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Beginner Lead & Riffs Online - Free! Hard Copy (CD with backings and Tab) - $10 + postage All video files on hard copy are .wmv for devices such as Windows Media Player. Audio files are mp3 and tab as notepad file. Australian Postage Overseas Postage Total running time approx 1 hour 10 mins ▪ Beginner Guitar and Riffs Tab ►Video 1 – Guitar Basics In this video, Ben goes through the basics of holding the guitar, string names and parts of the guitar. Perfect for someone who has never held a guitar before! ►Video 2 – Holding the Pick, Fingers and Finding Frets Ben runs through some more basics of getting your hands ready to play the guitar, including a cool little riff. ►Video 3 – Reading Guitar Tabs Guitar tab is a great way of reading music and makes it easy for guitar players! Ben shows you how to read Guitar Tab, plus expands on the riff from last lesson. ►Video 4 – Using Fingers 1 2 and 3 Ben starts off nice and easy, taking you through using fingers 1 2 and 3 in a cool melody. ▪ For "slow" backing track click here ▪ For "fast" backing track click here ►Video 5 – 12 Bar Blues Cool Riff Ben shows you a cool riff inspired by a funky blues jam. This cool riff is played on 3 different strings to sound like a 12 Bar Blues style progression! ▪ For "slow" backing track click here ▪ For "fast" backing track click here ►Video 6 – Easy Melody Riff Ben shows you how to play a sweet sounding melody over a backing track, still focusing on fingers 1 2 and 3. ▪ For "slow" backing track click here ▪ For "fast" backing track click here ►Video 7 – The Pentatonic Scale Ben takes you through step by step how to play the E pentatonic scale, including some exercises to get this scale under your fingers. ►Video 8 – Melody Using Pentatonic Scale In this lesson, Ben puts the scale learnt in the last lesson into an easy melody using fingers 2 and 3! ▪ For "slow" backing track click here ▪ For "fast" backing track click here ►Video 9 – The Blues Scale The Blues scale is a funky variation on the pentatonic scale, and is used in heaps of styles of music. Check it out! ►Video 10 – Riff using Blues Scale In this video, Ben uses the scale from the previous lesson to develop this into an awesome groove. ▪ For "slow" backing track click here ▪ For "fast" backing track click here ►Video 11 – 12 Bar Blues Riff Revisited The 12 bar blues style pattern is revisited here to create another cool jam to play. ▪ For "slow" backing track click here ▪ For "fast" backing track click here ►Video 12 – Get that pinkie working! Taking the plunge into playing with four fingers can be tricky when you're just starting the guitar. Ben takes you through an exercise to try and get your fingers used to it. ►Video 13 – Alternate Picking explained Ben gives you a quick recap on the previous rhythms we’ve done, and also shows you a new cool rhythm to give your music more variety. ►Video 14 – What are power chords? Ben takes you through the basics of power chords, what they look like, and how to read them on a guitar tab ►Video 15 – Open and power chords together! In this video, Ben shows you how to convert open chords to power chords to create a cool backing when playing with other guitarists! ►Video 16 – More open and power chords! Ben builds on the previous lesson and shows you another example for your to play along power chords with open chords. ▪ For backing track click here ►Video 17 – Congratulations! Congrats on completing Beginner Lead and Riffs!

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