Moving on to Lesson 11 of Jamorama Book 2, you’ll find different deadening techniques, which can really add a more professional feel to chord progressions.
Lesson 12 introduces a new barre chord pattern and staccato strumming. There’s another jam track at the end, which you’re encouraged to try improvising over, as well as playing the chords as written. I think that learning to improvise early on is important, and it’s nice to see that it’s encouraged here, even though you haven’t learned much in the way …

Lesson 8 of Jamorama Book 2 introduces minor key barre chords. It also stresses the importance of taking the time to really master the basics before going on to more advanced techniques – obvious really, but so many people want to get to the ‘good stuff’ asap, and end up learning bad habits that just take even more time to undo later. This lesson finishes with a fairly long jam track with a nice mellow vibe.
Lesson 9 is a short one, and is devoted …

Lesson 5 of Jamorama Book 2 is a relatively short one, and introduces major 6th chords, as well as more about major scales. There’s a long exercise to practice chord changes.
Lesson 6 introduced another important technique – the barre chord, beginning with the F major root 6 chord, followed by other chords that can be formed from this movable shape. Barre chords can be tricky to master, as it can be hard to hold all of the strings down properly, but they do get …

Lesson 3 of Jamorama Book 2 introduces three new major 7th chords, including Gmaj7, and unfortunately the explanation of this chord contains an error (it tells the student to play G A D G B F#, rather than G B D G B F#). I’m baffled as to why this mistake was allowed to slip through in such an otherwise very professional course!
Edit: after writing the above, I had a look at the PDF (old) version of Jamorama Book 2 – in this …

So now I’m moving on to the second book in the Jamorama guitar lessons course. The first was for beginners, whereas this book contains intermediate-level instruction, and features 29 lessons.
Lesson 1 is a short one, and discusses the importance of developing your music sight reading skills. The new material includes a minor chord and an introduction to bass note runs, which really help to add interest to the music.
Lesson 2 introduces major 7th chords, which have a distinctive sound, and are very commonly used …

So, I’ve now finished working though the first of the two instruction books that comprise the Jamorama online guitar lessons course (read more about each individual lesson in the book here). If you decide to get the course yourself, here’s what you’ll have learned by this point:

Correct playing position
How to look after your guitar and gear
How to maintain your motivation, get the most from your practice sessions, and develop as a musician
How to read chord diagrams, tab and simple traditional notation
Notes and scales in the …

Lesson 13 of Jamorama Book 1 discusses ways to care for your guitar and accessories, then the rest of the lesson is devoted to introducing the 3/4 time signature. There are various exercises using different rhythmic patterns, plus a jam track in the new time signature. I always like playing in 3/4 – most modern popular styles are in 4/4, which can get rather repetitive, so it’s nice to have a change!
Lesson 14 takes a major step forward, and introduces suspended chords and the major …