Contemporary Guitar Course

Beginners

At this level we start with the acoustic guitar

• Correct way of holding the guitar

• Notes on the fretboard

• Tuning your guitar

• Basic rudiments and theory

• Open chords (major and minor)

• Strum simple rhythm patterns and well known songs

• Effectively switch from chord to chord

• Major and minor Scales

• Finger style playing

• How to incorporate finger style playing with songs with tons of examples and exercises.

• Term-end exams. (Rock School exams)

• Term-end.

Intermediate

• Major and minor barre chords.

• Power chords (5th chords)

• How to use these chords everywhere on the fretboard.

• Learn to read music (staff and tab).

• Palm muting and electric guitar controlling techniques.

• Scales (pentatonic, blues minor scales) and Arpeggios.

• Solos of some songs.

• Finger exercises (Bending, Hammer-ons, pull offs)

• Chord progression and degrees of scales.

• Relative chords and its uses.

• Learn how songs are structured.

• Term-end exams. (Rock School exams)

• Term-end

Advanced

• The pentatonic scales in all positions.

• Phrases and licks with tons of examples.

• Seeing the whole fretboard to improvise with.

• Modes and their usage

• Techinques of jamming

• Term-end exams. (Rock School exams)

• Term-end.