WEBVTT 00:00:06.573 --> 00:00:12.802 Well you've done it: you've reached the end. This is the last lesson in my beginners course. 00:00:12.802 --> 00:00:16.962 I really hope you've enjoyed this journey and you've probably learnt a whole lot of stuff 00:00:16.962 --> 00:00:21.123 but you'll probably find that there are quite a few things that you haven't quite mastered yet. 00:00:21.123 --> 00:00:23.643 Now I don't know what they are. 00:00:23.643 --> 00:00:27.145 I can kind of guess that most people struggle with this or struggle with that 00:00:27.145 --> 00:00:29.435 and try and help you out with things along the way 00:00:29.435 --> 00:00:31.724 but when it's got to this point you need NOTE Paragraph 00:00:31.724 --> 00:00:34.244 to now look back on all of the things that we have covered 00:00:34.244 --> 00:00:38.657 and work out what are the things that you haven't mastered yet. 00:00:38.657 --> 00:00:42.405 What I have done is on the website BC199 00:00:42.405 --> 00:00:45.245 which is the consolidation page for the beginners course. 00:00:45.245 --> 00:00:46.660 I've got a list of all the things 00:00:46.660 --> 00:00:49.206 that we've covered during this course 00:00:49.206 --> 00:00:50.874 So what you really need to do now 00:00:50.874 --> 00:00:53.138 is to go back and look at everything 00:00:53.138 --> 00:00:55.112 on that list and make sure you know it. 00:00:55.112 --> 00:00:57.505 Make sure all of the chords are in your memory 00:00:57.505 --> 00:01:00.040 They are no good if you only know them on the website 00:01:00.040 --> 00:01:02.160 Or if you have to look them up in a chord book 00:01:02.160 --> 00:01:04.467 You need have them in here 00:01:04.467 --> 00:01:06.451 It's the same with the scales, same with everything 00:01:06.451 --> 00:01:09.464 the songs included, you need to know the songs all the way through 00:01:10.434 --> 00:01:12.529 so it's a really important stage 00:01:12.529 --> 00:01:15.683 go through make a list of all the things 00:01:15.683 --> 00:01:18.107 that are written on the consolidation page 00:01:18.107 --> 00:01:19.656 that you can't do. 00:01:19.656 --> 00:01:22.198 And then write your own routine depending 00:01:22.198 --> 00:01:24.635 on how much time you have available that 00:01:24.635 --> 00:01:28.165 covers all those things starting with easier things 00:01:28.165 --> 00:01:30.091 then moving on to the harder things. 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:32.691 Now that might take another 6 months 00:01:32.691 --> 00:01:34.371 it might take a week or a month 00:01:34.371 --> 00:01:36.932 I have no idea, it depends on how far 00:01:36.932 --> 00:01:40.852 you've got with each of those elements of the course. 00:01:40.852 --> 00:01:44.699 Different people have extremely different abilities 00:01:44.699 --> 00:01:46.096 some people rip through one thing 00:01:46.096 --> 00:01:47.856 and really struggle with something else. 00:01:47.856 --> 00:01:53.381 and another person will really easily do that thing the other guy found hard 00:01:53.381 --> 00:01:56.214 One thing I've learnt as a teacher over the years is that people 00:01:56.214 --> 00:01:59.214 really struggle with the weirdest things to me 00:01:59.214 --> 00:02:02.080 and excel at other things. 00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:04.058 It's freaky how different we all are 00:02:04.058 --> 00:02:05.858 but that is maybe one of the beautiful things 00:02:05.858 --> 00:02:07.532 about us humans as well. 00:02:07.532 --> 00:02:11.030 So have a good go through that beginners course 00:02:11.030 --> 00:02:13.456 consolidate the information that you've got there 00:02:13.456 --> 00:02:16.151 and then you are ready to then to try 00:02:16.151 --> 00:02:17.891 and progress onto other areas. 00:02:17.891 --> 00:02:20.020 You might find that if your really enjoyed the 00:02:20.020 --> 00:02:21.386 strumming and the rhythm stuff 00:02:21.386 --> 00:02:22.799 you might want to check out my 00:02:22.799 --> 00:02:25.537 Really Useful Strumming Techniques DVD 00:02:25.537 --> 00:02:27.809 or some of the other strumming lessons that I've 00:02:27.809 --> 00:02:29.335 got on the website, there's quite a few 00:02:29.335 --> 00:02:32.495 different styles and techniques you can check out 00:02:32.495 --> 00:02:35.019 If you enjoyed the lead guitar things we touched on 00:02:35.019 --> 00:02:37.336 you might want to check out the Blues Lead Guitar course 00:02:37.336 --> 00:02:40.548 which is available free online or as a DVD 00:02:40.548 --> 00:02:42.497 Make sure you use that with the backing tracks 00:02:42.497 --> 00:02:43.928 that's the secret to that. 00:02:43.928 --> 00:02:45.897 If you really enjoyed the transcribing idea 00:02:45.897 --> 00:02:47.415 and you've been really getting into this 00:02:47.415 --> 00:02:49.502 J.U.S.T.I.N technique exercises then 00:02:49.502 --> 00:02:51.655 that's the kind of thing that you want to really develop 00:02:51.655 --> 00:02:53.203 now that you've finished the course 00:02:53.203 --> 00:02:55.688 and transcribing as many songs as you can. 00:02:55.688 --> 00:02:57.261 If you want help with that there is a transcribing 00:02:57.261 --> 00:02:59.702 section on the website with song tips. 00:02:59.702 --> 00:03:01.644 That would be a very good area of the website 00:03:01.644 --> 00:03:03.096 for you to check out now that you've 00:03:03.096 --> 00:03:04.456 finished your beginers course. 00:03:04.456 --> 00:03:06.490 If you really want to do the Blues 00:03:06.490 --> 00:03:07.863 another thing you might want to check out, 00:03:07.863 --> 00:03:09.721 sorry for pushing all my products on you 00:03:09.721 --> 00:03:12.503 but i also have some Solo Blues pieces 00:03:12.503 --> 00:03:13.749 there are some for free on the site and 00:03:13.749 --> 00:03:15.922 also some DVDs you can buy and you might find 00:03:15.922 --> 00:03:19.064 that useful as well as a place to move onto doing. 00:03:20.402 --> 00:03:22.116 After this first stage that you've 00:03:22.116 --> 00:03:24.528 done now the Beginners Course you can firmly draw 00:03:24.528 --> 00:03:26.588 a line that you have covered all of the 00:03:26.588 --> 00:03:28.757 beginners material. I've been really careful 00:03:28.757 --> 00:03:30.363 about the construction of this course 00:03:30.363 --> 00:03:32.817 and I really think I've covered most of the bases 00:03:32.817 --> 00:03:34.709 of things that I would expect a beginner guitar 00:03:34.709 --> 00:03:37.546 player to have learnt and you'll now be on the 00:03:37.546 --> 00:03:39.466 Intermediate journey for which there is 00:03:39.466 --> 00:03:42.365 masses of information. You really have to decide 00:03:42.365 --> 00:03:44.642 a little bit more now what things you want to do. 00:03:44.642 --> 00:03:48.027 Whether you want to do Rock or Blues or Metal or lead guitar or solo or whether you 00:03:48.027 --> 00:03:50.908 want to get a bit more into Jazzy themes or whatever 00:03:50.908 --> 00:03:53.471 you have start specialising a little bit when it 00:03:53.471 --> 00:03:55.379 comes to the intermediate stage, because there 00:03:55.379 --> 00:03:58.306 is so, so many things to learn. 00:03:58.306 --> 00:04:00.801 The one thing that I find really weird is 00:04:00.801 --> 00:04:03.207 the more stuff I learn the more I learn that 00:04:03.207 --> 00:04:04.660 I don't know anything at all, and there are 00:04:04.660 --> 00:04:07.390 still millions of things left to learn, you never stop. 00:04:07.390 --> 00:04:09.593 that's, I think one of the most beautiful things about 00:04:09.593 --> 00:04:11.261 playing a guitar is that even when you think 00:04:11.261 --> 00:04:13.005 you've mastered something you look over and there 00:04:13.005 --> 00:04:14.809 is someone else doing some even crazier stuff 00:04:14.809 --> 00:04:16.163 that you've got to learn. 00:04:16.163 --> 00:04:18.323 Which is I reckon a really cool thing. 00:04:18.323 --> 00:04:19.893 So I really hope you've enjoyed 00:04:19.893 --> 00:04:22.478 this Beginners Course and I hope one day 00:04:22.478 --> 00:04:24.383 that I get to meet you and you can give me some 00:04:24.383 --> 00:04:26.740 suggestions. If you get stuck on anything 00:04:26.740 --> 00:04:28.807 by the way don't forget about the forum. 00:04:28.807 --> 00:04:30.873 Every lesson on the website has a link to 00:04:30.873 --> 00:04:33.873 a specific topic on the forum which just 00:04:33.873 --> 00:04:36.233 deals with that one class so if you are 00:04:36.233 --> 00:04:38.233 getting stuck with any particular thing 00:04:38.233 --> 00:04:40.292 whether it's 12 bar rhythm or improvising 00:04:40.292 --> 00:04:42.133 or whatever you can go there and either get 00:04:42.133 --> 00:04:44.674 help from me, one of the hundreds or thousands 00:04:44.674 --> 00:04:46.754 of other people that use the forum and 00:04:46.754 --> 00:04:49.072 you can also drop me any advice like you found 00:04:49.072 --> 00:04:50.807 that really hard or that difficult and maybe 00:04:50.807 --> 00:04:53.675 I can add it into the website element of this 00:04:53.675 --> 00:04:55.350 course to help some other people. 00:04:55.350 --> 00:04:58.276 So do feel free to drop by the forum and offer 00:04:58.276 --> 00:04:59.978 advice and ask questions and all that. 00:04:59.978 --> 00:05:01.664 It's a really nice community of people 00:05:01.664 --> 00:05:04.496 So take care of yourselves and a big thank you to Jedi 00:05:04.496 --> 00:05:06.572 for all his hard work, filming and editing and bringing 00:05:06.572 --> 00:05:09.111 this content to you and 00:05:09.111 --> 00:05:12.780 take care, be safe and be kind!