Are you stuck in a rut with your rhythm and lead guitar skills? Tired or trying to memorize the fretboard, just to forget it all? Are you ready to take your guitar playing to the next level? Our specialized course, Intermediate Guitar: Dominant 7 Chords is designed to deepen your understanding of essential guitar techniques while building a strong foundation in music theory. Whether you’re an aspiring blues guitarist or simply want to enhance your chordal knowledge and fretboard fluency, this course will get you on track.
What You’ll Learn:
- Dominant 7 Chords:
- Discover the sound and function of dominant 7 chords, 1 4 5 chords and 12 bar blues. This information is the cornerstone of blues, jazz, and rock music.
- Learn some of the basic and important shapes, voicings, and how to apply them in different places across the neck.
- The relationship of your 1 4 5 chords, in two places across the neck, in 5 different keys
- Master smooth transitions between these chord shapes to improve your rhythm guitar skills.
- Learning & Memorizing the Guitar Neck:
- This course will focus on playing in multiple keys. This process will help you demystify the fretboard with exercises and techniques designed to make the guitar neck navigation second nature.
- Identify and locate fundamental harmony notes on the 6th & 5th strings, giving you the confidence to play more confidently.
- Develop muscle memory to link chords and riffs seamlessly.
- The 12-Bar Blues Form:
- Understand the structure of the 12-bar blues, one of the most iconic and versatile progressions in music.
- Practice applying dominant 7 chords within this form to create authentic blues sounds.
- Experiment with variations to personalize your playing style.
Why This Course?
This course goes beyond basic instruction by integrating practical application with essential theory. Through step-by-step lessons, you’ll learn to:
- Internalize the sound and feel of dominant 7 chords.
- Play confidently across the entire fretboard.
- Develop a deeper appreciation for the 12-bar blues.
- You will learn, and play, straight and swung rhythm.
- Improve your barre chord skills and transitions.
- You will receive all PDFs, all backing tracks in 3 tempos, 5 different keys, lesson performance videos by me, tips and insights to speed up your learning and playing skills.
Who Is This Course For?
This course is perfect for late beginner and intermediate guitarists looking to enhance their rhythm guitar skills and guitar neck knowledge.
By the end of this course, you’ll have the tools and understanding to confidently jam along with blues and rock standards, craft your own chord progressions, and begin to set yourself up for more consistent lead playing as well. Great lead players have a keen understanding of rhythm guitar, chord construction and harmony! Working on your rhythm skills and chord knowledge is fundamental top breaking out of those pentatonic patterns and understanding the solos and licks of your favorite guitarists!
Sign up today for our All Access Library, or purchase the course separately. Begin to unlock the fretboard, the power of dominant 7 chords, 1 4 5 chords and the foundations of the 12-bar blues!
