THE ZEN OF GUITAR

FINGER STRETCHES & WARM-UPS

CLASSIC CHORD COMBO Pt 1

• I, IV, V Progression

• Nashville “Drone” Chords

CHORD "SHAPE SHIFTING"

FUNDAMENTALS OF
SOLID RHYTHM GUITAR

• “Stereo” Strum

• Basic Bass Lines

• Muting

• Damping

• Carter Picking

MAKE YOUR GUITAR SOUND
LIKE A WHOLE BAND!

JAMES TAYLOR 101

CHUCK BERRY 101

FINGER STYLE BASICS

• Basic Hand Positions

• Basic Rotations

• “Faux” Flamenco

• Hybrid (Chord & Arpeggio)

• Chet Atkins/Merle Travis

• Folk

• Pick & Fingers

• Chord-Melody Arrangements

BASS LINES

• Root & Chord

• Alternate I / V

• Walk-up / Walk-down

• Moving Bass Lines

• Walking Bass w/ Melody

• Pedal Bass

CLASSIC CHORD COMBO Pt 2

• Maj. / min. Chord Combos

• Cycle of 4ths / 5ths

• Folk Rock Chords

• Connecting Chords

• Diminished / Augmented

• Color Chords

• Power Chords

• Bluesy 7ths

• 9th Chords

• Bossa Nova Chords

“SEXY” SCALES

• Open Position- Chromatic

• Basic Positions Up the Neck

• Pentatonic (Maj. / min.)

• “Lead” Blues Scales

• Steve Cropper “Soul Scales”

• 10ths / 3rds

• Vertical 4 Note Chord Scales

CLASSIC RHYTHM GROOVES

• Country Pop

• Country Shuffle

• Country Swing

• Bluegrass

• Rock - Chuck Berry

• Southern Rock

• Power Ballad

• Pump Bass

• Rock - “Boogie”

• “Bo Diddley”

• Folk / Calypso

• Reggae

• Bossa Nova

“LICK*TIONARY”

• Creative Use of Capos

• Hammers & Pull-offs

• Raking

• Modulations

• Double-Stop Arpeggios

• R&B Double-Stop Slides

• Rhythm “Chinks”

• “Popcorn”

• Hot Country Licks

• Rockabilly 101

• Bluegrass Licks

• Chromatic Chord Slides

• Harmonics

• Open “G” & “D” Tunings

• Blues 101

• Harp Tones

• Vibrato

• Octaves

• Percussion FX

• Dulcimer

• Celtic