JH Modern Guitar Concepts
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MODERN GUITAR CONCEPTS TOPICAL OUTLINE Jake Hertzog 1. Short History of Guitar 2. Physical Techniques of the Guitar (Hand Physics) 3. Basic Right Hand and Left Hand Exercises, Strengthening 4. Three Types of Practicing A. Harmony/Chords/Progressions 1. The Genesis of Chords 2. How to Build and Spell Chords 3. Analyzing Chords and Chord Structure 4. Major Scale Harmony 5. Jazz Power Chords 6. Drop 2/3 Voicings for Guitar 7. Two-Five Chord Progressions 8. Minor Harmony 9. Melodic Minor 10. Modal Harmony 11. Upper Structure Harmony 12. Sus and Spread Voicings 13. Re-harmonizing Pop Progressions 14. Re-harmonizing A Melody B. Improvising/Soloing 15. Scale Derivation and Relationships (How To Build Scales) 16. Soloing on One Chord (Modal Playing) 17. Putting It All Together (Inside Soloing) 18. Articulation/Swing Phrasing/Deep Time 19. Transcribing, Writing Out Solos 20. Pentatonic/Hexatonic Scales 21. Wide Intervals 22. Chromatic Playing 23. Melodic Languages (Outside Soloing) 24. Contrasting Elements 25. Vertical Playing and Arpeggios 26. Motif Development 27. Advanced Right Hand Methods (hybrid picking, finger style) 28. Advanced Left Hand Technique (articulation, legato) C. Forms/Style • Rhythm/Accompaniment 29. Rhythmic Variety in Solos 30. Comping Rhythms 31. Walking Bass Lines and Chord 32. Rhythmic Groupings • Repertoire 33. Blues Part 1 (Jazz Blues) 34. Blues Part 2 (Jazz Blues) 35. Charlie Parker Blues 36. Rhythm Changes Part 1 37. Rhythm Changes Part 2 38. 32 Bar Diatonic Tune (All The Things You Are - American Songbook) 39. Impressions Modal/Pedal Form 40. Chord Melodies 41. "Giant Steps" and "Countdown" Coltrane Changes 42. Contemporary Forms (Shorter, Swallow, Metheny, Corea etc) 43. Free Form Playing 44. Ballad Form 45. Intros/Endings • Melodic Languages 46. Approach Notes (7 Patterns) 47. Pentatonic and altered Pentatonic variations 48. Hexatonic Combinations, 6 note scales, Triad Pairs 49. Altered Modality (i.e. Lydian b2) 50. Superimposition of Standard Modality (Harmonic Grid) 51. Symmetrical Scales 52. Double Triad Harmony 53. Intervallic Playing (no chords) 54. Add On Chords (i.e. Ab Maj7 #5 add b7) 55. Polychords - 7th Chord/7th Chord, Use of bass note 56. Complex Harmony, use of many types of colors 57. Intervallic Structures (I.S.) 58. Non-Harmonic Triads (14 combinations) 59. 12 Tone Chord Structures, 12 Tone Composition/Improv • Rhythm 60. In time deep swing 61. On top of, in front of, behind the beat 62. Chord punctuation 63. Metric modulation 64. Free time 65. Free time over time 67. Odd meter 68. Mixed Meter Important Extras: Solo Guitar Sight reading Classical Guitar Rep and techniques World music tunings and rhythms .