Free Online Lessons

Here are a few lessons that cover some fundamentals that all serious guitarists should have a firm grasp of. They should be helpful to you and please feel free to print them out and share them with others.

Tips on General Playing Technique   Major Scale Patterns Scale Exercises Minor Scale Patterns With a discussion on Relative Keys Major Pentatonic Scale Patterns Minor Pentatonic Scale Patterns With a discussion on Relative Keys Major Scale Harmonization Part 1: Triads Major Chord Forms Minor Chord Forms Major Arpeggio Patterns Minor Arpeggio Patterns

Major 7th Chord Forms   Minor 7th Chord Forms Dominant 7th Chord Forms Half-Diminished Chord Forms Full-Diminished Chord Forms Major Scale Harmonization Part 2: Seventh Chords Modes Minor Scale Harmonization With extensive discussion on Relative Keys Diminished Scale Patterns Diminished Arpeggio Patterns

Sight Reading 101 – Free Interactive Online Course

Just a note, I added this course to my website back in the previous millenium. You might notice links to a Glossary mentioned at the bottom of each page. Unfortunately that file got lost somewhere along the way. I’ll keep looking. Have fun!

PLEASE NOTE: Believe it or not, I added these courses to the website back in the ’90s!!! Back then I was using MIDI format for the audio examples. Unfortunately that’s not such a current media format for the web these days, so it’s very likely when you get to any sections that have audio file examples, the MIDI player no longer shows up. Very sorry for that. I hope you find the other exercises useful. Thanks – Ted

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