At the heart of Rico Monaco’s guitar method, The Passion Theory, is a daily regimen of exercises, scales, chords, arpeggios, songs, solo licks and jams called the Daily Lesson Plan (DLP). This DLP is the same regimen Rico himself uses every day to keep his skills sharp, and it is what he uses to teach his students. Of course, every individual must always explore, research, and create along with their lessons to reach their full potential as a unique guitarist. But for years, Rico has been developing and re-designing this method, right up until this very day, so that it can reach and help as many students as possible. This extraordinary, organized plan gives you the essential theoretical items that any serious guitarist must know as well as a routine that will advance your playing further and faster than you can on your own or with most other DVD lessons. The DLP is the main reason so many of Rico’s students have been able to advance more quickly and effectively than with other methods or programs. With this DVD you get more than three hours of content equal to a full YEAR’s worth of one-on-one lessons for the same price as the average cost of a single one-hour guitar lesson.

Disc 1 Beginner DVD Introduction, How To Practice worksheets Tuning, Stretching Exercises & Basic Technique Chromatic Exercises (4 different exercises) First Position Major & Minor Chords Major Scale, Minor Scale 1st Position Chord Exercises Musical Alphabet, Memorizing the Notes on the Neck 2 Frets, 2 Strings Method Pentatonic Major & Minor Scales 5 Pentatonic Major & Minor Patterns Barre Chords 5th & 6th String Root 16 Bar, Barre Chord Exercise Using Minor Patterns in Major Keys The Blues Scales 5 Blues Patterns 12 Bar Blues standard form and shuffle G Blues Free Form Jam

Disc 2 Intermediate/Advanced DVD Triplets-Rhythmic figures 3rd Intervals Arpeggios (Major, Minor, Dominant 7) Complex Chords and Complex Chords Exercise (maj7, 7, m7, m7b5, 7aug5, 7sus) Chord Construction (In depth exercise & discussion on chord harmony) Pentatonic Diagonal Movement How To Practice Scales Relative Minor Theory & Applications (and shortcut) Roman Numeral Systems (Chord Scales-Songwriting) The 7 Modes-Practicing, Understanding, & Applying the Modes Bending Strings, Vibrato Pull-offs,  Hammer Ons Muting