Level 1
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Method Book 1 - Hal Leonard
Concepts:
Introduction to the parts of the guitar, tuning the guitar, starting position, and musical symbols
Notes on the strings
F# and C#
Chords: C, G7, G, D7, D, A7, Em
Strumming
Half and whole steps
Rests
Note lengths: whole, half, quarter, and eighth
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapters 1-3)
Concepts:
Identify simple melodies
Rhythm including quarter notes, half notes, quarter rests, and half rests
Major and minor five-finger patterns
Dynamics: forte & piano
Articulation: staccato and legato.
Level 2
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Method Book 1 - Hal Leonard
Concepts:
Introduction to the parts of the guitar, tuning the guitar, starting position, and musical symbols
Notes on the strings
F# and C#
Chords: C, G7, G, D7, D, A7, Em
Strumming
Half and whole steps
Rests
Note lengths: whole, half, quarter, and eighth
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapter 4 & 5)
Concepts:
Note names
Natural notes
Root shapes
D at the 7th fret
Finding notes
Level 3
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Method Book 1 - Hal Leonard
Concepts:
Introduction to the parts of the guitar, tuning the guitar, starting position, and musical symbols
Notes on the strings
F# and C#
Chords: C, G7, G, D7, D, A7, Em
Strumming
Half and whole steps
Rests
Note lengths: whole, half, quarter, and eighth
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapter 6)
Concepts:
The major scale formula
Accidentals
Level 4
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapter 7)
Concepts:
The five major scale pattern
Building major scale patterns
Level 5
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapter 8)
Concepts:
The natural minor scale
Relative minor and major
Level 6
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapter 9)
Concepts:
Pentatonic scales
Major pentatonic
Minor pentatonic
Relative pentatonics
Level 7
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapter 10 & 11)
Concepts:
Major and perfect intervals
Minor, diminished, and augmented intervals
Level 8
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapters 12 - 14)
Concepts:
Compound intervals
Triad arpeggios (major, minor, augmented, and diminished)
Triads (major, minor, augmented, diminished, and inverted)
Level 9
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapters 15 & 16)
Concepts:
Seventh arpeggios
Sevenths (major, minor, dominant, minor flat 5, and diminished)
Seventh chords
Level 10
Original Books and Concepts
Guitar Fretboard Workbook - Barrett Tagliarino (Chapters 17 - 21)
Concepts:
Extensions
Elevenths
Rules of altered chord construction
Modes
Other common scales an chords