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Alexiaden93's BEGINNER LESSON PLAN

This is a BEGINNER GUIDE for DEVELOPING ESSENTIAL SOLOING TECHNIQUES

LESSON LEVELS: 2 - 6

Hello everybody. I have been looking at already made lesson plans and I've seen some very good ones so far. I would like to post a very thorough lesson plan for anybody who's somewhere around level 2 and wishes to get to somewhere around level 5. The lesson plan will consist of a PATH OF POPULARITY to follow, consisting of melodies incorporating several techniques and aspects of guitar playing, as well as a PATH OF ENLIGHTENMENT designed to develop one or two techniques - focusing on your weakness in other words.

I recommend you practise the lessons within each category following the order of appearance.

PATH OF POPULARITY

LESSONS WORTH PRACTISING

Level 2

- Making Great Leads the Easy Way - David Wallimann (level 2)

- Jumping Around - Beginner - Muris Varajic (level 2)

- Minor vs Major - Beginner - Muris Varajic (level 2)

- John Frusciante Style Lesson - Gabriel Leopardi (level 2)

- Melodic Solo in Gm - Carlos Carrillo (level 2)

- Slow Melody Lesson - David Wallimann (level 2)

- Jazz Swing Lead Lesson - Muris Varajic (level 2)

Level 3

- Rock Solo - Beginner - Trond Vold (level 3)

- Slow Soloing Lesson - Trond Vold (level 3)

- Guitar Loves Piano - Piotr Kaczor (level 3)

- Harmonic Minor for Beginners - Muris Varajic (level 3)

- Pentatonic Licks - Beginner - Muris Varajic (level 3)

- You Ready? - Collab Lesson - Marcus Lavendell (level 3)

Level 4

- Pentatonic Rock Cliches - Gabriel Leopardi (level 4)

- Creating an Atmosphere - Ivan Zecic (level 4)

- Volume Control - Phrasing - Piotr Kaczor (level 4)

- Beginner Solo in D - Muris Varajic (level 4)

- E Minor - Melodic Solo - Muris Varajic (level 4)

- Iron Maiden Style Lesson - Gabriel Leopardi (level 4)

- Combining Different Scale Positions - Ivan Zecic (level 4)

- Epic Metal Rhythm Guitar - Lian Gerbino (level 4)

- Themes from Quarterworlds of Fantasia - Emir Hot (level 4)

- Eddie Van Halen Style - Muris Varajic (level 4)

- Three Level Solo, Beginner - Marcus Lavendell (level 4)

- Neoclassical Three-Level-Lesson - Beginner - Marcus Lavendell (level 4)

- Nocturnal Visions - KMC Metal (level 4)

- O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam - Marcus Lavendell (level 4)

Level 5

- Historical Failure - The Riffs - Marcus Lavendell (level 5)

- Iron Maiden Style Lesson 2 - Gabriel Leopardi (level 5)

- Hammer On Dude - Marcus Siepen (level 5)

- Neoclassical Etude #1 - Marcus Lavendell (level 5)

- John Petrucci Melodic Solo 2 - David Wallimann (level 5)

- Slow Rock Guitar Solo - Jose Mena (level 5)

- Heavy Metal Rhythm & Solo Exercise - Hisham Al-Sanea (level 5)

Level 6

- Steve Lukather Style Lesson - Muris Varajic (level 6)

- Iron Maiden Masterclass - Gabriel Leopardi (level 6)

- Iron Maiden: The Trooper - Gabriel Leopardi (level 6)

- Neoclassical Etude #2 - Marcus Lavendell (level 6)

- Paganini Inspiration - Lian Gerbino (level 6)

- Jumping Around - Intermediate - Muris Varajic (level 6)

- Neoclassical Three-Level-Lesson, Intermediate - Marcus Lavendell (level 6)

- Three Level Solo, Intermediate - Marcus Lavendell (level 6)

PATH OF ENLIGHTENMENT

FOCUS ON TECHNIQUE & THEORY

GETTING STARTED

Know your guitar - (level 1)

- First Steps (series) - Andrew Cockburn

In these series Andrew introduces you to the guitar world. Go through all of it:you now have the opportunity to strengthen your terminology and basic knowledge to facilitate further learning.

Adjusting and setting-up your guitar - (level 1)

- Guitar Tuning (tutorial) - Ivan Milenkovic

- Restringing the Guitar (tutorial) - Ivan Milenkovic

- Changing Pickups (tutorial) - Marcus Siepen

Although this is an optional section, knowing how to fix your guitar will save you both time and money, so I strongly recommend taking a look at these two tutorials.

Software - (level 1)

- Exploring Guitar (tutorial) - Juan M. Valero

- GuitarPro 5

Use these softwares to learn scales, chords and songs, and don't forget to compose music yourself; this way you can apply your musical knowledge and adapt the song to your technical level.

Studio and recording - (level 1)

- Recording Lessons 1 & 2 (tutorial) - Kyle Logue

- GMC Video Recording (tutorial) - GMC Community

Setting up your studio can be tricky, but with some advice, recording both audio and video can become very simple. Here you can learn how to record audio (for songs) as well as video (if you want to post something on YouTube or for the REC programme)

Warming up - (levels 2-3)

- Warming up (tutorial) - Marcus Siepen (level 2) - - 3 Minutes Warmup (lesson) - Dejan Farkas (level 3) - As explained very well by Marcus, warming up is crucial, both for your performance as well as your hands' health. Warm-up strategies vary amongst musicians, so feel free to make your own warm-up routine. Here is Chris Evans' warm-up schedule: - Warming Up Etc, How I o it (forum) - Chris Evans -

Finger workouts (levels 2-5)

- Right Hand Basics (series) - Danilo Capezzuto - - Hands Synchronization (series) - Danilo Capezzuto - These two lesson series are actually set at levels 3-5, but in my opinion they should be used no matter what level you are at. If it's too difficult, slow down: the main thing to remember is that these are exercises to build up strength and coordination in both hands. - Finger Independence (series) - Danilo Capezzuto - - Little Finger Work-out (lesson) - Dejan Farkas (level 2) - - Pinky Exercise (lesson) - Sinisa Cekic (level 4) - - Little Finger Etude (lesson) - Dejan Farkas (level 4) -