Attention All Guitarists - Beginner, Intermediate Or Expert:

Dear Frustrated Performer,

Imagine that you could stand up in front of an audience 7 days from now and keep them
enthralled as you produce 'well known' song after song after song.

Imagine the smiles and raised eyebrows as they glance around at each other with that
'I never knew you could play like this' look on their faces.

I bet you're thinking "'Yeah Mike' but I've been trying for years/months/weeks
(tick whichever applies) and haven't managed to get a repertoire like that".

Or maybe you're just starting out and wondering how you go from where you are now
(sore fingers and wondering if you'll ever make any real music) to someone who can put on a competent and enjoyable performance.

Well if you’ve tried to do it using Tabs that you've downloaded, or Song Books that were
printed 30 years ago, or e-Books and DVD’s that you bought off eBay then I'm not surprised if you think it can't be done . . But I've got to tell you It CAN be done.

Most of us accept that we’re not going to be the next Hendrix or Clapton. In fact we
never wanted to be. We just wanted to be able to play a bit. To be able to wander
over to our guitar, pick it up and do a passable version of some piece that our
friends and family would recognize.

We didn’t want to spend the next five years mastering every pentatonic scale ever
invented and we didn’t really want to spend an age learning musical theory.
Are We Agreed On That?

Now That We Know What You DON'T Want . .
Let's Have A Look At What You DO Want.

I was just thinking back to when I first started playing guitar. I’d probably reached the stage
that maybe you’re at now. Where you’ve been playing for a while, a few weeks or maybe
a few months OR MAYBE even a few years and when you look at what you can actually
play it doesn’t amount very much.

A few chords maybe? A few snippets of popular pieces but nothing that really amounts
to what we’d call a repertoire. 

It’s REALLY frustrating isn’t it?

To have learned a bunch of chords but not be able to string them together into some music? Well that was why I came up with these ‘strumming only’ repertoire sets.

 What I’ve done is taken the most popular songs that I could think of, and there’s a good mix, some old (some very old ;0) and some fairly (well to me anyway) and I’ve put together a package of learning tools for each song.

Still Wondering What's So Special
About This Package?

Take a Look At What You're Getting

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For each one of these 20 songs (two sets of 10) what you get is a chord and lyric sheet in Microsoft Word, so that you can print it off and use it anywhere. The chord sheets are color coded and placed actually within the lines of lyrics to assist your learning.

 

These printable sheets should be kept in your guitar case.
Whenever your guitar goes somewhere these sheets go with them.

The next time someone says 'Can you play us something' you can get the sheets out and (assuming you don't need them any more) pass them around to the audience and have  a good old fashioned 'sing song'.

If you're thinking this sounds a bit naff....you just wait until you see peoples reaction. You and they will be amazed I promise you.

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Learning Tool 2 - The 'Play-Along' Pages

 Also for each song there is ‘Play-along’ page. This looks like the chord sheet but is ‘On Screen’ and has a ‘Play’ button. You’ll get a count in from me and then I’ll play and sing so that you can join in.

I cover the first verse and chorus in most cases but some of them I play all the way through. This is great especially for the beginner as it makes you sound better and will
cover up the odd mistake when you first start and also it is a great help to get your timing right.

This is where you hit the 'Play' button. I give you a count in and together we play
(and sing if you want to) each song. This does two things.

Firstly it gives you something to 'hang' your 'timing' on.

Secondly it makes up for any slight mistakes you might make.

When you hear yourself 'playing along' you'll see that it's not that
difficult after all.

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Learning Tool 3 - The Famous Guitar Videos

 The main learning tool is of course the video. These particular videos are done with an ‘Over the Shoulder’ view. This means you are looking at the on screen guitar as if you were holding the guitar yourself.

So no more having to mentally translate what you see on screen to what you are doing physically. This method has met with great acclaim by all who have experienced it.

 

This is an example of what the Videos Look Like.

'Over-the-Shoulder-Vision' shot means you are looking at your screen and your guitar in Exactly the same way. This makes it a lot easier to translate what you are seeing into what you are doing.

Wait until you experience that eerie feeling when you are playing and watching at the same time. It's almost like playing a virtual guitar.
I've no idea what goes on in the brain but believe me it is a very peculiar
(in a nice way) experience.

The video shows you how and when the chord changes are made and also shows very clearly how the strum patterns work. It’s a bit like guitarists Karaoke.

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The many hundreds of people who have already bought these have been giving me rave reviews.

Read What Recent Purchasers Said . .

20 Superb Strumming Pieces on Video
For You To Watch, Study And Perfect