Open Chords

• How to change quickly from one chord to another
• Developing muscle memory
• Studying shapes of chords
• How to make changing chords effortless and natural
• Several exercises with open chords

Power Chords

• Two and three string movable voicings
• Using these shapes on all sets of strings
• Riffs and backing tracks using power chords
• Combining power chords and open chords in progressions
• You'll know more than 100 chords to play along with any song

• Building up to full six-string bar chords
• Major, minor and minor seventh bar chords
• Combining bar chords with open chords in progressions
• Strengthening your bar technique

Strumming Patterns

• Acoustic and clean electric “power ballad” and campfire style
• Combining eighth and quarter notes

• The chromatic scale
• Sharps and flats
• Different names for the same notes
• Assigning numbers to scale notes
• Be prepared for your next jam session

• The heavy sound that Seattle made famous (Alice in Chains called it “chunge”)
• Identify the names of the notes in this tuning
• Play three-string power chords with just one finger
• Jam with a rhythm track

• Choosing which pentatonic minor scale to use over a chord progression
• How to make the scale sound like a lead and create melodies
• Learn a simple solo and play it with a backing track
• Moving the scale to other keys (transposing)

• Distortion
• Reverb
• Echo/Delay
• Flanging
• Phase Shifting
• Chorus
• Wah Pedal

• Setting a practice schedule and keeping it fun
• How to use the Scorch files as training and practice tools
• More tips on fret-hand and palm muting
• More finger dexterity and picking exercises
• Study and practice tips for mastering the exercises

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