HoustonGuitar.Com - Take The Mystery Out Of Playing Guitar
** There are 32 lessons posted as of June 25, 2009.

Please watch the video below and read the detailed lesson descriptions. HoustonGuitar can help you achieve your dream of playing the guitar.

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  • The HoustonGuitar Lesson Series is a complete distance-learning program for beginning and intermediate players who want to make the transition to becoming advanced players.

  • Our lessons are designed not just to show you how to play, but how to play with real music.

  • Video play-alongs are the easiest and most efficient way to increase your guitar skills.

  • Lessons cover the techniques you will need to play real guitar parts from real songs, and to take advantage of other lessons on the net.

  • No note reading. Note-order and chord order are shown using tabalture, diagrams and still photos. Or you can just follow the videos.

  • Applies to rhythm and lead guitar in all styles. For both acoustic and electric guitar.

The new HoustonGuitar.Com lesson series guides you through all of the techniques you will need to play the music you love.

For rhythm-guitar, left-hand techniques include open chords, open power chords, movable power-chords, power 'plus-one' chords. For the right hand, there are strumming and picking patterns, including bass-down techniques over chords. (Lessons on barre chords are coming soon.)

For lead-guitar, you'll learn single-note picking, open scales, and scales in position. I'll show you the most important note-order variations that lead guitarists use in their solos. You'll also learn articulations like hammers, pulls, slides, etc. (Lessons on string-bending are coming soon.)

The cost of a subscription is $12.95 per month (compare to prices at a music store). Pay by the month. There's no minimum subscription period. You can cancel your subscription at anytime. All payments are processed through Paypal ®.


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About Greg Varhaug: The HoustonGuitar.Com Beginner's Guitar Method was developed by Greg Varhaug over 15 years as a professional teacher. In addition to teaching, Greg has worked professionally for over 20 years as a player, arranger and writer.

Greg has scored and performed music for commercials, promotional videos and short films, including a number of commercials in the 1980's for Congressman Charles Wilson, (the subject of the film Charlie Wilson's War). As a teenager, Greg took lessons with Hayden Nichols, who is now guitarist for Clint Black and co-writer of many hit country singles. Greg has appeared on recordings with such well known artists as Norton Buffalo from The Steve Miller Band; Stu Sudduth and Marvin McFadden from Huey Lewis and Tower of Power; and with Little Feat vocalist Dallis Craft. Greg has also contributed music to several short documentary films by independent film maker Eric Kolflat. He currently teaches guitar at ABC School Of Music in Houston.