MODULE ‘C’ (BEGINNERS)

1) Fretboard Exercises. (to be done everyday before practise)

2) Guitar Nomenclature, types of guitars etc.
(acoustic & electric Spanish and Hawaiian, dobro, 4 string bass, 6 string, 12 string)
3) Tuning a guitar by different methods – a) open strings, b) using harmonics c) using chords.
4) Open chords.
5) Partial barre chords and barre chords.
6) Notes of the Fretboard. (to draw the Fretboard and name all notes)
7) The rules of sharps and flats.
8) Strumming, upstrokes and downstrokes.
9) Semitones and tones. (interval between notes on the scale)
10) Notes that make up a chord
11) The Chromatic scale.
a) Chord construction using the chromatic scale.
b) Octaves on the chromatic scale.
12) Alternate picking. Left hand - Right hand coordination.
13) Left hand / Right hand damping.
14) Picking (flat picking, plectrum picking, sweep picking).
a) Plectrum picking exercises on open chords.
b) Simple common flat picking exercises.
15) Introduction and usage of sus2 and sus4 chords.
16) Chord relationships (The I, IV, V rule).
17) Transposition of chords.
18) The concept of timing. (beats and bars)
19) Construction of chords from notes.
20) Accents and Rests
21) Minor and Major Pentatonic Scales and their usage.
22) Accidentals.
23) The Blues Scale (12 bar & 8 bar blues)
24) Introduction to 7ths.
25) Decrypting and using chord diagrams and tablature.
26) The Diatonic Major and Natural Minor Scales.
(As the notes of the chromatic scale, using the C / Am Scale as the basis)
27) Simple Hammer ons, pull offs.
28) Simple explanation of Natural Harmonics.
29) Introduction to Licks and riffs.
30) Single string rhythm / Power Chord rhythm (Simple)
31) Left / Right hand technique and coordination.
32) Single string licks.
MODULE ‘B’ (INTERMEDIATE)
1) Fretboard Exercises / finger strength exercises.
2) Tuning a guitar by different methods – a) open strings, b) using harmonics c) using chords.
3) Barre chords..
4) Notes of the Fretboard (Methods of determining notes on the fly by referring 5th/6th strings) .
5) Notes that make up a chord. Chord construction theory (added chords/combchords/suschords etc)
6) The rules of sharps and flats.
7) The Chromatic scale.
a. Chord construction using notes of the chromatic scale.
b. Octaves on the chromatic scale.
c. Vertical relative Root Octaves and symmetric relative fingering.
8) Minor and Major Pentatonic Scales and their usage.
9) The Blues Scale (12 bar & 8 bar blues)
10) The Diatonic Major and Natural Minor Scales.
11) The relationship between Major and Minor Scales.
12) The melodic and harmonic minor scales.
13) Transposition of chords and scales.
14) Alternate picking. Left hand - Right hand coordination.
15) Left hand / Right hand damping.
16) On and Off accents and rests
17) Picking (flat picking, plectrum, clawhammer)
a. Plectrum picking exercises on open chords and barre chords.
b. Common flat picking exercises.
c. Clawhammer picking on chords, intervals and inversions.
d. Sweep Picking 2 Octave Arpeggios
18) Usage of sus2 and sus4 chords in barre positions.
19) The concept of timing. (beats and bars)
20) Construction of chords from notes.
21) Introduction to dominant 7ths, major sevenths, minor 7ths, 9ths and minor 9ths.
22) Decrypting and using tablature.
23) Bends, reverse bends, slides, reverse slides, vibrato.
24) Triplet patterns and runs.
25) Vertical and horizontal scale runs.
26) Hammer ons, pull offs, trills.
27) Scalar tapping.
28) Arpeggios and legato.
29) Double octave Arpeggios for major and minor chords.
30) Natural Harmonics and relevant theory.
31) Picking – Alternate picking, Sweep picking and Circular Picking
32) The Neoclassical style and progressions.
33) The Blues vs. Neoclassical battle. How to use both effectively.
34) Blues licks and connectors.
35) Pivots.
36) Symmetric runs.
37) Artificial harmonics & Natural harmonics
38) Licks and riffs.
39) String skipping.
40) Single string rhythm / Power Chord rhythm
41) Intervals and Inversions.
42) Timing – Introduction to Odd Time signatures.
43) Introduction to string skipping.
44) Pull offs to open strings.
45) Funk Riffs.
46) Right hand technique.
47) Melody speed combination.
48) Single string licks.
49) Double stops and double bends.
50) Case Studies. (Sultans of Swing, Hotel California, Black Magic Woman etc.)

MODULE ‘A’ (ADVANCED)

1) Regular Fretboard Exercises.
2) Dynamics and control.
3) The Chromatic scale.
a. Chord construction using the chromatic scale.
b. Octaves on the chromatic scale.
c. Vertical relative Root Octaves and symmetric relative fingering.
4) The Diatonic Major and Natural Minor Scales.
5) Relative chords on the varying degrees.
6) Alternate picking. Left hand - Right hand coordination.
7) Left hand / Right hand damping.
8) Picking (clawhammer, sweep, circular, rasguedo and rake).
a. Plectrum picking exercises on open chords and barre chords.
b. Clawhammer picking on chords, intervals and inversions.
c. licks and examples using hybrid, circular, rasguedo and rake.
d. Sweep picking arpeggios.
9) Intervals and inversions.
10) Advanced Tapping and variations.
11) Odd Time Signatures.
12) Construction of chords from notes and solos over chords.
13) Accents and Rests
14) Minor and Major Pentatonic Scales and their usage.
15) The Blues Scale (12 bar & 8 bar blues)
16) The relationship between Major and Minor Scales.
17) Bends, reverse bends, ghost bends, double bends, slides, reverse slides, vibrato control.
18) The melodic and harmonic minor scales.
19) Transposition of scale patterns.
20) Triplet exercises and runs on all strings.
21) Vertical, diagonal and horizontal scale runs.
22) Advanced tapping.
23) Legato / Pivots.
24) Single octave Arpeggios for major and minor chords.
25) Natural Harmonics and relevant theory.
26) Picking – Alternate picking, Sweep picking and Circular Picking
27) The Neoclassical style and progressions.
28) The Blues vs. Neoclassical battle. How to use both effectively.
29) Modes.
30) String skipping as an alternative to Arpeggios.
31) Speed picking.
32) Symmetric & Asymmetric runs.
33) Advanced Tapping techniques. Arpeggio-tapping combination.
Arpeggio-slide combination. tapping on bends. Inverted tapping.
34) Pinched harmonics, natural harmonics, forced harmonic hammer ons.
35) Scratch picking.
36) Licks and riffs.
37) Three and Two Octave Arpeggios.
38) String skipping.
39) Scalar Tapping.
40) Single string rhythm / Power Chord rhythm
41) Intervals and Inversions.
42) Timing – Odd Time Signatures.
43) Shredding.
44) Pull offs to open strings and further modulation using the whammy bar.
45) Funk Riffs.
46) Exotic Scales.
47) Whammy Bar techniques.
48) Double stops and double bends.
49) Gadget and amplification ideas.
50) Figuring scales without knowing the backing chords.