The six main areas of music

Lesson 1

Why so so many folks fail to develop an ongoing relationship with their guitar? They simply don't understand what they're doing. There is more to being a real player than just knowing how to move your fingers. In this lesson you'll find that music is a language and the guitar is simply the tool you use to express that language. If you don't know how the language works, the fret board will remain a mystery to you.

Answers to look out for in this video...

  • What are the six "parts of speech" in the musical language?
  • What's the difference between really playing and only pretending?
  • What is the difference between pitch and timbre?
  • How important is it to know how to read music?

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Still clip taken from Lesson 1 of the Absolutely Understand Guitar Video Lesson series.

The six main areas of music

Lesson 1

Learn that music is a language and your guitar is merely the tool you use to express the language.

Still clip taken from Lesson 2 of the Absolutely Understand Guitar Video Lesson series.

The four ways to know your pitch patterns

Lesson 2

If music is a language, then note patterns like scales, chords and melodies are much like the words in the language.

Still clip taken from Lesson 2 of the Absolutely Understand Guitar Video Lesson series.

The dumb machine

Lesson 3

Here we learn how the language of music plays out on the fretboard. Its all quite simple and logical but many players remain confused about this for years.

Still clip taken from Lesson 2 of the Absolutely Understand Guitar Video Lesson series.

Basic chords

Lesson 4

Learn what chords really are and explore the multiple ways to play any chord up and down the fretboard.