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10:22
How to Read Guitar Chord Charts & Diagrams
How to Read Guitar Chord Charts & Diagrams
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level ILevel ILevel ILevel I
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Barre chordsOpen chords
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20:17
How to Read Guitar Tabs
How to Read Guitar Tabs
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level ILevel ILevel ILevel I
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Guitar notes
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13:00
Guitar Basics – beginner guitar lesson #1
Guitar Basics – beginner
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level ILevel ILevel ILevel I
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Finger exerciseGuitar anatomy
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11:11
Guitar Chords – beginner guitar lesson #2
Guitar Chords – beginner
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level ILevel ILevel ILevel I
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Chords
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8:11
Chord Changing – beginner guitar lesson #3
Chord Changing – beginner
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level ILevel ILevel ILevel I
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Chord changesOpen chords
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9:04
Strumming – beginner guitar lesson #4
Strumming – beginner
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level ILevel ILevel ILevel I
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Chord changesStrumming patterns
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9:05
Guitar Notes and Tuning – beginner guitar lesson #5
Guitar Notes and Tuning – beginner
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level ILevel ILevel ILevel I
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Guitar notes
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7:50
Fingerpicking – beginner guitar lesson #6
Fingerpicking – beginner
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level ILevel ILevel ILevel I
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Arpeggios
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9:35
Bar (Barre) Chords – beginner guitar lesson #7
Bar (Barre) Chords – beginner
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level IILevel IILevel IILevel II
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Barre chords
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10:45
Lead Guitar Lesson 1. – beginner guitar lesson #8
Lead Guitar Lesson 1. – beginner
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level IILevel IILevel IILevel II
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SKILLS:
Hammer-onsMinor pentatonic scalePull-offs
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8:20
Lead Guitar Lesson 2. – beginner guitar lesson #9
Lead
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level IILevel IILevel IILevel II
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Palm mutingPower chordsSlidesString bendingVibrato
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5:58
Scales and Final Thoughts – beginner guitar lesson #10
Scales and Final Thoughts – beginner
Tom Fontana
LEVEL: Level IILevel IILevel IILevel II
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Minor scaleScales
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