

Rhythm with Slaps

Rhythm with Slides

Rhythm with Hammer Ons

Reggae Influence