Christopher Schlegel Update 01-26-2011

Happy new year!

I finished 2010 by succesfully updating all of my Guitar Tricks online classical guitar lesson videos to high-definition video and audio.  At the beginning of 2010, I had a catalog of 161 total video lessons grouped into 24 overall tutorials.  For example, I have a tutorial on Bach’s Bourree from the Lute Suite In E Minor.  Unfortunately, all these vids were standard definition, with amateur production values.  Some of them date back to 2005 when I first started doing online lessons!

This is one of those old vids:

http://www.christopherschlegel.com/files/Private/BachBourree1.flv

So, I spent the second half of 2010 redoing every single classical video lesson in high-defintion video and audio.  And I expanded some of the tutorials to include more in-depth material.  And I created a lot of brand new content also!  It was interesting watching my old video footage as a reference point.  Since 2005, when I started this business of online lessons, I’ve learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t in the context of a canned video lesson.  I’ve also learned a lot about video and audio production.

Here is the updated version of the Bach lesson:

http://www.christopherschlegel.com/files/Private/BachBourree01HiRes.flv

By the end of 2010 I was able to say I now have a classical guitar catalog of 304 high-defintion videos in a total of 36 tutorials.  They start with absolute beginner tutorial introductions and exercises, note reading exercises, single string melodies, then gradually build in difficulty through easy, intermediate and advanced skills, techniques & pieces.

In total now I have 1,340 lessons on Guitar Tricks grouped into a total of 198 tutorials.

http://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=155014

http://www.guitartricks.com/

As a result of all this video lesson work I never did get around to releasing a new CD of music.  So that is the first order of business this year!  I have a brand new CD done and sent to my web vendor.  More info on that soon.  Stay tuned!

For now, please enjoy this private rendering of the Bach Bourree from the Guitar Tricks tutorial.

http://www.christopherschlegel.com/files/Private/BachBourree.wmv

Happy viewing & listening!