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Masterclass Sessions

Three-hour live sessions on a single subject. These sit outside the weekly song-based curriculum, they're for the techniques, genres, and tools that every serious player needs but no individual song teaches in isolation.

$149 / month

Four classes per month at the monthly price, or à la carte per session.

How it runs

Masterclasses meet on Thursday afternoons, after the weekly round-up Q&A. Three hours of back-and-forth live Q&A on a single topic. Recorded and added to your archive afterward.

Topics covered (rotating)

  • Effective Practice
  • Blues
  • Ambient Guitar
  • Bluegrass
  • Looping
  • Gear & Tone
  • Interviews with other players
  • Vibrato
  • Bending
  • Picking Technique & Exercises
  • Acoustic playing
  • Arpeggios
  • Envelope Filters & FX
  • 2-5-1 in minor keys
  • High-gain soloing
  • Jimi Hendrix study

Who it's for

Players who've absorbed the weekly Library content and want to fill in the gaps, the things that aren't specific to any one Grateful Dead song but that you need in order to actually execute Garcia's vocabulary. Or players who play other music outside the Dead and want to bring those skills back in.

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Sign up

Masterclasses are available as a $149/month subscription bundle or à la carte by individual session.

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