TOP TEN TIPS to get your playing to the next level – practice tips – 16:13 minutes

There are certain concepts that we think are vital for moving your guitar playing to the next level. In this lesson we will get you thinking about the top ten critical aspects of your playing and which ones need to be honed in on and studied. We feel one of the most important things that you can do as a musician is develop your ear. We talked a lot about that in the previous modules – so be sure and check those out. Now we will introduce what we call the top ten for all guitarists to get to the next level. These include KNOWING the notes on the fretboard and the notes that make up chords, KNOWING a large number of chords and how to embellish them, KNOWING how to play good solid rhythm, KNOWING how to analyze a string of chords to get the roap map of what you can play over them solo and improvisational wise and KNOWING your major scales cold and more. Take stock in your playing and with our help you can hone in on the areas that need the most work. Rock on!  

TO COINCIDE WITH THIS LESSON PRINT OUT AND READ THE 5Ks THAT WILL GET YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL WRITTEN LESSON THAT IS LOCATED IN THE “WRITTEN LESSONS” SECTION OF THE WEBSITE

Tips and Insights on getting your band ready to play out and how to shine – 15:47 minutes

In this video David offers up some practical tips and insights on getting your band ready to play out and how to get your band to shine over the competition. There is so much invloved with getting a band going and moving in the right direction. David takes you through what to do….and what not to do when getting your band ready to rip it up live. Take notes, get out there and give it your best, and keep on rocking!

Ways to keep your guitar in TUNE – TUNING TIPS AND MORE! – 7:03 min

IN this lesson David teaches how to tune your guitar to ensure that it stays in tune. He talks about why guitars can come out of tune and what you need to do to prevent your guitar from coming out of tune. He also discusses tuning up to notes and guitar strings. ROck on!

Add thickness to you tone with SUSPENDED bar chords & INVERSIONS – 10:39 min

In this lesson you will learn the joys of the suspended 2nd bar chord. It will really thicken up your sound – especially if you add a low bass note making it an inverted suspended chord. Remember that a suspended chord is not either major or minor as it suspends the 3rd – so there is no clash with a major or minor 3rd. So suspended chords, especially the sus2 and sus4, work well with both major and minor chords. Have fun and add these chords to your progressions and changes. 

All about Eb (Eflat) tuning – The Hows and Whys 8:26 min

In this lesson David discusses Eb, (E flat) tuning. The lesson is all about the hows and whys of E flat tuning – why do guitar players tune down to Eb, how does that effect other band members – especially singers, what does it do to the guitar tone? These and many more questions on this tuning answered in this lesson. 

Get your guitar in tune – TUNE UP – TUNING TIPS – 2:15 minutes

In this lesson you can tune to David’s guitar which is tuned to standard tuning or A440. Strings low to high are tuned E,A,D,G,B,E. David also gives you some tips on tuning your guitar to ensure that your guitar both is in tune, and then will stay in tune. Nothing worse that an out of tune guitar – so tune up and stay in tune good people!

CHORD CONSTRUCTION on the whiteboard – demystified and applied to the guitar – 13:38 min

In this lesson you will learn how chords are constructed and why it is so important. You will also learn about the major scale and intervals and chord formulas. And David will also demonstrate how to you apply this to the guitar. This lesson emphasizes learning the notes and intervals as opposed to just learning the shapes or fingerings. A little theory goes a long way – rock on!

 BAR CHORD REVIEW – review these chords plus learn some new bar chords – 16:06 min

At this point in your guitar journey you should be familiar with quite a few bar chords off the 6th string and 5th string roots. You learned these late in the BEGINNER LESSONS section of the site. You should also be working on or fairly proficient and changing bar chords and going from open chords to bar chords and bar chords to open chords. If you are not familiar with these priniciples then I suggest you visit those lessons in the beginner lessons section. 

As a guitarist it is so critical that you keep expanding your chordal knowledge and chord vocabulary. You will want to continue to learn new chords and practice them in your practice regimens and songs. In this lesson we will do a review of some of the most common bar chords off the 5th and 6th string roots. You will also learn some new ones. Practice these chords and getgood atchanging them as you will see them all the time. As a visual reference to this lesson printout the written lesson in the written lesson section of the site titled,  “BAR CHORD REVIEW SHEET -6th and 5th string root chords diagrammed out – PDF FILE” – this will give you a handy-dandy reference sheet that coincides with this video lesson. Learn a chord a day…and rock on!

Intermediate Guitar Lessons Introduction – PLEASE WATCH FIRST – 9:17 minutes 

Hello and welcome to the intermediate guitar lessons section. We hope that you have been enjoying your guitar journey. In this module David takes a minute to discuss how the lessons are structured in the intermediate section and why there are differences between the beginner and intermediate sections. David takes a minute to discuss about where you should be at in your guitar journey to date. David defines what next level guitar defines as intermediate versus beginner and howto use this intermediate section to its full potential.  Remember to keep praticing the right things, keep developing your ear, and visit other lessons on the site like music theory and guitars and gear and keep printing out those written lessons and keep that practice binder log up and running! Have fun and rock on!