Music 101

            Rhythm

            Melody

Harmony

            How to read music

 

Rhythm theory

Importance

Counting

Subdividing the beat

Reading rhythm

Common rhythm figures & styles

 

Harmony theory

Piano Keyboard

C major scale

Intervals

Triads

Diatonic harmonization

7th chords

Extended chords

Idiomatic guitar voicings

            A-form bar to 1st inversion a fourth higher

Suspended voicings

Open-position chord licks

12-bar blues

Pentatonic scales

Major scale modes

Songs

Soloing

Note choice

Target notes

Phrasing

A simplified soloing form

ii-V progression

Soloing over changes

“Extended” blues progressions

Cycle 4 progression

 

Technique

Basic flatpicking

Alternating flatpicking

Tremolo picking

Hammer-ons, Pull-offs

Harmonics

Natural

Artificial

Pinch

Tapping

Chord hammers

Hybrid picking

Zizzing

Whammy bar

 

Equipment

Overview

Guitars

Amps

Effects

Classic combinations