Song List:
About the Author
INRTRODUCTION
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
The Major Scale
Key Signatures
Cycle of 5ths
Numbering (Spelling)
CHAPTER 3 -- POWER CHORDS
Power Chord Examples
Pedal Tones and Palm Muting
Power Chord Riffs
CHAPTER 4 -- THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE
Improvisation
The Minor Pentatonic Formula
Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale
Minor Pentatonic Scale Fingering #1
Practicing the Minor Pentatonic Scale
CHAPTER 5 -- LEFT HAND TECHNIQUES
Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Slides
Vibrato
Bending
CHAPTER 6 -- CHORDS AND RHYTHM GUITAR
Triads
Basic Diatonic Harmony
Other Commonly Used Chords
Summary of the Basic Chord Group
Basic Chord Forms
Rhythm Guitar
Left-Hand Damping
Slash Chords
Movable Chords
Principal Chords (I, IV, and V) on the Fingerboard
Rhythm & Blues Patterns
CHAPTER 7 -- MORE MINOR PENTATONICS
Minor Pentatonic Scale Fingering #2
Minor Pentatonic Scale Fingering #3
Minor Pentatonic Scale Fingering #4
Minor Pentatonic Scale Fingering #5
Minor Pentatonic Connections
The Entire Minor Pentatonic System
CHAPTER 8 -- THE BLUES
The 12-Bar Blues
Open String Shuffle and Rhythm Riffs
Blues Scales
The Entire Blues Scale System
CHAPTER 9 -- THE MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE
Relative Pentatonic Scales
The Five Major Pentatonic Fingerings
Sliding E Major Pentatonic
Major Pentatonic Connections
Major Pentatonic Licks
The Entire Major Pentatonic System
CHAPTER 10 -- DROP D TUNING
APPENDIX A---Suggested Songs for Practice
APPENDIX B---Guitarists to Hear
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