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Please see the Introduction for info about me, who these lessons are designed for, and common conventions used throughout this site.

Table of Contents

Beginner Lessons

1. Guitar Parts and Functions
2. Holding the Guitar and Pick
3. Basic Technique
4. Tuning and Harmonics
5. Music Theory Basics
6. Position
7. 1st String
8. 1st and 2nd Strings - Intervals
9. 2nd and 3rd Strings
10. 4th, 5th, and 6th Strings
11. C Major in Open Position and Alternate Picking
12. C Major Chord
13. G Major Chord
14. F Major Chord
15. E Minor, D Minor, and A Minor Chords
16. Music Theory - Diatonic Chord Progressions
17. B Diminished
18. Other Open String Chords
19. Music Theory - Minor Keys
20. Harmonic Minor
21. Barre Chords
22. Circle of Fifths
23. 5th Position
24. Scales for all Positions
25. CAGED for chords
26. CAGED for scales
27. Modes
28. Modulation
29. Exotic Scales
30. Solo'ing

Gear and Setup

• Strings
• Choosing a Pick
• Choosing a Guitar
• Setup/Adjustments
• Choosing Pickups
• Choosing an Amp
• Choosing Effects
  • Compression
  • EQ
  • Modulation
  • Delay
  • Reverb
  • Pitch Shifting
  • Boost
  • Distortion
  • Noise Gate

Styles

• Rock
• Blues
• Funk
• Jazz
• Folk
• Thrash
• Djent

Techniques

• Legato (Hammer-on, Pull-off)
• Bending
• Vibrato
• Palm Muting
• Artificial Harmonics
• Whammy Bar
• Tapping
• Two-Hand Tapping
• Sweep Picking
• Slapping
• Thumping
• Chicken Pickin
• Finger Picking
• Pick Slides

Sound

• Transients
• Overtones
• Frequency Domain
• EQ or Filters
• ADSR and Envelope Filters
• Mixing
• Gain-Staging
• Boosting an Amp/Distortion

Reference

• Ref: Circle of Fifths
• Ref: Scale Fret Maps for all Major/Natural Minor Keys w/ CAGED breakdown
• Ref: Scale Fret Maps for all Harmonic Minor Keys
• Ref: CAGED Chord Chart for all Major Chords
• Ref: CAGED Chord Chart for all Minor Chords
• Ref: List of Diatonic Chords for all Keys
• Ref: Mega List of Chord Fingerings/Voicings
• Ref: Modes
• Ref: Counting Rhythm
• Ref: Reading Tab

Wiki Stuff

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