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Chord Change Strategies for Barre Chords
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Let's become fully barre-chord-literate, and learn a powerful set of tips and tricks for navigating your way in and out of these chords with ease.

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Rock Your Barre Chords with the 'Magic L'!
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Big concepts are coming together and paying off here, as we learn how the 'Magic L' will tell you exactly what major or minor chords to play for most any song, with ease and predictability! This is powerful stuff for jamming, songwriting, and playing tons of great music.

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Using Barre Chords in Open-Chord Songs
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The key of D is a super-popular key in contemporary music, and yet, 2 of the minor chords likely to appear in this key are best played as barre chords. Let's integrate a minor barre chords into an easy song in the key of D. Don't let the occasional barre chord scare you away from great songs!

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Using Power Chords to Expand Your Sound
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Now that you've learned all about Power Chords and the basics of the 'Magic L', let's take it one step further, and use the 'Magic L' to tell us even more information about our chord options for playing in any key. No more counting on fingers - it's all right there in the pattern!

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More Grooves and Songs with Power Chords
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Now that you have learned a very important set of power chords by name, let's have fun helping you to make them second nature by playing some fun grooves and songs. Oh yeah, and a spelling bee!

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More Must-Know Major and Minor Chords
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Now that you've mastered the G, C, D, Am, and Em, and learned to play several songs, let's expand out your collection of major and minor chords. This will open so many exciting new doors for you and your guitar playing!

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Learn the Chords C, G, and Am
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When you add the chords C, G, and Am to your collection, you will have learned the 5 most commonly found chords in guitar music! You won't believe the amazing doors this will open for you and your guitar playing.

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Learn the Chords E Minor, and D Major
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Welcome to the world of 'full' chords, using all 6 strings of the guitar. We'll start by learning the E Minor and the D Major chord, plus a couple of fun songs to play along with Lisa and the band. Have fun learning to play 'Funky Holiday', and 'Do Something For You,!

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More Simple Chords and Easy Songs
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Are you beginning to see how much music you can make with just a handful of simple chords, and a song to play? Let's add one more Simple Chord to your collection, and then learn to play the songs 'Would You?', and 'Long Long Train'. Have fun with this!

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Simple Chords, A Minor and E Major
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Are you ready for another pair of SImple Chords? Once again, these chords use only 3 strings. We will practice their tone, and switching from one to the other in rhythm. Then we'll put all that to work and learn to play the song, 'I Believed You'.

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Your First Simple Chords: C and G
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Let's start out nice and easy, by learning 2 'Simple Chords'. This will enable us to work on the skill of changing from one chord to the other in rhythm. Then we will learn to play a short and easy song using those new chords and new skills, called 'Walk Downtown.'

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Simplify: Strip Down Your Chords
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In this set of lessons, Anders Mouridsen will teach you how to strip down your chords. Anders will discuss the topic and set a good tone for the lessons, then dissect 6th string root barre chords. Next is 5th string root barre chords, then we will strip down our substitutions. We'll put it all into context and performance in a stripped down practice tune.

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Rock Rhythm: Chords and Voicings
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In this next series, Anders Mouridsen is going to teach chords and voicings to add to your rhythm playing. After Anders introduces the tutorial, he'll dial in a Telecaster tone; then he'll teach a classic major chord voicing. Next in the queue are D string root power chords and dominant 7ths, followed by one-finger power chords and power 9 chords in drop D tuning. We'll put it together in a practice tune, then do some practice exercises.

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Add a Finger to Your Open Chords
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In this tutorial, Anders Mouridsen will be teaching you how to "embellish" your open chords. This is called "suspension", which is a big word for a very simple thing: adding a finger! Anders will demonstrate a good tone to use for this, then show you how to add a finger to spice up your open A, D, E, and G chords. To conclude, we'll put it all together and apply it to an easy practice tune.

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Rock Your Barre Chords
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In our second tutorial on rock chords, Anders Mouridsen will teach you how to play basic barre chords in rock. Anders will introduce barre chords to you, then set up a good tone. Next we'll break down the E shape major and minor barre chords on the sixth string, then the A shape barre chords on the fifth string. After that, we'll put our barre chords to use in two rock practice tunes.

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Open Chords Rock!
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In this opening tutorial in Rock Level 1, Anders Mouridsen will take a look at using open chords in rock. After a brief introduction, you'll learn how to dial in a good tone for these type of chords. Next, you'll learn the classic "stadium" A, D, and G open chords. We'll follow that with a lesson on the open C chord, then how to rock your open E chord. We'll conclude the lesson with a practice tune, putting it all together with a backing track.

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Expand Your Open-Chord Songs with Barre Chords
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The key of G is super-popular in contemporary music. The most likely minor chord to appear in the key of G is a Bm, which is best played as a barre chord. Let's get comfortable playing an easy song in the key of G, and easing that Bm barre chord right into the mix.

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Intro to Power Chords
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In this tutorial, you'll learn a whole new kind of chord, one which is actually moveable! Your fingers learn only one chord shape, but with that shape you can make any major or minor chord you want. No wonder they call it a Power Chord!

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Rock Chords: Easy Practice Exercises
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In this set of lessons that concludes chapter 1, Anders Mouridsen will teach you some great exercises that will help you develop your rock playing muscles. You'll dial in a direct tone, then learn ways to build strength and fluency with open chord, barre chord, and power chord exercises, and finally exercises for your "add a finger" embellishments.

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SHAZAM! The Amazing 'Magic L'
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In this tutorial, we will build upon your understanding of Power Chords, and reveal how a very simple and predictable graphic pattern on the neck of the guitar can be used to find the likely chords in any key.

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EVERY Power Chord Has a Name!
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Let's build on what you've learned about power chords, with some essential music theory concepts every musician needs to know. In this tutorial, you'll learn all about how sharps and flats work in music, and on your guitar. And, how to play EVERY power chord possible, rooted on the 6th string.

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Seamless Chord Changes, Every Time!
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In these lessons, we'll learn four slam-dunk strategies for navigating your way from one chord to the next, no matter what the chords are! This will be super-helpful at this point in your guitar learning process, and in years to come as you encounter more advanced challenges. Memorize these golden strategies!

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Playing Songs in the Key of E
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The key of E is the last key we will explore in this section. Once again, we'll determine the major and the minor chords, talk about chord-change strategies, and learn a new song in the the key of E called 'Three Long Days'.

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Playing Songs in the Key of A
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The key of A shows up quite commonly in contemporary music, and is a good one to have under your belt. We'll determine the major and the minor chords, talk about chord-change strategies, and learn to play a new song in the the key of A called 'Shiny Objects'.

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Playing Songs in the Key of D
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The key of D is another very common key in popular music. Some of the minor chords aren't quite as friendly as in the previous keys we have studied, but don't worry - where there is a will, there is a way. Let's determine the major and the minor chords, talk about chord-change strategies, and learn a new song in the the key of D called 'What Love Can Do'.

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Playing Songs in the Key of G
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With millions of songs in the key of G, you'll get a ton of mileage out of mastering this key. We'll determine the major and the minor chords, talk about chord-change strategies, and learn a new song in the the key of G called 'Darling Destination'.

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Chord-Change Strategies for the 5-Chord Power Pack
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Once you master the skills of getting from one chord to the next, on time and in rhythm, there are thousands of songs you'll be able to play with your 5-Chord Power Pack. Switching chords on time and in rhythm takes strategy - and you'll learn it all in this tutorial.

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Hendrix Style Embellishments
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In this set of lessons, Anders Mouridsen will take a look at "Hendrix" style embellishments. We'll look at the concept and get a good tone, then embellish our major and minor barre chords on the 6th and 5th strings. We'll learn some decorations for our substitutions, then learn parts for the sections of our practice tune; we'll finish with rocking out in a performance.

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Chord Extensions in Rock
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In this set of lessons, Anders Mouridsen will teach you about extensions in rock. He'll discuss the broader concept, then dial in a clean tone before laying out a basic progression with barre chords. After that we'll look at 9th chords, then slash chords. Then we'll add tension with sharp 5 chords, then learn about suspended 2nds. We'll conclude with a practice tune to put it all in context.

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Power Chord Essentials
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In this next series of lessons on rock chords, Anders Mouridsen will teach you power chords. After an introduction and setting up a good tone, Anders will show you both the sixth string root and fifth string root power chords by stripping down the barre chords. Then we'll mix things up between strings and voicings, before we apply it all in two practice tunes.

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Intro to the 12 Bar Form In Blues
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In this tutorial we'll learn the 12 bar form in the context of the blues. Step by step, we will go from playing through the 12 bar form with basic open chords to adding the bluesy dominant 7 chords, a turnaround lick, and much more. After each lesson, we will try out the new "tricks" with an authentic blues backing track.

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Ear Training For Chords
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Christopher will show you basic ear training exercises designed to be used for guitarists. You will use the guitar to play, hear, and identify major chords and minor chords. We'll also learn to identify chord progressions by listening for their bass motion and using functional harmony Roman Numerals. Then we'll try some basic exercises to practice identifying those chord qualities and chord progressions in order to gain those aural skills.

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Funk Lick Library A1
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In this tutorial I will teach you 6 funky licks/riffs that you can practice over a funky backing track in A. They are largely chord-based which demands great muting control from your fretting hand. Make sure you pay attention to the strong swing feel.

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