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### Get the most out of every lick

One of the most common mistakes I see guitar students making is not spending enough time with guitar licks. Within a single, top quality guitar lick, you can find an **incredible amount of knowledge, skill, theory and phrasing**; we just need to learn how to get the most out of it.

How To Learn Licks

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### The most important thing

As you progress through your guitar journey, your ability to play rhythmically is going to be the most important element of your playing. In fact, simply realising that **rhythm is the #1 most important aspect of your playing**, is going to be a huge step on your journey. It is very common to consider chords, scales or even the physicality of playing more important. It isn't. Rhythm is the boss, and needs as much, if not more attention than anything else. 

Beginners Rhythm

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### Build speed quickly

As a beginner lead guitar player, you may have already found that one of the key elements that is currently holding you back is speed! Your fingers quite simply can't move fast enough to play your favourite solos or riffs. As you continue on your journey, and work through our lead guitar courses, **being able to build your speed effectively is going to be absolutely crucial**. Our aim, therefore, with this course, is to give you the tools and understanding you need to know exactly how to build speed efficiently, and essentially, how to actually achieve the speed of the lead parts you are trying to play! 



Beginners Speed Building

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### A lick in each shape... 

Welcome to our Blues Lick Challenge course! Our aim in this challenge is to guide you through the process of taking a single blues lick, and making it work over a variety of backing tracks, in any key. We do this by showing you **5 incredible new blues licks**, that are perfect examples of how we can crossover the major and minor pentatonic scales in the blues, and then challenge you to work them into other jams. 

Blues Licks

The Blues Licks Challenge

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### Really appreciate the beauty of open chords

As a beginner guitar player, open chords are a necessity and a great friend as you start your guitar journey. However, in our rush to progress past these chords, the depth and beauty of them are too often overlooked. I mean, let's be honest, if we took away the open chords, we'd probably lose a rather large percentage of the best music ever written! So, in this course, we challenge you to take a deeper look at open chords, and in these five lessons will explore the theory, chord shapes and exercises you can use to start unlocking your creativity.  



Open Chords

Open Chords Challenge

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When it comes to blues, we all love the idea of ripping into a face melting, 36 bar solo, taking the audience on a journey through time and space... But... without an absolutely locked down rhythm section, it would all fall apart! That’s the purpose of this course. I want to remind you guys that the blues is all about rhythm. Being able to grab a guitar, plug in, start tapping your foot and laying down a rock solid groove that the audience can’t help but move to, well, there’s your magic, baby! Everything else is born and thrives from that initial groove, so let’s dig into how we can master some proper rhythms! 

Blues Rhythm

The Grooves

Our 5 day courses are designed to drill home specific ideas and points, challenging you to achieve something each day for 5 days. 

Challenges

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### The **best** place to begin your journey

Welcome to our beginners 30 day challenge, and first up, let me say congrats for committing to your guitar playing and to this challenge. We will be showing you how to play guitar, from scratch, with our aim to install a habit of daily practice. It may seem obvious, but daily practice is the key to properly learning the guitar, so we will be setting you up with proper practice plans as the course develops.

30 Day Beginner Challenge

Smashing The Basics

Let's Hit The Gym

Getting Musical

The Nitty Gritty

Second Song

Getting Ready

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### Turn up the gain and get heavy

Welcome to the Metal Essentials Level One course, a comprehensive venture into the world of metal guitar, expertly guided by YGA tutor Dion. This course is for anyone wanting to get into the genre's theory and techniques. It's not just for metal lovers; it's for anyone looking to **develop exciting guitar skills**. Throughout the course, your technique, speed, and endurance will be dialed up. You'll explore new modes and scales applicable that just sound perfect for metal. This course is an essential journey for all guitarists, enhancing your skills, no matter your preferred genre.

Metal Essentials

Metal Primer

Down-Picking

Metal Soloing!

Inverted Metal

Dropping The D

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### The primer

Even Jimi Hendrix had to begin somewhere, and for all you budding first-time guitarists, our basics course will get you off to a perfect start! We quickly take you through how to hold the guitar and plectrum, essential gear you need to get started, the string names and a few other important bits and pieces. It shouldn't take long to digest, and you'll soon be ready to move on to the beginners courses!

The Basics

Playing Fundamentals

Must Have Gear!

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### Become the guitar player you want to be

Welcome to our level one Acoustic Beginners course. If you're a beginner with an acoustic guitar then this is where you need to start! We take you step by step through the key aspects you need to lay the foundations of your guitar playing, and start you on your journey to becoming the guitar player you want to be! This course will focus on building good habits (and losing bad ones) and a really solid technique that you'll be able to build on.

Acoustic Beginners Level 1

Essentials Part 1

Essentials Part 2

Essentials Part 3

Essentials Part 4

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### Time to get creative

Welcome to our Acoustic Beginners Level 2 course! This course picks up where the level 1 course left off, and starts to focus on injecting more creativity into your playing, and even start writing your own songs! We assume you've got a good grasp on the basics from the previous course, and start building on those foundations. We introduce a new type of chord that can really help with songwriting, and add a new dimension to your playing with fingerstyle Travis Picking.

Acoustic Beginners  Level 2

Sus Chords Part 1

Sus Chords Part 2

Travis Picking Part 1

Travis Picking Part 2

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### Lay the best foundations

Welcome to our Electric Beginners Level One course! **If you're just starting out with an electric guitar then this is the course you need**. We'll take you step by step through the key aspects you need to lay the foundations of your guitar playing and this is where we lose any bad habits and really focus on building good habits and good techniques. We focus on this from the very start to set you up to progress as quickly and efficiently through this and future courses as possible!

Electric Beginners Level 1

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### Time rock with power chords!

Welcome to our Electric Beginners Level Two course. In this course we really start to **take advantage of the capabilities of the electric guitar** over the acoustic - the biggest of all being the ability to plug into an amp and create distorted sounds! We therefore start by learning one of the most fundamental chords in guitar - Power Chords. These chords really do define rock, punk, indie and grunge music and you can hear them used everywhere from Green Day to Nirvana and Guns N' Roses! An indispensable weapon to have in your guitar arsenal. 

Electric Beginners Level 2

Turn It Up To 11! Part 1

Turn It Up To 11! Part 2

Electric Blues Part 1

Electric Blues Part 2

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### Master Barre chords

Welcome to our Electric beginner Level 3 course! **This course is the bridge between you and intermediate guitar playing** so it's an important course to master! The focus of the course is all about barre chords! These chord shapes will open up the neck completely for you and allow you to actually play every single major and minor chord. No more looking through chord charts and ignoring the F sharps or the D flat chords! By the end of this course you'll be able to confidently play all of them! We take you through not only the theory behind barre chords but also the practicality of playing these shapes. 

Electric Beginners Level 3

Barre Chords Part 1

Barre Chords Part 2

Barre Chords Part 3

Barre Chords Part 4

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### Expand your chord knowledge

This course follows immediately on from **Electric Beginners (Level 3)**. Our first intermediate electric course will help you expand your knowledge of chords to include all CAGED shapes across the neck, dramatically improving your versatility. 



Electric Intermediates Level 1

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### Chords and lead together!

Welcome to our Electric Intermediate Level 2 course! In this exciting journey through the world of music, we delve into the artistry of Jimi Hendrix and his mastery of both chords and lead guitar. But before we dive into that, we take a thrilling detour into the realm of rock and roll, drawing inspiration from the legendary Chuck Berry. As an intermediate guitarist, mastering the 12-bar rock-and-roll is essential, and we guide you through it with fun and flair.

Electric Intermediates Level 2

Rock & Roll

Hendrix Style Chords Part 1

Hendrix Style Chords Part 2

Hendrix Style Chords Part 3

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### Take the lead!

Welcome to our Lead Guitar Beginners Level One course! If you're a beginner and love the idea of playing lead guitar then this is the course for you. Just as with all of our level one beginner courses, our primary focus is to **build the key foundations** that you can rapidly build on as you progress. We start from scratch with the key techniques that will allow you to build strength and accuracy with both hands whilst learning cool exercises that will help you monitor your progress and **increase your speed** and strength very quickly. 

Lead Guitar Beginners Level 1

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### Make it sing

Welcome to the Lead Guitar Beginners Level 2 course! This course is the natural progression from Level 1, building on that foundation. Our primary focus in this course is to enhance your lead guitar abilities by expanding on the pentatonic shape introduced in the previous level. One of the key highlights is learning the art of vibrato, a crucial technique that adds a vocal quality to your guitar playing, **making your leads truly sing!**

Lead Guitar Beginners Level 2

Rock Vibrato

Blues Like B.B.

Linking Like Clapton

More Notes More Fun Part 1

More Notes More Fun Part 2

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### Fly up and down the fretboard

Welcome to our Lead Guitar Intermediate Level One course! Our primary goal in this course is to give you the confidence to **play and improvise effortlessly across the entire fretboard**. We do this by dividing the neck into the five pentatonic shapes. If you've explored our beginner courses, you'll already be familiar with the first two shapes. However, if you're jumping straight into this level, fear not - we'll provide a quick recap of those shapes before moving on to the new ones.


Lead Guitar Intermediates Level 1

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### Lead riffin'

Welcome to our Lead Guitar Intermediates Level 2 course! In the previous course, we delved into the art of improvisation and soloing. In this exciting new journey, **we shift our focus to the world of guitar riffs**. But here's the twist: riffs aren't limited to just rock. They find their place in genres like funk, blues, jazz, pop, indie, and more. Throughout this course, we'll take all your scale knowledge and apply it to crafting riffs across a diverse range of genres. From Muse-inspired rock riffs to Nile Rodgers and Chic-inspired funk grooves, Howlin' Wolf-style to Arctic Monkeys, you'll explore different keys, scale shapes, and techniques. 

Lead Guitar Intermediates Level 2

Mastering The Riff Part 1

Mastering The Riff Part 2

Techniques For Building Speed

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### Start the journey to blues mastery

Welcome to our first Intermediate Electric Blues Guitar course! In this course we'll take an incredibly detailed look at the world of blues guitar and guide you through **all the fundamentals that the great blues players use** and lay some truly epic foundations that will allow you to take your blues playing to a professional level. We'll tackle the fundamentals when it comes to rhythm and lead, including the 12 bar structure and the minor and major crossover, plus lots more! 

Electric Blues Essentials Level 1

Dirty Blues

7th Chords & The 12 Bar

Major & Minor Scale

Keys & Turnarounds

"Motivational Blues" 

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### Master slow blues

Welcome to the second installment of our Blues Guitar Essentials course. In this course we continue where we left off in level one and we bring you **new arpeggios, new concepts new theory and loads of new bluesy gold!** The main focus that ties this entire course together is the mastery of slow blues. We'll show you all the secrets, tips, and theory behind the style as well as give you incredible practical examples to learn and master them.

Electric Blues Essentials Level 2

Slow Blues Groove

7th Arpeggios

Slow Blues Solo

One Man Band

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### Get the grounding to master the modes

Welcome to the first course in our epic septology of modal courses where we'll be teaching you how to use each of the individual modes practically and creatively. We believe that you need to study each mode individually to get the absolute deepest understanding of the scale and how to use it. In this first course, we tackle the first mode: Ionian. We commonly refer to this mode as the major scale, and although most of us "know" the major scale, it is essential that we approach it within the context of it being an individual mode. Understanding this mode properly provides the foundation and grounding that we need to master every other mode of the major scale. When it comes to songwriting this mode is essential. We'll walk you through everything from ground up, constructing the mode and demonstrating exactly how to use it.  

Practical Modes Ionian

Ionian Theory

Harmonising

Motown Track

Brit Pop Track

Daft Pop

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### Complete your blues journey

Welcome to Blues Essentials Level 3! This course marks the final stage in our Blues Essentials trinity. Before diving into this course, ensure you've mastered Blues Essentials Levels 1 and 2. Here, **we delve deeper into the essence of blues**, emphasizing that it's not confined to a 12-bar structure; it's a feeling, a style of playing that transcends boundaries. Level 3 covers four different types of blues – **funky, modern, eight-bar, and soul blues** – exploring dominant chord theory and major-minor crossovers without the traditional 12-bar framework. Join us on this exciting journey towards blues mastery!

Electric Blues Essentials Level 3

Guitar 101! Here you'll pick up all the tools you need to become the complete guitarist.

Guitar Skills

Courses

30 Day Beginner Challenge

Guitar Skills – Beginner

7th Chords

Theory Lab – Intermediate

9th Chords

Theory Lab – Intermediate

Acoustic Beginners Level 2

Guitar Skills – Beginner

Acoustic Beginners Level 1

Guitar Skills – Beginner

Acoustic Fingerstyle Level 1

Guitar Skills – Beginner

Acoustic Fingerstyle Level 2

Guitar Skills – Intermediate

Acoustic Fingerstyle Level 3

Guitar Skills – Intermediate

Angus Young

Player Studies – Intermediate

B.B.King

Player Studies – Intermediate

Beginner Gym

Guitar Skills – Beginner

Beginners Rhythm

Challenges – Beginner

Beginners Speed Building

Challenges – Beginner

Blues Licks

Challenges – Intermediate

Blues Rhythm

Challenges – Intermediate

Brian May

Player Studies – Advanced

Carlos Santana

Player Studies – Advanced

Cory Wong

Player Studies – Advanced

David Gilmour

Player Studies – Intermediate

Dimebag Darrell

Player Studies – Advanced

Diminished Chords

Theory Lab – Intermediate

Ed Sheeran

Player Studies – Intermediate

Eddie Van Halen

Player Studies – Advanced

Electric Beginners Level 1

Guitar Skills – Beginner

Electric Beginners Level 2

Guitar Skills – Beginner

Electric Beginners Level 3

Guitar Skills – Beginner

Electric Blues Essentials Level 1

Guitar Skills – Intermediate

Electric Blues Essentials Level 2

Guitar Skills – Advanced

Electric Blues Essentials Level 3

Guitar Skills – Master

Electric Intermediates Level 1

Guitar Skills – Intermediate

Electric Intermediates Level 2

Guitar Skills – Intermediate

Eric Clapton

Player Studies – Intermediate

Essential Theory

Theory Lab – Beginner

Freddie King

Player Studies – Intermediate

Funk Essentials Level 1

Guitar Skills – Intermediate

George Benson

Player Studies – Master

Home Studio Guide

Guitar Skills – Beginner

How To Learn Licks

Challenges – Intermediate

Improvisation Level 1

Guitar Skills – Intermediate

Jack White & The White Stripes