Expressive Rhythm & Strumming

Obviously, you don’t want your money wasted. And it won’t be. I’ll let my student Lori Bennet tell you why:

“When I turned 60, I wanted to take guitar lessons. I signed up for classes at a well-known music store. Four instructors, two music schools and two years later, I didn’t feel like I had learned very much. As each instructor moved on, each new instructor taught in a different style and I always felt like I was starting from square one. I decided to try to learn on my own with YouTube. I came across some videos by Lauren Bateman. After watching a few videos and seeing what I liked, I signed up for Lauren’s online classes. I love them. She is a great instructor, very patient and very concise. Her course is laid out very well and I love Lauren’s videos. They are easy to understand and easy to follow along with. I would highly recommend Lauren Bateman’s online course.”

This is a self-paced course that starts with 10 short intro videos covering the basics of your guitar, followed by 7 levels you’ll work through. The lessons focus on the 3 fundamentals of playing the guitar that every beginner should focus on to see real progress: Chord & Chord Changes, Finger Dexterity & Picking, Rhythm & Strumming. A downloadable PDF-workbook runs in order with the 7 Level System and gives you suggestions for goals to aim towards and tips when needed.

You will watch a video and use the corresponding PDF and exercise to practice along. When you have completed all of the items in one level and reached the goal, you then graduate to the next level. This way, you don’t have to worry about what to practice next.

How does lifetime access sound?

You will have access to the course materials for as long as your need. Students love progressing through the course at their own pace. This is YOUR guitar journey. Take as long as you need.

While the course is self-guided, we do have a support team to help you out 7 days a week. Have trouble logging in? No problem! Shoot us an email and we will help you as soon as we can.

Looking for advice, suggestions or encouragement? No problem! Lauren has written out the answers and recommendations to the most commonly asked questions. You can be sure our support team will be able to help. If not, you may even get a response back from Lauren herself!

The difference between private lessons and an online course is that a course provides a general framework that works for most people, but maybe not work for everybody. That’s where I come in as your teacher.

I may suggest a different goal or practice plane for you based on what you are having difficulty with. For some students, hitting a goal of 100 beats per minute on an exercise is no problem, and for others it can be rather difficult. So we can make adjustments as needed to ensure you are working through the course at a good pace while continuing to build on the 3 fundamentals at each level.

Due to copyright laws, I cannot teach copywritten music in a paid course. I do incorporate some songs in the Common Domain for use as examples. Remember a huge problem that students face is focusing only on songs. The course teaches you the skills and techniques you need to play ANY popular song.

Throughout the course I make suggestions for songs you can learn that are located on my website or on my YouTube channel. This way you know which songs might be best for your based on the level you are at in the course.

I know you are going to be happy with my 7 Level Guitar System and to ensure you make progress, I have included a 30 day guitar challenge to jump start your playing. But, if after 30 days, you are not satisfied with your progress on the guitar, I will give you your money back with one simple caveat. You logged in to the course and at a minimum tried working through the first level of my guitar system. I’m more than happy to give anyone their money back, but, I definitely want you to at least try the materials before making that judgement. I wouldn’t be a very good teacher if I didn’t at least make you try.