Learn Guitar with Sophie Burrell
with Sophie Burrell
For complete beginners who want to play real songs quickly.
112 lessons · 11 hrs · 13 modules · Tab on 3 lessons
Getting started
Module 01 · 9 lessons · 44m
The guitar, how to hold it, tune it and string it, and a warm-up before anything else.
First riffs and songs
Module 02 · 6 lessons · 56m
Real songs from the first lesson. Each riff drills what the lesson before it taught.
Chords
Module 03 · 8 lessons · 58m
Power chords, open chords and barre chords, and the strumming that goes with them.
The fretboard and tab
Module 04 · 3 lessons · 30m
The notes on the neck, how to read tab, and the tunings you will meet.
Scales and lead
Module 05 · 8 lessons · 1h 17m
The minor pentatonic, the blues scale and the techniques that make a line sing.
Q&A with Sophie
Module 06 · 9 lessons · 21m
9 questions on how Sophie learned, answered from the chair.
Rhythm and counting
Module 07 · 9 lessons · 18m
A look back, a practice routine, then counting, the pulse and every note value from whole notes to triplets.
Ear training
Module 08 · 5 lessons · 35m
Tune by ear, hear intervals, chords and modes, and learn a song without the tab.
Songwriting
Module 09 · 8 lessons · 45m
Chords from scales, 7th, add and sus chords, a melody, a song, and playing with other people.
Scales and modes
Module 10 · 17 lessons · 1h 30m
Major and minor, all 5 pentatonic shapes joined up, and the 7 modes.
Technique
Module 11 · 11 lessons · 1h 48m
Sliding, vibrato, arpeggios, CAGED, muting, picking, harmonics, and combining them.
Licks
Module 12 · 15 lessons · 48m
15 licks from pentatonic blues to sweep picking, each a few minutes.
The track
Module 13 · 4 lessons · 36m
Summit, the course track, broken down and performed, then the end of the course.