Song List:
About the Author
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 -- GETTING STARTED
The Guitar Fingerboard
Tuning
Music Notation
Reading TAB, Scale, and Chord Diagrams
Roman Numerals
Some Terms and Signs
Basic Technique
CHAPTER 2 -- ROCK THEORY REVIEW
The Major Scale
Key Signatures
Cycle of 5ths
Numbering (Spelling)
The Minor Pentatonic Scale
The Five Minor Pentatonic Fingerings
The Entire Minor Pentatonic System
The Major Pentatonic Scale
The Five Major Pentatonic Fingerings
The Entire Major Pentatonic System
CHAPTER 3 -- LEFT HAND TECHNIQUES
Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Slides
Vibrato
Bending
CHAPTER 4 -- MAJOR SCALES
Playing Two-Octave Major Scales
Melodic Patterns
Licks Using the Major Scale
The Composite Scale in G Surrounding the 2nd Inversion Triad
More Composite Scale Licks
CHAPTER 9 -- NEW CHORD FORMS & RHYTHM GUITAR
Functional Harmony
Diminished 7th Chords
Basic Extended and Altered Dominants
Rhythmic Notation
Rhythm Guitar Examples
CHAPTER 10 -- MINOR SCALES
The Natural Minor Scale
Natural Minor Scale Fingerings
Melodic Patterns in a Natural Minor
Improvising with the Natural Minor Scale
Natural Minor Licks
Harmonic Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale Fingerings
Improvising with the Harmonic Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Licks
CHAPTER 11 -- THE MODES
The Dorian Mode
Dorian Mode Fingerings
Melodic Patterns in A Dorian
Improvising with the Dorian Mode
Dorian Licks
The Mixolydian Mode
Mixolydian Mode Fingerings
Improvising with the Mixolydian Mode
Mixolydian Licks
Appendixes
Appendix A---Scales and Modes
Modes in the Numbering System
Pentatonic Scales in the Numbering System
Minor Scales in the Numbering System
Scales and Modes in Standard Music Notation and Tab
Appendix B---Suggested Songs for Practice
Appendix C---Essential Movable Chord Forms
Improvising with the Major Scale
Fingerings with Three Notes Per String
CHAPTER 5 -- INTERVALS
Interval Names
Interval Shapes
Harmonization --- 3rds, 6ths, 4ths, and 5ths
CHAPTER 6 -- TRIADS
Major Triads (in B-flat)
Minor Triads (in B-flat)
Voice leading
Examples Using Triads
Chord Embellishments
CHAPTER 7 -- DIATONIC HARMONY
Diatonic triads
Diatonic Arpeggios
7th Chords
Diatonic 7th Chords
Transposing
CHAPTER 8 -- THE COMPOSITION SCALE
The Composite Scale in G Surrounding the Root Position Triad
The Composite Scale in G Surrounding the 1st Inversion Triad
