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TUNE YOUR GUITAR.
BEGINNER LESSONS
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GUITAR BASICS &
OPEN POSITION CHORDS




HOW TO READ GUITAR TABLATURE

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INTRODUCTION TO SCALES:
THE MAJOR SCALE


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BARRE CHORDS 1
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BARRE CHORDS 2 -
BARRE CHORDS 3 -

PLAYING CHORDS:
"AMAZING GRACE"


BASIC ROCK: STRUMMING
& PICKING PATTERNS

CHORDS -
COUNTING -
THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE
SCALES -
VIBRATO
MUTING & DOWNSTROKES
PUNK RHYTHMS
REGGAE BEATS
ALTERED TUNINGS: DROPPED D (ROCK)
THE D-A-F ROADMAP -
ORDERING OF EFFECTS -
RHYTHM & TIMING (HEAVY ROCK)
BASS FOR BEGINNERS
UPRIGHT BASS -
JAZZ BASS
BLUES BASS -

BLUES FOR BEGINNERS
The 12-Bar Blues

CHORDS & PROGRESSIONS (BLUES)
CHICAGO RIFF BLUES

SOLOING: IT ALL STARTS
WITH THE BLUES

THE MAMBO FEEL (BLUES)
THE RIGHT HAND (CLASSICAL) -
COUNTRY BASICS
BLINK 182 - "ALL THE SMALL THINGS" -

BLINK 182 -
"WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN?"
- Guitar lesson


BLINK 182 -
"WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN?" - Bass tab

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ERIC CLAPTON -
"WONDERFUL TONIGHT "

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GOOD CHARLOTTE -
"LIFESTLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS"

MERLE HAGGARD - "MAMA TRIED" -
FAITH HILL - "BREATHE" -
WEEZER - "HASH PIPE" -

INTERMEDIATE LESSONS
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FINGERPICKING: TRAVIS PICKING
& ARGPEGGIATION



THREE MUST-KNOW ROCK LICKS


BASS TIPS:
STATIC HARMONY FIX




BOSSA NOVA (JAZZ)



THE MOTOWN SOUND- "SHOT GUN"
(Jr. Walker & the All Stars)

PRACTICE TRACKS: HARD FUNK JAM

BLUES BY THE BAR: 4 RIFFS TO PLAY OVER THE FIRST TWO BARS

THE MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE
(COUNTRY ROCK)

USING A SLIDE
THE THEORY OF THE MODES
CHORD BASED SOLOING (JAZZ)
LEGATO TECHNIQUES
COMMON PHRASES (JAZZ)
DESIGNS OF TONALITY (JAZZ)

INTRODUCTION TO TRIAD IMPROVISATION (JAZZ)
SKA GUITAR

SCALE SEQUENCING
& CONTOURING (METAL)

THE LINEAR APPROACH - BASS
SLAP BASS - BASS
MAJOR 7TH ARPEGGIOS - BASS -
BASS GROOVES- BASS
MINOR BLUES -
BLUES LICKS -
MIXOLYDIAN BLUES LICK
MAMBO 2 - CHORD SWEEPS (BLUES)
SCALES & ARPEGGIOS (BLUES) -
FIRST CLASSICAL SOLOS -
SINGLE STRING LICKS (COUNTRY)
DOMINANT 7th CHORD SHAPES (FUNK)

CHET ATKINS -
"GALLOPING ON THE GUITAR"

JEFF BECK - "FREEWAY JAM " -

RITCHIE BLACKMORE -
"WOMAN FROM TOKYO"

JAMES BURTON - "SUSIE-Q"

SOLO GUITAR OVERVIEW
"AMAZING GRACE"
- CHARLES CHAPMAN (Jazz)

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PICK CONTROL THROUGH
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
- CHARLES CHAPMAN (Jazz)

ERIC CLAPTON - "LAY DOWN SALLY"
CREAM (ERIC CLAPTON) - "SPOONFUL"
ROBERT CRAY - "SMOKING GUN" -
GOO GOO DOLLS - "IRIS" -

GUITAR SLIM - "THE THINGS THAT I USED TO DO"

BUDDY GUY -
"MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB"


GEORGE HARRISON -
"HERE COMES THE SUN"

BUDDY HOLLY - "NOT FADE AWAY"
INCUBUS - "STELLAR" -

JAMES JAMERSON - "I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE" -  (Bass)

FREDDIE KING - "HIDE AWAY" (Riff)

ROBERT JR. LOCKWOOD:
BLUES TURNAROUNDS


RIGHT HAND PICKING EXERCISE
- TIM MAY
(Jazz)
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REHARMONIZATION "SWANEE RIVER"
- JOE NEGRI (Jazz)

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RANDY RHOADS -"CRAZY TRAIN"
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SANTANA - "SONG OF THE WIND"

SEPULTURA -
"DEAD EMBRYONIC CELLS"

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BRIAN SETZER - "STRAY CAT STRUT"
SLIPKNOT - "SPIT IT OUT"

SYSTEM OF A DOWN - "SUGAR"
(Guitar)


SYSTEM OF A DOWN - "SUGAR"
(Bass)

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TOMMY TEDESCO - "CAVATINA" -
JIMMIE VAUGHAN - "BOOM-BAPA-BOOM" -
MUDDY WATERS - "ROLLIN' STONE" -
THE WHO - "SUBSTITUTE"  

JOHNNY WINTER & RICK DERRINGER - "ROCK AND ROLL HOOCHIE KOO"

ADVANCED LESSONS
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PEDAL STEEL LICKS (GUITAR)



IMPROVISING OVER DOMINANT CHORDS (JAZZ)



CREATING DOMINANT SOUNDS (JAZZ)


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