You’ve got the guitar basics down: You can strum your guitar and play a few of your favorite songs, but you’re ready to take the tunes to the next level. In Guitar Scales and Chord Progressions you’ll expand your knowledge of scales, chord fingerings, and common chord progressions. You’ll also learn important skills for soloing, creating melodies, and adding depth and dimension to your guitar playing.
This course is part of the How to Play Guitar Specialization
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Learners should complete "Guitar for Beginners" before enrolling in this course.
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Play scales in a moveable open position
Identify and play major, minor, diminished, and augmented arpeggios
Add rhythmic timing to arpeggios and strumming to enhance your playing
Skills you will gain
- Tablature
- Music notation
- Guitar scales
- Guitar chords
- Guitar
Learners should complete "Guitar for Beginners" before enrolling in this course.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Welcome to Guitar Scales and Chord Progressions!
Scales
Arpeggios
Chords and Progressions
Rhythm
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- 4 stars17.71%
- 3 stars2.17%
- 2 stars1.63%
- 1 star0.81%
TOP REVIEWS FROM GUITAR SCALES AND CHORD PROGRESSIONS
it was an awesome experience learning with coursera. I have my fundamentals cleared about basics in guitar and I wish to pursue advanced leasons from the same
Excellent, very helpful, the instructor was fantastic, I learned a lot. Would appreciate more examples of putting it all together. I enjoyed the process, even with my busy schedule.
A fine opportunity to slow down and pay attention to important details in guitar technique. Great material, excellently presented.
Good, interesting topic, but it does not go deep on anything so I was visiting Youtube after every time I finished a chapter in this course.
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