Crossroads Guitar Centre

390 Edgeley Blvd Vaughan, Ontario Canada

(905) 738-9360

Crossroads Guitar Centre prides itself on our philosophy of one-on-one private instruction. We taylor our music programs to your individual needs and always keep it fun. Please contact us for a free, no obligation lesson and consultation. 

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LESSONS

Crossroads Guitar Centre offers lessons in many different styles of music including rock, blues, classical, country and jazz. We also offer lessons in music theory, ear training, song writing and preparation for College, University and the Royal Conservatory of Music. At Crossroads, you will also learn how to approach live and studio performances, proper gear usage as well as equipment maintenance.

Here is a brief overview of the topics and techniques you can study at Crossroads Guitar Centre:

SECTION ONE

  • Proper warm up technique

  • Ear training

  • Proper tuning methods

  • Timing and rhythm

  • Scales (major, minor, blues, pentatonic, exotic, diminished, augmented, whole tone, hexatonic, chromatic, bebop, altered and hybrid)

  • Chords/Arpeggios (triads, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th; slash chords/polychords

  • Improvising

  • Music reading (single note, chords, charts, tabs)

  • Technique

ROCK

  • Reading

  • Scales

  • Chords/Arpeggios

  • Ear training

  • Soloing

  • Listening skills

  • Repertoire

  • Alternate picking

  • Tremolo picking

  • Sweep picking

  • String bending

  • VIbrato

  • Slide

  • Style Studies

  • Finger Exercises

  • Tapping

  • Hammer Ons/Pull Offs

  • Tremolo Arm/Vibrato Arm

  • Whammy Bar

  • String skipping

  • Alternate Tuning

  • Open Tuning

CLASSICAL

  • Reading

  • Scales

  • Chords/Arpeggios

  • Ear training

  • Soloing

  • Listening skills

  • Repertoire

  • Rest stroke

  • Free Stroke

  • Finger Exercises

  • Slurring

  • Études

  • Studies

  • Style studies

  • Listening

  • Drop D pieces

  • Nail care

ACOUSTIC

  • Reading

  • Scales

  • Chords/Arpeggios

  • Listening

  • Repertoire

  • Soloing

  • Hammer/Pulls

  • Finger Exercises

  • Finger Picking

  • Travis Picking

  • Alternate Picking

  • Style Studies

  • Playing with a capo

  • Fret hand technique

  • Alternate tunings

  • Open tunings

  • Slide playing

BLUES

  • Reading

  • Scales

  • Chords/Arpeggios

  • Listening

  • Finger Exercises

  • Picking techniques

  • String bending

  • Vibrato

  • Slide technique

  • Open tunings

  • Soloing

  • Hammer/Pulls

  • Repertoire

  • Style Studies

COUNTRY

  • Reading

  • Slide

  • Finger exercises

  • Alternate tunings

  • Scales

  • Open strick licks

  • Picking techniques

  • Open tunings

  • Chords/Arpeggios

  • Banjo rolls

  • Claw technique

  • Style studies

  • Listening

  • Forward rolls

  • Backward rolls

  • Hammer/Pulls

  • String bending

  • Pedal steel licks

  • Soloing

  • Finger picking

  • Chicken picking

  • Repertoire

JAZZ

  • Reading

  • Scales

  • Chords/Arpeggios

  • Superimposing chords/scales/arpeggios

  • Finger exercises

  • Picking techniques

  • Listening

  • Style studies

  • Comping

  • Chord melody playing

  • Walking bass line

  • Comping with bass line

  • Hammer/Pulls

  • Repertoire

MUSIC THEORY TOPICS

  • Scales

  • Modulations

  • Cycling ideas

  • Analysis

  • Chords/Arpeggios

  • Timing/syncopation

  • Chord/scale construction

  • Modal interchange

  • Harmony

  • Chord/scale substitutions

  • Improvising and more

WRITING TOPICS

  • Melody

  • Harmony

  • Key changes

  • Tempo

  • Range

  • Orchestration

  • Song Form

  • Instrumentation