Arun Kumar

I am a guitar player/guitar instructor, song writer, and composer. I have been playing guitar for the past 17 years and have 10 plus years of teaching experience.

COURSES:

Basic Fundamental Course - Starting from beginning.
Basic Theory.
Chords (Major, Minor, Seventh, Sus4, Sus2, etc.).
Scales (Major and Minor).
Tuning guitar.

Intermediate Course - Various techniques of playing lead, scales, arpeggios, and modes.

Advanced Course - Classical, neoclassical phrasing/soloing, song writing, composing, etc.

TEACHING TECHNIQUES:

* Solfege - A methodology which helps to understand the pitch and harmony distinctively and enables to learn from listening and applying the same in guitar (also known as ear training).

*Melody and Harmony - Chords and Scales.

* Reading and Writing Tablature. Most of online reference material comes in tablature forms, so it is a must for musician to learn to read and also to write tablature for own composition.

* Advanced scales and modes, which helps student improvise and express the creativity beyond limits.

Western Music With Grading System:

Preliminary Grade
C major
A natural minor
G major
E natural minor

Grade One
As Preliminary Grade plus:
C pentatonic major
A pentatonic minor
G pentatonic major
E pentatonic minor

Grade Two
As Grade One plus:
D major
D pentatonic major
F major
F pentatonic major
B natural minor
B pentatonic minor
D natural minor
D pentatonic minor

Grade Three
Scales to the range of 2 sharps and 2 flats:
Major, pentatonic major, natural minor and pentatonic minor.
Blues scales: C, G, D, F and Bb.

Grade Four
Scales to the range of 3 sharps and 3 flats:
Major, pentatonic major, natural minor, pentatonic minor and harmonic minor.
Blues scales: C, G, D, A, F, Bb and Eb

Grade Five
Scales to the range of 4 sharps and 4 flats:
Major, pentatonic major, natural minor, pentatonic minor and harmonic minor.
Blues scales: C, G, D, A, E, F, Bb, Eb and Ab.
Dorian modal scales: D, A, E, B, F#, G, C, F and Bb.
Mixolydian modal scales: G, D, A, E, B, C, F, Bb and Eb.

Grade Six
Scales to the range of 5 sharps and 5 flats:
Major, pentatonic major, natural minor, pentatonic minor and harmonic minor.
Blues scales: C, G, D, A, E, B, F, Bb, Eb, Ab and Db.
Dorian modal scales: D, A, E, B, F#, C#, G, C, F, Bb and Eb.
Mixolydian modal scales: G, D, A, E, B, F#, C, F, Bb, Eb and Ab.
Lydian modal scales: F, C, G, D, A, E, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db and Gb.
The chromatic scale starting on any tonic.

Grade Seven
Scales in all keys:
Major, pentatonic major, natural minor, pentatonic minor, blues and harmonic minor,
Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian and Mixolydian modal scales.
Chromatic and whole tone.

Grade Eight
All requirements from all previous grades, plus in all keys:
Locrian modal scale.
Phrygian major modal scale.
Jazz melodic minor scale.
Lydian b7 (Lydian dominant) modal scale.
Altered scale.
Diminished scale.