Welcome!

Hi, I’m Simone - The Bearded Guitarist - and thank you for showing interest in this course. I am excited to be teaching you exactly how to play

R&B Neo-Soul Acoustic Guitar.

Here what 1000+ students say

This is the best guitar course I finish this year. Very easy to follow. Very well explained. Very well tabbed. And very beautiful chord progressions.

• Sam T.

The best guitar course for intermediate players! Thank you!

• Meng G.

This is really a great course. I especially like that the music theory behind the chords is explained. This enables you to develop your own chord progressions. So you understand exactly what is happening there. I have never seen that in any other course. One of the best online courses I've ever taken.

• Stefan J.
  

What are you going to learn?

Great R&B Neo-Soul Chord Progressions

Chord progressions, chord positions with alternative shapes for each chords, roots on the 6th, 5th and 4th string. We'll discuss fingerings, voicings and more.

Music Theory

Understand the music theory behind these chord progressions, including keys, chord numbers and harmonic analyses. 

We'll cover subjects such as secondary dominants, modal interchange and diminished 7th chords with clear examples.

7th Chords and 9/11/13 Extensions

Learn how to use 9/11/13 chords all over the fretboard to add colours and flavours to spice up your 7th chords.

Fingerpicking, strumming, hybrid picking

Learn fingerpicking techniques like arpeggios, plucking and percussions.

Explore strumming and hybrid picking.

Apply them to the Neo Soul moves.

Embellishments

Learn how to add hammer-ons/pull-offs and other Neo Soul embellishments, including slides and melodies between chords.

Creativity

Learn how to create your own chord progressions using the chords, voicings and theory skills in this course.

Add the drum beat provided and any other instrument you like.

Who is this course for

· Late beginners/Intermediate guitarists who want to get into R&B and Neo Soul on acoustic guitar

· Beginners who know bar chords and some basic 7th chords

· Experienced/Advanced guitarists who want to dive deeper into R&B/Neo-Soul or want to review music theory concepts on guitar

· All guitarists that want to learn cool chord progression to noodle on the sofa or at the guitar store

Who is this course NOT for

· Complete beginners

Why taking this course

Guitarists are often confused about 7th chords, 9/11/13 extensions, how to use dim7 chords in a progression, fingerpicking patterns etc.

When we gather with friends or we visit a guitar store, we sometimes don’t know what to play.

This course wants to clarify in an easy way, full of examples, some concepts that may seem daunting at first.

At the same time, you’ll learn plenty of chord progressions to use anytime you pick up the guitar and want to noodle. 

All this will help you understanding your favourite songs and developing the creativity to make your own chord progressions.

Resources

· Tabs 

All examples, exercises and chord progressions are notated in tabs and music notation and available to download as pdfs. 

· Drum Beats

I also created 2 Neo Soul drum beats available for you to download to help with your practice and to create your class project.

*GIFT THIS COURSE*

Would you like to gift this course to a loved one? Then you can purchase the course simply by using the gift recipient’s email address.

This allows you to buy the course with your own credit card, while also enrolling the gift recipient in the course. The gift recipient will then be sent a link to confirm their account and access the class, instead of you, the actual purchaser.