Online Guitar Courses
Our 4- and 12-week online guitar courses are authored and taught by industry experts and the same renowned instructors that teach at Berklee College of Music's Boston campus.
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Acoustic Blues Guitar
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Explore acoustic blues guitar, from fingerpicking melodies to soloing over independent bass patterns, to performing in the acoustic bottleneck slide style.
Acoustic Guitar Techniques
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Strengthen your rhythmic strumming, use of alternate tunings, and fingerstyle playing, and improve your fluency, tone, dynamics, and control.
Advanced Blues Guitar
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn how to play rhythm guitar parts and solos over a variety of blues progressions, grooves, and tempos in styles such as shuffles, funky blues, soul, and more.
Basic Improvisation
Level 1
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn an approach to improvisation that applies to all styles and instruments by studying legendary players and finding your own style by learning to develop solos on the fly.
Blues Guitar
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn the techniques and licks of blues legends such as T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, B.B. King, and more to explore the form, feel, and harmony that will help to bring a blues sound to your playing.
Classical Guitar 101
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Gain a foundational, working repertoire for classical guitar and learn techniques including tremolo, rasgueado, slurs, and percussion effects.
Classic Rock Guitar
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Elevate your playing by learning the styles and techniques of the architects of classic rock guitar: Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Gilmour, and Page.
Country Guitar
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
In Country Guitar you will learn how to play guitar in the country music style. The course begins with the basic tools and techniques that are essential for any country guitar player and gradually gets more complex as we work through the various sub-genres of country music, including western swing, fingerstyle, truck-drivin’ songs, and modern pop/rock country. The course covers techniques for developing, practicing, and performing melody lines, various country style rhythms, soloing, and improvisation, as well as playing melodies and bass lines while simultaneously playing through chord progressions.
Funk/Rock and R&B Guitar Soloing
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn the appropriate scales, the best use of effects, and the rhythmic and melodic timing to create an authentic funk-based solo and sound.
Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn the art of jazz improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the jazz world.
Getting Your Guitar Sound
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn to use your ears, hands, and the tools of the trade to play jazz, rock, blues, country, and other genres, with an authentic guitar tone.
Guitar Chords 101
Level 1
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Add dynamics and expression to your playing and gain a greater feel for your instrument through Berklee’s approach to constructing chords and chord voicings.
Guitar Chords 201: Chord Melody and Inversions
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Improve your style, technique, and tone as you learn open triads, 7th chord structures, open triadic shapes, and inversions in a variety of musical styles
Guitar Ensemble Techniques
Level 4
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Explore the many creative and technical considerations you need to know to mix music in today’s production environment.
Guitar Fundamentals
Level 1
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Guitar Fundamentals is a comprehensive introduction to the instrument. The course explores basic techniques for chord-playing and melodic improvisation, and introduces a variety of chord forms and scale patterns.
Guitar Improvisation Techniques
Level 4
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn to play a great guitar solo! Guitar Improvisation Techniques is for guitarists who may know the technical aspects of playing, but lack the theory needed to build a solo that moves listeners.
Guitar Scales 101
Level 1
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Develop your technique, and learn to confidently navigate the guitar fretboard by gaining a firm understanding of scales and modes.
Jazz Guitar 101
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Study the styles of some of the most influential jazz guitarists, and learn the basics behind language, building melodic tension, and improvisation techniques.
Jazz Guitar 201: Advanced Jazz Guitar Improvisation
Level 4
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Develop your jazz guitar performance skills by learning advanced techniques to improvise over chord changes, both in traditional standards and modern harmony.
Metal Guitar
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Master solos and rhythm parts in the metal/progressive rock style by learning scales, shapes, and theory on the guitar fretboard.
Music Technology for Guitarists
Level 1
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn how to use a DAW and master guitar amplifier modeling and effects processing, in addition to several other digital technologies applicable to recording and live performance.
Private Guitar Lesson Level 1
Gain the theoretical foundation for guitar performance, mastering topics such as chromatic and major scale forms and the chord forms these scales represent.
Private Guitar Lesson Level 2
Learn the melodic minor scale, the harmonic possibilities it represents, and gain a mastery of related triads across the fretboard in the most common keys.
Private Guitar Lesson Level 3
Where Private Guitar Lesson Level 2 introduced the melodic minor scale and the harmonic possibilities represented by the scale, Level 3 does the same with the harmonic minor scale and its chordal possibilities.
Private Guitar Lesson Level 4
Explore the major and minor pentatonic scale in two octaves across the fretboard and an expansion of melodic minor chord forms.
Private Guitar Lesson Level 5
Focus on the major scale in all keys and in various positions, explore chord inversions further, voice leading, and the chromatic scale.
Private Guitar Lesson Level 6
Explore melodic minor in all keys and three octaves, the whole tone scale in all keys, and master four-part arpeggios and chord voicings in all keys.
Private Guitar Lesson Level 7
Private Guitar Lesson Level 7 builds upon the knowledge gained in earlier levels regarding the harmonic minor scale and its chordal possibilities.
Private Guitar Lesson Level 8
Private Guitar Lesson Level 8 continues the application of the harmonic minor scale and its chordal possibilities in all keys.
Private Guitar Lesson Level 9
Private Guitar Lesson Level 9 is an opportunity for you to creatively demonstrate the depth and breadth of the skills you have developed in the guitar program.
Rhythm and Groove Guitar
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Expand your chord knowledge and learn to construct original rhythm guitar grooves that you can apply to a wide variety of music styles.
Solo Guitar: Performance, Accompaniment, and Arranging
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn harmony as it relates to the guitar fretboard, rhythm as it relates to different musical grooves, and improv concepts to build a solo guitar piece.
Steve Vai Guitar Techniques
Level 4
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Gain a deep understanding and command of the playing styles, repertoire, techniques, and musical concepts of guitar legend and Berklee alum Steve Vai.
