TravoneL
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09/07/25
Great course very informative
This is a great course for learning about songwriting and arranging with guitar. Lauren is very skilled and will spark lots of ideas for your own music through her own songs
Pop & Classic Rock with Lauren
Using her own songs and recordings as examples, Lauren teaches us that it's not what you know, but instead how you USE what you know. This series covers tons of great chord voicing ideas, arranging tips, and production techniques as well as general music theory applied to real music!
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About this course
Using her own songs and recordings as examples, Lauren teaches us that it's not what you know, but instead how you USE what you know. This series covers tons of great chord voicing ideas, arranging tips, and production techniques as well as general music theory applied to real music!
What you'll learn
- Play the complete chord progression for 'How's It Gonna End'
- Execute triplet rhythms with proper alternate picking technique
- Play the complete arrangement of 'Don't Look Down' in standard tuning with capo
- Apply accent patterns (especially on beats 2 and 4) to strumming
- Recognize the difference in emotional impact between standard and alternate tuning voicings
Release date: 06/05/2012 • 4h 49m runtime
Sample lessons
My Norwegian Friend, Part 1
Play Along with Backing Track
Bellabye
Playing with the Song
Middle of Me
Song Demo & Outro
How's It Gonna End?
Track Demonstration
What's included
59 lessons • 22 charts • 14 Jam Tracks
Series Introduction
Lauren is back with her highly-anticipated Phase 2 series on the styles of Pop and Classic Rock. Using her own music as examples, Lauren explores the influences of such artists as the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck and many others. Her refreshing approach to teaching features dozens of play-along tracks and a no nonsense way of applying information in a musical context.
My Norwegian Friend, Part 1
Lauren teaches a progression that is sure to have you thinking "Beatles." This lesson focuses on the application of some pretty basic chords, but applies them in such a way so that they sound somewhat unconventional. She includes 2 full play-along tracks for practicing fun!
My Norwegian Friend, Part 1
Lauren teaches a progression that is sure to have you thinking "Beatles." This lesson focuses on the application of some pretty basic chords, but applies them in such a way so that they sound somewhat unconventional. She includes 2 full play-along tracks for practicing fun!
My Norwegian Friend, Part 1
Lauren teaches a progression that is sure to have you thinking "Beatles." This lesson focuses on the application of some pretty basic chords, but applies them in such a way so that they sound somewhat unconventional. She includes 2 full play-along tracks for practicing fun!
My Norwegian Friend, Part 2
Lauren teaches the catchy lead arpeggio line in the "tip our hats to the Beatles" tune "My Norwegian Friend". She also talks about arranging ideas and adding your own flavors over the provided backing tracks.
My Norwegian Friend, Part 2
Lauren teaches the catchy lead arpeggio line in the "tip our hats to the Beatles" tune "My Norwegian Friend". She also talks about arranging ideas and adding your own flavors over the provided backing tracks.
Bellabye
In this lesson, Lauren examines a fingerpicking technique commonly used by the Beatles in 1968 as well as a very "Beatleish" chord progression. Play along with this beautiful ballad using the provided backing track.
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