Lead Cat Press: Music Education for Guitarists

For the month of January 2021, I participated in the She Shreds 1 Riff A Day Challenge by creating a course covering fundamental of music concepts for guitarists. Since I already offer a Free 5 Year Online Guitar Course, this is a little different. I improvised my way through it each day, based on input I received from fellow participants, and the time I had to give each day. This was an ambitious project and I embraced the challenge along with 2,000+ other participants!

To make it easier for everyone to watch my 31 day lesson riff challenge, I’ve posted it all on YouTube and I've compiled all of the PDFS here for a $10 donation. I created chapters so you can quickly find the lessons, in case you're not able to view them on Instagram.

00:00  Introduction
00:05  1 Self Assessment
01:17  2 Chromatic Scale Ideas
03:49  3 Minor Pentatonic Scales
05:23  4 Get Rhythm!
06:29  5 Dyads in Minor Pentatonic Scale
08:32  6 Minor Pentatonic Riff
08:52  7 Major Scale Construction, Sharp Keys
13:27  8 Circle of 5ths
15:23  9 Memorizing Major Scales
17:16  10 How to Practice
18:17  11 Major Scale Construction, Flat Keys
20:18  12 Circle of 4ths
21:18  13 Really Cool Chord Shapes
22:21  14 Major & Minor Triads
24:20  15 Close Triad Inversions
26:19  16 Open Triad Inversions
27:57  17 Harmonizing the Major Scales on Guitar
29:56  18 Harmonizing the Major Scales on Paper
31:31  19 Melodic Movement Using Triads
32:34  20 Soloing Strategies
34:59  21 Your Chord Notebook
36:54  22 Jazz Chords w/ Walking Bass
37:58  23 Neo Soul
39:23  24 Open Ears / Intro to Modes
42:25  25 Chord Punches w/ 3s and 7s
44:09  26 7th Chords & Major Key Harmony
45:13  27 More Chord Inversions
47:29  28 Harmonizing the Natural Minor Scale
49:27  29 Jazz Chord Riff
50:44  30 Chord Tones & More
52:18   31 Standard Notation & Closing