Beginner's Corner
Instructor: Bear Rose
Difficulty: 1-2 (of 10)
Focus: Instructor Bear shows you all the secrets behind chords & scales - from a complete beginner perspective. Step by step, you will understand simple concepts that are the foundation of some of the greatest songs in the world.
Open Chords in G Major
by Bear RoseThis is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. To start off with, we are going to learn a few open chords in the key of G major.
Tags: Downpicking, downstrokes, chord progression, changing chords, G major, pop chord progression, pop chords, clean chords, strumming, comping, rhythm1Difficulty1
Open Chords in D Major
by Bear RoseThis is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. To start off with, we are going to learn a few open chords in the key of D major.
Tags: chord progression, strumming, tutorial, first chords, pop song, pop chord progression, changing chords, D Major, comping2Difficulty1
Open Chords in C Major
by Bear RoseThis is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. To start off with, we are going to learn a few open chords in the key of C major.
Tags: strumming, chord progression, chord changes, changing chords, chord shapes, pop song, comping, C major, C major tonality3Difficulty1
Open Chords in E Major
by Bear RoseThis is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. To start off with, we are going to learn a few open chords in the key of E major.
Tags: chord changes, strumming, E Major, comping, rhythm, pop chords, pop chord progression, chord progression4Difficulty1
7th Chords in A
by Bear RoseThis is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. Today we are going to learn a few open 7th chords in the key of A major.
Tags: blues progression, 12 bars blues, open chords, D7, E7, A7, A Blues, A Major, Bear Rose, dominant chords, blues chords, strumming, changing chords5Difficulty1
6-String Barre Chords
by Bear RoseThis is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. Today we are going to learn some 6 string barre chord shapes and how to use them at different positions on the neck. All our chords in this lesson are from the key of F major.
Tags: strumming, pop songs, pop rhythm, chord progression, changing chords, chord shapes, F major, first steps, shifting chords6Difficulty2
5-string Barre Chords
by Bear RoseThis is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. Today we are going to learn some 5 string barre chord shapes and how to use them at different positions on the neck. All our chords in this lesson are from the key of G major.
Tags: chord shapes, strumming, open chords, changing chords, chord shifting, beginner, barre chords, first steps, pop songs, playing pop songs7Difficulty2
Power Chords
by Bear RoseHow to play power chords. The chords we will use are in the key of G major.
Tags: strumming, G Major, beginner, power chords, punk rock, rock music, nirvana, ramones, bush, punky, pop punk, grunge, post grunge8Difficulty2
Picking Chords
by Bear RosePicking notes within chords instead of strumming the whole chord
Tags: beginner, easy, picking, chords, E major, open chords, arpeggios, arpeggiated chords, comping, rhythm, pop song, arrangement9Difficulty2
Write a Song
by Bear RoseLet's put together what we have learned so far into a song.
Tags: beginner, easy, open chords, barre chords, power chords, songwriting, guns n roses, arranging, arrangement, composing, composition10Difficulty2
Right Hand Rhythm
by Bear RoseBasic strumming patterns to take you to the next level.
Tags: beginner, strumming, rhythm, right hand, technique, basic, starting, note values, whole, half, quarter, eighth , A Major, open chords, picking hand11Difficulty1
Strumming & Rhythm
by Bear RoseA basic strumming pattern in a ballad style to improve your strumming, hand rhythm, and feel
Tags: G major, open chords, strumming, right hand, rhyhtm, poison, every rose, ballad, first chords, groove, comping12Difficulty1
C Major Scale
by Bear RoseA simple instrumental song that uses the C Major scale in a linear fashion in order to help you learn the major scale and internalize it.
Tags: beginners corner, major scale, beginner solo, C Major, first steps, beginners soloing, beginner improvisation, scale shape13Difficulty1
Minor Pentatonic Scale
by Bear RoseWe continue on our journey to guitar greatness by visiting our second scale: the Minor Pentatonic scale. In this lesson we will learn the main shape of the minor pentatonic scale, and also learn to play it in a musical way while we memorize it.
Tags: theory, beginner, solo, economy picking, minor pentatonic, scale, downpicking, A minor pentatonic, a minor, phrasing, learning scales14Difficulty2
A Minor Scale
by Bear RoseMoving on in our journey through the first scales, we're learning the full Minor Scale. This takes our knowledge from the minor pentatonic scale and adds a few notes to make it a complete minor scale.
Tags: beginner, A minor, A pentatonic minor, melodic solo, improvisation, jamming, first steps, melody, bending, minor, scale, theory15Difficulty2
Slash Chords
by Bear RoseExpand your chord vocabulary! Venturing out from basic chords, we're going to tackle slash chords and discover how they can improve your chord playing and sounds!
Tags: first chords, strumming, beginner, easy, downpicking, open chords, rhythm, comping, chord shifting, changing chords, rock grooves, G major16Difficulty2
Slash Chords 2
by Bear RoseContinuing to diversify our chord knowledge, we are going to learn another way to use slash chords! Today we'll learn how to take a few basic shapes and move them up and down the neck while also utilizing open strings in our slash chords.
Tags: chord shapes, G major, transpose chords, arpeggiated chords, picking, comping, slash chords, strumming, beginner, easy, moving chords, chord shapes, voicings17Difficulty1
Slash Chords 3
by Bear RoseContinuing to diversify our chord knowledge, we are going to learn another way to use slash chords! Today we'll learn about how we can use slash chords to form major 7th and minor 7th chords, as well as use some of the other shapes we've already learned.
Tags: strumming, beginner, easy, major 7th, minor 7th, strum, comping, chord shapes, D major, slash, chords, rhythm guitar, pop rhythm18Difficulty2
Chords Theory
by Bear RoseTaking a detour from the normal style of lessons here on GMC, we are diving into some deep beginner theory: How chords are formed and why? Come with me as I explain this and answer other questions about chord formations and structure!
Tags: beginners, corner, chord, formation, theory, chords theory, extended chords, major chords, minor chords, harmony, forming chords19Difficulty1
Beginner Solo
by Bear RoseTaking a little detour from usual learning of chords and rhythm techniques, we are going to learn a beginner level solo in D major. We'll be drawing from knowledge of the major scale and focusing on melody!
Tags: D major, easy melody, vibrato, picking, bending, phrasing, first steps, first solo, easy, major scale, beginner, corner, solo, articulation, scale applied20Difficulty2
String Bending
by Bear RoseAs we progress through our journey as beginning guitarists, we turn our attention to string bending for this lesson. Keep in mind that even though this lesson is focused on beginners, those who are more advanced would do well to practice this lesson to improve the precision of bending strings to the correct pitch.
Tags: beginner, corner, solo, melody, string bending, diatonic scale, A minor, C major, left hand, pitch, workout, exercise21Difficulty2
Hammer-Ons
by Bear RoseLet's look at hammer-ons! If you're interested in learning to play with some killer legato, this is the place to start. Hammer-ons are the first half of legato. We'll progress from absolute beginner to more advanced beginner through this lesson and learn some fun licks along the way!
Tags: hammer-on, hammer-ons, legato, beginners corner, Bb major, left hand, workout, training, technique, lead techniques, smooth, fingers independence, soloing techniques22Difficulty1
Pull-Offs
by Bear RoseLet's dive into pull-offs! If you're interested in learning to play with some killer legato, this is the place to start. Pull-offs are the second half of legato (check out my hammer-ons lesson for the first half!). We'll progress from absolute beginner to more advanced beginner through this lesson and learn some fun licks along the way!
Tags: pull-offs, pull off, legato, beginner, E Major, pedal note, left hand, workout, training, picking, legato licks23Difficulty1
Beginner Legato
by Bear RoseIt's time to take what we've learned from the past 2 lessons and combine them into some smooth legato playing! We've learned about hammer-ons and pull-offs, now we're just going to put them together and get them acquainted with one another.
Tags: beginner, legato, hammer on, pull off, easy, G major, left hand, workout, exercise, training, technique, smooth legato24Difficulty2
Alternate Picking
by Bear RoseLet's take a look at some beginner alternate picking! The past 3 lessons have been about legato, so now we're working on a new technique that is the opposite of legato: alternate picking!
Tags: alternate picking, beginner, B major, pick, picking, melodic arrangement, coldplay, britpop, timing, tutorial, workout25Difficulty2
Beginner Slides
by Bear RoseToday, we learn to slide! Sliding is a very important part of playing lead guitar. It has a very vocal like quality to it and can be used for great expression and emotion in playing, in a similar but different way than bending.
Tags: slides, beginner, legato, smooth, sliding, soloing, D Major, articulation, expression, emotion, lead, sliding, single string melody, phrasing26Difficulty2
Drop D Tuning
by Bear RoseIt's time to get low! Come and join me for a Beginner's lesson on Drop D Tuning and some basics on how to play in Drop D!
Tags: D Dorian, power chords, strumming, downstrokes, downpicking, groove, rhythm, beginner, drop d, tuning27Difficulty2
The Blues Scale
by Bear RoseIt is time to learn some blues lead guitar! We've looked at the major, minor, and minor pentatonic scales in the past, but now it is time to check out the blues scale!
Tags: beginners, blues solo, lead, scale, A minor, A blues, blues minor, phrasing, blues licks, applied scales, alternate picking, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic28Difficulty2
Palm Muting
by Bear RoseToday we're going to learn how to palm mute! Palm muting will allow us to effectively alter the dynamics in our playing and will improve our skills immensely!
Tags: palm mute, dynamics, beginner, muting, palm muting, power chords, rock rhythm, D major, dynamics, comping, downstrokes, shifting chords29Difficulty1
Finger Picking
by Bear RoseLet's give our picks a rest for a few moments. That's right! Today's lesson is on Fingerpicking, which is a great alternative to using a conventional pick. Let your fingers do the walking!
Tags: finger, picking, folk, blues, beginner, C major, arpeggiated chords, basic chords, open chords, arpeggio, comping, fingerstyle30Difficulty1
