Guitar Lessons for the Curious Guitarist

Complete guitar class. Strumming, chords, soloing, guitar theory, technique, & more. All levels.

*Be sure to download the PDF in the Projects & Resources section.  (It's called "Guitar Lessons for the Curious Guitarist - PDF.")  It's 135 pages long & contains all the text & tabs that you'll need for this class.  (If you have issues downloading it from your mobile device, then download it from a computer or laptop.)  Don't wait - get it now!

Welcome to Guitar Lessons for the Curious Guitarist! This is a complete guitar lessons class for all levels - beginner to advanced. These lessons start at the very beginning, assuming that you don't know anything about guitar.

Any kind of six-string guitar will work well for this class - electric, acoustic, or classical guitar.

Throughout this class, we'll focus mainly on these guitar fundamentals:

⦁ Chords - Including open & barre chords in multiple positions, relative (scale chords), extended, altered, naming, & more.

⦁ Rhythm - Including reading, writing, counting, strumming, picking, tapping, timing, and all things rhythm guitar.

⦁ Arpeggios - From basic major & minor to extended & altered, some include multiple redundant positions for better guitar mastery so you can easily solo using arpeggios over every chord.

⦁ Scales & Modes - Including major & minor pentatonics, major & minor scales, all 7 relative modes, full-fretboard soloing, & other exotic scales.

⦁ Other - Including techniques, reading standard music notation, blues guitar, dyads, ear training, and more!

The JAM ALONG section includes 10 videos, each with a PDF, of live-recorded jam along guitar loops for you to use while you practice soloing. The keys and scales are clearly marked & charted out on the whiteboard (and the PDF attachments) so you'll know exactly what to play!

The JAM TRACKS section includes 6 videos of backing music each set to the standard modal chord structures. These are for you to practice soloing the modes. Additionally, on the video screen there is a tab diagram of the mode for each video.

The BONUS LESSONS section is for your continuing guitar education. Here, you'll find updates & many more lessons that are continually added to this class.

Every lesson video has a page number included in the title, which corresponds to the PDF attachment for that lesson. These PDFs are the tabs, chords, rhythms, songs, and guitar lessons.  Be sure to get the PDF.

You may have questions throughout this class. You can ask me a question in the Community section  - I'm here for you!

I've been teaching guitarists for over 30 years. I know the pitfalls, issues, questions, and confusions that you're likely to have while learning.

If you want to be an awesome guitarist, this class will help you get there.

Requirements:

• This guitar class is for all levels - including complete beginners.
• You only need a guitar - any kind of guitar with six strings.

 

This class is for:

• Anyone who wants to learn the guitar.
• Complete beginners.
• Advanced guitar players who have fallen into a rut.
• Intermediate guitar players.
• Confused guitar students. (This course will clear everything up for you.)
• Advanced guitarists needing deeper guitar theory.

 

What you'll learn:

• Detailed guitar lessons.
• Read & write music with TAB or standard notation.
• Solo & improvise over any song.
• Learn every guitar chord.
• Master rhythm & strumming.
• Solo with arpeggios.
• Comprehensive scales & modes lessons.
• In-depth music theory.
• Ear-training & pitch recognition.
• Techniques like slides, pull-offs, harmonics, & tapping.
• 10 guided jam along videos to practice soloing.
• 6 jam track videos to practice soloing.

 

I'm glad you're here! Let's begin.

• Preview
• Welcome to the Class
• Getting Started - Fundamentals (page 2 - 5)
• Guitar Anatomy (page 6)
• Tuning (page 7)
• Picking & Speed Exercise (page 8)
• How to Change Guitar Strings (page 9)
• Open Chords (page 10 - 11)
• Rhythm 1 - Beats & Rests (page 12 - 17)
• Pentatonic Scales (page 18 - 19)
• Arpeggios - Basics (page 20 - 21)
• Relative Major & Minor Scales (page 22)
• Barre Chords (page 23 - 26)
• Rhythm 2 - Strumming 8th Notes (page 27 - 29)
• Intervals (page 30 - 31)
• The Relative Modes - Basics (page 32 - 36)
• Techniques (page 37 - 44)
• Reading Music (page 45 - 50)
• CAGED chords (page 51)
• Rhythm 3 - Strumming 16th Notes (page 52)
• Arpeggios - Full Fretboard (page 53 - 55)
• Single-String Scales (page 56 - 59)
• Dyads (page 60)
• Harmonics (page 61 - 67)
• Relative Chords (page 68 - 70)
• Blues Chords (page 71 - 73)
• Rhythm 4 - Rhythm Theory (page 74 - 76)
• Rhythm 5 - Triplets (page 77)
• Arpeggios - Extended (page 78 - 84)
• Soloing with Modes (page 85)
• Extended Chords (page 86 - 89)
• Country Strumming & Walking (page 90 - 94)
• Arpeggios Within Modes (page 95)
• Modes - Advanced Soloing (page 96)
• Blues Soloing (page 97 - 98)
• Deciphering Song Keys (page 99)
• Other Chords (page 100 - 102)
• Rhythm 6 - 40 Exercises (page 103 - 108)
• Arpeggios - Chord Tones & Tone Clusters (page 109)
• Open Position (page 110)
• Relative Pitch Ear Training (page 111)
• Pedal Tones & Pitch Axis (page 112 - 115)
• Jam Along - G Major (page 116)
• Jam Along - C Major (page 117)
• Jam Along - A Major (page 118)
• Jam Along - A Dorian (page 119)
• Jam Along - D Mixolydian (page 120)
• Jam Along - Canon in D (page 121)
• Jam Along - Blues in A Major (page 122)
• Jam Along - Flamenco in A minor (page 123)
• Jam Along - Minor Blues in A (page 124)
• Jam Along - Rumba in E minor (page 125)
• Putting It All Together
• Jam Track G Ionian
• Jam Track A Dorian
• Jam Track B Phrygian
• Jam Track C Lydian
• Jam Track D Mixolydian
• Jam Track E Aeolian
• Solo Patterns
• Sweep Picking
• Chord Walking
• Dim7 Chords
• Relative vs Parallel Scales
• Secondary Dominant Chords
• Hybrid Chords
• Modes Crash Course
• CAGED Chords - major
• CAGED Chords - minor
• Pentatonic Modes - The 5 Shapes
• Sus Chords
• Power Chords
• Types of 7th Chords
• A minor stuff
• Circle of Fifths
• Lots of G Chords
• Negative Harmony: Theory and Application
• The Whole Tone Scale
• Tone Rows
• wwhwwwh - The Major Scale Formula