ThirdEar Guitar Academy

Course Material

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Prologue
Start Here
Everything you need before your first lesson
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1
First Steps
Where to begin and how to get the most from this course.
2
Welcome to ThirdEar
What this academy is about and what sets it apart.
3
Core Values
The principles that guide everything we do here.
4
Community
How to make the most of Discord and your fellow students.
5
Your Daily Plan
How to structure your practice time for real results.
6
Setup
Getting your gear and environment ready to learn.
7
How to Use This Course
How to navigate the material, use the lesson apps, and get the most out of every session.
Act I
StarChart
Understand where you're at and where you need to go
Progress:
Unit 1
ThirdEar Method
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The Star Chart
Map your playing to understand exactly where you are and where you're going.
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The 3-Note Exercise
The foundational ThirdEar exercise. Three notes, one rule — sing everything you play.
Open Lesson
Unit 2
StylePrint
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How to Listen
Train your ear to hear what makes great guitar playing great.
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Find Your StylePrint
Identify the sonic fingerprint that makes your playing uniquely yours.
Unit 3
The Grindstone
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Practice Philosophy
Why most practice is wasted effort — and how to make every session count.
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How to Learn Anything
A framework for breaking down any skill on guitar and mastering it efficiently.
Act II
Blastoff
Enjoy learning guitar with clear, personal progress
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Unit 4
SoundSculpt — Tone
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Tone Intro
Why tone is the first thing listeners feel, before a single note registers.
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Tone Analysis
Break down the tones of your favourite guitarists and understand what you're hearing.
3
Guitar Controls
Master your volume and tone knobs — most players barely scratch the surface.
4
Amplification
Understanding your amp and how to shape your core sound at the source.
5
Acoustic Guitar Tone
How touch, pick choice and position shape your acoustic sound.
6
Equalisation & Compression
Shape your frequencies and control dynamics to sit perfectly in a mix.
7
Distortion & Drive
From clean boost to full saturation — how to use gain musically.
8
Ambience Effects
Reverb and delay — the space around your notes is part of your sound.
9
Modulation Effects
Chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo — movement and texture in your tone.
10
Other Effects
Everything else in the signal chain and how to use it intentionally.
Unit 5
SoundSculpt — Technique
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Technique Intro
Technique in service of expression — not the other way around.
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Technique Analysis
Study how your favourite players physically approach the guitar.
13
The Plucking Hand
Picking, fingerstyle, hybrid — how your right hand shapes every note.
14
The Fretting Hand
Vibrato, bends, slides, hammer-ons — bringing notes to life with your left hand.
Unit 6
VoiceFlow
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VoiceFlow Intro
This is the music theory unit. Everything you’ve been playing intuitively gets explained here — so you can understand it, control it, and use it deliberately.
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Harmony Fundamentals
Chords, intervals and how notes relate to each other.
17
Advanced Harmony
Modal scales, triads, 7th chords and how harmony works across the fretboard.
Open Lesson
18
Rhythm Fundamentals
Feel, groove and timing — the foundation everything else sits on.
19
Advanced Rhythm
Understanding subdivisions and syncopation.
20
Melody
What makes a melody memorable — and how to start thinking melodically on the guitar.
Act III
HorizonShift
Have fun playing guitar forever
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Unit 7
JamSpark
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JamSpark Intro
What it means to truly improvise — and why you're closer than you think.
2
Go Play Guitar
Getting out of your head and into the music. Just play.
3
Improvisation 101
The core principles of musical improvisation applied directly to the guitar.
4
Writing Parts
Turning your improvisations into repeatable, structured musical ideas.
Unit 8
Eclipse
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Now What?
How to take everything you've learned and keep moving forward on your own terms.
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Never Stop Learning
Building a lifelong relationship with the guitar — and with music.