Lesson 5 of 43GuitarBeginner

Overrated

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James Barratt performs the Rockschool Guitar piece 'Overrated'.

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43 lessons (3h 11m) · 1 free

- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:33
- 02. Meet Charlie Griffiths
  1:23
- 03. Meet Rob Luft
  3:02
- 04. Meet Stuart Ryan
  1:52
- 01. Overrated
  You are here
  2:03
- 02. Old Bones Blues
  1:56
- 03. Indecisive
  1:55
- 04. Maiden Voyage
  2:03
- 05. Reggae Island
  Free lesson
  1:56
- 06. Fallout
  1:59
- 01. Overrated
  11:37
- 02. Old Bones Blues
  15:12
- 03. Indecisive
  9:55
- 04. Maiden Voyage
  12:22
- 05. Reggae Island
  10:50
- 06. Fallout
  12:10
- 01. Intro to technical exercises
  2:44
- 02. Tech advice (early grades)
  3:10
- 03. Rob Luft on how to practice exercises
  3:28
- 04. Group A: Scales
  2:45
- 05. Group B: Arpeggios
  0:47
- 06. Group C: Chords
  3:08
- 01. How to hold guitar and pick
  3:47
- 02. Picking hand position
  2:22
- 03. Fretting hand position
  2:44
- 04. Alternate picking
  3:08
- 05. Legato (hammer-ons & pull-offs)
  5:29
- 06. Barre chords
  6:15
- 07. Vibrato
  7:37
- 01. Intro to Approaches to improvisation
  1:00
- 02. Getting started with improvisation
  9:22
- 03. Improvising over chord tones
  10:18
- 04. Assignment: Finding chord tones
  4:05
- 05. Adding rhythmic interest to your solos
  4:11
- 06. Assignment: Improvising over a chord change
  2:52
- 07. Challenge: Submit your improv
  0:24
- 08. Embelleshing a melody
  5:36
- 09. Challenge: Submit your melody
  0:26
- 10. Rhythmic improv & comping
  9:55
- 01. Sight reading tips
  1:51
- 01. Course outro
  0:32
- 02. About Rockschool exams
  0:30
- 03. Preparing for your Rockschool exam
  1:28