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Guitar 101 - The ultimate roadmap for guitarists

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Do you want to learn how to play the guitar but are unsure where to begin? Or perhaps you have been playing for some time but feel that you are missing the fundamentals? Wherever you are in your journey, Guitar 101 has got you covered.

Guitar 101 is our flagship course and is a complete one-stop-shop syllabus, designed for the aspiring guitarist, that will teach you all of the necessary techniques required to propel you to Rock God status. 

Suitable for all levels, this course includes everything from what to look for when buying your first guitar all the way through to the techniques required to get you shredding like a pro. So whether you're starting from ground zero and want solid guidance and structure, or if you've been playing for years but feel that you've missed something along the way, Guitar 101 has got your back. 

With 140+ videos, 13 hours of learning content and focused practice exercises included with each lesson, there is more than enough to keep you busy developing your skills in a practical manner.

  • Learn at your own pace, anytime, anywhere

  • Suitable for all levels

  • Intelligently structured courses on an intuitive and easy to use platform

  • Fully transcribed notation and tablature

  • Multi-angle video

  • Study multi-genres with a rock emphasis

  • 140+ Video lessons with over 13 hours of content

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Each section of the guitar 101 course features a subject lesson like the above along with additional exercises and tablature

What's inside?

  • 12 Modules

    12 in-depth, easy to follow, progressive modules packed full of must-know techniques and concepts.

  • Practical Exercises

    Accompanying exercises and TAB for each lesson with varying levels of difficulty.

  • Progress Tracking

    Take as long as you want to progress through the course at your own pace and always pick up where you left off.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module 1 - Getting Started

    • 101 Course introduction

    • Buying your first guitar

    • Know your instrument

    • String names & tuning

    • Using a pick

    • Notes on the fingerboard

    • Fretting notes

    • Metronomes
  • 2

    Module 2 - Your First Chords

    • Power Chords

    • Major Chords

    • Minor Chords

    • Strumming & Expression

    • Drop D tuning

    • Writing your first song
  • 3

    Module 3 - Lead Guitar Essentials

    • Minor Pentatonic Scale - Position 1

    • Blues scale - Position 1

    • hammer-ons and Pull-offs

    • Alternate Picking

    • Bending

    • Sliding

    • Palm Muting

    • Vibrato

    • Speeding up
  • 4

    Module 4 - Your First Guitar Solo

    • Your first guitar solo
  • 5

    Module 5 - The Right Hand

    • Pick Slanting

    • Finger Picking

    • Picking Patterns

    • The Rhythm Box
  • 6

    Module 6 - Open up the Fretboard

    • Minor Pentatonic - Position 2

    • Blues Scale - Position 2

    • Double Stops

    • Natural Harmonics

    • Major Pentatonic Scale

    • The Major Scale

    • The Minor Scale

    • Minor Pentatonic - Position 3

    • Blues Scale - Position 3

    • Minor Pentatonic - Position 4

    • Blues Scale - Position 4

    • Minor Pentatonic - Position 5

    • Blues Scale - Position 5

    • The Major and Minor Formula

    • Pinched Harmonics
  • 7

    Module 7 - Your Second Guitar Solo

    • Your second guitar solo

  • 8

    Module 8 - Chord Development

    • Barre Chords

    • Using a capo

    • Suspended Chords

    • Octave Chords

    • 7th Chords

    • Blues Chords

    • The Caged System

    • 9th Chords

    • Memorising the Fretboard
  • 9

    Module 9 - Modes

    • Introduction to Modes

    • Ionian & Dorian

    • Phrygian

    • Lydian

    • Mixolydian

    • Aeolian & Locrian

    • Modal Exercises

  • 10

    Module 10 - Technical Difficulties

    • Tapping

    • Harmonic Minor

    • Phrygian Dominant

    • Sweep Picking/Arpeggios

    • Hybrid Picking

    • String Skipping

    • Economy Picking

  • 11

    Module 11 - "The Big Boss"

    • Your Final Guitar Solo
  • 12

    Module 12 - Extras

    • Warming Up

    • Re-stringing Your Guitar

    • Setting up Your Guitar

    • Mindset

    • Reading Guitar Tab
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James Parry

Really glad that I signed up - I learnt more in two weeks than I did in two years with private lessons!

Really glad that I signed up - I learnt more in two weeks than I did in two years with private lessons!

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Great course

Jane Bottomley

I am a relative beginner and found this course really helpful and easy to follow. Will definitely progress through levels. Great tutor and love the enthusias...

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I am a relative beginner and found this course really helpful and easy to follow. Will definitely progress through levels. Great tutor and love the enthusiasm and encouragement to "go for it". Excellent value.

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Awesome course! 10 out of 10!!

Louise Turner

The course content is great! I signed up as a complete beginner and didn't know the first thing about guitars or even where to start but this course certainl...

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The course content is great! I signed up as a complete beginner and didn't know the first thing about guitars or even where to start but this course certainly has enough information to keep me going forever.

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