DANMAN's GUITAR COURSES  Danman's Library Method - Start at the beginning - Each course has 7 lessons - Part of Danman's Library Method - 105 lessons in sequential order - Over 150 Videos - Included with your Library Membership

 
Check-off Order

 Course and Lesson Titles

 Video Doc. Numbers
   

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 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 ***
  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) ***
   

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 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