Lesson 62D – HARDER METRONOME practice exercises part 4 – 15:28 min

In this lesson David continues discussion on how to use the metronome to improve your rhythm and timing skills – this is aprt 4 and the exercises progressively get more and more challenging. But take your time and keep pushing yourself on the guitar to keep climbing that guitar staircase. Add these practice exercises to your practice regimen and work with the metronome with all your chord changes and strum patterns that you are working on chip away at it and you will get it! Take care and rock on!

 Lesson 62C – MORE METRONOME practice part 3 – strum patterns – 15:42 min

In this lesson David continues discussion on how to use the metronome to improve your rhythm and timing skills. Add these practice exercises to your practice regimen and work with the metronome with all your chord changes and strum patterns that you are working on. Here David takes 8th note strum patterns that you should be familiar with and teaches how to incorporate the metronome when strumming 8th notes. It may take a little while to get used to it – but chip away at it and you will get it! Take care and rock on!

Lesson 62B – The METRONOME part 2 with practice exercises – 9:14 min

In this lesson we go deeper with the metronome. David teaches you strumming with the metronome and how to get started with using this critical device. Here we start off real simple using all downstrokes and quarter note strumming. This will get you in synch with the metronome and get you started practicing with the metronome. You will also learn more practice exercises with the metronome and how to incorporate this excellent practice tool into your practice regimens. This tool will really help solidify your rhythm, timing, and strumming. You can do it – more metronome work to come. Rock on!

 Lesson 62A – Introduction to the METRONOME – types, features, models, and why its so needed – 10:53 min

In this lesson David talks about a must have practice tool – the metronome. It is a killer device to help you get your rhythm and timing skills rock solid. You may have noticed that during your guitar journey as you have been practicing you may be speeding up while you are strumming. The metronome keeps a rock solid beat that will incorporate solid rhythm and timing into your playing. Just by playing along with the metronome you will consistently get better and better with your timing skills. The metronome wont speed up and will keep you playing to a steady beat. David discusses the various types and features of metronomes. You will want to use the metronome when you are practicing your chord changes and progressions. More metronome lessons to come – we are just getting started with it. YOU CAN DO IT!

Lesson 62 Practice regimen using LONG PROGRESSION 2 – 6:56 minutes

In this lesson we continue with practice for your chord changing, rhythm, strumming and timing using another long progression. Here we work on Long Progression II. This will be more challenging than Long Progression I. This is how we will push your playing to the next level – by keep taking on challenging guitar tasks – you can do it. David takes you through the progression and all the changes and how you want to use this progression in different ways. These long progressions are excellent practice tools that will really push your playing to the next level. Incorporate these into your practice regimens and note in your practice logs what changes need work. As with the earlier long progressions you want to get good at the progression with quester notes, eight notes, strum patterns, varying the measure length, and more. Remember you can do it and these will take take so set some goals as per this lesson! ROCK ON!

Lesson 61B learn NEW STRUM PATTERNS and rhythms with easy chords – 10:46 min

In this lesson David Taub teaches a big bunch of new strum patterns and rhythms. It is so critical to keep your playing moving forward by continuing to learn new strum patterns, rhythms and new chords. Learn these techniques with these musical examples Here David focuses on the strumming and rhythms and uses four easy chords –  C major, A minor, E minor, and G major. We want you to concentrate more on the strumming and rhythms than the chords – so we keep them easy in this lesson. Take your time and get these patterns strummed slow at first – and don’t speed up as you play. You can do it – stay positive and remember that your playing is an evolution. Enjoy!

Lesson 61A Learn a fun chord progression with new chords and strum pattern – 12:34 min

In this lesson David will teach you a fun chord progression using some new chords and also new strum patterns. He will teach you how to tie it all together and sound musical. David also goes over good chord changing techniques and how to practice your chord changes. David uses this progression as a fun sounding template for you to use as a practice vehicle to work on your strumming, chord changing, rhythm, and timing. Have fun and rock on! 

Lesson 61 More challenging chord changes-learn these techniques to make changes easier – 7:31 minutes

In this lesson you will start to learn about the more challenging chord changes. These may be the hardest ones that you will have to tackle to date. SOme changes are just harder than others – but keep following the structured plan and practice routines and you will get it. In this lesson David will show you some different techniques and alternate chord fingerings to make harder changes like G to C a bit easier. Now these changes will take more time and practice but keep practicing these chord change mechanics and soon you will have these changes mastered just like the earlier ones we worked on. Remember – get proficient at these harder changes and it makes the easier changes like butter!