On DVD 1 (Beginner's
Guitar):
- Tuning the guitar- Left and right hand coordination- All the basic chord forms- Rhythm playing, including 1/4, 1/8th, & 1/16th note rhythms- Swing and shuffle feels
- Switching chords cleanly
- Rhythm practice
- Using a capo
- How to accompany songs in any key
- Understanding chords (I, ii, iii, IV, V, etc.)
- Using the "Nashville Numbers System"
On DVD 2 (Chord & Harmony Guide disk1):- Learning all the notes of the guitar
- How Harmony works
- An overview of chords and bar chords
- How bar chords connect moving up the guitar neck
- "Add"
& "sus" chords; enhancing a chord progression
- Understanding chord progressions and cadences
- Learning 7th Chords (with examples - needless to say, all sections use interesting, useful examples)
- Using Chord inversions to create compelling guitar parts
- Major and minor 9th and 13th chords
- Dominant 9th & 13th chords, funk example
- Using chord substitutions
- Dressing up a simple blues for a fuller sound
- and MUCH more ...