Learn Guitar With Steve Stine: Level 2

Strumming to Success: Enhance Your Guitar Skills with Advanced Strumming Techniques

What you'll learn

Understanding Pentatonic Scales: Learn major and minor pentatonic scales and their positions on the fretboard.

Applying Pentatonic Scales: Apply major and minor pentatonic scales, derived from diatonic scales, on the fretboard.

Recognizing Scale Relationships: Understand the relationships between minor, C major, A major, and F sharp minor pentatonic scales.

Practical Theory Application: Learn to identify the root on the sixth string, visualize scales, and apply them in different keys.

Requirements

Have a basic understanding of guitar chords and finger placement. Feel comfortable with different guitar strumming patterns. Be open to exploring and experimenting with different finger picking techniques.

Description

Lessons from "Learn Guitar With Steve Stine: Level 2", are like a toolbox for your guitar skills. If you've got the basics down and you're ready to learn some new tricks, these lessons are perfect for you.In these lessons, we'll explore different ways of strumming the guitar. You'll learn new rhythms and patterns that can make your playing sound even better. Plus, we'll start to look at something called fingerpicking. This is a way of playing the guitar where you pluck the strings with your fingers. It can give your music a whole new sound.But it's not just about playing the guitar. These lessons also help you understand music better. You'll learn about more complex chord progressions. These are the patterns that songs are built on, and once you know them, you'll be able to play even more music.And of course, you'll learn new songs. This is the fun part! As you learn these songs, you'll get to use all the new techniques you're learning. And the best part is, by the end of these lessons, you'll have a bunch of new songs to play for your friends and family.So, if you're ready to add some new tools to your guitar toolbox, these lessons are for you. You'll learn a lot, have fun, and get even better at playing the guitar

Overview

Section 1: Music Theory – Part 3

Lecture 1 Introductory discussion

Lecture 2 C Major Scale

Section 2: Essential Techniques – Part 1

Lecture 3 Single Notes / Picking Fundamentals

Section 3: Music Theory – Part 4

Lecture 4 How to read “Guitar Tab”

Section 4: Essential Techniques – Part 2

Lecture 5 Hurt by Johnny Cash / Arpeggio / Downstrokes

Lecture 6 (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

Lecture 7 More than a feeling by Boston

Lecture 8 Who will save your soul by Jewel

Lecture 9 Sweet Home Alabama

Section 5: Creativity with Chords – Part 6

Lecture 10 5th string Barre chords. Major Chords.

Lecture 11 5th string Barre chords. Minor Chords.

Section 6: Creativity with Chords – Part 7

Lecture 12 Moving Power Chords around the Guitar

Lecture 13 Smoke on the water by Deep Purple

Lecture 14 Living after midnight be Judas Priest

Lecture 15 Rock you like a hurricane

Section 7: Creativity with Chords – Part 8

Lecture 16 Moving Open Chords for Creativity

Lecture 17 Moving Barre Chords for Creativity

Section 8: Strumming and Rhythm – Part 3

Lecture 18 Upstrum Emphasis

Lecture 0 Chordal Theory

Section 9: Music Theory – Part 6

Lecture 19 Common Chord Progressions - Part 1

Lecture 20 Common Chord Progressions - Part 2

If you know a few chords and strumming patterns, and you're ready to try new things, these lessons are for you. You'll get to learn cool fingerpicking techniques that can make your guitar playing sound really special. So, if you like trying new things on your guitar, you'll enjoy these lessons. Whether you play guitar for fun or you're thinking about joining a band, these lessons can help you get better. You'll get to learn new things and have fun while doing it.