Hands On Guitar: Beyond Beginner

Ready to level up your guitar playing? You've mastered basic guitar skills – you can tune your guitar, play some open position chords, and maybe a few moveable barre chord shapes. You've got a few strumming patterns, can keep a decent time, and know a handful of easy guitar songs. You can even play some single-note lines and licks. But you're feeling stuck, unable to progress... You're not alone!

The transition from beginner guitar to intermediate guitar is a common hurdle. While there's plenty of beginner guitar instruction, finding resources to bridge that gap can be tough.

Beyond Beginner: Unlock Intermediate Guitar Skills

Susan Mazer's Beyond Beginner course is your direct path to the exciting world of intermediate guitar. This comprehensive course is structured into eight essential sections, each focused on a crucial skill to take your playing to the next level.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Expand Your Chord Vocabulary: Master 25 essential chords to play thousands of songs. Learn chord substitutions, extensions, and embellishments to add depth to your playing.
• Moveable Barre Chords: Unlock the full potential of the guitar neck with practical moveable barre chord forms, allowing you to play in any key.
• Strumming & Picking Patterns: Discover 30 new strumming and picking patterns – 10 in 4/4 time, 10 in 3/4 time, and 10 finger-picking patterns – to find the perfect groove for any song.
• Slash Chords & Bass Lines: Add texture and movement to your rhythm playing by incorporating slash chords and bass lines.
• Blues Guitar: Learn to play and jam on the blues! Master rhythm guitar for the iconic 12-bar blues progression in any key.
• Lead Guitar Basics: Start soloing with movable and sliding major and minor pentatonic scales – the foundation of popular music. Learn to add riffs to your rhythm playing.
• Key & Tonal Center Identification: Develop your musicality by learning to identify keys and tonal centers and how to smoothly transition between them.
• Play-Along Tracks & Resources: Apply your new skills immediately with playalongs and jam tracks. Access charts, diagrams, tablature, and rhythm tracks to support your learning.

Course Highlights:

• Learn to form popular Major 7th, Minor 7th, and Dominant 7th chords.
• Master Sus4, Sus2, Add9, and 6th chords used by singer-songwriters.
• Add interest to your rhythm playing with hammer-ons and pull-offs.
• Learn to play the 12-bar blues in any key.
• Develop your lead guitar skills with pentatonic scales and riffs.
• Master key changes for vocal harmony.

Ready to go beyond beginner guitar? Grab your guitar and join us! This course will empower you to confidently navigate any musical situation and truly express yourself on the instrument.