The list below is an abbreviated overview of the content covered in the included Intro Course and Semester 1. 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