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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 08/09/05
Posts: 8,380
04/15/2020 2:34 pm

Hey & welcome to GT!

Originally Posted by: ac9184511Hi, I'm new here, learning Chapter 2.[/quote]

I assume you mean Guitar Fundamentals 2. Different teachers often have different approaches.

Originally Posted by: ac9184511Here we started with simple chords and strumming. There is no exercise yet for finger movements and I saw course structure there are none in the future as well.

In GF 1 there is Spider Fingers Exercises. And in GF 2 you are supposed to practice the scale patterns. And every thing you do is exercise for your fingers, even chords! :)

[quote=ac9184511]So I got confused, because I was thinking my teacher is training me for lead guitar and here I'll be trained for rhythm guitar.

GF 1 & 2 are aimed at beginners & therefore strongly focused on learning the basics. Regarding lead versus rhythm guitar, it depends on what your goals are. If you want to play lead guitar, then you will learn that in one of the style courses after GF2. Pick Rock, Blues, Country or Acoustic & there is a mixture of rhythm & lead playing taught in all of them!

Also, keep in mind that the vast majority of what guitar players do is play rhythm guitar accompaniment in a song. Even in songs that have lead guitar solos the solo is usually only one small section of the song surrounded by a bunch of rhythm playing.

However, if you want to focus on instrumental guitar & lead guitar exclusively we have specialized tutorials for that.

Hope that helps clarify. Please ask more if necessary & best of success!


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