Fretboard Theory (Course 2)

Name: Fretboard Theory (Course 2)
Price: 13.00 USD
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Duration1h 39m

Modules13

LevelIntermediate

LanguageGerman

This course is taught in German, which is different from your display language (English). Videos, audio and on-screen instructions are in German.

Lesson Plan (1h 39m)

- 01. Seconds and fourths
  Free lesson
  16:40
- 02. Harmonising with triads
  4:28
- 03. Sixths
  7:36
- 04. Major seventh arpeggios
  7:14
- 05. Dominant seventh arpeggios
  9:24
- 06. Minor seventh arpeggios
  4:43
- 07. Minor7b5 arpeggios
  3:02
- 08. Exercises on four-note chords
  4:16
- 09. Drop3 Voicings
  7:22
- 10. Exercises on Drop 3 voicings
  11:45
- 11. Drop 2 Voicings
  8:33
- 12. Exercises on Drop 2 voicings
  8:58
- 13. Diminished seventh chords
  5:36

About this course

This course structures the fretboard and creates a logical way in.

The starting point is intervals and how they sit on the fretboard. With interval notation for the chord diagrams, every shape becomes easy to apply in any key. Specific guitar topics such as Drop2 and Drop3 voicings are wrapped up in plenty of practical exercises. It's aimed at all guitarists who, after years of playing with pentatonics, open chords and barre chords, are looking for new textures and sounds. Even guitarists who have played from notation and tab since the start of their career will find new perspectives to discover here.

Including lessons on major and minor arpeggios, thirds, fifths, triads, different tonalities and how they can be applied to the fretboard. By the end of the course, students have a deep understanding of fundamental music theory and how to apply it to their music as a guitarist.

Frank Doll is a graduate of the Music College Regensburg and the MGI (Münchner Gitarren Institut). He is the author of Griffbrett-Theorie, published by Schott Verlag, and many other books. Click here to find out more.

Who it's for

Players stuck in pentatonics and open chords
Tab readers who want to understand what they're playing
More advanced players looking for new chord voicings

What you'll learn

Find every interval across the whole fretboard
Build major, minor and dominant arpeggios in any key
Play chords using Drop 2 and Drop 3 voicings

What you'll need

A tuned acoustic or electric guitar
Confidence with basic chords and a little note reading
A few minutes on most days

Meet the Guru

Frank Doll

Frank Doll, born in 1972, studied at the Music College Regensburg before reading musicology, German and linguistics at the University of Regensburg. Drawn back to the guitar, he went on to train at the Munich Guitar Institute (MGI). He has worked as an instrumental teacher since 1998, alongside countless performances at home and abroad across rock, pop, musical theatre and light music. He currently teaches in the music stream at the Edith-Stein-Realschule in Parsberg and has run the Musikwerkstatt Frauenberg since 2006. On MusicGurus his German-language Griffbrett Theorie courses map the guitar fretboard systematically - intervals, chord shapes, modal positions and applied theory - for players who want to understand the neck, not just memorise shapes.

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Published with

Schott Music

Founded by Bernhard Schott in Mainz in 1770, Schott Music is one of Europe's oldest and largest music publishers, with a catalogue of more than 30,000 titles. Over its 250-year history Schott has issued first editions of Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner, championed 20th-century voices from Hindemith and Schoenberg to Ligeti and Henze, and today publishes sheet music, books and educational materials from offices in Mainz, London, New York, Tokyo and beyond.

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