How to Play Guitar - Lesson 5 - Free Lesson

This is Lesson 5 from Doug Marks’ Complete Rock Guitar Course. It is a beginner lesson that covers these topics: Open Chords : Technique for Barre Chords : Speed and Accuracy exercise : Guitar riffs : Guitar Setup : Pentatonic pattern : Sequence.

Chapter List

00:05 Chords – 2 types

00:27 Chords – be sure that each string sounds

01:11 Bar chords explained

04:45 How to position the first finger for an effective bar

05:14 Twisting motion to clamp the bar to the fret

06:06 Speed and accuracy tips and exercise

07:33 Exercise 1 – First speed and accuracy exercise

07:54 Guitar riffs explained

09:22 Exercise 2 – Don’t Believe It

10:06 The cause of out of tune sounding chords

11:27 A properly setup guitar is easier to play

11:41 About string height and guitar set-up

12:38 The 5th position is moved an octave lower

13:36 Exercise 3 – 5th pattern of the Pentatonic scale

14:05 Exercise 4 – scale sequence from 5th pattern

14:28 Changing keys with the 5 patterns

15:34 Exercise 5 – review of all 5 patterns

16:09 Final thoughts