Guitar lessons near me in Joliet, IL
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Giacomo taught 8 days ago
The Student and Tutor focused on ear training, guitar technique, and chord progressions. The Student practiced finding notes, playing triads, and applying these concepts to "Smoke on the Water" and "Mother". The follow-up is to practice the triad exercises with a metronome and continue working on recognizing chord changes in the songs.
Finding Notes on the Guitar Neck
Major and Minor Triads
Applying Triads to Soloing
Harmonization of the Major Scale
Playing Along and Ear Training
Analyzing Songs: "Mother" by Pink Floyd
Tomás taught 3 months ago
The session focused on guitar exercises to improve finger dexterity and coordination, including finger combination patterns and a two-string fretboard pattern. The student also worked on the blue note scale, incorporating slides. The next lesson will involve learning the song "Crazy Train", with the student assigned to create a playlist of songs to help choose solos for future practice.
Finger Combinations Warm-up
Two-String Pattern Exercise
Blue Note Scale Practice
Song Arrangement: Seek and Destroy
Palm Muting Technique
Jason taught 3 months ago
The session covered modes (Mixolydian, Lydian, Aeolian), chord construction (7th, augmented, diminished), and scale application for guitar soloing. The student practiced identifying modes within a B flat key and explored how to incorporate modal sounds into solos. The session concluded with guidance on practicing modal switching using drone notes to enhance ear training.
Modal Soloing Over Chord Progressions
Locrian Mode
Half-Step Connections and Chord Morphing
Using Aolian (Natural Minor) and Relative Major Scales
Mixolydian Mode and Bluesy Sounds
Augmented Chords and Notation
Nick J taught 4 months ago
The Student and Tutor reviewed chord construction, inversions, and the relationship between major and minor chords. The Student practiced chromatic finger exercises with a focus on alternate picking and economy of motion, incorporating a metronome for timing. Homework includes continued practice of the finger exercise with attention to picking technique, as well as chord progressions with E7, D, and A.
Chord Formulas: Root
Third
and Fifth
Chord Inversions
Economy of Movement in Picking
The Significance of the 7th Chord
Major vs. Minor Chords
Patrick taught Harsha 6 months ago
Patrick tutored Harsha in guitar, covering musical scales, sharps and flats, enharmonic notes, and the C and G chords. Harsha practiced finger placements and strumming techniques for the C and G chords, focusing on smooth transitions using whole rests. Harsha's homework is to practice switching between the C and G chords, and Patrick will send a practice sheet and chart out the chords for a song Harsha shared.
Whole Rest
C to G Chord Transition
Chord Charts
Enharmonic Notes
Sharps and Flats
Snehasis taught Leon 8 months ago
Snehasis Bose guided Team On a Roll through G major scale improvisation and double stop techniques on the guitar. Team On a Roll struggled with navigating the G major scale. Snehasis Bose assigned practice videos for the days he will be on vacation.
G Major Scale Improvisation
Double Stops
Scale Shape Familiarity
G Major vs. C Major
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