MTH-01 The Major Scale

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About this lesson

The Major Scale is a fundamental part of music theory that every guitarist should understand. Because the majority of music is written using the Major Scale, it's very important to learn. This lesson plan will help you teach the basics of the Major Scale without swamping your student with music theory they won't understand. The lesson touches on the important points and explains in a very clear way how your student can figure out the notes to any Major Scale using the guitar. The included lesson instructions will guide you through the lesson even if you don't feel confident with music theory.

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New lesson material: Three string sweep picking exercises

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A new lesson plan is available to help you teach your student sweep picking. The exercises will introduce simple arpeggios across three strings. These exercises are very simple to allow your student to focus on perfecting the technique. After they learn to play these exercises then they start looking at more complicated arpeggio shapes or they can start learning arpeggios across more than three strings.

The included lesson plan explains the technique but you can also use TEC-06 Sweep Picking to teach the technique. Using both lesson plans together will give you enough resources to teach it effectively.

Access the lesson material here: EXE-09 Three String Sweep Picking Exercises

More exercises and lesson plans are available in the Lesson Materials Section.

EXE-09 Three String Sweep Picking Exercises

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About this lesson

This lesson contains a few exercises you can use to teach your student sweep picking. Use this material along with TEC-06 Sweep Picking and you'll have everything you need to teach the basics of the technique. These exercises focus on simple arpeggios across three strings. Once your student can easily play these arpeggios they can then move on to learn arpeggios across four or more strings. The whole idea with these exercises is to get your student used to the picking motion. Most beginners have trouble adjusting how they use the pick when playing sweep picking. The included lesson instructions will help you explain the proper technique.

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TEC-06 Sweep Picking

New lesson material: DADGAD Tuning

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A new resource has been included in the Lesson Materials Section on DADGAD Tuning. DADGAD (pronounced dad-gad) is a popular tuning due to the Dsus4 chord it creates across the open strings. DADGAD can be found in a wide range of styles including Celtic music. It is also sometimes used in rock and can be found in quite a few Led Zeppelin songs. The tuning is similar to Drop D with the difference being the 1st and 2nd strings are also tuned down a whole tone.

Access the resource here: TUN-05 DADGAD Tuning

There are other resources on alternate tunings available in the Lesson Materials Section here.

TUN-05 DADGAD Tuning

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About this lesson

DADGAD is an interesting tuning and used across a wide range of styles. It is very popular in Celtic music but can be found in rock such as a lot of Led Zeppelin's music. DADGAD tuning creates a Dsus4 chord across the open strings and because sus4 is neither major or minor, this type of tuning is called a 'modal' tuning. The included instructions will help you explain the tuning to your student and help them change to DADGAD from Standard using their ears.

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