Street-Smart BEGINNER Guitar Series
Guitar Lessons forAbsolute Beginners!
Is your dream to become a stellar guitar player?
Then don’t be mislead into thinking all you need to do to impress your friends is learn a few chords and play a couple of cover songs! That kind of guitar playing won’t impress anyone. You need a solid foundation to build killer fretboard and chord skills on. And that’s what you get with my “Street-Smart™ Beginner Guitar” Series.
This course is all about the fretboard and chords!
It’s designed to teach any one at any age how to become the guitar player other guys “wanna be“.
You’ll learn the cool, acoustic guitar skills most guitarists don’t know!
Best of all, I’ll teach you how to play from the heart, NOT from the chart! – Gaylerd
Introduction VIDEO: “Before you Begin this Series“
In this short video, Gaylerd introduces himself and his 3-phase “StreetSmart™ ” approach to his Beginner Guitar Series.
PHASE 1 – Street-Smart Guitar Fundamentals
Phase 1 is for the ABSOLUTE Beginners who have never even held a guitar before!
You’ll start your guitar journey on square one by learning the raw, basic street-smart guitar fundamentals. With this rock-solid foundation, you’ll be able to build the guitar skills you need to be able to play songs better than the other guys.
Learning about Your Guitar
Lesson 1 – The Parts of a Guitar
Lesson 2 – Holding your guitar
Lesson 3 – How to Hold your pick like Gaylerd (You’ll love this)
Lesson 4 – How to Tune your Guitar
Lesson 5 – Using your Left Hand, Right Hand, and Thumb
About the Strings and Fretboard
Lesson 6 – The Names and Numbers of the strings
Lesson 7 – How to Read TABS
String Skills for the 1st & 2nd Strings
Lesson 8 – 1st and 2nd String TABS and Notes
Lesson 9 – 1st and 2nd String Finger Exercises
Lesson 10 – Using TABS and Notes to play Jingle Bells
String Skills for the 3rd & 4th String Skills
Lesson 11 – Reading the TABS and Playing the Notes
Lesson 12 – 3rd and 4th string Finger Exercises
Lesson 13 – Using the TABS and Notes on strings 1, 2, 3 &4 to play Yankee Doodle
String Skills for the 5th & 6th String Skills
Lesson 14 – Reading the TABS and Playing the Notes
Lesson 15 – 5th and 6th string Finger Exercises
Lesson 16 – Using the TABS and Notes on All Strings to The Star Spangled Banner
Tips and Tricks for Playing Guitar BETTER than the other Guys
Lesson 17 – Basic Street-Smart Strumming Techniques
Lesson 18 – How to Read Chord Diagrams
Lesson 19 – Tips & Tricks for Playing Chords Better
PHASE 2 – Street-Smart Chord, Strumming, and Song Skills
This second phase is the meat of the series. This is where you start learning, practicing and applying “StreetSmart™” guitar skills!
Your First Two Chords… Em and A
Lesson 20 – Why the Em and A are the best chords to learn first
Lesson 21 – The BEST ways to play Em
Lesson 22 – The BEST way to play A
Lesson 23 – Tips for Changing between Em and A
Basic Strumming Techniques
Lesson 24 – Strumming Exercises to use with ALL chords
The E Chord
Lesson 25 – The BEST way to play E
Lesson 26 – Tips for Changing between E and A
Using E and A to Play Songs
Lesson 27 – For What it’s Worth
Lesson 28 – Tulsa Time
The C, Am, and Bm Chords
Lesson 29 – The BEST ways to play C
Lesson 30 – The BEST way to play Am
Lesson 31 – The BEST ways to play Bm
Lesson 32 – Tips for Changing between C and Am
Using Em, Am, Bm and C to play a song
Lesson 33 – Using Em, Am, Bm, and C to play They’ll Know We Are Christian
The G and D Chords
Lesson 34 – The BEST ways to play G
Lesson 35- The BEST ways to play D
Lesson 36 – Tips for Changing between G and D
Lesson 37 – Using G and D to play The Old Chisholm Trail
Using G, D, and C Progressions to Play Songs
Lesson 38 – Sweet Home Alabama
Lesson 39 – Werewolves in London
Lesson 40 – Bad Moon Rising
The G7 Chord
Lesson 41 – The BEST ways to play G7
Lesson 42 – Tips for Changing Between C and G7
Using C and G7 to Play Songs
Lesson 43 – Jingle Bells
Lesson 44 – Yankee Doodle
The D7 Chord
Lesson 45 – The BEST way to play D7
Lesson 46 – Using C, G, G7 and D7 to play I’ll Fly Away
Lesson 47 – Using G, C and D7 to play This Littel Light of Mine
Lesson 48 – Using G, D, D7 and C to play Down by the Riverside
The B7 Chord
Lesson 49 – The BEST way to play B7
Lesson 50 – Practicing the G, D7, C, B7, Em, and Am chords
Using G, C, and D7 to Play a Songs
Lesson 51 – When the Saints Go Marchin’ In
Lesson 52 – Crawdad Hole Song
The E7 and A7 Chords
Lesson 53 – The BEST ways to play E7
Lesson 54 – The BEST way to play A7
Lesson 55 – Tips for Changing between E7 and A7
Lesson 56 – Using A, D, E7 and B7 to play Over the River and Through the Woods
Lesson 57 – Using G, D and A7 to play Camp Town Races
The Dm Chord
Lesson 58 – Tips for playing Dm clearly
Using G, D, G7 and C to play a Song
Lesson 59 – Red River Valley
The G7 Chord
Lesson 60 – Tips for Changing between C and G7
Open Chord Exercises in C
Lesson 61 – Practicing the C, G7, Am, E, and Dm chords
Learn to Play a Song
Lesson 62 – Yankee Doodle (C, G7)
The B7 chord
Lesson 63 – Tips for playing B7 clearly
Open Chord Exercise in D
Lesson 64 – Practicing the D, C7, A, A7, Em, B7, Dm, and Am chords
Learn to play a Song
Lesson 65 – Morning Has Broken
Learn to play a Song
Lesson 66 – America the Beautiful
Open Chord Exercises in G
Lesson 67 – Practicing the G, D7, C, B7, Em, and Am chords
Lesson 68 – Practicing the G, Am, Am7, C, D, D7, Dsus, Em and Em7 chords
Open Minor 7th Chords
Lesson 69 – Am7, Dm7, Em7
Lesson 70 – Changing between Minor 7th Chords
Open Suspended Chords
Lesson 71 – Asus, Dsus, Esus
Open Major, Minor and 7th Chords Exercise
Lesson 72 – C, Cmaj, Am, Am7, Dm, Dm7, G, G7, Em, and Em7
Open Chords Exercise in Key of D
Lesson 73 – Practicing the D, D7, Em, Em7, G, G7, A, A7 and Asus chords
Learn to Play a Song
Lesson 74 – Scarborough Fair
The Dreaded F Chord
Lesson 75 – The BEST ways to play F
Lesson 76 – Using C, G7, and F to play When the Saints Go Marchin’ In
Phase 3 – Street-Smart Arpeggio Riffs
Here in Phase 3 you’ll learn how to play chords using a few basic Arpeggio picking patterns.
Basic Arpeggio Picking Patterns
Lesson 77 – Arpeggio Picking Pattern #1
Lesson 78 – Arpeggio Picking Pattern #2
Lesson 79 – Arpeggio Picking Pattern #3