JAM SCHOOL

JAM SCHOOL


Purpose: Teach enthusiastic and motivated students how to play guitar.

Cost: Free

Overview of Techniques Covered:

Fingerpicking
Slide Guitar
Reading Tablature
Playing Songs
Scales
Chords
Alternate Tunings
Play with Feeling
Starting a Band
Writing Music
Modes
Soloing
Use of effects (Wah Wah Peddles, Echo, Reverb, Distortion, Volume Pedals, Kill Switches)
Picking Techniques
Popular Chord Progressions

String Bending

Harmonics

Two Handed Tapping Techniques

Hammer Ons and Pull Offs

Details:

Chords:
Major, Minor, 7th, 9th, 13ths, Sus, Diminished, Augmented
Reading chord charts
Making your own chords
Bar Chords / Moveable Chords

Dominant


Playing Songs:

Songs available from all Genre's from Jazz, Classical, Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal, Folk, Fusion,Jam Bands, Guitar Virtuosos.

Reading Tablature:
How to read tablature and play songs

Scales:
Harmonic Minor
Major
Minor
Diminished
Hungarian Minor
Minor Pentatonic
Major Pentatonic
Dorian
Phrygian
Mixolydian
Lydian

Alternate Tunings:

G open Tuning

D open Tuning (Hawaain Slide Guitar Tuning)

Nashville Tuning

Drop D Tuning (Popular in Heavy Metal)

E open Tuning

Popular Chord Progressions:

Rock, Country, Reggae and Blues: I IV V I

Jazz: ii V I

Jazz: I iii vi IV

Reggae: ii I V vi

Slide Guitar:

Playing guitar on your lap

Slide Techniques left hand

Utilizing Slide and Left Hand Fingerings

Damping Techniques with a Slide