Online Music Lessons from Music Texas Style

In this series of lessons, Ken Wheeler will guide students through the most basic aspects of guitar playing. From learning the notes of each string, to how to tune your guitar, it is all included in this package.

Ken Wheeler will begin this series by showing you primary chords and how easy to use they are. He will teach you open string chording and strumming rhythms and most importantly he will teach you to have fun!

This package teaches the student the most common open string chords in the keys of D, A, G, E, C and A Minor.

Ken Wheeler teaches how chords using Open Strings fit together in a key to give students the ability to play thousands of other songs.

Ken has lived an incredible life, met an amazing assortment of individuals, and has gained a wealth of knowledge over the years. In these lessons, he shares this with you, through the songs that he plays and the stories that he tells.

In this lesson pack, Ken Wheeler will share with you his knowledge of Blues music by teaching you 4 simple Blues song that you can play along to.

Playing along with 12 Bar Blues rhythms offers students major assistance with ear training and is one of the most fun things a beginner can do with his instruments and his quickly learned.

At the beginning of each lesson, Ken will discuss which chords are needed for the song, and which key the songs are played in.

Slightly more advanced than Lesson Pack number 1, Ken welcomes more advanced players, or those who simply need a few pointers here and there.

Having mastered basic chords, rhythms, fretwork and finger positioning from previous lessons, students will be taught additional chords and variations upon the rhythms already learned.

Through this segment of lessons, Ken Wheeler will also be teaching the individual guitar parts, both and lead and rhythm, on specific songs. Playing along with both parts of a song greatly improves the students timing and ability to play with others or a real band.

Students can now expect Tablature to be introduced and to learn how to play and read simple lead harmony 2 and 3 notes, played at the same time. Students should also expect more complicated chord changes in this lesson giving them all the tools to help them advance further on their path to becoming a true musician.

Students can expect to learn numerous additional chords and rhythm patterns as well as Instrumental, Lead and Rhythm guitar parts.

Ken Wheeler will also be giving an introduction to Slide Guitar in this package.

The song pace and skill level will begin to increase in this series of lessons, but you will be able to add 4 famous songs to the list of songs you can play and become more familiar with the entire guitar neck.

In this package, students will be playing all songs acoustically. You will be taught different guitar tunings and the chords which are specific to those tunings.

Ken Wheeler will be demonstrating how to finger pick with your right hand or your "Picking Hand" and teaches you common tunings such as a Drop D Tuning which is used in countless genres of songs.

Upon completion of this lesson pack you will be able to include 4 beautiful hymns to your collection of songs you are capable of playing.

In this series of lessons, Ken Wheeler will be teaching about hand placements, Introductions and Turnarounds.

He will be teaching you the fundamentals of what every guitar player will need in order to be successful and also enjoy playing at the same time.

Ken Wheeler will be teaching you how to play some classic blues songs in this series of lessons. He will teach you Twelve Bar Blues, introductions and bridges.

This lesson pack will also offer students the chance to learn the most common of all Blues rhythms in the Key of E.

Ken Wheeler will use his expertise and knowledge in this lesson package to teach you some classic Blues songs.

You will be utilizing the knowledge you have gained so far as well as using written materials to play some of the most famous songs in history.

Learning two of Ken's songs in this lesson package, you will be ever expanding your skill set and mastering new music.

By practicing tunings on your guitar, you are able to experiment with the chords you know. You could produce your own songs and might have enough knowledge and confidence to join a band.

In this pack of lessons, Ken will call upon chords learned in previous lessons to be used in melodies played throughout this package. He will test your memories and your skill by playing some simple Jazz tunes.

Expanding on Chords and Licks performed within blues songs in this lesson package, you should now have the capability and the confidence to experiment with these elements yourself.

Through this package, students will be learning some of the most useful lessons of all. Including Blues scales, Root notes, and how to jam with their own blues band.

Ken Wheeler will be showing how to get to grips, quite literally, with far reaching chords and difficult Fret Work.

You will be shown how to play 2 of the most famous instrumental songs of all time in this package and should refer to the tablature provided for extra assistance.

In this series, Reece Anderson will delight you with his incredible Lap Steel Guitar skills while teaching you how to play this magnificent instrument at the same time.

Reece will begin by teaching you single notes, their position, how to use a steel to change the pitch and tone. He will also show you how to play some basic chords and pick individual strings.

Reece will show you how unique and interesting this instrument is and assist you on your journey as you begin to play it.

Reece continues this series of lessons by teaching students about finger and string groupings and how, when played correctly, they will produce chords.

More advanced players may have started the series of lessons at this juncture, but Reece is quick to remind anyone attempting this module that they need to be completely confident and aware of fret and string positions before continuing, otherwise more practice is needed and should be undertaken at your own pace.

Progressing from previous lessons, students can expect to learn major and minor chords and string groupings. Reece will continue demonstrating note and fret positions in detail and exhibit how these can be used to great effect when correctly combined.

In this lesson package, Reece will teach you how to play your first song, assuming you are ready, and will also be guiding you through your first look at guitar tablature.

Reece begins this series of lessons by examining tablature and looking at major and minor chord groupings. He explains them at length, making them easier than many other instruments to learn.

Reece will also be teaching students the song faded love and the chord and key groupings used.

Throughout this package of lessons, Reece will be teaching how to recognize dominant and subdominant chords and frets and their positioning on your lap steel guitar.

He will introduce two new songs, of a varying difficulty, and will discuss the possible benefits and drawbacks of written materials.

Reece will combine every piece of information he has taught you so far, from triads, to fretwork, sliding steel, to octaves and from dominant to subdominant chords in this series of lessons in order to make sure you are fully understanding the lessons and are maintaining a steady learning pace.

He will also be combining all of this information in order to teach you different sections of the song "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain."

Every piece of information you will receive in this package will be consistent, logical and mathematical impossible to be wrong. Knowing this from the beginning will significantly improve your chances of being succesful.

In this Lesson pack, Reece Anderson will be teaching a simple Major chord formula to assist you in your playing of the pedal steel guitar.

Using markers and pointers, Reece will indicate where certain chords may be played, how simple three chords are to find, and how to apply your formula.

This lesson pack introduces students to additional pedals and lever concepts.

Reece Anderson teaches his Minor Key formula and gives an introduction to reading SMART TAB.

Students also learn additional techniques for the right hand.

This lesson pack includes techniques and methods helpful when playing to anticipate manouvers in songs.

The introduction of the Expression Pedal and The Bar make these lessons slightly more challenging than previous, but with the experience and guidance of Reece Anderson any difficulties will soon be overcome.

In Lesson Pack 5, Maurice teaches his own personal techniques for Fret Recognitions, Pick Positions, the Fretboard Numbering System and using the 7th Formula for the Pedal Steel Guitar

Blues Harmonica Legend - Cheryl Arena, introduces viewers to the wonderful sound of one of the most soulful musical instruments around.

Viewers will learn basic techniques from how to maintain your harmonica though to breathing techniques and muscle memory.

Cheryl's 20+ years of self taught experience make this pack a must for budding harmonica players, and those who wish to re-learn the basics from a highly renowned expert offering her tips and insights.

Blues Harmonica Expert Cheryl Arena expands on the basic skills covered in Lesson Pack 1 and continues to take the viewer through further critical techniques to give them the ability to create "the blues sound".

Topics include Tongue Blocking, Bending Notes, playing using Attack techniques, performing using Syllables and the highly characteristic Vibrato method.

IMPORTANT NOTE ! - To achieve success in these lessons, students must also acquire the following books :
"The Older Beginner Piano Course - Level 1" by James Bastien
"Practical Theory Complete" by Sandy Feldstein

Explaining that you may either use a piano or a keyboard throughout these lessons, John goes on to advise that these lessons are ideal for those 12 and over.

Students will learn the basics of a piano or keyboard layout and learn how to play left to right hand scales.

IMPORTANT NOTE ! - To achieve success in these lessons, students must also acquire the following books :
"The Older Beginner Piano Course - Level 1" by James Bastien
"Practical Theory Complete" by Sandy Feldstein

In this package John will teach more on chords and reading sheet music.

He will be referencing the written materials required with this course.

In this series of lessons John will discuss primary chords in different keys and teaches the primary chords c, g7 and f.

Using both the left hand and the right hand together will be coming into play a lot more.

IMPORTANT NOTE ! - To achieve success in these lessons, students must also acquire the following books :