The Language of Guitar: Jerry Garcia EditionÂ
Improve your lead guitar playing, effortlessly jam with others, and never run out of things to play again.
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If you’re here, you’re probably wondering how Jerry Garcia played guitar the way that he did…
And it’s no wonder why…
Jerry's playing was always so colorful, so unique, and so playful.
And not only that, but he could basically improvise “forever”... especially during his epic 15-minute jam sessions.
But the thing is, he wasn't “recreating the wheel” every time he picked up the guitar.
He wasn't using brand new patterns…
He didn’t have to search for new techniques…
And he definitely didn’t have to feel inspired to play...
Instead, he used the same guitar techniques and principles over and over.
These techniques were basically his framework for success.
They’re the secret-sauce that propelled him into being the greatest jam band guitarists of all time.
Now it took me a long time to realize this…Â
But finally I figured out these proven techniques and “devices” that he always used.
And once I understood this, I never ran out of things to play…
I could just “copy and paste” them into ANY musical situation.Â
… regardless of the tempo, genre, key, or any other musician I was playing with.
These devices became my guaranteed formula for incredible guitar playing Every. Single. Time.
So I’m peeling back the curtain and sharing some of these legendary themes, big-picture ideas, and “musical devices” with you.
Colorful Improv
Discover Jerry's powerful improv patterns and styles from popular Grateful Dead songs.
Jerry's Devices
Use Garcia's language devices and solo style as a stepping stone for your own playing.
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Videos, PDF, and backing tracks - everything you need to develop your own sound.
Once I understood these musical devices, I never ran out of things to play.
I could just “copy and paste” them into ANY musical situation...
Regardless of the tempo, genre, key, or any other musician I was playing with.
Once you know Jerry Garcia's highly coveted musical devices, you'll be able to...
✅ Copy and paste these themes into ANY music you’re playing for endless ideas and creativity
âś… Connect the dots on the guitar to easily play up and down the neck
âś… Gain clarity on how to approach soloing, improvisation, and jamming with others
✅ Identify big picture themes that other guitar players consistently use… so you’ll be able to learn other songs and jams much faster
âś… Overcome feelings of criticism, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome whenever you pick up the guitar
Because instead of starting every single jam session “from scratch” or an empty, “blank page”...
You’ll have your own secret “bag of guitar tricks” you can reliably pull from
And the best part is, these devices are guaranteed to work.
They’ve been battle-tested by the world’s greatest jam-band guitarists and have been used over and over in their career…
They’re the tried-and-true methods that were implemented throughout thousands of live performances over their 50+ year legacy.
These guitar “devices” will help you thrive as a guitarist, regardless of your skill level, age, or how much music theory knowledge you have.
These proven “musical devices” will help you, even if…
✅ You can hardly find time to play the guitar…
✅ You’ve been playing guitar for decades OR you’re just starting out...
âś… You want to play original music OR play covers
âś… You want to play many different styles of music
âś… You play by yourself or with a band
✅ You’re stuck on how to improve as a guitar player
âś… You’re tired of boring practice routines, metronomes, and scale exercisesÂ
Maybe you’re asking yourself - Who is Jerry Garcia?
Jerry Garcia was the guitarist, singer, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead…
He was ranked the 13th "Greatest Guitarist of all Time" by Rolling Stone...
Was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame...
Wrote and released dozens of songs and albums over his 30+ year career...
He was one of the biggest icons of the counter-culture movement in the 60's and 70's...
And he didn't play guitar like anyone else.
Big claim, I know…
But other legendary musicians can attest to this too:
Here’s what Bob Dylan said about Jerry's playing...
“There’s no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. He really had no equal. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic, and subtle".
And here’s what Bill Kreutzman, the drummer of the Grateful Dead said
“Jerry was the best musician I ever played with. He was 100 percent music. Every pore, every bit of his body, every molecule, was music, whether he liked it or not. He was like a Mile Davis or a Coltrane or somebody like that – just completely locked into it."
Here's what David Crosby, of Crosby, Stills, and Nash said...
“The music was wonderful. They were like a big electric jug band…Jerry was a major magic force.”
What I really appreciate is his incredible improvisational abilities.
Watching Jerry solo can be is like a master class in keeping things fresh and interesting.
And after getting so many requests to dissect his playing, I decided to create this new course and share the biggest themes that he used over and over
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Before I share more, let me introduce myself:
My name is Jeff Williams.Â
I’m a musician and guitar teacher with a BA in Music from Westfield State University, with a concentration in Jazz Studies on guitar.Â
Over the years, I’ve played hundreds of shows, with dozens of bands, in a handful of different genres.
Nowadays, my real passion is teaching guitar and creating YouTube videos.
Over the last 20 years, I’ve taught hundreds of students online and in-person.Â
Through my experience, I've  learned how to provide students with the guidance, structure, and support they need to maximize their growth and achieve their guitar goals as quickly as possible.
I’m so proud to have helped guitarists overcome their limiting beliefs, be more expressive, and have more fun.
And I’m very grateful to consistently receive positive testimonials, reviews, and video comments from all of my students.Â
But it wasn’t always this way…
I used to struggle with chords, solos, jamming with others, learning new songs, and so much more.
Sometimes I felt as if I’d never improve.
I would play the guitar for hours and hours on end…
Play boring and repetitive scales until late into the evening.
And wouldn’t stop until blisters made it too painful to play.
… All without ever feeling like I was making any sort of real progress.
I’m embarrassed to say I’ve even had music teachers pull me aside and give me harsh criticism on my playing… which at the time completely crushed me.
But music was my passion and I was determined to get better
So I studied my favorite guitarists who had already achieved what I wanted to too.
I looked up to guys like Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, David Gilmour, Trey Anastasio, Duane Allman, and others.
And eventually I realized that even though they all had the same 12 notes on the guitar, each person approached the guitar differently.
Each skilled guitarist used their own “Language of Guitar” to communicate to their listeners.
And they used specific language “devices” to communicate emotions, feelings, and messages through the guitar.
The special skill that these famous guitarists had is that they could communicate a sad or somber sound “on-demand”.
They didn’t need to feel a boost of inspiration or creativity to create this sound.
They knew the techniques, themes, and big-picture ideas that could yield the EXACT sound they were looking for.
And after studying them for hundreds of hours, I finally discovered there were just a few dozen musical devices used again and again…
And so, the “Language of Guitar” course was born!
I decided to create a series of courses exploring the most common themes used by the world’s greatest guitarists.
They’re applicable regardless of your skill level…
And are valuable to you whether you want to write original music, play covers, or just jam and improvise.
This course is so effective because it’s built on proven and battle-tested THEMES…
In creating this course, I had a very interesting realization…
It’s that all movies, books, and stories are basically the SAME.
There are a few variations, but it’s usually:
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.
Or…
Person falls into a hole, works hard, and gets out of the hole.
Or…
Good vs. evil.
If you think about it, almost EVERY major story has one of these themes.
And the same thing applies to music too.
Of course we see this with common song structures, like…
Intro - verse - chorus - verse - chorus - bridge - solo - chorus
But this applies to themes within each component above too.
And so my main takeaway is that there’s a reason why almost every movie, book, story, or song follows the same common themes…
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It’s because themes WORK.
Our human brains like specific structures to follow along to.
And they make our messages more easily understood by our listeners.
But here’s something really important…
By applying these themes, you’re NOT going to become a carbon-copy of Jerry Garcia
Instead, you’ll be equipped with the same tools Jerry had.
Think of them as templates or frameworks you can easily tweak to make them your own.
They’re methods you can always keep in your back pocket in case you’re stuck.
They’re like the math formulas or scientific equations we can plug in to achieve an outcome.
Imagine trying to figure out the area of a circle without knowing the formula and knowing Pi π…
And the same thing applies to constructing a song or guitar solo.
Once you go through this video course, you’ll be able to…
âś… Rapidly shortcut your guitar playing
âś… Pump out expressive guitar lines, new chords, and phrases that connect them together
✅ Move beyond limited terms like “rhythm” or “lead” guitarist to combine the two seamlessly
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âś… Always come up with new chords, riffs, and licks, so you never have to play boring, predictable phrases ever again
âś… Adapt these musical devices into guitar covers, songwriting, or jamming with others
âś… Allow you to approach boring chord progressions in fun and refreshing ways
But they haven’t only helped me…
These musical devices have helped dozens of my guitar students overcome obstacles:
Luke
“Breaking out each device and covering it separately with examples really helped me understand the structure behind Jerry's style and helped me connect it musically. It’s an Incredibly well put together course”.
Karl V
“I really learned a lot about Jerry Garcia's styles and how they speak with different types of songs. I gained a whole new appreciation of Jerry as a guitar player and artist.
Some of the more esoteric devices featured on the song Dark Star were completely new and surprising to me. A totally different groove.”
Jeremy L
“The course is easily digestible yet challenging. It’s much more organized than anything I’ve learned on YouTube and I really enjoyed the backing tracks."
Brendan J
“Your motto, less is more, has enabled me to not play my guitar. When I commune with my instrument, it's therapy at this point.
You in this single video, opened that door I've been trying to for years: how to get the emotions and music in my mind to flow through my hands and out of my body without having to give it much thought.”
Here’s what you can expect inside the Language of Guitar: Jerry Garcia Edition video course:
Section 1: Discover Jerry Garcia's Coveted Language Devices
Decode the essential "Language Devices" that define Jerry Garcia's iconic style. This lays the foundation for your own journey into expressive, fluent guitar playing.
Section 2:Â Applying the Devices to Songs
Apply Jerry Garcia's "Language Devices" to your favorite Grateful Dead songs, with a practical approach to integrating their unique elements into your own guitar playing. Each edition goes over different Grateful Dead songs for real life examples.
Section 3:Â Becoming Fluent + Creating Your Own Sound
Ensure you have a deep understanding of these new concepts in fun and interactive Fretboard Challenges. These will push you creatively and empower you to develop your own sound.
BONUS: PDF’s + Backing Tracks
I’ve included a bonus PDF with all of the video content summarized into a simple and straightforward cheat sheet. Plus you’ll get high-quality backing tracks that I’ve personally recorded with professional studio musicians.
What songs are in
The Language of Guitar Volume 4?
In creating this course, I wanted to choose songs that were...
- The most popular amongst my audience and Grateful Dead fans
- Songs that had the clearest and simplest examples of musical devices
- And songs that you would benefit most from learning
So after seeing my "Deal" Backing Track get more than 140k views on YouTube...
Getting tons of requests from fans for "Stella Blue"...
And personally wanting to dive in and share all the best secrets from "He's Gone"...
I wanted ALL these to be included.
So I decided on these 3 songs to dissect inside this course:
1. Deal
2. Stella Blue
3. He's Gone
These songs are LOADED with tons of great examples of guitar devices and big picture themes.
And I know you'll benefit so much from diving into these concepts.
By understanding these proven themes, you can AVOID…
❌ Wasting years of frustration and stress without making any progress
❌ Studying these guitarists yourself for dozens of hours
❌ Expensive and time consuming private lessons
❌ Feeling the dreaded “imposter syndrome”, anxiety, or shame when playing with other musicians
❌ And much more…
I want to give you everything you need to succeed, so…
I’m willing to cut you a deal
The information inside this course took me more than 20 years, thousands of hours of studying, musical degrees, and a whole lot of trial and error…
And I believe it’s worth at least $1,000 to have access to this information.
But I truly want to help spread guitar wisdom and I want others to avoid the same roadblocks and issues I struggled with.
So I decided on $77 for the price of this course.
BUT…
I just added a bunch of new payment options, so you can get started with 4 interest-free payments of $19.25.Â
Plus I'm gonna sweeten the deal for you…
So when you grab the Language of Guitar: Jerry Garcia Bundle (Vol 1-4) you’ll get a massive 25% off the pricetag…
And when you get my entire Guitar Adventure Bundle, you'll get 30% off the price.
The Guitar Adventure Bundle includes all of the courses I’ve ever created on mastering music theory, how to have an effective practice routine, how to move beyond scales and chords, and so much more…
Jerry Garcia courses up to 30% off now
Here’s what happens after you order...
You’ll be taken to our secure checkout page where you’ll enter basic information.
It will only take about 30 seconds, and then you’ll get immediate access to the Language of Guitar Jerry Garcia Edition Volume 4.
You’ll discover 9 of Jerry Garcia's legendary musical devices…
I’ll demonstrate exactly how they were used in 3 different Grateful Dead songs…
And you’ll be able to quickly apply these musical devices in a number of ways to your own playing…
They’ll benefit you regardless of the genres, keys, or tempos you play in.
In the process, you’ll rapidly shortcut your progress… and avoid the years it took me to discover these lessons.
I know you’ll gain so much from this course, that I’m offering you a 30-day money back guarantee.
