Rock Guitar Lessons
Macri School Of Music offers professional and cutting edge rock guitar lessons for students of all ages and skill levels. Here is an outline of what is covered at each stage of learning.
Beginner
- Open Chord Positions
- Power Chords
- Barre Chords
- Major And Minor Pentatonic Scales
- Primary Rock Technique (Bending, Vibrato, Hammer-On, Pull Offs, Slides, Etc)
- Major And Minor Scales
- Understanding The Concept Of Time (Tempo, Rhythm, Form)
- Analysis And Learning Favorite Rock Songs Which Include Progressions And Solos
- Alternate Picking Techniques
- Blues Scales
Intermediate
- Master Strumming And Fingerpicking Techniques For Accompanying Songs
- The Study Of Intervals
- Modes For The Rock Guitarist
- Two Handed Tapping
- Whammy Bar Techniques
- Major Scales Played Intervalically
- Scale Exercises (Applying Technique To Guitar Solos And Riffs)
- Developing Phrasing for Soloing (Melodic Motifs)
- Chord Melodies
- Study Of Influential Rock Guitarists (Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Etc)
Advanced
- Major, Minor, Diminished, Augmented Triads And Chord Functions
- Arpeggios- Three Note (Triads), Four Note (7th Chords)
- Open Guitar Tunings
- Sweep/Economy Picking
- Chord Scale Soloing
- Chromatic Approach Shapes
- Harmonics, Artificial Harmonics, Pinch Harmonics
- Speed Picking Techniques
- Building Dynamic Guitar Solos
- Study Of Rock Guitar Instrumentalists (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Etc)
