The Guitar Code

Name: The Guitar Code
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Your way to master the fretboard

Created byThomas Ender

Last updated 6/2020

English

What you'll learn

How to play chords over the entire fretboard
How to play scales over the entire fretboard
Find all intervals immediately anywhere on the fretboard
How to play a chord progression all over the fretboard
Learn which chords and scales go together
How to build chords
Extended Chords
Pentatonic Scale
How to simplify chords
How to make your playing more musical

Course content

3 sections • 17 lectures • 4h 16m total length

Introduction Talk1:44
Move basic chords up the neck, locate root notes across the fretboard, connect major and minor shapes, and unlock the guitar code with pentatonic patterns.
Tuning2:49
Learn guitar tuning by ear in guitar code session, tuning strings six to one (E A D G B E) and using tuners when needed before moving to chords.
Moving the Basic Chord Shapes31:49
Move basic chord shapes up the neck using bar chords to unlock the guitar code, building strength and fluency with C major, D major, E major, and G major chords.
Roots16:39
Learn to locate root notes all over the fretboard and connect them with major and minor chord shapes to form C major and other chords.
Connecting the Major Chord Shapes12:47
Master the caged system to unlock the fretboard by linking major chord shapes C, A, G, E, and D, and play C major across multiple positions using familiar shapes.
Connecting the Minor Chord Shapes20:22
Explore moving C minor and E minor shapes across the fretboard using the caged system, connecting minor chords through five positions and practical, broken forms.
Pentatonic Scale - Finding the right scale32:37
Explore how the pentatonic scale fits across the fretboard in five positions, connecting G minor and B flat major chords, and learn practical fingerings for improvisation.
Moving Chord Progressions11:36
Apply the guitar code to play C major, F major, and G major chord progressions across the fretboard in all positions and layer pentatonic scales for improvisation.
Broken Chords - Simplifying Chord Shapes13:41
Explore broken chords by simplifying chords to three strings (D, G, B) and shapes for E minor and D major across the neck, with practical fingerings.

Intervals38:08
Discover practical interval patterns on the fretboard, from unison to octave, including the fifth, fourth, major and minor thirds, sixths, and sevenths, and apply them to your guitar playing.
Building Basic Chords12:27
Learn how basic guitar chords are built from a root, a third, and a fifth; major or minor thirds determine chord quality, demonstrated with c, d, a, and e shapes.
Building Suspended Chords24:10
Explore suspended chords across guitar shapes by suspending the third with a fourth or second. Practice practical voicings, broken chords, and sound nuances across major and minor contexts.
Building Major 7th Chords9:16
learn to build major seventh chords from a root, major third, and perfect fifth by adding the major seventh, and explore multiple positions and fingerings on guitar.
Building Dominant 7th Chords9:16
Learn to build dominant seventh chords on guitar by combining root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh, with practical fingerings across common shapes. Explore blues, jazz, and harmony applications.
Building Minor 7th Chords7:02
Master minor seventh chords on guitar by building from the root, minor third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh, exploring C, E, and D minor shapes and broken chords for harmony.
Building Major and Minor 9th Chords11:35
Learn to build major and minor ninth chords on guitar, stacking root, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth, with dominant and major/minor seventh variants and practical voicings.

Requirements

Knowledge of the basic open chords C Major, A Major, A Minor, G Major, E Major, E Minor, D Major, D Minor
If you already know F Major as bar chord, perfect, if you don't you will get along as well

Description

In this course, you will learn how to decipher the code of the standard guitar tuning!

You will learn how to find any chord anywhere on the fretboard and how you can always find the right scale!

This course covers:

chord shapes and how they connect
pentatonic scales and how they relate to the chord shapes
how you can move chord progressions over the entire fretboard
how to build basic and extended chords
how to find all the intervals in an instant
how to make your playing more musical
how to simplify chords to make them more useful

With the systematic approach, I laid out for this course, you will step by step understand how this guitar fretboard stuff works and you will get all the insights you need to never again be at a loss when it comes to finding the right chord or scale!

I am an experienced music pedagogue with a BA degree from Mozarteum Salzburg and years of experience as a teacher and performing artist. I have taught hundreds of students in public schools in Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, and I am lucky to have many international students as well. Besides that, I am playing live for over 15 years and bring in lots of practical tips and knowledge.

With The Guitar Code - Your way to master the fretboard I put together years and years of my first-hand experience so you can benefit and skyrocket your playing without having to figure out everything yourself - as I had to do :)

Grab your guitar and let us unlock the guitar code so that you as well will be a master of the fretboard!

Who this course is for:

Beginner guitarist wanting to learn more about the fretboard
Guitarists who want to know how unlock the Guitar Code and master the fretboard
Any guitarist wanting to deepen their understanding of the fretboard
Intermediate Guitarist wanting to gain insight into lead playing
Everybody wanting to become a rock-solid lead player
Everybody wanting to decipher the guitar code and unlock the secrets of the fretboard

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Part I - Deciphering the Guitar Code9 lectures • 2hr 24min

Part II - Intervals and building chords7 lectures • 1hr 52min

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