Theory of Music.

The Basics...

1. Notation
2. Tempo, Time Signature, Rhythmic notation, Pulse.
3. Intervals.

Tonal Harmony...

1. The Major scale.
2. Three note chords (triads and their inversions) of the major scale, and their functions.
3. Common Chord progressions utilizing the triads.
4. Four note chords  (triads with an added 7th on top) of the major scale and their functions.
5. Common chord progressions utilizing all of the above.
6. Dominant7 chords (Primary, Secondary, Extended, Auxiliary,  SubV)
7. The natural minor scale.
8. Triads and four note chords of the Natural Minor scale, and their functions.
9. Melodic and Harmonic Minor scales (chords/functions, how these two scales where created out of the natural minor.)
10. Modes of the Major, the Melodic Minor and the Harmonic Minor scales.
11. "Borrowing" chords from different modes in a tonal situation.
12. The interpolative iimin7 chord.
13. Diminished chords and the diminished scale.
14. Scale choices over dominant7 chords.
15. The Blues Form (Altered blues etude).
16. "I Got Rhythm" changes.
17. Linear material for Tonal melodies.

Modal Harmony...

1. What is Modal? What is Tonal? What is barely Modal?
2. Voicings in fourths, and the true story behind them.
3. Other modal voicings that have the same effect with the ones based on fourths.
4. Modal Blues.
5. "So What" and "Impressions" changes.
6. Linear material for Modal melodies.

More Scales...

1. Be Bop Scales.
2. The Whole Tone Scale.
3. The Augmented Scale.
4. The Diminished Scale.
5. The Symmetric Dominant Scale (Inversion of the Diminished.)
6. Pentatonic scales' chart, derived from the Major Scale, The Melodic Minor, The Harmonic Minor and the Harmonic Major Scale, and in standard notation here.
7. The Blues Scale.

Bitonal Harmony...

1. Types of Bitonal Harmony.
2. Mirror voicings and melodies based on two tonalities.
3. Non-mirror voicings and/or melodies based on two tonalities.

Polytonal Harmony...

1. Dividing the Octave in equal parts, harmonic progressions and melodic patterns based on this idea.
2. Incorporating "tonal" cadences/functions in Polytonal situations ("Giant Steps")
3. Melodic Structures and voicings based on the Diminished Scale (The B section of "Liberia")
4. Time Scales.

Atonal Harmony...

1. Twelve Tone Rows.
2. Organizing Twelve Tone Rows in Triads.
3. Twelve Tone Scales.

More Voicings...

1. Polychords.
2. Clusters.
3. Upper Structure Triads.
4. Spread Voicings.
5. Mixed Voicings.
6. Triads over different bass notes (and the related chart.)

Guitar Method.

1. Technique.
   • Posture.
   • Right Hand.
   • Wrong Hand.
   • Left Hand Shifting Position.
2. Sight Reading (The notes on the fretboard.)
3. Sound Quality.
   • Choice of strings.
   • Choice of pick, how to hold it.
   • Amplifier Setup (Equalization and Reverb.)
   • Guitar Setup (Action and Intonation.)
   • Effects.
4. Accompanying.
   • Rhythm.
   • Theory of Voice Leading and Functions of Tonal Harmony.
   • Drop Two and Drop 3 voicings.
   • Voicings in fourths.
   • UST Voicings.
   • Mixed Voicings.
   • Clusters.
   • Sounding Bluesy while accompanying.
   • Triads over different bass notes (and the related chart.)
   • Other Modal Voicings.
5. Soloing.
   • Rhythm
   • Scales
     • Major Scale and its Modes.
     • Melodic Minor Scale and its Modes.
     • Be Bop Scales.
     • Pentatonic Scales chart and in standard notation here.
     • The Blues Scales.
     • Symmetric Scales.
   • Arpeggios and Approach concepts.
   • Theory of substituting and superimposing harmonies.
   • Building a solo based on the theme of the tune.
   • Other Melodic Material.
     • Tetrachords.
     • Triad Pairs.
   • More advanced concepts and material.
     • Polytonal Applications.
     • Twelve Tone  Scales.
     • Twelve Tone Rows Organized in Triads.

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