DANMAN's GUITAR VIDEO COURSES 

Start at the beginning - Each course has 7 lessons - 105 lessons in sequential order - Over 150 Core Videos.
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Course 1:   Getting Started

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

Course 2:  Your 1st strums, chords, and 5 songs

 
  8 Parts of the guitar and how to hold the guitar  
  9 Strings on the guitar and how to remember them  
  10 Fingerings and notes and where to put your fingers  
  11 How to hold the pick  
  12 Your first set of 3 chords (C, F, G)  
  13 Your first strums on the guitar (4/4)  
  14 Five songs that use the C, F, G, chords  
   

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  
  16 Your first special effect - The Hammer-On  
  17 Your 2nd special effect - The Pull-Off  
  18 Your 3rd special effect - Harmonics  
  19 How to tune your guitar using 5th fret (Regular Tuning)  
  20 How to tune your guitar using harmonics (Regular Tuning)  
  21 How to play song "Happy Birthday To You" using C, F, G chords  
   

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  
  23 How to play your first guitar lead / blues scale - E pentatonic - open position  
  24 How to play your 2nd set of 3 chords ( E7, A7, B7)  
  25 How to play your first blues song in E  
  26 How to add your first lead / blues scale to your first blues song in E  
  27 What are Power Chords and How to play your first 3 power chords - (E, A, B)  
  28 How to play your first lead / blues scale with your first 3 power chords - (E, A, B)  
   

Course 5: Minor chords, strumming with/out pic, 2 chord songs

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

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

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

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

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

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

 
  50 What is a capo and how to use it  
  51 Picks and how to hold them  
  52 What is a whammy bar and how to use it  
  53 Holding the Guitar using a foot stool  
  54 Holding the guitar using a n "A-Frame"  
  55 What is a feed-back-buster and how to use it  
  56 Finger and nail care  
   

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

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

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  
  65 How to finger pick in 4 without a flat pic - complete with instructions  
  66 How to finger pick in 6/8 without a flat pic - complete with instructions  
  67 Jimmy Stacey on Finger Picking - Basic & 4 Finger Picking  
  68 How to play Flamenco style finger picking  
  69 Brent Talcott on Classical Style Right- Hand Finger Picking  
  70 How to Play a Travis Pick  
   

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

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

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  
  79 How to play D open tuning Rolling Stone style  
  80 Explain G open tuning used by Rolling Stones  
  81 How to Play Drop Tuning (Eb Tuning)  
  82 How to play Keith Richards Style tuning D - A - D - F# - A - D  
  83 How to Play Suspended Chords in open D Tuning  
  84 Jim Stacey on Playing Without a Pick in Open Tuning  
   

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

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

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

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

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