Dr. Michael J. Krajewski Assistant Professor of Music Industry and Guitar Studies

 

Level 100 Guitar Lessons
B.M. Performance
Scales
Major Scales - Seven Positions in all keys
Modes of the Major Scale
Minor Petatonic - Five Positions
Blues - Five Positions
Major Pentatonic
Open Position Major Scales - Keys of C, F, G, Bb, D, Eb, A, and E Chords
Open Position - Major, Minor, Major7, Dom 7, Min7, Sus and add9
Root 6, 5 and 4 - Maj7, Dom7, Min7, Min7b5 and Dim7
Diatonic Chords in Major
Chords contained in Book one of A Modern Method for Guitar
Triads - Maj, Min, Aug and Dim - Root, 1st and 2nd Inversion - String Sets: 654, 543, 432 and 321 Arpeggios
One Octave - Maj, Min, Aug, Dim, Maj7, Dom7, Min7, Min7b5 and Dim7 Reading
Note and chord reading in open and second position All Keys
Chart Reading Technique
Alternate Picking
Slurs
String Bending
Slides
Sweep Picking Improvisation
Key Center
Chord Tone
Applying vocabulary from transcribed solos

Repertoire
Jazz Standards
Blues ( I,IV, V, Jazz Blues and Minor Blues)
Popular Songs
Classical Etudes
Fingerstyle Additional Topics
Transcription
Chord Melody
Soloing Vocabulary
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