[New for 2018!]
To register, message me here to book your slot: http://www.azsamad.com/contact
This is a brand new course designed for the guitarist who wants to actually connect to the sounds they hear inside their heads. This class is a combination of ear training, fretboard harmony, modern music theory, improvisation and composition topics combined to give the student a more comprehensive experience.
The class introduces the basics for Az Samad’s approach to guitar. Topics to be covered include the CAGED system, intervals within the octave, triads and inversions, concepts for strong melody writing, guitar player studies, an introduction to open voiced triads and a 3-step primer on harmonising melodies using Happy Birthday or other classic melodies. The student will learn at a personalised pace in the one-on-one classes.
Exact order and pacing of topics is subject to change.
Unit 1:
- Learning all the notes for the entire fretboard (String and Fret Approaches)
- Scale basics - how to name scale degrees and tensions
- Basic chord naming conventions (the differences between add, sus & tensions)
- Scale Study: Ionian and Lydian
- Examples of melodies using Ionian sounds and Lydian sounds
Unit 2:
- Intro to the CAGED System
- Learn the 5 open position CAGED Major Scale Fingerings
- Connecting the CAGED System
- Understanding scale degrees and the 1-octave visualisation concept
Unit 3:
- Review of CAGED System
- Ear Training: Intervals (Seconds)
- Root Position Triads (Major, minor, diminished, augmented, sus2 and sus4)
- Creating strong melodies (Ionian and Embellished Ionian with Blue Notes)
- Intro to song studies (Learning from recordings - form)
Unit 4:
- Test previous intervals (Seconds)
- Ear Training: Intervals (Thirds)
- Major Triad Inversions
- Creating strong melodies (Transposing ideas across the fretboard, CAGED System)
[Download your free PDF of this sample handout here]
Unit 5:
- Test previous intervals (Thirds)
- Ear Training: Intervals (Fourths)
- Minor Triad Inversions
- Creating strong melodies (Rhythmic Concept 1: Playing on the downbeats)
Unit 6:
- Test previous intervals (Fourths)
- Ear Training: Intervals (Fifths)
- Diminished Triad Inversions
- Creating strong melodies (Rhythmic Concept 2: Using syncopation)
Mid Term Project
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[Download your free PDF of this sample handout here]
Unit 7:
- Test previous intervals (Fifths)
- Ear Training: Intervals (Sixths)
- Augmented Triad Inversions
- Creating strong melodies (Forward Motion)
Unit 8:
- Test previous intervals (Sixths)
- Ear Training: Intervals (Sevenths and Octaves)
- Sus2 Triad Inversions
- Guitar Player Study: Guitarist & Song TBC (Your choice of song/artist!)
Unit 9:
- Test previous intervals (Sevenths and Octaves)
- Sus4 Triad Inversions
- Creating strong melodies (Introducing chromatic notes)
- Guitar Player Study 2: Guitarist & Song TBC
Unit 10:
- Introducing Open Voiced Triads: Major and Minor
- Happy Birthday 1: Basic Harmony
- Diatonic Triadic Harmony
- Guitar Player Study 3 : Guitarist & Song TBC
Unit 11:
- Open Voiced Triads 2: Diminished and Augmented
- Happy Birthday 2: Basic Diatonic Substitutions
- 7th Chords
- Guitar Player Study 4: Guitarist & Song TBC
Unit 12:
- Happy Birthday 3: Passing Chords and Colourful Chords
- How to analyse and harmonise melodies
- Review of progress so far and next steps
- Final Project
To register, message me here to book your slot: http://www.azsamad.com/contact
The course can be taken as 1-hour weekly or 2-hour class fortnightly. We will cover 2 units per month.
Please e-mail at http://www.azsamad.com/contact to sign-up for this new exciting course.
Ear Training & Fretboard Harmony Level 1 Course:
- 24 hours of private lessons in total
- Class Notes/Recap Sent Via Email To You
- E-Mail Lesson Support During Package Duration
Complete payment (Save RM860): RM5,500
2 installments (Save RM360): Two payments of RM3,000
6 installments: Six monthly payments of RM1,060 (Total fees: RM6,360)
To register, message me here to book your slot: http://www.azsamad.com/contact
Look forward to hearing from you soon!