Beginner Guitar Lesson DVD - Level 1

This is Stage One, the first guitar lesson in the 2007 revision of The Complete Basic Course.

This beginner guitar lesson DVD is a step-by-step approach is so simple that even an absolute beginner will find that it is easy to follow. You begin by learning seven simple chords that can be played with only one finger. As you continue through all Stages ofthe course you'll be taught every chord and technique necessary to play all forms of classic rock, metal, and blues guitar.

Stage One is not challenging because we don't want this to be challenging. It's fun, simple to follow, and very rewarding. Our goal is to have you performing music that until now you've only dreamed about. You can be good enough to play in a band and perform with your friends. You will accomplish this by the end of this course.

This beginner guitar lesson DVD is seventy-minutes in length and divided into four lessons. Each lesson is designed to take about a week to accomplish. There are chapter marks located throughout the program to easily find and review any section using your DVD player's remote.

• An introduction to the course
• Special considerations for students under the age of eleven
• How to use an inexpensive device to shorten the neck for young guitarists
• Course can be mastered with either an acoustic or electric guitar
• Advice for purchasing a guitar
• New vs. used instrument
• Recommendation for how to choose a used instrument
• Parts of the guitar identified
• How to tune your guitar to another guitar
• How to tune your guitar to itself
• Electronic tuners
• The correct technique for fretting a note
• A technique for comfortably reaching notes instead of difficult stretches
• Proper picking technique: up, down, and alternate
• Seven finger exercises
• How to read guitar tablature
• Each of the four lessons have stated goals to accomplish before moving on
• Motivation: your goals and what you can expect from this course
• Open position chords and barre chords explained
• Seven chords that can be played using no more than one finger
• How to read chord diagrams
• Proper fingering
• All exercises feature picture-in-picture to view both the fretting and picking hands in close-up detail
• All exercises demonstrated at very slow and normal tempos
• All exercises include on-screen animated tab so you can follow along as each note is played.
• Bonus materials: Extra files on disk for printing a manual and playing along with animated tab files with free software player
• Twenty-four chords diagrams in this lesson
• How tablature compares to standard notation
• How to allow your subconscious to play chords
• The barre chord technique. How to effortlessly barre several strings with your index finger to move chords up and down the neck without changing the fingering.
• Learn two barre chords to move up and down the neck to play twenty-four different chords keeping the hand shape the same
• Learn half of the note names on the guitar
• A chapter guide to easily navigate the DVD