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Guitar 101: Beginner Lessons for Acoustic Guitar
Session One: Getting Started
Guitar Course Introduction (1:40)
Meet the Soundslice Player
Essential Gear & Getting Started
The Starter Guitar Buying Guide
Tips to Boost Your Practice Session
Benefits Of Using A Metronome (0:05)
Session Two: Essential Music Theory
Staff & Musical Alphabet (4:33)
Rhythm, Measure & Meter (5:02)
What Are Tabs? How to Read 'Em (3:33)
How to Read Guitar Diagrams
Session Three: Guitar Basics
Spotlight on the Classical Guitar
Spotlight on the Acoustic Guitar
The Evolution of the Electric Guitar
Parts of the Guitar (1:31)
Exploring the Fretboard: An Essential Component of the Guitar
A Brief Introduction to Tonewoods
Tuning the Guitar
Posture & Numbering the Fingers (3:56)
Session Four: Know Your Notes
Open Strings (0:49)
Fingerstyle Exercise—Open Strings
Notes on the First String (0:54)
Notes on the Second String (1:13)
Ode to Joy—Ludwig van Beethoven (0:52)
Music Theory: Eighth Notes
Mary Had a Little Lamb (0:38)
Jingle Bells—Christmas Carol
My Finger Hurt, Is Something Wrong? (1:26)
Session Five: Third & Fourth String Notes
Notes on the Third String (1:17)
Happy Birthday! (0:53)
Music Theory: Accidentals (1:27)
What is Syncopation?
Notes on the Fourth String (1:27)
La Malagueña (Spain) (1:50)
Take Your Playing to the Next Level: Get Feedback
Session Six: More Bass Notes & High A
Notes on the Fifth String (1:57)
The Snake Charmer (0:31)
Notes on the Sixth String (3:48)
Review of the Notes in the First Position (1:10)
Learning the High A Note (1:18)
Getting Started with Chords—Em, Am (3:01)
Guitarist Ernesto Cordero
Session Seven: Putting It All Together
Los Tres Santos Reyes—Aguinaldo (0:43)
Music Theory: The Triplet (2:11)
¡Qué Bonita Es! (Plena)
Playing with Expression—Dynamics & Tempo (2:44)
Minuet in C—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Marumba—Puerto Rico
Chromatic Scale
Chromatic Strength Builder No. 1 (3:10)
Romance Anónimo in A Minor (0:33)
Strumming Patterns—D Major Chords (3:41)
Session Eighth: Musical Repertoire
Aguinaldo Isabelino in A Minor
Seis del Llano in A Minor
Music Theory: Sixteenth Notes
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Vámonos, Vámonos (Puerto Rico) (0:42)
Seis Mapeyé in E minor
Los Reyes de Oriente—Villancico
The Star-Spangled Banner—US National Anthem
G Major Scale—Second Position (3:08)
Chromatic Strength Builder No. 2
The Lady of the Guitar: María Elena Rodríguez Rivera
Session Nine: Accompaniment Styles
Accompaniment Styles (4:40)
Rhythm Guitar—Bolero
Vals de la Guinea (Puerto Rico)—Duet
Alegría, Alegría, Alegría (Villancico)
Aguinaldo Traditional in A Minor (3:50)
How to Accompany a Seis Fajardeño in D Major (3:17)
Aguinaldo in D Minor—Accompaniment Pattern (3:56)
Aguinaldo Cagüeño in C Major
Aguinaldo Adjunteño in D Minor
Seis Celinés in E Minor
Seis Marianda—Accompaniment Pattern (2:42)
Cumbia Rhythm in A—Accompaniment Pattern
Samba Rhythm in C—Accompaniment Pattern
Beguine Rhythm in A minor—Accompaniment Pattern
Danza Puerto Rico in A Minor—Accompaniment Pattern
Guaracha in A Minor—Accompaniment Pattern
Parranda Rhythm in A Major—Accompaniment Pattern
Montuno Criollo Rhythm in D Major—Accompaniment Pattern
Session Ten: The Classics
Thoughts on Building and Maintaining Your Repertoire
Timbre: The Color of Your Sound
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring—Johann Sebastian Bach
Minuet in G—Johann Sebastian Bach
Theme from Asturias (Leyenda)
Für Elise in A Minor—Ludwig van Beethoven
Prelude in G—Matteo Carcassi (0:33)
Segovia—Father of the Revival of the Guitar
Spotlight on Tonewoods: Indian Rosewood
Seis Antillano in A Minor (0:35)
10 Public Performance Tips
A Journey Through Musical History
Session Eleven: Essential Chords & Scales for Beginners
Circle of Fifths
Practicing Scales
Basic Major Scales You Need to Learn
Basic Minor Scales You Need to Learn
Basic Major Chords You Need to Learn
Basic Minor Chords You Need to Learn
C Major Chords Harmonized
Session Twelve: Advance Techniques & What's Next?
How to Play Natural Harmonics (3:17)
The Barre Technique (3:03)
Seis Montebello - Classical Guitar
Chord Shapes Across the Fretboard: A Comprehensive Guide (6:39)
Master the Guitar Fretboard (6:41)
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G Major Scale—Second Position
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