PDF Index
9/24/25: Sorry folks, having some trouble w/ some of these links. Will be fixing ASAP.
Here is a complete index of all the PDF documents on the HCG site. Download, print, and share away.
Note: PDFs for the HCG courses can be found in the members’ area.
(Scroll down for Grateful Dead and Phish related stuff)
A few all-time favorites:
Table of Major Scales
This is a full-page PDF of the document that appears in various places on the site
The One-Page Bible
A quick and super-handy single-page reference guide containing ALL of the fingerings for the CAGED system, pentatonic scales, and modes as they appear throughout this website.
The Perfect Tab Paper
Includes 8 lines of tab, plus 8 boxes for chord diagrams on top.
Assorted Lesson PDFs
12 Bar Blues Solo – Lesson on Targeting 3rds in a 12 Bar Blues
PDF Lesson Page
15 Mixolydian Licks – Basic mixo vocabulary
PDF Lesson Page
Chromatic Octaves – Fretting Hand Technique
PDF YT Page
Four Must-Know Arpeggio forms – A few easy arpeggios to add some color to your solos
PDF Lesson Page
Music Theory – The Least You Need To Know
PDF YT Page
Sweet Little Angel – Transcription of BB King solo
PDF YT video
Grateful Dead-related PDFs (Guitar Tabs & Lessons)
Althea – Improv Ideas
PDF (my solo) Lesson Page
Birdsong – Exercise for Ear Training & Fretboard Knowledge
PDF YT Vid
Fire On The Mountain – CAGED/Triad Exercise
PDF Lesson Page
Fire On The Mountain – Transcription of Jerry Garcia’s solo (Dead Set version)
PDF
Peggy-O – 5/5/77 Transcription of Jerry Garcia’s solo
PDF YT Page
Ramble On Rose – A study of the vocal melody, and how we can apply it to the guitar
PDF YT Page
Scarlet Begonias – Rhythm & Alt. Picking Lesson
PDF YT Page
They Love Each Other (5/8/77) – Transcription of Jerry Garcia’s solo
PDF Lesson Page
Tore Up Over You – Jerry Garcia’s Intro Riff
PDF Lesson Page
Touch Of Grey – Transcription of Jerry Garcia’s solo (studio version)
PDF Lesson Page
Phish-related PDFs (Guitar tabs & lessons)
Bathtub Gin – 10 Ways To Play The Melody
PDF Lesson Page
Col. Forbin’s Ascent – Complete Lesson
PDF Lesson Page
The Curtain – Complete Lesson
PDF Lesson Page
David Bowie – Complete tab
PDF (1st half) PDF (2nd half)
Down With Disease – Complete guitar lesson
PDF Lesson Page PDF (transcription of my improvised solo in the lesson)
Fly Famous Mockingbird – Complete Lesson
PDF (complete song) PDF (main melody only) Lesson Page
Funky Bitch (Phish 9-1-13) – Transcription of Trey Anastasio’s solo
PDF Lesson Page
Glide (Phish/Trey Anastasio) – Complete lesson
PDF Lesson Page
Golgi Apparatus – Complete lesson
PDF Lesson Page
Lizards – Complete Lesson
PDF Lesson Page
The Mango Song – Complete lesson
PDF Lesson Page
Maze – Transcription of Trey Anastasio’s solo (studio version)
PDF
McGrupp – complete guitar tab
PDF
Punch You In The Eye / The Landlady – complete guitar tabs
PDF (PYITE) PDF (Landlady)
Reba – Complete guitar tab
PDF (Instrumental section) PDF (verses)
The Sloth – Tab for full song
PDF
The Wedge – Complete Lesson
PDF Lesson Page
Weigh – Guitar tab for full song
PDF
You Enjoy Myself (Phish/Trey Anastasio) – Transcription w/ Accurate Fingerings
PDF Lesson Page