The list below is an abbreviated overview of the content covered in the included Intro Course and Semesters 1 & 2. There are additional Practice, Ear Training and Quiz blocks, where we apply the material learned.

(Total Running Time: 2 hrs & 33 min)

• Parts of the Guitar
• Left Hand Basics
• Right Hand Basics
• How to Tune
• 4-Finger Warm-up Exercise
• 4-finger Practice – Levels 1-3

• Your First Chord
• Basic Strumming
• Let’s Add Another Chord
• Strumming Practice – Levels 1-3

• Our Next Chord(s)
• Pickups and Multiplying Chords
• Parts of the Song
• Song – Levels 1-3
• “No One” – Performed with a Singer

• Introduction & Verse
• Pre-Chorus
• Chorus
• Practice
• “Don’t Stop Believing” – Song Performance

• Introduction & Verse
• Pre-Chorus
• Chorus
• Bridge
• Practice
• “Rejoice” – Song Performance

(Total Running Time: 8 hrs & 25 min)

• Foundations for Versatile Rhythm Guitar
• Basic Chord Vocabulary: The 5 Major Chord Shapes
• Basic Chord Vocabulary: The 3 Minor Chord Shapes
• Basic Chord Vocabulary: The 5 “Over 3” Chord Shapes
• Layered 16th Note Strumming
• Strumming Example
• Switching Chords
• PRACTICE: Strumming Levels 1-3
• A Strumming Pattern is a Drum Beat

• Navigating Notes on the Neck
• Musical ABCs on the Guitar
• Sharps, Flats, and Chord Names
• Shortcuts to Finding Notes
• Finding all “E”s, “A”s and “B”s on the Guitar
• PRACTICE: The E-A-B Jam
• New Examples of Layered Strumming

• Understanding Scales
• Introduction to Solfege
• Simple Solfege on the Guitar
• The Major Scale
• Articulations – Expressing Yourself
• PRACTICE: Articulations – Major Scale
• EAR: Hearing Notes in the Major Scale
• PRACTICE: Improvisation – Major Scale

• Rhythm Guitar Dynamics and Textures
• Palm-muting and Power Chords
• Palm-muted Power Chord Riff
• Introduction to Fingerstyle
• Basic Fingerstyle Patterns
• Varying Dynamics in a Song
• PRACTICE: Dynamic Rhythm Playing

• Extending our Lead Range and Options
• The Minor Scale
• EAR: Hearing Notes in the Minor Scale
• Connecting the Minor & Major Scales
• The Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Introduction to String Bending
• Bending Exercise
• More on Lead Guitar Concepts
• PRACTICE: Improvisation – Minor and Major Scales

• Understanding Chords
• The Concept of Intervals
• Minor 2nd to Major 3rd on the Neck
• Perfect 5th and Octave on the Neck
• Major and Minor Triads
• Analyzing Major & Minor Chord Shapes
• Intervals & Triads

• How Chords Fit Together in Any Key
• Breaking Down Major & Minor 3rds to Steps
• Building chords from Do through La
• What’s the Problem with Ti?
• Chords in the Key of G
• The Musical Number System
• EAR: Hearing the Difference Between Major & Minor Chords

• Extending our Rhythm Guitar range and options
• The Barre Technique Explained
• The 5 Major Barre Shapes
• Flipping the G Chord in All 5 Shapes
• Introduction to the CAGED System
• The 3 Minor Barre Shapes
• Percussive Strumming with Barre Chords
• Switching Barre Chords

• More Keys for More Options
• Chords in the Keys of D & E
• How to Capo with G, D, or E Shapes
• The Actual Names of Capoed Chords
• PRACTICE: Number System in the Keys of D & E

• Further Expanding our Range for Soloing
• The Dorian Scale
• Minor to Major to Dorian Connection
• The 134 Diagonal Connection
• The Phrygian Scale
• The 124 Diagonal Connection
• Pedal Point and the Monster Scale Exercise
• Improvisation and the Monster Scale Exercise

• Rounding Things Out
• Applying the Scales in Any Key
• Over 3 Chords Barred
• The Number System with Barre or Power Chords

• PRACTICE: Key of G – Rhythm Guitar in G, D and E shapes
• PRACTICE: Key of A – Rhythm Guitar in G, D and E shapes
• PRACTICE: Key of E – Rhythm Guitar in G, D and E shapes

• PRACTICE: Key of G – Lead Guitar
• PRACTICE: Key of A – Lead Guitar
• PRACTICE: Key of E – Lead Guitar
• Recognize Scales in any Key!

(Total Running Time: 10 hrs & 19 min)

• Extending chords with scale notes & open voicings
• The “cover concept” with E, A, D, and C chords
• The outside octave approach with G
• The “cover 2” concept over D2, A2, and Em
• Combining “cover 2” over 3 chords in a key
• PRAC: Combining open concepts

• Finishing out the Modes
• The Lydian scale
• The Mixolydian scale
• Connecting Phrygian – Lydian – Mixolydian – Minor
• The Locrian Scale
• Connecting all 7 Modes

• Understanding “7 chords”
• The minor 7 and major 7 intervals
• The minor, major, and dominant 7 chords
• The m7(b5) a.k.a. half-diminished chord
• Common chord symbols for “7 chords”

• How “7 chords” fit in a Key
• “7 chords in the Number System”
• “7 chords” in the Key of G, D, and E
• Introduction to voice leading, passing chords and tasteful chord choices
• Flipping Major 7 and Dominant 7 in all 5 shapes (CAGED)
• Flipping Minor 7 and Half-diminished in all 3 shapes
• Barred “7 chords” in a Key (no capo)

• Keys of C and A (Numbers / Capo / 7s)
• Open C and Am7 chord movements
• PRAC: The Number System in all 5 key-shapes
• QUIZ: The Number System in the Keys of C and A

• More musical note choices / melodic playing
• Mastering Solfege notes inside our scales
• Visualizing chords inside the Phrygian and Minor scales
• Chord inversions
• Hearing chords and chord notes with Solfege
• Melodic playing applications

• Adding new tension to our chords
• Understanding sus2 and sus4 chords
• Where “sus” chords fit in the Number System
• So, what’s an add9 chord?
• Common add9 chord shapes
• Practical uses of “sus” and add9 chords
• PRAC: Create your own “sus” and add9 variations in a chord progression

• Understanding the Pentatonic Scale and all of its positions
• The Minor Pentatonic Scale and its neighbors
• The Dorian and Phrygian Pentatonic
• Connecting all 5 Pentatonic positions
• The Blues Scale – Introduction to passing notes
• Soulful Phrasing – Part 1 (Riff)
• Soulful Phrasing – Part 2 (Blue Note & Friends)
• Soulful Phrasing – Part 3 (Manipulating Time)
• PRAC: Pentatonic Jam

• The Rhythm Notation Bootcamp
• PRAC: Reading with dots and ties
• PRAC: Reading with Triplets
• Scale Patterns in Different Subdivisions
• Meters
• 6/8 Strumming patterns

• Adding Melodies to Chords + New Rhythm Guitar Textures
• Scale / Chord Visualization in the Keys of G, D, C, A, and E
• A Deeper Look at Melodic Fingerstyle
• Tap Harmonics for Chords
• Percussive Octaves – Rhythm or Lead?
• PRAC: New Fingerstyle and Rhythm Guitar colors

• A Deeper Understanding of Pentatonics
• Pentatonics as Chord Substitutions
• Pentatonics Superimposed Over the Modes
• Pentatonics over chord changes
• CAGED and Pentatonics – Introduction
• “Guest Chords” and Pentatonics

• Filling in the Final Diatonic Blanks in the First Octave
• The 6s and the concept of Complementary Intervals
• Major and Minor 6 Chord Shapes
• Where “6” Chords Fit in the Number System
• A Hint at Quartal Harmony – the 6/9 Chord
• The “Gospel 4/6” Suspension
• “Open 6” Voicings in Rhythm and Lead
• PRAC: Moving 6s in Chords & Scales

• Blending Rhythm & Lead – Rounding Things Out
• Lead with a Rhythm Mindset
• Double Stops
• The “Hendrix Crash Course” E, A, and D Roots
• Adding Vibrato to a Bend
• Using a Whammy Bar
• The “Hendrix Chord”
• Putting It All Together
• PRAC: Colorful Rhythm Playing
• How to Harmonize “Intelligently” with a Melody