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Beginner Acoustic Guitar
with David Butler
Section 1
Skills and Song Overview - All the Things You'll Learn
How to Use the Study Guide
The 3 Physical Challenges of Guitar
Learn Your First Chord: Open Position G
Another Useful Fingering for Open Position G
Learn Your Second Chord: Open Position C
Changing from One Chord to Another: G to C
Notes & Combinations of Notes
Learn Your Third Chord: Open Position D
Making Chords Sound Better
Study Guide Checkpoint
Section 2
Introduction to Rhythm
Changing Between 3 Chords Smoothly in Rhythm
Rhythm Pattern 1
“This Land is Your Land” - Rhythm Pattern 1
Rhythm Pattern 2 ("This Land ... " cont.)
Rhythm Pattern 3
Chord Basics: The Power G Chord
A Closer Look at the Pick Itself
Playing Single Notes with a Pick
Study Guide Checkpoint
Section 3
Notes on the Fretboard
Introduction to the Major Scale
The C Major Scale
“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Single Note Development: The G Scale
Single Note Melody 2: “Three Blind Mice”
Single Note Melody 3: “Frère Jacques”
Study Guide Checkpoint
Section 4
Controlling Multiple Strings with a Pick
Dynamics and Tone Quality
Playing Without a Pick
Chord Families and the 1-4-5 Progression
Chord Basics: Open Position A
“Red River Valley” - Using Rhythm Pattern 3
“Red River Valley” - Adding Alternating Bass
Alternating Bass: Rhythm Pattern 4
What Are 7th Chords?
Rhythm Pattern 5
“Red River Valley” - Adding Seventh Chords
“Will The Circle Be Unbroken” - Using Rhythm Pattern 5
Rhythm Pattern 6 (Waltz Time)
“Amazing Grace” Using Rhythm Pattern 6
“Amazing Grace” - Adding Variations
“Angel from Montgomery”
Study Guide Checkpoint
Section 5
Chord Basics: Open Position E
“Gloria”
“Wild Thing”
Open Position Minor Chords
“Greensleeves” - Playing in a Minor Key
The Mighty F Chord
“Help Me Make It Through the Night” - Using the F Chord
“Bird on a Wire” - Using the F Chord
Chord Basics: The B Minor Chord
Rhythm Pattern 7
“Proud Mary” - Rhythm Pattern 7
5 Songs You Probably Should Know
Study Guide Checkpoint
Section 6
Chord Basics: F# Minor
“500 Miles” - Using Rhythm Pattern 4
Chord Basics: B and B7
“Rock Island Line”
Bass Approach Lines
“I Walk the Line”
“Ho Hey”
Study Guide Checkpoint
Section 7
The 12 Bar Blues Form
Bends, Slides, Hammer-ons & Pull-offs
Blues Improvisation
Blues with 9th Chords
Boogie Woogie Lines
“That’s Alright, Mama”
“Surfin' USA”
Study Guide Checkpoint
Section 8
“Brown Eyed Girl”
Chord Basics: Barre Chords
The 1-6-4-5 Progression & the Chord Scale
How to Use a Capo
“All I Have To Do Is Dream” - Using a Capo
“Surfer Girl”
“House of the Rising Sun”
“Wildwood Flower” - With a Capo
“Wild Horses”
“Sugar Mountain”
Study Guide Checkpoint
Section 9
“The River Song”
“Hey Ho” - Building a Multi-Part Melody
“Bookends Theme”
Travis Picking
“To Try for the Sun”
“The Boxer”
Chord Basics: Major 7th Chords
“Gymnopedie” - Using Major Sevenths
Finger Picks
Embellishing a Song with Travis Picking
“Blackbird”
“Ballad of a Crystal Man”
“Scarborough Fair”
“On Doing an Evil Deed Blues”
Altered Tunings
How to Get Into Open D Tuning
“Big Yellow Taxi”
How to Get Out of Open D Tuning (Back to Standard E Tuning)
Study Guide Checkpoint
Section 10
Learn Your First Chord: Open Position G
Another Useful Fingering for Open Position G
Learn Your Second Chord: Open Position C
Changing from One Chord to Another: G to C
Notes & Combinations of Notes
Learn Your Third Chord: Open Position D
Making Chords Sound Better
Changing Between 3 Chords Smoothly in Rhythm
Chord Basics: The Power G Chord
Chord Families and the 1-4-5 Progression
Chord Basics: Open Position A
What Are 7th Chords?
Chord Basics: Open Position E
Open Position Minor Chords
The Mighty F Chord
Chord Basics: The B Minor Chord
Chord Basics: F# Minor
Chord Basics: B and B7
Blues with 9th Chords
Chord Basics: Barre Chords
The 1-6-4-5 Progression & the Chord Scale
Chord Basics: Major 7th Chords
Bonus Lessons
For What It's Worth
“Silent Night”
“Jingle Bells”
“Joy to the World”
“O Christmas Tree”
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
"Auld Lang Syne"
Introduction
Welcome to the Course
Introduction to Lessons
How To Get Started
The Lesson Layout
Skills and Song Overview - All the Things You'll Learn
How To Ask Questions and Socialize
Video Exchanges
Learning Tips
Learning Tips
Guitar Basics
Know Your Guitar
Common Setup Problems
Storing and General Care of Your Guitar
How to Hold the Guitar
3 Ways to Tune Your Guitar
Left Hand & Arm Position
Right Hand & Arm Position
Developing Calluses
The 3 Physical Challenges of Guitar
How to Change a Guitar String
Warm Up Exercises
Stretches
Chromatic Patterns
Music Theory
Introduction to Guitar Music Theory
Notes on the Fretboard
The Major Scale on the Guitar
Rhythm, Counting & Keeping Time
Intervals
Triads (3 Note Chords)
Major vs. Minor
The Chord Scale with 3 Note Chords
The Root and Relative Minor
What Are Chord Progressions
7th Chords
9th Chords
Suspended Chords
Introduction to Tablature
