162 Lesson 153 Endless chord progressions – learn chords in key of C major – write your own songs 9:18 min

Lesson 153 Endless chord progressions – learn chords in key of C major – write your own songs 9:18 min

In this lesson David Taub will teach you all the chords in the key of C major. Learn all the chords and a little about music theory and the major scale as David takes you through the chords and why they work together. Then you will learn to take the chords and start coming up with progressions – and you can put them together in an endless stream of practice progressions to work on your chord changing, strumming and possibly even get ideas for writing songs. Enjoy! 

  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 9:18 min
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161 Lesson 152 – Tie it together chucking, new chords, and strums with a new progression – 10:01 min

Lesson 152 – Tie it together chucking, new chords, and strums with a new progression – 10:01 min

In this lesson we tie together a bunch of concepts that you have been working on. David teaches you a new progression using some major 7th chords and some others and adds chucking and new strumming patterns. We use a bunch of techniques that you have been adding to your laundry list to dress up your playing and make it sound more musically interesting. Try it with some other chords and chord changes you are working on also – and keep embellishing. 

  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 10:1 min
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160 Lesson 151 – more practice exercises OPEN CHORDS to BAR CHORDS progression – 10:32 min

Lesson 151 – more practice exercises OPEN CHORDS to BAR CHORDS progression – 10:32 min

In this lesson you will continue to work on your chord changing skills going from bar chords to open chords and back. Here you will learn a cool jazzy sounding progression where David mixes up the changes to really work your chord changing skills. As he teaches in this lesson, keep working on the mechanics of the chord changes, back and forth, back and forth – two at a time at first to really nail these down. Keep on practicing the right things with these exercises and keep on rocking!
  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 10:32 min
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159 Lesson 150 Continue to dress up your playing with new techniques, strum patterns, new chords, and more – 16:10 min

Lesson 150 Continue to dress up your playing with new techniques, strum patterns, new chords, and more – 16:10 min

Here David teaches you how to continue to dress up your playing so you are not always playing the same things over and over. This lesson takes what you are doing now and expands on them. Learn some new chords and strum patterns in this lesson as well as a few new techniques. This lesson takes your embellishing to the next level. David teaches this lesson on acoustic but you can use the electric guitar also. Take what you learn in this lesson and run with it – use it in your progressions and songs and have fun with it! 

  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 16:10 min
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158 Lesson 149 NEW STRUM PATTERN with cool CHORDAL MOVEMENTS played on acoustic – 14:33 min

NEW STRUM PATTERN with cool CHORDAL MOVEMENTS played on acoustic – 14:33 min

In this lesson you will learn a cool new strum pattern coupled with some easy chord changes that give real nice chordal movement. Here David plays on acoustic but you can use electric or classical – whatever guitar you have will work. They these chords in different orders and different lengths of measures to take this to the next level. Sprinkle these chords and this pattern into some of your other progressions and blast this across your playing! Rock on!

  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 14:33 min
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157 Lesson 148 Making FUN GUITAR SOUNDS and Noises – just for fun! – 9:50 min

Lesson 148 Making FUN GUITAR SOUNDS and Noises – just for fun! – 9:50 min

In this lesson Marty teaches how to make some fun sounds with your guitar. Amaze your friends and every kid in your neighborhood with these little tricks. THis is just a fun lesson to bring smiles to people’s faces!

  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 9:50 min
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156 Lesson 147 easy TRAIDS and INVERSIONS chord lesson moving over the neck – 21:23 min

Lesson 147 easy TRAIDS and INVERSIONS chord lesson moving over the neck – 21:23 min

In this lesson Marty teaches you some very basic triads and chord inversions all based off an open D major and open D minor chords. SImple and easy way to get some different sounding tones and move around on the neck. Then he moves forward by teaching how to embellish these chords and how to put them together into a progression. This is a simple and fun way to start playing other chord shapes all over the neck. Rock on!

  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 21:23 min
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155 Lesson 146 Chord review and new open chord practice progressions – 8:45 min

Lesson 146 Chord review and new open chord practice progressions – 8:45 min

In this lesson David ties together all the new chords from the previous few lessons. Here you will use in progressions min7 chords, major 7th chords, 7th chords, major chords, minor chords, and more – its a review of sorts plus practice progressions. Keep learning new chords and keep on rocking!

  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 8:45 min
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154 Lesson 145 Lesson on TRIADS and CHORD INVERSIONS made easy – 21:23 min

Lesson 145 Lesson on TRIADS and CHORD INVERSIONS made easy – 21:23 min

This guitar lesson lesson is on easy beginner chord inversions and triads. Marty will teach you how to add these cool chord voicings to your playing arsenal in a fast and easy manner. You will learn how to further embellish your rhythm playing while adding new sounds to your rhythms and progressions. Plus you get to move chord shapes that you know already all over the neck for unique sounds and embellishments. Check it out…

  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 21:23 min
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153 Lesson 145 Add MINOR 7th open chords to your chord arsenal – good stuff! 13:10 min

Lesson 145 Add MINOR 7th open chords to your chord arsenal – good stuff! 13:10 min

Remember that along your guitar journey you want to keep expanding your chordal vocabulary – keep learning new chords and keep applying them in your songs and progressions. It is so important to know a large catolog of chords and how to embellish them. In this lesson David will teach you all about minor 7th open position chords and add them in to some progressions. Have fun with these.

  • Category: Beginner Lessons 100-200
  • Instructor: NextLevelGuitar
  • Total Time: 13:11 min
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