Session 1:

  • Brief summary of Part 1
  • The big question: How do Guitarists know what to play over chords and songs, so that it sounds right?
  • Building a scale 
  • Finding 3rds within a scale
  • How a scale will generate different chords
  • Using Roman Numerals to quickly identify chords
  • The “grab bag” of chords, and why they sound good together in songs
  • What a Key is in music

Session 2:

  • Putting together a good sounding chord progression for a song
  • Which order of chords works best in a progression
  • The shortcut for finding chords in any key
  • How to transpose a song from one key to another (and why it’s super practical)
  • Finding the chords in Minor keys
  • Putting together chord progressions in Minor keys 
  • Movable & memorizable Major, Minor, and Diminished triads on the first set of strings

Session 3:

  • Movable & memorizable Major, Minor, and Diminished triads on the second set of strings
  • Best way to practice the triad shapes at first
  • Why practicing triads is so beneficial to your neck knowledge 
  • Using the diatonic concept as a tool for practicing triad shapes all across the neck
  • Beyond memorization: jamming with triads
  • Using the triad shapes in a lead guitar style
  • Selecting a jam track to solo over
  • Combining triads for soloing