Acoustic &
Electric Guitar
GUITAR SYLLABUS
BEGINNERS
•CORRECT POSTURE (HOLDING THE
GUITAR AND PLECTRUM)
•INTRODUCTION TO GUITAR PARTS
AND OPEN STRING NOTES.
•OPEN STRING EXERCISES FOR RIGHT
HAND.
•BASIC CHROMATIC EXERCISES FOR
LEFT HAND.
•OPEN POSITION C MAJOR SCALE
WITH DIFFERENT PICKING PATTERNS.
•TUNES/TABS OF SONGS IN C MAJOR
SCALE.
•MORE CHROMATIC EXERCISES USING
ALTERNATE PICKING.
•LISTENING TO DIFFERENT
KINDS OF MUSIC (NON
BOLLYWOOD)
•PRE-CHORD EXERCISES.
•INTRODUCTION TO
CHORDS.
•BASIC CHORD
PROGRESSIONS AND
STRUMMING.
•COUNTING THE BEATS
ALONG WITH STRUMMING.
•PLAYING ALONG WITH THE
METRONOME.
•INTRODUCTION TO THE
NOTES ON THE GUITAR
AND TUNING PROCEDURES.
•DIFFERENT STRUMMING
PATTERS AND HOW YOU
CAN CREATE YOUR OWN
STRUMMING PATTERNS.
LEARNING EASY SONGS
USING CHORDS.
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•TIPS ON HOW TO SING
ALONG WHILE STRUMMING.
•MAJOR SCALE THEORY (HOW
SCALES ARE FORMED)
•FEW SCALE SHAPES (NOT
USING OPEN STRINGS)
•PLAYING DIFFERENT SCALES
USING ONE SHAPE.
•FEW CLASSICAL MELODIES
USING SCALE SHAPES.
•ARPEGGIOS OF FROM
POPULAR SONGS TO LEARN
RIGHT HAND PICKING
PATTERNS.
•MINOR SCALE THEORY.
•A FEW MINOR SCALE
SHAPES.
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•OVERVIEW OF SCALES
•FORMATION OF MAJOR
SCALE AND NOTES.
•SCALE SHAPES OF MAJOR
SCALE IN DIFFERENT
POSITIONS.
GUITAR SYLLABUS
INTERMEDIATE
•CONNECTING THE SCALE
SHAPES.
•OVERVIEW OF SCALES
•SEQUENCING PATTERNS.
•FORMATION OF MAJOR SCALE AND
NOTES. •3 NOTES PER STRING
•SCALE SHAPES OF MAJOR SCALE IN P A T T E R N S .
DIFFERENT POSITIONS. •PRACTICING SCALES USING
•CONNECTING THE SCALE SHAPES. BACKING TRACKS.
•SEQUENCING PATTERNS. •FORMATION OF MINOR
•3 NOTES PER STRING PATTERNS.
SCALES.
•PRACTICING SCALES USING
BACKING TRACKS.
•MINOR SCALE RELATION
•FORMATION OF MINOR SCALES. WITH MAJOR SCALE AND
•MINOR SCALE RELATION WITH VISUALISATION OF THE
MAJOR SCALE AND VISUALISATION SHAPES.
OF THE SHAPES.
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•INTRODUCTION TO RIFFS
•POWER CHORDS.
•POWER CHORD RHYTHM
STUDY USING DOWN STROKES
AND ACCENTS.
•PALM MUTING.
GUITAR SYLLABUS •POPULAR RIFFS.
INTERMEDIATE •TECHNIQUES.
•SCALE CHORD RELATIONSHIP.
•SLIDES
•HARMONISED MAJOR SCALE •HAMMER-ON.
•CHORD FORMATION THEORY. •PULL-OFF.
•INTRODUCTION TO CAGED SYSTEM. •VIBRATO.
•CAGED BARRE CHORD SHAPES.
•LEGATO EXECISES.
•EXTENDED CHORD FORMATION
•SOME BASIC SHAPES OF EXTENDED •INTRODUCTION TO BENDING.
CHORDS.
ARPEGGIOS
•ARPEGGIOS SHAPES USING CAGED
SYSTEM.
•ARPEGGIO EXERCISES WITH SWEEP
PICKING.
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•INTRODUCTION TO THE
BLUES
•HOW 12 BAR BLUES CHORD
PROGRESSIONS ARE FORMED.
•TYPES OF BLUES CHORD
PROGRESSIONS.
GUITAR SYLLABUS •SWING RHYTHM IN 12 BAR
ADVANCE BLUES.
•INTRODUCTION TO
•BASIC BLUES RIFFS.
IMPROVISATION. •PENTATONIC SCALE SHAPES.
•HOW TO CHOOSE A SCALE FOR •PENTATONIC SCALE
IMPROVISING OVER A CHORD SEQUENCING PATTERNS.
PROGRESSION.
•HOW TO USE PENTATONIC
•BASIC IDEAS FOR IMPROVISATION
USING MAJOR SCALE USING BACKING SCALE IN BLUES SOLOING.
TRACKS.
•USING ARPEGGIOS ALONG WITH
SCALES FOR IMPROVISATION.
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GUITAR SYLLABUS
ADVANCE
•BLUES LICKS.
•BASIC BLUES LICKS IN DIFFERENT
PENTATONIC SCALE POSITIONS.
•BLUES SCALE AND APPLICATION IN
STANDARD BLUES LICKS.
•REVISITING BENDING AND VIBRATO
FOR BLUES LICKS.
•BLUES SOLOING
•USING THE LICKS IN 12 BAR BLUES.
•PLAYING OVER CHORD CHANGES.
•JAM SESSIONS.
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•ACOUSTIC FINGER STYLE.
•BASIC FINGER PICKING
EXERCISES.
•ETUDES AND POPULAR SONG
RIFFS.
•FINGER STYLE RHYTHM.
•DETAILED STUDY OF MODES
AND IMPROVISATION USING
MODES.
•EXTENDED ARPEGGIOS AND
APPLICATION.
•MORE EXTENDED CHORDS
(USED IN JAZZ)
•ADVANCED BLUES SOLOING.
•FUNK RHYTHM STUDY.
•ADVANCED FINGERTYLE
GROOVES.
•METAL RIFFS AND SCALE
SEQUENCES.
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