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Music🔗

Preface🔗

Following this guide should be used as a reference for experienced players and a good starting point for beginners. Although this guide seems like a comprehensive list of multiple topics, it barely scratches the surface of the iceberg of music.

If you can master most of the basic topics here, that should ideally put you ahead of 70% of guitarists. This guide essentially tries to encompass my journey into music and serves as a reference notebook for me.

To err is human, and I humbly acknowledge that this music guide might contain some imperfections. I kindly ask you to appreciate the effort put into this resource and report any mistakes or suggestions to my repository. Thank you for your support, and happy playing!

PS: I do love to talk about music, so you might find a lot of content where I'm talking to myself :)

Guitar🔗

Theory🔗

  1. A helpful message :)

  2. Musical Alphabets

  3. Notes and Intervals
  4. Reading Sheet Music and Tablature
  5. Key Signatures
  6. Time Signatures

Chords🔗

  1. Intro
  2. Major Chords
    • Open Position Major Chords
    • Barre Major Chords
  3. Minor Chords
    • Open Position Minor Chords
    • Barre Minor Chords
  4. Power Chords
  5. Slash Chords
  6. Movable Chords
  7. Triads
    • Major Triads
    • Minor Triads
    • Diminished Triads
    • Augmented Triads
  8. Seventh Chords
    • Major 7th
    • Minor 7th
    • Dominant 7th
  9. Extended Chords
    • 9th Chords
    • 11th Chords
    • 13th Chords
  10. More Chords - Suspended Chords (Sus2, Sus4) - Add Chords (Add9, Add11) - Altered Chords (Augmented, Diminished) - Jazz Chords

Strumming🔗

  1. Basic Strumming Patterns
  2. Rhythm and Timing
  3. Syncopation
  4. Dynamics in Strumming
    • Skipping or Partial Strumming
    • Accents and Emphasis
    • Chord Inversions and Voicing in Strumming
  5. Muting Techniques
  6. Genre-Specific Strumming Patterns
    • Folk
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Blues
    • Country
  7. Complex Time Signatures (¾, 6/8, 5/4)
  8. Palm Muting Techniques
  9. Strumming Patterns for Specific Genres
    • Reggae
    • Funk
    • Metal
  10. Using a Pick vs. Fingerstyle

Scales🔗

  1. Major Scales
  2. Minor Scales
    • Natural Minor
    • Harmonic Minor
    • Melodic Minor
  3. Pentatonic Scales
    • Major Pentatonic
    • Minor Pentatonic
  4. Blues Scales
  5. Modes
    • Ionian
    • Dorian
    • Phrygian
    • Lydian
    • Mixolydian
    • Aeolian
    • Locrian
  6. Application of Scales in Improvisation
  7. Even More Scales :)
    • Exotic Scales (Gypsy, Hungarian, Japanese)
    • Scale Sequences and Patterns

Fingerstyle🔗

  1. Introduction to Fingerstyle
  2. Basic Fingerstyle Patterns
  3. Arpeggios
  4. Thumb Independence
  5. Travis Picking
  6. Percussive Techniques
  7. Classical Fingerstyle
  8. Fingerstyle Arrangements of Popular Songs
  9. Advanced Techniques
    • Fingerstyle Arrangements for Classical Pieces
    • Fingerstyle Blues
    • Hybrid Picking
    • Advanced Fingerstyle Techniques (Harmonics, Tapping, Slapping)

Additional Theory Topics🔗

  1. Circle of Fifths
  2. Understanding Modes
  3. Harmonic Functions (Tonic, Dominant, Subdominant)
  4. Chord Progressions
  5. Modulation and Key Changes

Practice and Development🔗

  1. Building a Practice Routine
  2. Techniques for Improving Speed and Accuracy
  3. Overcoming Plateaus
  4. Mental and Physical Health for Guitarists
    • Avoiding Repetitive Strain Injuries
    • Warm-Up and Cool-Down Exercises
  5. Practice Tips and Routines

Additional Topics🔗

  1. Tuning and Intonation
  2. Guitar Maintenance
  3. Choosing the Right Guitar
  4. Using a Capo
  5. Effects and Pedals
  6. Recording Techniques

Additional Content on Guitar🔗

  1. Ear Training
  2. Music Theory for Guitarists
  3. Improvisation Techniques
  4. Songwriting and Composition
  5. Guitar Gear and Technology
    • Amplifiers
    • Effects Pedals
    • Loop Stations
  6. History of the Guitar
  7. Famous Guitarists and Their Styles
  8. Live Performance Tips
  9. Recording and Production Techniques
    • Home Recording
    • Studio Recording
  10. Advanced Techniques - Tapping - Sweep Picking - String Skipping
  11. Sight Reading for Guitar
  12. Playing by Ear
  13. Dynamics and Expression
  14. Jam Session Etiquette
  15. Working with a Metronome

Genre-Specific Techniques🔗

  1. Blues Guitar
    • 12-Bar Blues
    • Blues Turnarounds
  2. Rock Guitar
    • Classic Rock Riffs
    • Modern Rock Techniques
  3. Jazz Guitar
    • Jazz Standards
    • Chord Melody
  4. Metal Guitar
    • Heavy Riffs
    • Speed Picking
  5. Country Guitar
    • Chicken Picking
    • Pedal Steel Licks

~ Notes on Justin Guitar Videos

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