DANMAN's Guitar Method

One whole years worth of video lessons delivered in sequential order. Go at your own pace. You get 2 lessons per week for 52 weeks. 104 lessons in a step by step check-off-list approach. Check it out below. A very simple approach with amazing results. It's all included in your Library Membership.


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 Course and Lesson Titles

Video Doc. Numbers
 

Course 1:   Getting Started

 
1
Fill out the enrollment form & get your Library password
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2
Read and save your welcome letter (email)
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3
First time login, download and print "New Library Student" kit
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4
Check your system, run sheet music and video test
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5
Access your GOALS SHEET, fill out, save and print
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6
Complete Danman's 5 Minute Music Theory Course 1
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7
Access your PRACTICE LOG, fill out, save and print
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Course 2:  Your 1st strums, chords, and 5 songs

 
8
Parts of the guitar and how to hold the guitar
86, 216, 329, 382
 
9
Strings on the guitar and how to remember them
85, 215, 411, 1865
 
10
Fingerings and notes and where to put your fingers
57, 425, 1861
 
11
How to hold the pick
81, 215, 329, 412
 
12
Your first set of 3 chords (C, F, G)
54, 79, 1529, 
 
13
Your first strums on the guitar (4/4)
42, 82, 222, 230
 
14
Five songs that use the C, F, G, chords
75
 

Course 3: Cool Special Effects, how to tune, how to play song Happy Birthday

 
15
Access your MASTER SONGS LIST, fill out, save and print
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16
Your first special effect - The Hammer-On
350, 1, 16
 
17
Your 2nd special effect - The Pull-Off
351, 10
 
18
Your 3rd special effect - Harmonics
420, 2538
 
19
How to tune your guitar using 5th fret (Regular Tuning)
84, 288
 
20
How to tune your guitar using harmonics (Regular Tuning)
419, 421, 83
 
21
How to play song "Happy Birthday To You" using C, F, G chords
3017, 77
 

Course 4: Introduction to blues chords, blues scales, and power chords

 
22
How to play your first 7th chord - And How to play song "Happy Birthday To You" using G7 chord
40, ***
 
23
How to play your first guitar lead / blues scale - E pentatonic - open position
61, 224
 
24
How to play your 2nd set of 3 chords ( E7, A7, B7)
225, 226, 227
 
25
How to play your first blues song in E
76, 50
 
26
How to add your first lead / blues scale to your first blues song in E
122, 224, 327
 
27
What are Power Chords and How to play your first 3 power chords - (E, A, B)
36, 348, ***
 
28
How to play your first lead / blues scale with your first 3 power chords - (E, A, B)
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Course 5: Minor chords, strumming with/out pic, 2 chord songs

 
29
Complete Danman's 5 Minute Music Theory Course 2
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30
How to play E minor chord
220
 
31
How to play D add 2 chord
221
 
32
How to play your first 2 -chord song: Horse With No Name (chords: Em - D add 2)
223
 
33
How to Strum without a Pic
80
 
34
How to strum with a pic in 4/4
422
 
35
How to strum with a skip like in Van Morrison's "Moon Dance"
426
 

Course 6: Introduction to strum techniques like Ska, Reggae, Spanish, Show

 
36
Your first spanish style strum
42
 
37
How to strum in 6/8 time / How to strum with a pick in 3/4 time
67,423
 
38
How to Strum With Right Hand Without Using a Pick
415, 80, 416, 
 
39
How to strum with flat pic reggae style
3019
 
40
How to strum Ska style
3091
 
41
How To Play Easy G - C Finger Picking/Strum Like In Song My Way
427, 655
 
42
How To Strum Guitar With Walking Bass Line For Lady Is A Tramp
649
 

Course 7: Introduction to finger picking styles like reggae, country, rock

 
43
First finger picking while holding a flat pic
70,
 
44
1st finger picking without a flat pic
71
 
45
1st Country finger pic holding a flat pic
55
 
46
Your first finger pic in 4
78
 
47
How to finger pluck chords with a bassline and a little reggae thrown in playing Happy Birthday
3018
 
48
How to finger pick in 6/8 like in song, "Thick As A Brick" 
3107
 
49
How To Play Easy Finger Picking For Show Tunes
688
 

Course 8:  How to use capos, pics, whammy bars, foot stool & more

 
50
What is a capo and how to use it
56, 385
 
51
Picks and how to hold them
81, 215, 329, 412, 3186
 
52
What is a whammy bar and how to use it
330, 331, 2423
 
53
Holding the Guitar using a foot stool
1865
 
54
Holding the guitar using a n "A-Frame"
1866
 
55
What is a feed-back-buster and how to use it
410
 
56
Finger and nail care
1903
 

Course 9:Basic Theory, How To Read Tab, neck-dots, Rhythmic divisions, Malaguena

 
57
How to remember the names of the strings
411
 
58
What are the dots on the neck and how to use them
332
 
59
Explanation of Tab Markings for Fingerings
333
 
60
Explanation of Different Rhythmic Divisions - Whole, Half, Quarter, Eighth & 16ths
313
 
61
Quick rhythm in 4 lesson
64
 
62
How to play using the number system
37
 
63
How to Play Malaguena
304
 

Course 10: Secondary finger picking, country, flamenco, classical, rock styles

 
64
How to Play Right Hand Picking Pattern for Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin
1832
 
65
How to finger pick in 4 without a flat pic - complete with instructions
3014, 3015
 
66
How to finger pick in 6/8 without a flat pic - complete with instructions
3016
 
67
Jimmy Stacey on Finger Picking - Basic & 4 Finger Picking
521, 517
 
68
How to play Flamenco style finger picking
397, 398
 
69
Brent Talcott on Classical Style Right- Hand Finger Picking
527, 528
 
70
How to Play a Travis Pick
121
 

Course 11: Secondary strumming styles like maritime, rock, folk, flamenco

 
71
How to strum for rock & pop in 4/4
424
 
72
How to Strum With Right Hand Without Using a Pick
416
 
73
How to play thumb/tapping Flamenco Strum
309
 
74
How To Play Early Sailor Strumming Technique
708
 
75
How to strum in 6/8 time
67
 
76
How to strum with a pick in 3/4 time
423
 
77
A Talk about strumming with examples
491
 

Course 12: Introduction to open tuning, D tuning, drop tuning, Rolling Stones style open tunings

 
78
Chris Cram Interview #1 A Talk on KeithRichards Style G Open Tuning Using These Songs - Brown Sugar, Its Over, Rock & Roll, Can
482
 
79
How to play D open tuning Rolling Stone style
756
 
80
Explain G open tuning used by Rolling Stones
760
 
81
How to Play Drop Tuning (Eb Tuning)
302
 
82
How to play Keith Richards Style tuning D - A - D - F# - A - D
487
 
83
How to Play Suspended Chords in open D Tuning
300
 
84
Jim Stacey on Playing Without a Pick in Open Tuning
519
 

Course 13: Introduction to blues songs, 12 bar, rock blues, swing blues, jazz-blues

 
85
How to play 12 bar blues - Stormy Monday Style
63, 501
 
86
How to Play Basic 12 Bar Blues for Beginners in E
325, 326
 
87
How to Play Jazz Variation of 12 Bar Blues Pattern
503
 
88
How to Add Bassline to 12 Bar Blues Pattern
504
 
89
Beginner Rock - Blues in E using 2 strings
68
 
90
How to play your 1st rock-blues bassline and with a skip
228, 229
 
91
How to Play Blues in E - Advanced Technique
324
 

Course 14:  Introduction to playing blues scales and leads in songs

 
92
Chris Cram shows how to play 3 positions to a Pentatonic Scale Blues Style
493
 
93
What Scale to Use When Soloing in Jazz & Blues
507
 
94
How to play the E pentatonic blues scale
61,224
 
95
How to play passing tones in the E pentatonic scale
60
 
96
Chris Cram shows how to play 3 positions to a Pentatonic Scale Blues Style
493
 
97
How to Play a Pentatonic Minor lead Scale in Smooth
339
 
98
How To Play Roadhouse Blues By The Doors
2619
 

Course 15:  More blues scales and lead playing, and 5 pentatonic scale shapes

 
99
How to Play Minor Pentatonic scale - E Minor
327
 
100
How to Play 5 Shapes of the Pentatonic Scale
362
 
101
How to Play Pentatonic Scale -2nd Shape of 5 Shapes
363
 
102
How to Play 3rd Shape of 5 Different Pentatonic Scale Shapes
364
 
103
How to Play 4th Shape of 5 Different Pentatonic Scale Shapes
365
 
104
How to play 5th shape of Pentatonic scale most common
366
 
105
How to connect the different Pentatonic scale shapes
367