“Although there is a LOT you can do to speed up the rate of your progress on guitar, you must remember that, similar to growing up, some processes simply cannot be rushed beyond the natural course of action.“
MUSIC THEORY – HARMONY
The Musical Alphabet
Music Notation
Notes on the Staff
How to Read Tablature
Accidentals
Enharmonic Spellings
Dynamics
Ear Training
The Major Scale
The Minor Scale
The Blues Scale
Scale Manipulation
Intervals
Major Pentatonic Scale
Major Pentatonic Scale with Added b3rd
Harmonizing the Major Scale
Diatonic Triads
Diatonic 7th Chords
Harmonizing the Minor Scale
Unlocking the Power of Modes and Modal Harmony
Arpeggios
Chord/Scale Relationships
Chord Substitution and Reharmonization
Relative and Parallel Minor
The Modes of the Major Scale
Key Signatures
Determining Key Signatures
Melody
The Circle of Fifths
The Chromatic Scale
Symmetrical Scales
Chord Construction
Chord Inversions
Chord Qualities
Triads
Seventh Chords
9th Chords – Major, Minor & Dominant
11th Chords – Major, Minor & Dominant
13th Chords – Major, Minor & Dominant
Add9 Chords – Major & Minor
Suspended Chords
Altered Dominant Chords
Extended Chords
Slash Chords
Chord Progressions
Modulation
Chord Embellishment
MUSIC THEORY & RHYTHM
Note and Rest Values
Rests
Ties
Dots
Rhythm and Meter
Keeping a Steady Beat
Maintaining a Steady Tempo
Subdivisions
How to Count and Play at the Same Time
Time Signatures
Rhythmic Ties
Syncopation
Polyrhythm and Polymeter
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