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Guitar Lessons
with Seth Rosenbloom
Level 1
Welcome to the Course
Getting Started: Submit a Video & Introduce Yourself
Basic Terminology & Nomenclature
Warming Up & Preparing to Play
Basic Playing Posture
Basic Right Hand Technique
Basic Left Hand Technique
Structuring a Practice Routine
The Major Scale on One String
Exercise: The Major Scale on One String
The Major Scale Across Strings
Exercise: The Major Scale Across Strings
Open Major Chords
Open Minor Chords
Movable Major & Minor Chord Shapes
Power Chords
Level 2
The 12 Bar Blues Form
Exercise: 12 Bar Blues in A Major
Moveable 12 Bar Blues Using Power Chords
Moveable 12 Bar Blues Using Full Chords
The Minor Pentatonic Scale on One String
Exercise: Minor Pentatonic Scale on One String
The Minor Pentatonic Scale Across Strings
Exercise: Minor Pentatonic Scale Across Strings
Starting to Solo: Using Minor Pentatonics - Exercise 1
Starting to Solo: Using Minor Pentatonics - Exercise 2
Starting to Solo: Using Minor Pentatonics - Exercise 3
Starting to Solo: Using Minor Pentatonics - Exercise 4
Dominant 7 Chords
Exercise: Dominant 7 Chords
12 Bar Blues Variations: 5-4-1-5
12 Bar Blues Variations: Quick 4
Exercise: 12 Bar Blues with 5-4-1-5 & Quick 4 - Key of G
Exercise: 12 Bar Blues with 5-4-1-5 & Quick 4 - Key of C
Level 3
12 Bar Blues with Higher Voicings
First Shell Voicings (Smaller Chords)
Using the Thumb to Play Chords
Basic Bending & Vibrato Technique
Bending Exercises
Vibrato Exercises
Starting to Solo: Phrasing and Soloing Basics
The Blues Scale & The Blue Note
Call & Response Soloing: Using Minor Pentatonic & Blues Scale
Developing the Right Hand: Technique & Picking
Rhythms: Straight vs. Shuffle
Open Shuffle - Key of A
Moveable Shuffle - Key of A
Level 4
Common Soloing Bends in Box 1
Bending Licks in Box 1
Call & Response Solo Using Bending Licks - Key of E
Combining Bends & Vibrato
T Bone Walker Study & Exercise
T Bone Walker Study - Exercise 2 -NEW!
Starting to Break Out of Box 1 - Adding Notes Above
Starting to Break Out of Box 1 - Adding Notes Below
Uptown Shuffle Pattern
Downtown Shuffle Pattern
Uptown & Downtown Variations
Level 5
Albert King Study & Exercise
Albert King Study - Exercise 2 -NEW!
Expanding the Pentatonic Around the Neck - Box Approach
Expanding the Pentatonic Around the Neck - Intervallic Approach
Introduction to the CAGED System
Applying CAGED to 12 Bar Blues
Arpeggios
Starting to Solo with Chord Tones
Chord Tone Licks
Muting Techniques - Cleaning Up Your Sound
Raking
Raking Practice Exercise
Level 6
Importance and How to Practice with Metronome
How to Practice Shuffle with Metronome
How to Practice Charleston with Metronome
Charleston Comping Over a Shuffle in G
Charleston Comping Over a Shuffle in C
Embellishing Rhythm with Approach Chords
Expanding Our Use of Bends
Chromatic Bending Exercise
Outlining Chords - Adding the 5th of the V Chord
Blues Jam Ettiquette & Lingo
Advice on Tone & Dynamics
Unison Bends -NEW!
Level 7
Expanding Your Vocabulary - More Bang for Your Buck -NEW!
Adding the 5th to Shell Voicings
Extensions - Adding the 9 to Shell Voicings
Extensions - Adding the 13 to Shell Voicings
Using 9 and 13 as ‘Chord Tones’ for Soloing on the 1 Chord
Using the 9 and 13 for the 4 Chord
Using the 9 and 13 for the 5 Chord
Adding Licks with Extensions Over a 12 Bar Blues
Improv Soloing Applying Extensions to a Shuffle in E
Improv Soloing Applying Extensions to a Slow Blues in Db
Improv Soloing Applying Extensions to a Rhumba in B
Level 8
Micro Bends
Minor Blues Chord Voicings
Minor Blues in the Style of "The Thrill Is Gone" - Rhythm
Minor Blues in the Style of "The Thrill Is Gone" - Arpeggiating Lead
Minor Blues in the Style of "The Thrill Is Gone" - Improv Soloing
Minor Blues in the Style of "The Thrill Is Gone" - Improv Soloing Example 2 -NEW!
Albert King Style Minor Blues - Rhythm
Albert King Style Minor Blues - Arpeggiating Lead
Albert King Style Minor Blues - Improv Soloing
Albert King Style Minor Blues - Common Rhythm Variations
Level 9
Jazz Blues Changes - 2-5-1 Turnaround
Jazz Blues Progression in Bb - Rhythm
Jazz Blues Progression in Bb - Arpeggiated Lead
Jazz Blues Progression in Bb - Improv Soloing
Jazz Blues Changes - 6-2-5-1 Turnaround
Jazz Blues Progression in D - Rhythm
Jazz Blues Progression in D - Arpeggiated Lead
Jazz Blues Progression in D - Improv Soloing
Level 10
Playing with Fingers Instead of a Pick
Hybrid Picking
Hybrid Picking Practice Exercises
Borrowing from the Slide Sound
Mindset of Improvisation
8 Bar Blues in the Style of "Key to the Highway" - Rhythm
8 Bar Blues in the Style of "Key to the Highway" - Improv Soloing
Practicing Like You’re On a Gig
Importance of Mirror Practice and Using Video
Level 11
Visualizing Extensions in CAGED
BB King Style Study
BB King Style Blues in Bb - Improv Soloing
Unaccompanied Blues Practice - Outlining Changes
Building a Solo - Motif Development
Building a Solo - Dynamics
Building a Solo - Pitch
Building a Solo - Phrase Length & Speed
Building a Solo - Telling a Story
Level 12
Gear Discussion: Guitars, Amps & Pedals
Dynamic & Tone Control - Fingers vs Picking
Playing a Rhumba
Next Level Albert King Style Bends
Albert King Style Bends Over a Rhumba
Stevie Ray Vaughan Style Study
Call & Response Soloing: Trading 4s - Shuffle in E
Call & Response Soloing: Trading 4s - Swing Shuffle in D
Call & Response Soloing: Trading 4s - Slow Blues in Db
Call & Response Soloing: Trading 4s - Minor Blues in F
