| Title |
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| 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) |
