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a – Welcome to Guitar Lessons Ithaca!

January 11, 2021/by Dennis Winge

aaa – Making Referrals to Guitar Lessons Ithaca

January 11, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Ameen’s personal files

April 23, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Articles Published by Dennis Winge

March 22, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Basic Musicianship Skills for Guitarists

August 3, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Blues, part 1

November 18, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Blues, part 5, Blues You Can Use

June 30, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Bonus: Just Being at the Guitar

November 18, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Bonus: Make It Stick – the fastest ways to learn

October 7, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Bonus: Mindset by Carol Dweck

September 22, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Bonus: The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

September 5, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Bonus: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

April 18, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Chad’s personal files

June 20, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Chart Reading Symbols / How to Make Chord Chart

March 14, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Chord Switching, how to play along with your favorite songs

September 27, 2021/by Dennis Winge

chords, 5 basic chord types

April 12, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Chords, 9 & 13 voicings – major, dominant, & minor – all shapes

July 19, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Chords, 9, 11, 13 voicings

March 29, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Add9 and 9th chords

April 4, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 1, short introduction – “In that Moment”

June 4, 2019/by Dennis Winge

Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 7, most common, by shape

June 1, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Chords, half-diminished, diminished, and augmented

December 27, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Inversions, part 1, intro to and Tears in Heaven

December 11, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Inversions, part 2, implementing inversions

September 13, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Open Chords, major 7 and minor 7

October 11, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Playing Harmonizing Scales

February 6, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Power Chords, part 4, stadium rock backing tracks

May 18, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Sus Chords

December 29, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Triads, part 1, all 5 shapes and implementing

December 6, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Triads, part 2, minor triads

December 11, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Triads, part 3, harmonized scales

July 31, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Triads, part 4, strategies for practicing triads

April 5, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Triads, part 4a, embellishing

December 11, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Triads, part 4b, embellishing part II

July 13, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Triads, part 4c, embellishing part III

August 28, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Triads, part 5, implementing triads

May 2, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Ultimate Guide to Voicings for More Advanced Chords

August 3, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 4, r&b and gospel loops

January 6, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 5, Santana

December 5, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 6, JOTC tracks

December 9, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 7, JOTC tracks

August 28, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 10, advanced ear training

January 7, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 11, transcribing Lady Gaga and more

February 5, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 13, hearing the modes

March 5, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 14, famous minor and major melodies

May 29, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 16, hearing intervals above & below the root

November 29, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 17, additive approach to intervals

July 21, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 18, modes as ‘clouds’

September 27, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 1a, major intervals by number

November 19, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 1b, introduction

August 25, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 1c – introduction to solfege

July 26, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 1d – how to implement ear training

May 10, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 1e – intro to ear training with bass student

November 8, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 8, hearing chords 1

September 19, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Commuter Audio: Master List

March 14, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Directional & Economy Picking – part 1 – intro & 2s and 3s

March 1, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Directional & Economy Picking – part 1b – practicing economy picking

June 16, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Directional & Economy Picking – part 2 – using combinations other than 2s and 3s

March 1, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Directional & Economy Picking – part 3 – multi-position shifts

March 1, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Directional & Economy Picking – part 4 – scale patterns in 4/4

March 1, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Directional & Economy Picking – part 5 – full scale turnaround combinations

March 1, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Feeling the 3 against 2 Polyrhythm

January 24, 2021/by Dennis Winge

For Music Geeks Only

January 15, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Fretboard Theory, Arpeggios, 7th chords

December 11, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Fretboard Theory, Arpeggios, Major and Minor Triads

December 11, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Fretboard Theory, CAGED system, introduction and overview

December 7, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Fretboard Theory, CAGED system, Why Learn the CAGED system?

February 13, 2019/by Dennis Winge

Fretboard Theory, Diminished

September 1, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Fretboard Theory, pedal point exercises

May 20, 2023/by Dennis Winge

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Fretboard Theory, Taking CAGED through the Circle of Fifths

August 8, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Fretboard Theory, targeting a root

February 26, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Jam Tracks, JTC JOTM

April 3, 2025/by Dennis Winge

Jazz, “The Real Easy Book” vol. 1 & 2

October 22, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Jazz, Building a Repertoire

September 7, 2019/by Dennis Winge

Make it a Great Year – goals & planning session – volume 1

November 18, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Make it a Great Year – goals & planning session – volume 2

December 20, 2019/by Dennis Winge

Make it a Great Year – goals & planning session – volume 3

December 23, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Make it a Great Year – goals & planning session – volume 4

December 26, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Master List of All Supplemental Content at Guitar Lessons Ithaca

March 14, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Modes, part 11, modes and arpeggios

November 29, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Modes, part 13, I IV V chords in each mode

July 6, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Modes, part 14, exotic modes used in every day life

December 1, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Modes, part 2

November 20, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Modes, part 3

November 20, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Modes, part 8, writing modal etudes

January 4, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, bluesifying / gospelizing diatonic progressions

February 17, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Chords, The Intervals of Chords, part 1, spelling chords

December 6, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Chords, The Intervals of Chords, part 2, chords and their intervals

June 27, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Chords, The Intervals of Chords, part 4, spelling advanced open chords

November 3, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Chords, The Intervals of Chords, part 5, seeing connections between chords

January 18, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Circle of Fifths, part 1 – explanation and introduction

November 19, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Circle of Fifths, part 2 – uses of

November 27, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Harmony – origins of rock and roll (analyzing and playing “Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin”)

July 12, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, How Melody and Harmony Interact, part 1 & 2

October 24, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, How Melody and Harmony Interact, part 3 (and how to jam on any mode)

October 7, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Introduction to Melody, part 1

November 25, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Introduction to Melody, part 2, creating melodic ideas

March 19, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Introduction to Melody, part 3, playing melodically

June 2, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Making Melodies to Progressions

July 8, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Music Theory, Modern Harmony Simplified

January 20, 2023/by Dennis Winge

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Music Theory, Seven Elements of Music

April 30, 2022/by Dennis Winge

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Music Theory, Thinking in Numbers

December 17, 2021/by Dennis Winge

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Music Theory, Understanding & Applying the Concept of Relative Minor

February 26, 2023/by Dennis Winge

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Participating in Student Concert / Recital

April 13, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Reading, Brent Block book part 1

May 16, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Reading, David Oakes Book, audio for certain exercises

April 2, 2019/by Dennis Winge

Reading, multiple level reading pieces

January 29, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Reading, tips on sight-reading

July 15, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, Feeling the Afro-Cuban 6/8 Clave on Guitar

May 16, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, Feeling the Afro-Cuban 6/8 Clave on Guitar, part 2

December 14, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, Interlocking Rhythms

April 25, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, map – all groupings

January 13, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, map – part 1, 8th notes, groupings of 2, 4, 8

August 13, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, map – part 2, 16th notes

December 31, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, map – part 3, triplets, groupings of 3, 6, 12

February 26, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, straight vs. swing feel, part 1

April 1, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, syncopation, Afro Cuban Mozambique patterns

January 11, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, syncopation, Afro-Cuban bell patterns

December 28, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, Tempo Groups, Time Signatures & Grooves, and Playing at Tempo Extremes

July 10, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, versatility, part 1, intro to

November 29, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Rhythm, versatility, part 2, workout

November 29, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, alternate picking, part 3, integrating alternate picking with hammer-ons & pull-offs / legato playing

March 4, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Building Speed

September 23, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Contour Shifts

May 29, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Counterpoint

April 11, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Embellishments to the Pentatonics, Combining Elements

November 22, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Embellishments, Expressive Elements

September 8, 2019/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Embellishments, Expressive Elements, Palm Muting

March 3, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Embellishments, Expressive Elements, Tremolo picking

March 3, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Ghost Chord Soloing

January 5, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Harmonic Minor

June 22, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, How to Build a Solo

November 22, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Legato Playing, part 1, introduction

July 10, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Legato Playing, part 2, rhythmic integration

April 28, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, major scales

December 7, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, major scales, 3 notes per string

February 17, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Minor Pentatonics as they fit with CAGED

December 11, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Mixing Minor and Major Pentatonics, part 2 – Using Music Theory & Fretboard Theory

October 29, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Overview of Scales & Tools Needed for Good Soloing

February 4, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Pathways, part 1, Minor

December 10, 2017/by ithacamaster

Soloing, Pathways, part 2, Major

December 10, 2017/by ithacamaster

Soloing, Phrasing, 2-bar rhythmic repetition

November 30, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Phrasing, introduction

December 20, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Phrasing, phrase congruency

October 17, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, rhythmic variety using half-notes, quarter-notes, 8th notes, & 16th notes

August 23, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Sequences, part 1

April 29, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Sequences, part 2

September 20, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Two-Hand Synchronization

February 26, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Soloing, Using Arpeggios to Think Vertically

March 25, 2023/by Dennis Winge

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Songwriting, Part 10, all about melody part I

January 7, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Songwriting, Part 14 – writing complementary sections & modulation

March 29, 2022/by Dennis Winge

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Songwriting, Part 16, creating riffs & bass lines instead of chords

November 3, 2022/by Dennis Winge

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Songwriting, Part 17, interaction between melody & chords / using arpeggios to foster melodic construction

December 10, 2022/by Dennis Winge

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Songwriting, Part 18, using chromatics for harmony & melody

December 31, 2022/by Dennis Winge

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Songwriting, Part 19, integrating elements

November 25, 2023/by Dennis Winge

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Songwriting, part 21, The Flow of Chord Progressions

November 6, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Songwriting, part 22, Overview of Songwriting by Ear and by Music Theory

December 4, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Songwriting, Part 23 – secondary dominants and modulation

February 27, 2025/by Dennis Winge

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Songwriting, Part 24 – start with rhythm, melody or harmony

March 27, 2025/by Dennis Winge

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Songwriting, Part 3 – application of harmonized scales, bridges, song form and bass lines

December 2, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Songwriting, Part 5 – rhythmic aspects of melody-writing

May 29, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Songwriting, writing etudes

October 16, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Strumming, part 10, more syncopation with Partido Alto groove

August 23, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Strumming, part 3, other time signatures and feels

December 5, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Strumming, part 6, advanced strums from fakebook

December 5, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Strumming, part 8, funk rhythm guitar

December 26, 2019/by Dennis Winge

Student 2-year Anniversary Message

May 2, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Student 7-month Anniversary Message

May 2, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Student 90-day Anniversary Message

January 17, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Student Goal-Setting Resources

January 11, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Student Repertoire – Book 2

April 2, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Student Repertoire – Book 3

April 2, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Student Repertoire – Book 4

April 2, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Student Repertoire – Fake Book Collection / chord or melody reading

April 5, 2023/by Dennis Winge

Student Repertoire – Holidays

December 1, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Student Repertoire – Jam Tunes

October 2, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Technique, Advanced Mechanics

July 4, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Technique, Great Guitar Technique

March 26, 2022/by Dennis Winge

Training, Articulation and Dynamics

May 4, 2024/by Dennis Winge

Training, Practice Tracker

June 27, 2020/by Dennis Winge

Training, Ultimate Guide to Practicing Efficiently

September 27, 2021/by Dennis Winge

Transcribing, chords and melody, advanced level

December 6, 2018/by Dennis Winge

Why Group Classes Are Better Than Private Lessons

July 22, 2024/by Dennis Winge

z – blank fretboard diagrams, tab paper, & manuscript paper

July 19, 2021/by Dennis Winge