Master List of All Supplemental Content at Guitar Lessons Ithaca
The following is a list of titles that may be used as supplement to or replacement of a lesson.
Last updated 4 July 2022
Bass, C major scale exercises
Bass, CAGED system and minor pentatonics
Bass, constructing bass lines
Bass, fretboard theory
Bass, overview of getting started on bass
Bass, patterns
Blues, 12 bar shuffle riff
Blues, Green Onions
Blues, part 1
Blues, part 2
Blues, part 3
Blues, part 4, 2 backing tracks
Blues, part 5, Blues You Can Use
Bonus: Improvisation by Mildred Portney Chase
Bonus: Effortless Mastery
Bonus: How to Have Great Fun and Be Highly Productive While Practicing
Bonus: How to Teach Yourself to Implement and Integrate
Bonus: Just Being at the Guitar by Mildred Portney Chase
Bonus: Make it Stick – the fastest ways to learn
Chart Reading Symbols
Chord Switching, basic
Chord Switching, basic, play-alongs, part 1 G, C, D
Chord Switching, basic, play-alongs, part 2 Am plus G, C, D
Chord Switching, basic, play-alongs, part 3, Em plus Am, G, C, D
Chord Switching, basic, play-alongs, part 4: A, D & E
Chord Switching, basic, play-alongs, part 5: various songs
Chord Switching, basic, play-alongs, part 6: songs with Bm
Chord Switching, basic, play-alongs, part 7: 7th chords workout – blues
Chord Switching, basic, play-alongs, part 8: more advanced songs
Chord Switching, how to play along with your favorite songs
Chord-Melody, Art of Solo Guitar
Chords, 5 basic chord types
Chords, 9, 11, 13 chords
Chords, 9 & 13 voicings – major, dominant, & minor – all shapes
Chords, add9 chords
Chords, Barre Chords, part 1 – “E” shapes
Chords, Barre Chords, part 2 – “A” shapes
Chords, Barre Chords, part 3 – finale
Chords, Breakdown by Jack Johnson
Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 1, short introduction – “In That Moment”
Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 2, open chord embellishments
Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 3, open chord embellishments on a blues
Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 4, non-open positions
Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 5, video demonstration
Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 6, implementing
Chords, CAGED Embellishments, part 7, most common, by shape
Chords, Common Chord Progressions
Chords, embellishing “E” and “A” shape barre chords
Chords, extensions, 6ths & 9ths
Chords, funk voicings
Chords, half-diminished and diminished
Chords, Hierarchy
Chords, Inversions, part 1, Tears in Heaven
Chords, Inversions, part 2, major and minor inversions on E & A strings
Chords, Learning the F chord
Chords, Open String Chord Hybrids
Chords, Power Chords
Chords, Putting in the Bar Lines
Chords, Triads, part 1, all 5 shapes and implementing
Chords, Triads, part 2, embellishing
Chords, Triads, part 3, minor triads
Chords, triads, part 4, voice leading
Chords, ultimate guide to voicings for advanced chords
Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, Govan, part 1
Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, Govan, part 2
Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, Govan, part 3
Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 4, r&b and gospel loops
Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 5, Santana
Chords, Voicings, Jam Tracks, part 6, JOTC tracks
Commuter Audio: Developing Rhythmic Coordination
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, introduction
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 1, the major scale intervals
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 1b – how to implement ear training
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 2, the minor scale intervals
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 3, applications
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 4, live classes
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 5, transcribing 2 songs
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 6, transcribing more songs
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 7, transcribing even more songs
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 8, hearing chords
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 9, hearing chords from online quizzes
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 10, advanced ear training
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 11, transcribing Lady Gaga and more
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 12, hearing chords 2
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 13, hearing the modes
Commuter Audio: Ear Training, part 14, famous minor and major melodies
Commuter Audio: Fun with the Metronome
Commuter Audio: More Fun with the Metronome
Commuter Audio: Music and Life
Commuter Audio: Music Appreciation
Commuter Audio: Music Theory Essentials
Creativity Class: unitar and in-position major and minor scale composition
Directional & Economy Picking – part 1 – intro & 2s and 3s
Directional & Economy Picking – part 2 – using combinations other than 2s and 3s
Directional & Economy Picking – part 3 – multi-position shifts
Directional & Economy Picking – part 4 – scale patterns in 4/4
Directional & Economy Picking – part 5 – full scale turnaround combinations
Directional & Economy Picking – part 6 – directional picking
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Alternating Bass, Downward Arpeggio play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Alternating Bass, Inner-Outer play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Alternating Bass, Outer-Inner play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, Alternating Bass, Pinch play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, book volume I
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, downward arpeggio play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, inner-outer play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, outer-inner play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, overview
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, pinch play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, ring finger variations, downward arpeggio play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, ring finger variations, inner-outer play-alongs
Fingerstyle, Travis Picking, ring finger variations, pinch play-alongs
Free Play
Fretboard Theory, 2 Ways to Streamline CAGED
Fretboard Theory, 6ths
Fretboard Theory, Arpeggios, 7th chords
Fretboard Theory, Arpeggios, Major and Minor Triads
Fretboard Theory, audio and pdf
Fretboard Theory, CAGED system, introduction and overview
Fretboard Theory, CAGED system, Why Learn the CAGED system?
Fretboard Theory, Intro to
Fretboard Theory, Live Lessons
Fretboard Theory, relative positions of I-IV-V, part 1
Fretboard Theory, relative positions of I-IV-V, part 2
Fretboard Theory, playing harmonized scales using fretboard theory
Fretboard Theory, using it to Find Variations of Open Chords
Fretboard Theory, Taking CAGED through the Circle of Fifths
Fretboard Theory, targeting a root
Jam Tracks, 8 Jam Tracks
Jam Tracks, Famous Songs, Part 1
Jam Tracks, Famous Songs, Part 2
Jam Tracks, Guthrie Govan 1
Jam Tracks, Guthrie Govan 2
Jam Tracks, Guthrie Govan 3
Jam Tracks, How to Use
Jazz Analyzing Tunes – Harmony
Jazz Analyzing Tunes – Melody
Jazz Arpeggios
Jazz Comping
Jazz Guide Tones
Jazz Motifs
Jazz, following the form in
Jazz, jazzing up the blues
Jazz, Melodic Minor
Jazz, Memorizing Tunes
Jazz, Repertoire
Jazz, Voice Leading
Master Class, “Practice Geometrically, Progress Exponentially”
Master List of All Virtual Lessons, Commuter Audio and Bonus Items
Melodic Minor: Not Just for Jazz
Modes, part 1
Modes, part 2
Modes, part 3
Modes, part 4, summary of modes
Modes, part 5, creating your own modal backing tracks
Modes, part 6, dorian and mixolydian workouts
Modes, part 7, writing modal etudes
Modes, part 8, writing 5 modal progressions with only G, C, D, Am
Modes, part 9, modal progressions to analyze
Music Theory, 101
Music Theory, Chords, The Intervals of Chords, part 1, spelling chords
Music Theory, Chords, The Intervals of Chords, part 2, chords and their intervals
Music Theory, Chords, The Intervals of Chords, part 3, live video class
Music Theory, Circle of Fifths
Music Theory, Common Scales & Their Intervals
Music Theory, Essentials of
Music Theory, How Melody and Harmony Interact
Music Theory, Seven Elements of Music
Music Theory, Thinking in Numbers
Music Theory, Using Theory to Navigate Major and Minor Pentatonics
Practicing, Practice Tracker
Practicing, Ultimate Guide to Practicing Efficiently
Reading, Brent Block book
Reading, David Oakes Book, 16th note etude, p. 45
Reading, famous classical pieces
Reading, Hal Leonard
Reading, How to Read Music, part 1
Reading, How to Read Music, part 2
Reading, How to Read Music, part 3
Reading, Mel Bay book 1
Reading, Mel Bay book 2
Reading, supplemental play-alongs
Rhythm, Feeling the Afro-Cuban 6/8 Clave on Guitar
Rhythm, for the rhythmically challenged
Rhythm, Generator
Rhythm, How to Feel Half-Note Triplets
Rhythm, Playing at Tempo Extremes
Rhythm, Playing Rhythmically
Rhythm, secrets of rhythm guitar
Rhythm, secrets of rhythm guitar, part 2: clave
Rhythm, starting and ending phrases on certain beats
Rhythm, versatility workout
Rhythm, versatility, intro to
Rhythm, workout for rhythm guitar
Riffs
Singing and Playing, How to Sing and Play at the Same Time
Singing and Playing, Using Capos Effectively
Soloing, 6ths
Soloing, Advanced Guitar Tips
Soloing, alternate picking, part 1, introduction
Soloing, alternate picking, part 2a, scale patterns for pentatonics
Soloing, alternate picking, part 2b, major scale patterns
Soloing, Blues Scale
Soloing, Contour Shifts
Soloing, Creating a Groove with CAGED minor chords
Soloing, Embellishments to the Pentatonics, Combining Elements
Soloing, Embellishments to the Pentatonics, Double-Stops
Soloing, Embellishments to the Pentatonics, Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Soloing, Embellishments to the Pentatonics, Slides
Soloing, Embellishments to the Pentatonics, String Bends
Soloing, Embellishments to the Pentatonics, String Bends, Licks that Integrate
Soloing, Embellishments to the Pentatonics, Vibrato
Soloing, Embellishments, Expressive Elements
Soloing, Embellishments, Expressive Elements workout
Soloing, How to Build a Solo
Soloing, How to Really Practice the CAGED system and pentatonics
Soloing, Hybrid Picking, part 1, using on minor pentatonics
Soloing, Hybrid Picking, part 2, live class
Soloing, Legato Playing
Soloing, Licks, Blues
Soloing, Licks, Common Licks & How to Build Your Own
Soloing, Licks, Easy
Soloing, Licks, Repeatable
Soloing, Major Pentatonics as they fit with CAGED
Soloing, major scales
Soloing, major scales, 3 notes per string
Soloing, major scales, ways to implement
Soloing, melodic soloing overview
Soloing, Minor Pentatonics as they fit with CAGED
Soloing, minor scales, part 1: introduction
Soloing, minor scales, part 2: implementation
Soloing, Mixing Minor and Major Pentatonics, part 1 – intro
Soloing, MIxing Minor and Major Pentatonics, part 2 – live video class
Soloing, Mixing Minor and Major Pentatonics, part 3 – create your own licks
Soloing, MIxing Minor and Major Pentatonics, part 4 – licks
Soloing, MIxing Minor and Major Pentatonics, part 5 – combined scale workout
Soloing, Pathways, part 1, Minor
Soloing, Pathways, part 2, Major
Soloing, Pathways, part 3, implementing
Soloing, Patterns
Soloing, Phrasing, 2-bar rhythmic repetition
Soloing, Phrasing, introduction to
Soloing, Phrasing, packet
Soloing, Phrasing, using 8th displacement
Soloing, rhythms for slow 12/8 feel
Soloing, single note “CAGED” finale
Soloing, Tension & Release
Soloing, the 4 Ingredients of Improvising
Soloing, Toggling between 2 pentatonic scales
Soloing, Trading with Yourself
Soloing, Two-Hand Synchronization
Soloing, Uses of the Pentatonics, advanced
Soloing, Uses of the Pentatonics, basic
Songwriting, Part 1 – Introduction
Songwriting, Part 2 – Using Harmonized Scales
Songwriting, Part 3 – application of harmonized scales, bridges, song form and bass lines
Songwriting, Part 4 – applications
Songwriting, Part 5 – rhythmic aspects of melody-writing
Songwriting, Part 6 – Harmonizing a Melody
Songwriting, Part 7 – How to Create Riffs with Open Strings
Songwriting, Part 8 – writing melodies by numbers
Songwriting, Part 9 – classification of chords
Songwriting, Part 10, all about melody part I
Songwriting, Part 11, all about melody part II
Songwriting, Part 12, all about melody part III
Songwriting, Part 13, how to write a love song
Songwriting, Part 14 – modulation
Strumming, part 1, basic strums summary
Strumming, part 2, packet of 4/4 strums
Strumming, part 2b, 3/4 time
Strumming, part 3, other time signatures and feels
Strumming, part 4, adding percussive elements
Strumming, part 5, syncopation
Strumming, part 6, advanced strums from fakebook
Strumming, part 7, anticipation & delayed resolution
Strumming, part 8, funk rhythm guitar
Strumming, part 9, syncopation/ Partido Alto
Strumming, part 10, other strumming and chord embellishments – live class
Student Goal Setting Resources
Student Long-Term Planning and Goal-Setting
Student Long-Term Planning and Goal-Setting, Level II
Tab Lesson 1
Tab Lesson 13
Tab Lesson 14-19
Tab Lesson 2
Tab Lesson 4
Tab Lesson 5
Tab Lesson 9
Tab Lesson for Beginners: Easy and Fun Progressions
Technique, Basic Mechanics and 4-Finger Exercise
Technique, Basic Mechanics – Advanced
Technique, Fast Downpicking
Technique, Great Guitar Technique
Transcribing, chords and melody, advanced level
Transcribing, chords and melody, beginner level
Transcribing, chords and melody, intermediate level
Transcribing, chords, beginner level
Transcribing, chords, intermediate level, part 1
Transcribing, chords, intermediate level, part 2
Transcribing, melody
What You Need to Get Started
Z – 3 types of blank fretboard diagrams & tab paper