Master’s Roadmap 🏁
The Masters Roadmap is about precision, control, and artistry. You’ll polish your technique, strengthen your improvisation skills, and learn to interpret music with nuance and expression. This level ties together everything from the Foundations and Builders Roadmaps, helping you reach your highest playing potential.
As you progress through this roadmap, you’ll find Milestone Songs at the end of each module. These are hand-picked to match your current skill level. You don’t need to finish every lesson to start. Pick a song that inspires you and start playing!
Want to skip ahead or explore specific topics? Visit the Levels Pathways to choose your own learning adventure.
Jump to a Module:
- Module 1: Advanced Chord Voicings & Harmony
- Module 2: Improvisation
- Module 3: Composition and Arrangement
Module 1: Advanced Chord Voicings & Harmony
Push your chord vocabulary further with rich voicings, colorful harmonies, and jazz-inspired shapes. You’ll start by expanding your harmonic options, then learn creative voicing techniques, and finally apply them in real songs.
Section 1: Functional & Secondary Chords
- Understanding secondary chords and how to apply them on guitar
- Diminished chords
- How to play augmented chords on guitar
Section 2: Chord Extensions & Jazz Harmony
Section 3 : Arpeggio Mastery
- How to play Dominant 7 arpeggios on guitar
- How to play minor 7 arpeggios on guitar
- How to play half diminished arpeggios on guitar
Section 4 : Voicing Variations
- How to play chord inversions on the guitar
- How to play spread triad chords on guitar – 📄 PDF available
- How to play drop 2 chords on guitar – 📄 PDF available
Chord Library
Minor 9th chords (Click to expand)
Module 1: Milestone Repertoire 🎶
- Gran Vals by Tárrega – 📄 PDF available
- Air by Bach – guitar tabs (aka Air on the G string) – 📄 PDF available
- Cello Suite No. 1 (Prelude) by Bach – 📄 PDF available
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Module 2: Improvisation
Develop expressive soloing techniques using chord tones, modes, and melodic phrasing. This module focuses on improvisation over progressions and unlocks new sounds through scale application and interval training.
Section 1: Improvisation Foundations
- How to improvise on guitar (6 key concepts)
- 9 tips to get better at improvising on guitar
- How to Confidently Solo Over Chord Progressions with Chord Tones On Guitar – 📄 PDF available
- How to play intervals on guitar – 📄 PDF available
2. Specialty Scales
- Melodic minor scale – 📄 PDF available
- Harmonic minor scale
- How to play diminished scales on guitar
- Explore the Barry Harris’ Major 6th diminished scale on guitar (with application examples)
Section 3: Exploring Modes
- Understand the Modes in Music: From Theory to Emotions
- How to play the Dorian scale on guitar
- How to play the Phrygian scale on guitar
- How to play the Lydian scale on guitar
- How to play the Mixolydian scale on guitar
- How to play the Altered scale on guitar
Section 4: Phrasing & Licks
Module 2: Milestone Repertoire 🎶
- Moonlight Sonata (aka Claro de Luna) – 📄 PDF available
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Tarrega – 📄 PDF available
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Module 3: Composition and Arrangement
Learn how to connect melodies to chords, harmonize lines, and structure your own arrangements. Whether you’re creating original pieces or arranging covers, this module gives you tools to write with clarity and emotion.
- How to harmonize a melody on guitar using 3rds and 6ths – 📄 PDF available
- How to connect a melody and chords on guitar
- 7 steps to start composing your own music
- 3 simple steps to write your ideas on sheet music
Module 3: Milestone Repertoire 🎶
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Other Resources:
- How to learn to play music by ear (6 tips)
- How to develop ear training to play what you hear
- Use the power of listening to unlock your instrument
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