
Jessica Baron, founder of Guitars in the Classroom, brings her very own unique series to JamPlay. In this highly interactive, easy to follow set, Jessica invites students of all ages to journey through fun, song-based instruction taught in ways she feels we best learn.
Lesson 1
Jessica kindly introduces herself, her background, and her approach to this series.
Length: 6:48 Difficulty: 0.0 FREELesson 2
Jessica takes a moment to share a breathing technique. Then, she asks you to envision who you want to be as a musician.
Length: 5:30 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 3
In this lesson, Jessica starts talking about the first building block of making music: rhythm. Using yourself as a drum, you will feel the beat and find the rhythm within yourself.
Length: 9:46 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 4
In the first part of this lesson, Jessica takes some time to explain all the parts of your guitar in detail. She then flips it upside-down and makes a bongo out of it! Grab your guitar and enjoy drumming...
Length: 14:36 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 5
Jessica takes some time to talk about finding the right guitar for you. She explores different sizes and talks about the correct and most comfortable sitting position.
Length: 10:03 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
Jessica Baron discusses "Gentle G Guitar" and explains why it is such a great learning method for beginners.
Length: 9:12 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 7
In this lesson, Jessica Baron explains how to tune your guitar to open G with or without an electronic tuner.
Length: 12:31 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 8
In this lesson, Jessica Baron shows how to string a steel string guitar.
Length: 11:34 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 9
In part 2 of Jessica Baron's restringing lessons, you will learn how to string your classical guitar, which is a little different from a steel string.
Length: 9:36 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 10
Jessica Baron delights in sharing a fun lesson that is all about ear training and singing in tune.
Length: 21:24 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 11
Jessica Baron shares some fun and effective vocal exercises to get you warmed up before singing. This is very important for those of you who would like to sing while playing.
Length: 14:15 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 12
Jessica Baron shares part 2 of her vocal warm-up lessons with some fun new exercises to prepare you for singing.
Length: 16:07 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 13
In lesson 13, Jessica Baron introduces you to strumming technique.
Length: 15:03 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 14
Jessica Baron introduces your first easy chord, Gsus4.
Length: 2:47 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 15
Jessica Baron talks about patterns and chord charts. She also provides more exercises for the C note you learned in the previous lesson.
Length: 19:57 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 16
Jessica Baron introduces a new chord she calls the "Simple D" and provides a song exercise for practice.
Length: 9:07 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 17
Jessica Baron teaches techniques in the context of "The Old Chisholm Trail." Learn about the pluck-down strum, practice changing from "Open G "to "Simple D," and learn about capos.
Length: 29:51 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 18
Jessica introduces the "Simple C" chord and incorporates it into two fun songs, "Camptown Races" and "The Green Grass Grows All Around."
Length: 21:33 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 19
Jessica takes some time to show you a variety of different strums to use in your playing. She teaches the song "I'll Fly Away" to demonstrate the different feel of each strum.
Length: 19:37 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 20
Jessica Baron teaches the C major chord using only 2 fingers and provides some fun song exercises for practice.
Length: 9:21 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 21
Jessica Baron introduces your first minor chord! Learn the beautiful E minor chord and play along to "This Little Light of Mine."
Length: 17:28 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 22
In this lesson, Jessica Baron provides some good, fun practice using a traditional Native American chant called "The Earth Is Our Mother."
Length: 6:53 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 23
Jessica Baron explains time signatures with a focus on 3/4 time. She uses fun and interactive song exercises for practice.
Length: 11:11 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 24
Jessica Baron teaches one final song in open G tuning called "I'm on My Way" before moving on to standard tuning.
Length: 8:52 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 25
Jessica Baron introduces standard tuning in this lesson! Be ready to tune your guitar and learn "You've Got to Move" for practice.
Length: 19:45 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 26
Jessica Baron introduces the A minor chord in standard tuning and invites you to play along to the fun song "Drunken Sailor."
Length: 9:29 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 27
Jessica Baron introduces the A major chord in standard tuning. Practice it with the catchy song "A Tisket, A Tasket."
Length: 11:35 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 28
Jessica Baron teaches the D major chord and "Down By The Riverside" for practice.
Length: 14:32 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 29
Jessica Baron is excited to provide more practice changing from D to A7 with the fun song, "Over the River and Through the Woods."
Length: 8:29 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 30
Jessica Baron teaches a new chord, B7, with "The Crawdad Song" for practice.
Length: 7:31 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 31
Jessica Baron helps you play the full G major chord by using the song, "I've Been Working on the Railroad."
Length: 12:02 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 32
Jessica Baron is excited to finally teach the full C major chord with the bluesy song "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" for practice.
Length: 16:52 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 33
Jessica Baron takes all the knowledge you've learned throughout her series and helps you express yourself through your own compositions.
Length: 8:05 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 34
Jessica Baron continues her discussion on composition with a songwriting exercise. In addition, she also takes a closer look at finger picking with one last picking pattern.
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