FREE GUITAR COURSE: YEAR FIVE WEEKLY LESSON VIDEOS AND ASSIGNMENTS

To get the most out of this free guitar course, you will need to do the homework in the books. Year Five Uses "The Guitar Lesson Companion, Volume Two."

YEAR FIVE: FIRST QUARTER 

  • Music Theory Concepts, Pages 57-90 in The Guitar Lesson Companion, Volume Two: The Melodic Minor Scale and its Modes, The Harmonic Minor Scale and its Modes, The Diminished Scale, The Dominant Diminished Scale, The Whole Tone Scale, Application of Scales and Theory (Tritone Substitution and Soloing Options over the V7 alt. Chord) 
  • Improvisation Concepts, Pages 83-90 in The Guitar Lesson Companion, Volume Two: Dominant 7 Soloing Options (Altered, Whole Tone, and Diminished Scales) for: C, G, F, D, and Bb dominant and/or diminished chords 
  • Chord Concepts, Pages 156-158 in The Guitar Lesson Companion, Volume Two: Seventh Chord Inversions
WEEK 1 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Music Theory 〮The Diminished Scale = Video Lesson #16

〮The Dominant Diminished Scale = Video Lesson #17

〮The Whole Tone Scale = Video Lesson #18

〮Tritone Substitution = Video Lesson #19

 〮Pages: 83-84

〮Pages: 85-86

〮Pages: 87-88

〮Pages: 89-90
Improvisation 〮Soloing Over the Dominant 7 Chord = Video Lesson #20 〮Soloing over the C7 chord
Chords 〮Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7 Inversions = Video Lesson #29 〮Pages: 156-157, notate only
WEEK 2 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Music Theory 〮The Diminished Scale = Video Lesson #16

〮The Dominant Diminished Scale = Video Lesson #17

〮The Whole Tone Scale = Video Lesson #18

〮Tritone Substitution = Video Lesson #19

 〮Pages: 83-84

〮Pages: 85-86

〮Pages: 87-88

〮Pages: 89-90
Improvisation 〮Soloing Over the Dominant 7 Chord = Video Lesson #20 〮Soloing over the C7 chord
Chords 〮Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7 Inversions = Video Lesson #29 〮Page: 158, notate only
WEEK 3 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Improvisation 〮Soloing Over the Dominant 7 Chord = Video Lesson #20 〮Soloing over the G7 chord
Chords 〮Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7 Inversions = Video Lesson #29 〮Page: 157, string set: 4, 3, 2, 1 with a C root
WEEK 4 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Improvisation 〮Soloing Over the Dominant 7 Chord = Video Lesson #20 〮Soloing over the G7 chord
Chords 〮Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7 Inversions = Video Lesson #29 〮Page: 157, string set: 4, 3, 2, 1 through the root cycles
WEEK 5 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Music Theory 〮Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale = Video Lesson #14 〮Pages: 57-60
Improvisation 〮Soloing Over the Dominant 7 Chord = Video Lesson #20 〮Soloing over the F7 chord
WEEK 6 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Improvisation 〮Soloing Over the Dominant 7 Chord = Video Lesson #20 〮Soloing over the F7 chord
Chords 〮Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7 Inversions = Video Lesson #29 〮Page: 157, string set: 5, 4, 3, 2 with a C root
WEEK 7 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Music Theory 〮Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale = Video Lesson #14 〮Pages: 61-63
Improvisation 〮Soloing Over the Dominant 7 Chord = Video Lesson #20 〮Soloing over the D7 chord
Chords 〮Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7 Inversions = Video Lesson #29 〮Page: 157, string set: 5, 4, 3, 2 through the root cycles
WEEK 8 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Music Theory 〮Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale = Video Lesson #14 〮Pages: 64-66
Improvisation 〮Soloing Over the Dominant 7 Chord = Video Lesson #20 〮Soloing over the D7 chord
WEEK 9 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS  ASSIGNMENTS
Music Theory 〮Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale = Video Lesson #14 〮Pages: 67-70
Improvisation 〮Soloing Over the Dominant 7 Chord = Video Lesson #20 〮Soloing over the Bb7 chord

YEAR FIVE: SECOND QUARTER

YEAR FIVE: THIRD QUARTER 

Improvisation Concepts: Improvising over the minor 2-5-1 chord progressions in The Guitar Lesson Companion, Volume Two 

Chord Concepts, Pages 150, 159 in The Guitar Lesson Companion, Volume Two: Augmented and Diminished Triads in All Keys and String Sets, Quartal Harmony

WEEK 1 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Improvisation 〮Chord Tones for Minor 2-5-1 Chord Progressions 〮Keys of C minor and F minor
Chords 〮Augmented and Diminished Triads = Video Lesson #6

〮Triads and Inversions = Video Lesson #25

 〮Page: 150, play all root position augmented chords in all keys
WEEK 2 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Improvisation 〮Chord Tones for Minor 2-5-1 Chord Progressions 〮Keys of Bb minor and G minor
Chords 〮Augmented and Diminished Triads = Video Lesson #6

〮Triads and Inversions = Video Lesson #25

 〮Page: 150, play all first inversion augmented chords in all keys
WEEK 3 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Improvisation 〮Chord Tones for Minor 2-5-1 Chord Progressions 〮Keys of D minor and Eb minor
Chords 〮Augmented and Diminished Triads = Video Lesson #6

〮Triads and Inversions = Video Lesson #25

 〮Page: 150, play all second inversion augmented chords in all keys
WEEK 4 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Improvisation 〮Chord Tones for Minor 2-5-1 Chord Progressions 〮Keys of A minor and Ab minor
Chords 〮Augmented and Diminished Triads = Video Lesson #6

〮Triads and Inversions = Video Lesson #25

 〮Page: 150, play all root position diminished chords in all keys
WEEK 5 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Improvisation 〮Chord Tones for Minor 2-5-1 Chord Progressions 〮Keys of E minor and Db minor
Chords 〮Augmented and Diminished Triads = Video Lesson #6

〮Triads and Inversions = Video Lesson #25

 〮Page: 150, play all first inversion diminished chords in all keys
WEEK 6 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Improvisation 〮Chord Tones for Minor 2-5-1 Chord Progressions 〮Keys of B minor and Gb minor
Chords 〮Augmented and Diminished Triads = Video Lesson #6

〮Triads and Inversions = Video Lesson #25

 〮Page: 150, play all second inversion diminished chords in all keys
WEEK 7 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Chords 〮Quartal Harmony = Video Lesson #30 〮Page: 159, 6-5-4-3-2-1, 5-4-3-2-1, and 4-3-2-1 string sets
WEEK 8 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Chords 〮Quartal Harmony = Video Lesson #30 〮Page: 159, project #1
WEEK 9 CONCEPTS & VIDEOS ASSIGNMENTS
Chords 〮Quartal Harmony = Video Lesson #30 〮Page: 159, project #2