Guitar Lessons - Bolero Guitar Resources
Jazz/Blues Guitar Curriculum

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Based on William G. Leavitt's A Modern Method for Guitar (Berklee Series).  
A celebrated course  comprised of  six modules which may be completed in six 15-week
sessions.  
The course may also be completed at the student's own pace.
5. SCALES
 Major
  • C Major
  • D Major
  • Eb Major
  • F Major
  • G Major
  • A Major
  • Bb Major
 Minor
  • A Minor
  • E Minor
  • D Minor
  • Chromatic
1. BRIEF REVIEW OF RUDIMENTS
  • Sharps and Flats
  • Reading Eighth Notes
  • Rests, Tied and Dotted Notes
  • Sixteenth Notes
  • Dotted Eighth and Sixteenth
  • The Triplet

2. FIRST POSITION
  • Upper and Lower Registers

3. RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT
  • Strumming
  • Alternate Picking
  • Reverse Alternate Picking
  • Accent and Down Stroke Picking

4. CHORDS
  • Chord Diagrams Explained
  • Altered Chords Introduced
  • Movable Chords
  • Chord Simplification and
    Substitutions
Module I
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5.CHORDS
•        Movable Chord Forms Explained
•        Chord Forms and Derivative  Fingerings

6. RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT
•        Right-hand Technique
•        Basic Latin Beat
•        Syncopation
•        Melodic Rhythm Study

7.        OTHER SKILLS
•        Natural Harmonics
•        Muffled Effect
1. BRIEF REVIEW OF RUDIMENTS, Part 2
•        Quarter-Note Triplets

2. UNDERSTANDING FINGERBOARD  
POSITIONS
•        Second position
•        Third Position
•        Fourth Position
3. SCALES
•        Left-hand Fingering Types 1-4
o        C Major (Type 1)
o        F Major (Type 1A)
o        G Major (Type 2)
o        D Major (Type 3)
o        A Major (Type 4)

4. SIGHT READING
•        Reading Studies
•        Speed Reading (Fingering Types 1-4)
•        Solo and Duet Etudes
Module II
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