Basis

Use this basic lessons before starting with degree's.

Degree 01: C MAJOR SCALE

In this 1st degree you will learn how to play C major scale over the neck.

Time required: less than two months to arrange and recognize the tones on guitar (white keys on piano).

Degree 02: PENTATONIC SCALE

In this 2nd degree you will learn how to use C major / A minor pentatonic scale over the neck.

Degree 03: BLUES SCALE

In this 3rd degree you will learn how to use A blues scale over the neck.

Degree 04: STARTING THEORY

In this 4th degree you will learn the Basic Theory of Music, very important for your playing and improvising!  

First print all the material and make a book or a paper map, so that you can always look at the lists and always remind yourself on theory. You will need all these things all the time. Listen to the lessons and try the things on your instrument!

Here is everything what you need till now!

Degree 05: SO WHAT

In this 5th degree you will learn how to improvise on song called SO WHAT – Miles Davis

Degree 06: CHORDS

In this 6th degree you will learn how to make chords.

Degree 07: BLUES

In this 7th degree you will learn how to play blues.

Degree 08: Techniques

In this 8th degree you will learn some rock techniques: hammering, pull off, bending, vibrating , taping.

Degree 09: JAZZ INTRO

Here in front of you there are jazz guitar lessons for advanced users. After one year I realized that a lot of you want to learn how to play jazz and how to improvise on different chords. So, here it is. You will get all the lessons you need for understanding chords, scales and all the Material for improvising. You will see a lot of examples, how to analyze. standard, and what to play over chords and changes. Here you will get all the things for practicing and understanding what is in jazz all about. It takes some time to be really good jazz player, but if you work and practice then you can’t miss. You will see my system how to work on one jazz standard from beginning till the end and then you will do the same on jazz tunes. At the beginning it gets slower that’s why you need my help and later on if you have some questions, I am still here. You will find almost all the Answers on your questions in the lessons. There is a lot of material for downloading you will have it forever.

Degree 10: Autumn Leaves

Now you will see how to analyze the tune, no matter what style. As a example we will analyze the school standard Autumn Leaves.

Degree 11: Secondary Dominant and its parallel scales

As you will see in the next lessons, jazz happens on the dominant chords and that’s why we have different scales for using them on the dominant chords.