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Lesson 18 of the Jamorama guitar course focuses on reggae-style rhythms, and there’s a rather lengthy jam track for practising in this style.
Lesson 19 introduces minor scales. There’s a pretty glaring error here, where the A major and A minor scales are wrongly notated – all of the notes are a step out, with the scales starting on G rather than A! I find it really odd that a mistake like this could slip through, and it’s disappointing to see this kind of sloppiness in …
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In Lesson 16 of Book 2 of the Jamorama guitar lessons course, you’ll learn a variety of new rhythmic patterns which work well with the techniques covered in the last few lessons. There are exercises to practice your new skills, plus a mellow sounding jam track to finish with.
Lesson 17 introduces new shapes for the dominant 7 barre chord, and a blues progression with which to practice them.
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Lesson 13 of the second Jamorama book begins with two different 12 bar blues progressions, which can be played in a variety of keys. The point is not just to learn a fixed pattern of chords, but to understand the principles behind the progression, so you apply it in different keys.
Lesson 14 is a longer one, with a new minor chord to learn, plus another blues progression and a jam track to practice what you’ve learned. By this point you’ve learned a large number of …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …


