COURSES
LESSONS & COURSE DETAILS
Year 1
Beginners learn basic rhythmic figures as well as basic rhythm guitar songs.
- Learn to read music
- Basic chord shapes followed by bar chords
- Learning the fretboard framework
- Learning to read music and understanding time values and major keys
Year 2
Course expands further to reading music and rhythmic figures.
Slightly more advanced rhythm guitar songs with more involved chords as well as learning all 12 major keys.
Year 3
Medium to Advanced
Moving on to a new textbook with more reading and theory, more technical rhythms and advanced rhythm guitar songs.
Advanced scale knowledge, circle of fifths, chord construction, transposition and chord substitution.
Year 4
Early Advanced Level
More advanced songs, rhythm and melody and advanced reading.
Guitar riffs and advanced technique, improvisation and inversions.
All intervals, chord formulas, modulation and basic arpeggios, starting on lead guitar text.
Year 5
Advanced
More complex rhythm guitar songs, additional theory and musicianship.
Lead Guitar - fully understanding most scales and modes.
- Arpeggios in all keys
- Major and minor pentatonic scales.
- Some classical reading and jazz theory.
Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8
Advanced - Semi Professional Level
Capable of reading music in all keys, musicianship, technical jazz chords and jazz songs. Technical rock and metal songs.
Lead guitar blues to metal fusion.
Mastering chord extensions, large arpeggios, inversions, improvising using modulation, different solo options.
Harmonic minor scales lead guitar licks, modal formulas.
10 Year Course
For the serious guitarist striving to become a full time professional musician.
