CHICAGO GUITAR TEACHER

Each lesson plan is specifically tailored to the student's ability and musical interests. This is a general lesson plan for beginner students:

Lesson 1:
-familiarize the student with the fret board and individual strings
-talk about the musical alphabet, sharps, flats, major, minor, etc.
-learn "open chord" fingerings
-practice basic rhythm patterns
-at the end of the lesson we talk about bands you listen to and material you would like to learn

Lesson 2:
-work on finger exercises
-begin working on a song with all "open chords"
-familiarize the student with basic song structure: Verse, Refrain, Bridge, etc.

Lesson 3:
-work on finger exercises
-work on picking techniques
-continue working on song from previous lesson
-add another song with all "open chords"

Lesson 4:
-go over the two songs with all "open chords"
-learn "barre chords"

Lesson 5:
-learn finger exercises to help with "barre chords"
-add a song with one or two "barre chords" in it
-continue working on two previous songs with all "open chords"

Lesson 6:
-finger exercises for "barre chords"
-working on picking techniques
-work on all three songs

Lesson 7:
-learn the minor Pentatonic Scale
-continue working on songs
-finger exercises for "barre chords"

Lesson 8:
-practice all three songs
-add new song or learn the basics of a blues progression

Lesson 9:
-finger exercises for "barre chords"
-learn the Major scale
-go over all four songs

Lesson 10:
-review of the past nine lessons