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Content
- About the Author
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
- Open Position Chords
- Barre Chords
- Reading Music
- Blues Progression and Strumming
- Pentatonic Scale Fingerings
- CHAPTER 2
- Lesson 1A: Basic Theory
- The Chromatic Scale
- The Major Scale
- Key Signatures
- Intervals
- The Cycle of 4ths (or 5ths)
- Reading Roman Numerals
- Lesson 1B: Major Scale Fingerings
- Lesson 2A: Triad Theory & Root Position Fingerings
- Major Triad Theory
- Major Triad Inversions
- Minor, Diminished, and Augmented Triads --- and Their Inversions
- The Four Basic String Sets
- Root Position Triad Fingerings
- Etude No. 1: Root Position Triads
- Lesson 2B: Two More Major Scale Fingerings
- Lesson 3A: First-Inversion Triads on Four String Sets
- Etude No. 2: First-Inversion Triads
- Lesson 3B: Two More Major Scale Fingerings
- Lesson 4A: Second-Inversion Triads on the Four String Sets
- Etude No. 3: Second-Inversion Triads
- Lesson 4B: Major Scale Etude
- Etude No. 4: The Major Scale
- CHAPTER 3
- Lesson 1A: Constructing Larger Chords
- How Larger Chord Formulas Work
- Extensions
- Inverting Larger Chords
- Voicings
- Lesson 1B: Major Scale Etude
- Etude No. 5: The Major Scale
- Lesson 2A: 6th Chords
- Major 6th Chords
- Minor 6th Chords
- Etude No. 6: 6th Chords
- Lesson 2B: Connecting Major Scales
- Lesson 3A: 7th Chords
- Major 7th Chords
- Minor 7th Chords
- Dominant 7th Chords
- Etude No. 7: 7th Chords
- Lesson 3B: Three-Octave Scales
- Lesson 4A: 9th Chords
- Extensions & Chord Families
- Major 9th Chords
- Minor 9th Chords
- Dominant 9th Chords
- Etude No. 8: 9th Chords
- Etude No. 9: More 9th Chords
- Lesson 4B: More Three-Octave Scales
- Lesson 5A: Other Chords You Need to Know
- Minor 11th Chords
- Dominant 11th Chords
- Major 13th Chords
- Minor 13th Chords
- Dominant 13th Chords
- Major Add9 Chords
- Minor Add9 Chords
- Min7Flat5 (Half-Diminished) Chords
- Diminished 7th Chords
- Dominant 7th Suspended Chords
- Minor/Ma7 Chords
- Dominant 7th Augmented Chords
- Etude No. 10: More Chords
- Lesson 5B: Two Tunes Using the Major Scale
- Noah's Groove
- Blues for Maggie
- CHAPTER 4
- Lesson 1A: The Harmonized Major Scale
- Lesson 1B: Improvising with the Major Scale
- What It's All About
- Diatonic Thinking
- Lesson 2A: Major Chord Scales
- Lesson 2B: Two Tunes Based on the Major Scale
- Ruby, My Deerfly
- Fly Like a Beagle
- Lesson 3A: More Major Chord Scales
- Lesson 3B: Two More Tunes Based on the Major Scale
- Noisy Nights
- The Creature
- Lesson 4A: More Major Chord Scales
- Lesson 4B: Two More Tunes Based on the Major Scale
- Julie in Wonderland
- Samba de Shauna
- CHAPTER 5
- Lesson 1A: Roman Numerals and Transposition
- Lesson 1B: Modes of the Major Scale --- The Basics
- Lesson 2A: More About Roman Numerals and Transposition
- Lesson 2B: Modes of the Major Scale --- Parallel-Approach Fingerings
- D Dorian
- E Phrygian
- F Lydian
- G Mixolydian
- A Aeolian
- B Locrian
- Practice Progressions
- Lesson 3A: Vertical Chord Scales
- Lesson 3B: Modes of the Major Scale --- Derivative Approach
- Lesson 4A: More Vertical Chord Scales
- Lesson 4B: Two Modal Tunes
- Nosh 4 Josh
- Chocolate Tuna Enchiladas
- Lesson 5A: More Vertical Chord Scales
- Lesson 5B: Two Modal/Diatonic Tunes
- Modelicious
- Blue Tofu
- CODA --- A MEDLEY OF SUGGESTIONS AND MUSICAL CONCEPTS
- How Jazz Works
- Technique
- Basic Left- and Right-Hand Technique
- Posture
- Basic Strumming Technique
- Fingerstyle Chords
- Pick and Fingers Technique
- Practice
- The Value of Practicing Slowly
- Learning Difficult Chords and Changing Chords
- Learning Scales Two Strings at a Time
- The Value of Locked Positions
- Practicing the Major Scales
- Limiting Rhythmic Options
- Using Melodic Patterns
- Soloing
- Form: Using an Opening, Body, and Conclusion
- Form Based on Motif and Variation
- The Use of Repetition in Your Solos
- Tag Ending (Afterword)
