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# Grateful Dead - Lead Guitar Roadmap

In this course, I break down 10 of the most commonly called dead tunes to jam over, and show the triads, melody, and improv roadmap that I use to play over the solo sections. A super simple approach to soloing over your favorite GD jams with simple melodies and chord scales.

- Learn the melody
- Limit yourself to stringsets
- simple melody creation
- triad roadmap for improvisation



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 ## Curriculum

Section 1

 [  1             3 Steps - Triads, Melody, Roadmap   Free preview  ](/courses/grateful-dead-lead-guitar-roadmap/lessons/3-steps-triads-melody-roadmap)  2             Simple Triad Review   Done  Resume    

  3             Essential Melody Review   Done  Resume    

  4             Roadmap Construction   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 2

  5             Fire On The Mountain - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  6             Fire On The Mountain - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  7             Fire On The Mountain - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 3

  8             Cold Rain & Snow - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  9             Cold Rain & Snow - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  10             Cold Rain & Snow - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 4

  11             Sugaree - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  12             Sugaree - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  13             Sugaree - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 5

  14             Bertha - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  15             Bertha - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  16             Bertha - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 6

  17             Iko Iko - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  18             Iko Iko - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  19             Iko Iko - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 7

  20             Franklin's Tower - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  21             Franklin's Tower - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  22             Franklin's Tower - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 8

  23             Know You Rider - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  24             Know You Rider - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  25             Know You Rider - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 9

  26             Althea - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  27             Althea - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  28             Althea - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 10

  29             Scarlet Begonias - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  30             Scarlet Begonias - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  31             Scarlet Begonias - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 11

  32             China Cat Sunflower - Triad Structure   Done  Resume    

  33             China Cat Sunflower - Melody Structure   Done  Resume    

  34             China Cat Sunflower - Improv Roadmap   Done  Resume    

 

 

Section 12

  35             Conclusion & Next Steps!   Done  Resume    

 

 

  

 

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