Six month home study course with 102 page workbook in tab and notation with six "Work along" audio CDs.
This course covers every aspect of rhythm guitar that a good guitar player needs to know. Learn the best ways to communicate harmony, rhythm & mood. Extremely beneficial for any guitarist playing in a band, accompanying a vocalist, instrumentalist or chording songs on your own. Rhythm instruction is musically illustrated through songs in a variety of styles. Most are demonstrated in a band situation & include practice tracks. No prior music education required just the ability to play basic & barre chords. Suggested prerequisites; 6 months of guitar lessons or equivalent experience.
FRETBOARD DYNAMICS
INVERSIONS
CHORD SHAPES
OCTAVE SHAPES
READING CHORD CHARTS
BASIC STRUMMING
ANTICIPATING CHORDS
DESCENDING BASS LINES
TONE & TASTE
FULL & THIN
BAND SITUATIONS
THE ART OF LISTENING
RHYTHM RIFFS
SINGLE AND DOUBLE STOPS
STRUMMING TECHNIQUES
SCORES OF CHORD SHAPES
ROCK WITH DISTORTION SPIKED GUITAR
CHORD FORMULAS & FAMILIES
VARIETY OF INVERSIONS
MINOR CHORDS
DOMINANT CHORDS
STRUMMING A SONG
BLENDING TWO GUITARS
SETTING THE GROOVE
RHYTHM RIFFS
MAJOR 6thCHORDS
MAJOR 7th CHORDS
DOMINANT 7th CHORDS COMPLIMENTING A KEYBOARD
CHOOSING VOICINGS
SCALE THEORY
WALKING BASS LINES
VOICE READING
PROPER ATTITUDE WORKSHEET & EXERCISES
VARIETY OF STYLES ROCK N ROLL * COUNTRY * SHUFFLES
BLUES * FUNK * LATIN * RAGGAE * SWING
SAMBA * BOSSA NOVA * JAZZ * WALTZ * COMPING
DVD SUPPLEMENT TO RHYTHM GUITAR COURSE & GUITAR THEORY & TECHNIQUE COURSE #1 - A 90 minute instructional DVD designed to demonstrate the techniques taught in these two courses. Includes the caged system, right & left hand position, picking strumming, single stops, chord choking, comping with a walking bass line, inversions, fingerstyle techniques, & more. This DVD is included in the College Starter Packs.
