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Guitar

Lessons

Beginner

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

Intermediate

1. B Diminished
2. Other Open String Chords
3. Music Theory - Minor Keys
4. Harmonic Minor and Augmented Chords
5. Barre Chords
6. Suspended Chords
7. Circle of Fifths
8. G Major
9. 5th Position
10. Scales for all Positions
11. CAGED for chords
12. CAGED for scales
13. 7th Chords

Advanced

1. Borrowing Chords/Notes
2. Modes
3. Modulation
4. Exotic Scales
5. Solo'ing
6. Extended Chords
7. Odd-time Signatures
8. Syncopation
9. Polyrhythm

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
• Double and Triple Stops
• Finger Picking
• Chicken Pickin
• Pick Slides

Exercises

• Warmup Exercises
• Basic Technique Exercises
• Advanced Technical Exercises
• Common Scale Exercises
• Position-Shifting Exercises
• String Skipping Exercises
• Arpeggio Exercises

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

Reference

• Ref: Common Scales
• 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

Recommended Resources

• Ben Eller's Why You Suck at Guitar Youtube Series
• Sevenstring.org Music Theory sub-forum
• Giant tab book of Rock Hits
• The Real Book
• Rusty Cooley's Guitar Assylum TV
• Joe Satriani's Satch Zone Youtube series
• John Petrucci's Rock Discipline
• Steve Vai's Little Black Notes section on Vai.com

Sound

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

DAW/Recording

• DAW Basics
• Interface Setup (incl. Latency)
• Keyboard Macros/Hotkeys
• Popular Plugins
• Reamping
• MIDI
• Virtual Instruments
• Automation
• Tempo
• Synthesizers
• Samplers
• Sequencers
• Editing Drums
• Bounce/Render
• Mastering

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