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I thought some folks might wonder why I’m offering this FREE 5 Year Online Guitar Course: My first reason is because it’s almost impossible for young musicians to be accepted into college music programs unless they have had years of private music lessons, which cost thousands of dollars. That...

I'd like to direct folks to the page about the method books and the Free Course, because the Audio Tracks are useless on their own, and unhelpful in describing the Free Course that uses them. :) http://leadcatpress.com/WordPress/guitar-method-books/

The feedback I've been given is that the app is too expensive for most folks (when they are just using it for this book series) and the instrumentations are not "real" enough. That's why many of the tracks students can stream were recorded with real instruments/musicians. Having them stream the...

I based this FREE 5 Year Online Course off of my guitar method books and the syllabus I have used at Seattle University, where I have been an Adjunct Professor since 2006. I am probably one of the most structured guitar teachers, and I teach all my students the fundamentals of music using this...

I've been having a lot of fun arranging and playing this tune, and I thought I'd share it with you all here. Lover, Come Back to Me - Sigmund Romberg, Arranged by Susan Palmer / LeadCatPress.com

Ahh, thanks, Bob! :)

Here you go! I hope you have fun with it.

Funky E Minor Blues, with Lesson 1. Work out the chord tones for each chord with the iReal App, by slowing down the tempo and looping each section. 2. Play with the jam track below when you've got your skills together. 3.Here is the Lesson Video that shows the voicings and rhythms I used on...

Susan Palmer's Student Exercises #2 Individual songs: Major 7 Chords, Root Movement #2, Vol 2 Page 156 - Susan Palmer of LeadCatPress.com Dominant 7 Chords, Root Movement #2, Vol 2 Page 156 - Susan Palmer of LeadCatPress.com Minor 7 Chords, Root Movement #2, Vol 2 Page 156 - Susan Palmer of...

Little Wing (chord progression & riffs) Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix Here's how to create riffs in the style of Jimi Hendrix: Here's my take on the intro: http://youtu.be/wJ0dR8leyVY

Rainy Day for Guitarists "HTRD" is a jazz standard I teach my students when they are learning how to play chord melodies. Here's a short video that explains the basics of playing chord melodies on guitar. The chart I use in the video, with permission from the publisher, is from The New Real...

Rainy Day for Guitarists "HTRD" is a jazz standard I teach my students when they are learning how to play chord melodies. Here's a short video that explains the basics of playing chord melodies on guitar. The chart I use in the video, with permission from the publisher, is from The New Real...

Susan Palmer's Student Exercises #1 (study sheet + extended jams) Below are 3 exercises you can upload to your iReal Pro app to help you learn to solo using the major, mixolydian, and dorian scales, as well as the chord tones (arpeggios) for each chord type in all 12 keys. The scales and the...

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