Using a Tuner Guitar Lesson
Using a Tuner
Brad Henecke talks about different kinds of guitar tuners, including his personal favorites - the clip-on tuner and floor tuner.
Taught by Brad Henecke in Beginner Electric Guitar with Brad Henecke seriesLength: 10:30Difficulty: 0.5 of 5
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Beginner Electric Guitar with Brad Henecke
Found in our Beginner Lesson SetsBrad Henecke starts you on your journey into the world of the electric guitar with this beginner oriented lesson series.
Lesson 1
Buying a Guitar
Brad Henecke gives some thoughts on buying a guitar and related accessories. A perfect lesson for an absolute beginner!
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Hand Stretches
In this lesson, Brad Henecke covers the important topic of hand stretches. Failure to stretch and warm up can lead to injuries including tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Using a Tuner
Brad Henecke talks about different kinds of guitar tuners, including his personal favorites - the clip-on tuner and floor tuner.
Length: 10:30 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Fifth Fret Tuning Method
Brad demonstrates how to use a tuning fork and the famous fifth fret tuning method.
Length: 5:42 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Single String Picking
Brad Henecke explains how to properly hold the pick. He also provides several single string picking exercises.
Length: 10:19 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
The Language of Music
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Length: 6:11 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Learning Chords
In this lesson, Brad Henecke introduces the concept of playing chords. He teaches the A, D, and E chords.
Length: 9:54 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Rhythm Patterns
Now that you have a few chords under your belt, Brad Henecke discusses some relatively easy strumming patterns.
Length: 7:05 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Two New Chords
In this lesson, Brad introduces the C major and G major chords. Every guitarist must posses this potent knowledge!
Length: 16:01 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
A Minor Chord
Brad introduces the A minor chord and teaches a chord progression to go along with it.
Length: 7:24 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
D Minor Chord
Brad Henecke introduces the D minor chord and several chord progressions.
Length: 7:06 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
The E Minor Chord
Brad Henecke introduces the E minor chord and teaches several chord progressions that use it.
Length: 5:18 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The A7 Chord
Brad Henecke introduces the A7 chord and teaches three chord progressions that can be used for practice.
Length: 4:56 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
The D7 Chord
In this lesson Brad Henecke teaches the D7 chord and several useful chord progressions.
Length: 4:49 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
The E7 Chord
Brad Henecke teaches the E7 chord and teaches several exciting examples to be used as practice.
Length: 5:54 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The G7 Chord
Brad Henecke teaches the G7 chord as well as several useful chord progressions.
Length: 5:07 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The B7 Chord
Brad Henecke teaches the B7 chord and several useful chord progressions.
Length: 4:42 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The C7 Chord
Brad Henecke introduces the C7 chord as well as several useful chord progressions.
Length: 4:17 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
The F Major Chord
Brad Henecke introduces one of the more difficult beginner chords, F major. He shows how this chord is played and teaches a few chord progressions.
Length: 5:18 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
About Brad Henecke
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Brad Henecke was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on May 5th of 1963. He has been a fan of music for as long as he & his family can remember. You could always find him running around the farm wailing on his cardboard guitar, pretending to be a member of the rock band KISS. Additional inspiration came during his first concert when he got the chance to see Boston & Sammy Hagar in the early 1970's.
This opened up a whole new world of rock and roll music for him; his parents noticed his growing interest in music and enrolled him into guitar lessons when he was 13.
From there he jumped into two years of lessons at a local music store in Cedar Rapids. After discovering Eddie Van Halen, Brad knew that the
guitar would always be a part of his life. He took his love throughout the city as he played as a pit musician & jammed at parties for friends.
This made him thirsty for more. He enrolled classes at Kirkwood Community College & also took lessons from the one & only Craig-Erickson (www.craig-erickson.com).
His love for music landed him a gig opening for Molly Hatchet in Cedar Rapids with a band called "Slap & Tickle". He has also played in the Greeley
Stampede show for quite a few years with "True North".
Brad is currently playing in Greeley, Colorado with a rock band titled "Ragged Doll". They play a wide variety of music with an emphasis on
classic rock from the 60's to present, with Brad playing electric guitar in the five piece lineup.
He currently jams on his all-time favorite guitar: a Paul Reed Smith Custom 24. Beyond guitar, he plays also plays drums & bass guitar. He has
also been known to thrash a banjo from time to time. He is still actively playing & passing his 31 years of playing experience on to others (you!).
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Ok guys we reshot the scene with the tuner to avoid any confusion and the lesson is now online :D
That was a old tuner I had sitting in the basement. I didn't even notice it was calibrated wrong .The note I was tuning to was E but the calibration said D# . We will fix that part of the lesson .Thanks for pointing it out .There will be more BH lessons coming soon !
I look forward to your lessons.
It can be confusing when the lesson dosent match the video.
He was tunning on E and the tunner said G#. As a new guitar palyer that could be confusing.
Wha do you mean when the lesson doesn't match the video?
Brad, I hate to be a nitpicker, but it looked to me like when you were using the floor tuner, you actually tuned to D# and G#. Did I miss something there?
I just talked with Brad and unfortunately his tuner is actually out of calibration and displaying the wrong note, even though the one he is playing is actually correct.
Oh you guys are right, we will reshoot that scene next time Brad is in, but try not to get caught up in the details too much, since regardless of what note he is tuning too what he is really demonstrating is how the basics of the tuner work.
Why not just add a note to the info section mentioning that he's actually tuned a half step down? I don't think he ever mentions that he's trying to tune it to E as he only seems to reference the "E string" or "6th string".
He's not actually not playing the wrong note, his tuner is just out of calibration and displaying the wrong note, even though it's right.
We will reshoot it anyway, I don't wanna leave things up, even with a note :)
I was thinking the same thing.