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Video Guitar Lesson Format
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A screen shot of a Guitar Masterclasses video guitar lesson in shown below. The top part of the screen is the video play and the bottom half
contains supplementary information. The number at the top right of the screen (6 in this case) represents the difficulty level from 1 (easiest) to 10 (most difficult). A typical video guitar lesson is around 5-8 minutes long and is broken into separate 1-2 minutes clips, highlighted by the small numbered boxes underneath
the video player.
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Video Player Controls
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Full Screen Mode Click on this icon to change to full screen mode. Pressing the escape (ESC) key will return to the standard player size. |
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Player Controls & Settings Play and pause buttons allow you to play and pause the video. The settings buttons allows you to select low, medium and high quality video; higher quality though requires longer loading times. |
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Lesson Clips Each lesson comprises of a number of short video clips. The first track in the sequence (not numbered) is the music to be learnt in the lessons. The next video clip (numbered 1) is the instructor providing an explanation. Clip number 2 is then the initial sequence to be practiced by the student and the remaining clips add more variation. Each of the playing clips show the instructor playing three times, once a full shot view showing both playing hands, the second a close up of the fret hand and the third a close up of the strumming/picking hand. are the |
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Metronome The metronome feature allows you to set the metronome to play at different speeds to practice the music.. |
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Small/Large Player Mode In addition to the full screen mode, a small player mode can also be selected. The small player view is shown below. 
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Backing Tack Window Control The width of the backing track window can be set to wide (as shown here) or narrow by clicking on the respective arrow keys. |
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Backing Track Window Several backing trakcs are provided with each lesson to allow you to practice with accompaniment at different speeds. |
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Tools Window Two icons appear in the tools window. The first is a tab icon which provides the tablature for the lesson and opens in a new browser window. A portion of the tablature for this lesson is shown below. 
The second icon provides a file that can be used with
Guitar Pro Software or TuxGuitar, a multitrack tablature
editor and player. |
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Supplementary Notes Explained
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Lesson Explanatory notes and guitar tabulature for the specific video clip is provided in this section. |
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Feedback Should you wish to provide any feedback or make comments on the lesson, you can do so here. |
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Practising Members This section provides a list of members who are currently practising this lesson. This is helpful should you wish to contact other members at your level. |
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Similar Lessons This section provides a list of other lessons that you may be interested in and includes easier lessons in the same style, more lessons from this instructor and other lessons that people liked who likes this lesson. |
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Community This section lists any entries in the wiki, in the forum that relate to this lesson. It also lists any video responses that have been left and allows you to leave a video response. |
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My Notes Should you wish to leave any notes about this lesson, you can do so in this section. Any notes you make are only visible to you. |
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Share The share section allows you to email details to your friends, post on MySpace, Facebook or bookmark with Digg. |
