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ChristopherSchlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor
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ChristopherSchlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 08/09/05
Posts: 8,366
10/05/2021 4:21 pm
Originally Posted by: johncilmiActually, I've been playing for decades and just want to take it to the next level. I guess I would be classified as intermediate. With that in mind where do you suggest I start on Guitar Tricks?

What are your goals? What do you want to do that you can't yet?

There are 3 primary categories of tutorials on GT.

1. Core Learning System. This is an integrated step by step curriculum of lessons that start at absolute beginner. The idea here is to isolate & streamline the cirriculum all in one step-by-step process. Since you are beyond the fundamental stages, you might enjoy material from one of the Style courses.

https://www.guitartricks.com/experienced.php

2. Song Catalog. This is all the songs GT has the secured the rights to teach.

https://www.guitartricks.com/songs.php

3. Instructor Directories. These are more specialized topics, sometimes organized in sub-categories. You can view the instructors & their specialties here.

https://www.guitartricks.com/instructors.php

For example, I have over a thousand lesson on various topics, organized by topic or focus. In general, these are for diving deeper into any given concept or technique. They are not necessary per se to the streamlined core learning system, but will help once a student develops more interest in a certain style or technique.

https://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=155014

If you can tell me your goals, then I can point you in the right direction.

For example, if you want to learn how to play every major & minor triad & inversion all over the fretboard. I have this collection of tutorials.

https://www.guitartricks.com/collection/triads-and-inversions

If you want to dive deeper into how to improvise:

https://www.guitartricks.com/collection/learning-to-improvise

Building a repertoire of blues licks?

https://www.guitartricks.com/collection/Bread-and-Butter-Butter-Blues-Licks

Looking for systematic pentatonic scale exercises?

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=185

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=722

Building speed for soloing?

https://www.guitartricks.com/search.php?query=%22speedy+ideas%22

If you have a question about a certain topic, or how to do some skill, please ask! The GT database of lessons is enormous! That's one reason the forum is here, to help you find the resources you desire.

Hope this helps!


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