Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Every week I get a few inquiries asking if I will teach via email. Until now I have not had the time to consider email lessons, but for the next few months I have a unique opportunity to try it out.
I have decided that it would be best to start with my Guitar Chord Course, which is a 13-week course I developed for a local university. In this course I teach you how to create any chord wherever you need to play them on the fretboard. I have taught people who could only strum a couple of the most basic chords to jazz players with quite good technique. The idea is to learn the basics of chord construction that will allow you to immediately find the chord you are looking for.
The course would be a once-a-week email lesson in PDF format, with text and chord diagrams. We cover virtually all types of chords: major, minor, major 6, major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, 9, 11, and 13, sus 4, sus 2, fourths, and altered chords. The whole gamut. It will require some work from you, as any good course does. I would suggest practising a minimum of 15 minutes a day - more work will bring quicker results.
I chose this course to start with because it is basic material, it moves into my improvisation course, and it is helpful for any style of music. It has also been extensively tested on all sorts of students. Also important is that it does not duplicate or conflict with any of the instructional products I have reviewed over the years.
I plan to offer the course less expensively than the university one. The final cost will be somewhere between $120 and $150, depending on the number of people who sign up. If a minimum number do not sign up I will not offer the course.
Interested? If you are please go to my survey page and choose “YES” to give me an approximate idea of how many students to expect. You will also have the option to leave your email address - securely - to be notified when (or if) the course is set to start. Your email will not be used for any purpose other than this one email, and will then be deleted unless you are actually taking the course. You will also be given my personal email address for questions once the course has begun.
Click here to take Dr. Dave’s 2-question confidential survey
NOTE: The survey ONLY has two questions: are you interested in the course, and the OPTION to leave your email address if you wish to be notified. It is confidential, and you are under no obligation whatsoever. It is just for my information.