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Guitar Method: Rock & Pop

Name: Guitar Method: Rock & Pop
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Duration1h 40m

Modules47

LevelBeginner

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (1h 40m)

- 01. Welcome to the Course
  1:41
- 02. Meet Your Teacher
  0:40
- 03. Guide to the Guitar
  6:52
- 04. Sitting with Your Guitar (Acoustic)
  3:29
- 05. Sitting with Your Guitar (Electric)
  0:49
- 06. How to Tune Your Guitar
  4:57
- 07. How to Use a Guitar Pick
  2:49
- 08. Make Your First Sound on the Guitar
  2:45
- 09. How to Strum a Guitar
  2:02
- 10. How to Read Music - Tab
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  1:52
- 11. How to Read Music - Notation
  3:03
- 12. Note Values and Rhythm
  5:08
- 01. Introduction to Rock riffs and melodies
  1:47
- 02. How to get a clean fretted sound
  3:19
- 03. Riff using the E&G notes
  3:30
- 04. Riff using the E&G notes (performance)
  1:10
- 05. Riff accenting the strong note
  1:34
- 06. Riff accenting the strong note (performance)
  0:58
- 07. Riff using half notes
  1:44
- 08. Riff using half notes (performance)
  0:50
- 01. Intro to Rock pt2 and my Gibson Les Paul
  1:10
- 02. Riff combining half notes & quarter notes
  1:36
- 03. Riff combining half notes & quarter notes (performance)
  0:56
- 04. Melody A combining 4 notes
  4:00
- 05. Melody A combining 4 notes (performance)
  0:57
- 06. Melody B combining 4 notes
  2:32
- 07. Melody B combining 4 notes (performance)
  0:55
- 08. Rock City - bars 3&4
  2:18
- 09. Rock City - bars 3&4 (performance)
  0:58
- 10. Well done on the Rock section
  0:17
- 01. Intro to the pop section and rests
  1:14
- 02. Riff with rest on beat 3
  3:36
- 03. Riff with rest on beat 3 (performance)
  1:04
- 04. Riff using F note with rests
  2:53
- 05. Riff using F note with rests (performance)
  1:05
- 06. Melody using C note and rests
  4:59
- 07. Melody using C note and rests (performance)
  0:54
- 08. Summary of Pop part 1
  0:55
- 01. What is a Fender Telecaster
  1:05
- 02. Melody with a D note
  3:51
- 03. Melody with a D note (performance)
  1:10
- 04. Melody using whole notes
  2:34
- 05. Melody using whole notes (performance)
  0:57
- 06. Riff combining note values
  2:32
- 07. Riff combining note values (performance)
  1:03
- 08. Party People bars 13-16
  2:23
- 09. Party People bars 13-16 (performance)
  1:22

About this course

Rockschool Limited is the UK's leading awarding body for popular music exams. This course follows the Rockschool syllabus and pieces.

This is Part 1 of the official Rockschool Guitar Method for Beginners. The course starts with getting-started fundamentals (tuning, holding the guitar, basic chord shapes) then covers two of the most accessible electric guitar styles in depth: Rock (Part 1 and Part 2) and Pop (Part 1 and Part 2).

By the end of this course you'll have a working set of open and barre chords, two strumming styles for rock and pop, and the technical foundation to continue with Country & Metal.

Who it's for

Total beginners with their first electric or acoustic guitar
Returning players ready to follow the Rockschool syllabus
Parents helping a young learner start guitar

What you'll learn

Play the open chords used across rock and pop
Strum in two distinct styles for rock vs pop
Read guitar tab and basic chord charts

What you'll need

An electric or steel-string acoustic guitar
A tuner (or tuning app) and a pick
A few minutes most days to practise

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Based on Rockschool Guitar Method by Rockschool

01
Guitar Method: Rock & Pop
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02
Guitar Method: Country & Metal
03
Guitar Method: Indie & Hip-Hop

Meet the Guru

Tommy Webb

Tommy Webb is a London-based guitarist who completed a BA(Hons) Degree in guitar at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, studying under Sandy Beales (One Direction, Wheatus) and Nicolas Meier (Jeff Beck). His own playing moves freely across rock, pop, indie, hip-hop, country and metal - the exact ground his guitar methods cover.

Tommy has worked with a wide range of artists and bands across the country, including Jarki Monno and Indira May, sharing stages and sessions with guitarists Paul Murray (Jess Glynne, Zak Abel) and Adam Chetwood (Paolo Nutini, Mark Ronson), and drummers Alex Woodward (Black Honey), Luke Robinson and “Bambi Music” (N-Dubz, Lethal Bizzle, Wretch 32, Tinie Tempah).

On stage, he has performed at the Jazz Cafe opening for soul singer Jocelyn Brown, plus venues and festivals including Ronnie Scott's, Troy Bar, The Watford Colosseum, Camden Assembly, Kensington Roof Gardens, Notting Hill Arts Club, Meraki Festival and Sundown Festival.

On record and radio, Tommy has played live sessions for BBC Three Counties Introducing, Vibe FM and Pulse 88, with tracks featured on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2. He has recorded at studios including South Lanes Brighton, Hempstead Road and Titan Studios with producers such as Steph Carter (Gallows, Lyoness) and TMS / Froe Barnes (Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa).

In his guitar methods, Tommy passes all of that working-musician know-how on to you - teaching the techniques, tones and feel behind real styles, from rock and pop to indie, hip-hop, country and metal, so you can play the music you actually love.

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RSL Awards (Rockschool) is a UK awarding body specialising in contemporary music, with graded syllabuses for guitar, drums and piano developed over decades. MusicGurus partners with Rockschool to provide video guides and practice sheet music for their grade books, taught by professional musicians - many of whom played on the original performances and backing tracks recorded at Abbey Road and Real World Studios.

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