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Here are the videos that accompany my book, Guitar Class with Greg Matses ..

Lesson 1:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:25 – Guitar Types & Components
00:19:01 – Playing Positions
00:32:19 – Tuning
00:54:55 – Right-Hand Technique
01:36:28 – Left-Hand Technique
02:03:30 – Tablature
02:08:19 – Metronome
02:15:19 – Hands of Time
02:32:17 – Practice Makes..

Lesson 2:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:02:14 – Rhythm
00:48:10 – Chords
00:57:19 – Strumming
01:19:15 – Open Chords & Rhythm

Lesson 3:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:25 – Tempo
00:06:38 – New Age
00:35:51 – Pearly Gates
00:56:22 – Easy Ride
01:07:13 – the Rhythm Guitarist

Lesson 4:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:25 – Pitch
00:24:00 – 1st-String (E) Note Reading
00:47:59 – 2nd-String (B) Note Reading
01:04:35 – Eees & Bees
01:10:01 – Ode To Joy
01:16:10 – Sight-Reading Insights

Lesson 5:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:25 – 3rd-String (G) Note Reading
00:17:59 – 4th-String (D) Note Reading
00:35:40 – Ties & Dots
00:42:40 – Geez & Deez
00:46:29 – Eeez Thru Deez
00:53:18 – Tom Dooley
00:59:40 – Pickup Note(s)
01:04:40 – Amazing Grace
01:12:15 – By My Side

Lesson 6:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:25 – Accidental Steps @ the Chromatic Octave
00:33:10 – 5th-String (A) Note Reading
00:48:31 – 6th-String (E) Note Reading
01:02:15 – Ayzz & Eeez
01:08:19 – All of ’em
01:15:17 – Bass is the Place
01:23:37 – Wade in the Water

Lesson 7:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:25 – Slurs
00:47:28 – Pull it Off
01:11:22 – Inverted Syncopation in Articulate Form
01:29:57 – Guitana

Lesson 8:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:25 – Harmonics
00:39:38 – Repetition
00:58:54 – Bel Air
01:22:12 – Minuet

Lesson 9:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:05 – Scales & Keys
00:29:29 – Minuet in G Major
00:31:04 – Shalom Chaverim
00:35:57 – “F”-It
00:38:04 – Major Scale Patterns
00:54:56 – Improvisation & the Lead Guitarist
01:27:49 – No Words, No Wisdom

Lesson 10:

00:00:25 – Fingerstyle / Fingerpicking
00:25:40 – Scarborough Fair
00:33:40 – House of the Rising Sun
00:57:10 – Travis Picking
01:16:04 – Dusk to Dawn

Lesson 11:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:02 – Chord Spellings
00:34:58 – Muting Techniques
01:02:21 – Downbreath

Lesson 12:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:02:26 – Notes on the Neck
00:17:52 – Power Chords
01:01:34 – Riffs
01:17:56 – Thunderdrone

Lesson 13:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:02:56 – Triplets & Swing 1/8ths
00:11:13 – Blue Notes
00:23:00 – (Blank..) ______ Blues
00:56:38 – Minor Pentatonic & Blues Scale Patterns
01:22:24 – Blues You Can Use

Lesson 14:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:05 – Dynamics
00:08:23 – Strike a Chord
00:22:42 – Performance Possibilities
00:41:27 – Greensleeves
01:48:14 – Greensleeves: all 4 parts together
01:51:32 – Samos
02:41:06 – Samos: all 3 parts together
02:43:29 – an Ending..

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