Alabama Jubilee, Three String Swing, Sir Thomas Letty, Mostly Merle, Ask John, Buster "B" Boogie, Frere Jacques, Guitarville, Just Another Rag, Le Minuet, Lefty, Misdirected Energy, Merci Marcel, Skippy

Buster B. Jones: Ballads & Barn Burners (John August, MB98627bcd)

Bruce Emery

Tom Gannaway

Mel Bay Publication

In the First Approach, we see how major and minor chords are grouped into keys (chord families) according to the 1 - 4 - 5 and C-A-G-E-D Systems, with examples from popular music. Topics include the Big Fifteen chords, using the capo, finding the starting note, tuning, the Rhythm Changes and secondary dominant chords. In the Second Approach, we start over from the beginning and fill in the details of how to use Major Scales to generate the five C-A-G-E-D chord families and how all 12 key are related through the Circle of Fifths, the cosmic nutshell of the entire musical universe. Topics include transposing from key to key, dominant seventh chords, triad spellings, the jazz turnaround, back cycling through the Circle, and relative minor keys. Plenty of examples. The First Approach Notes and pitches The layout of the notes Tuning the guitar Chords and chord quality The Big Fifteen chords Playing in different keys The 1-4-5 system C-A-G-E-D examples Chord Families The 1 and 5 chords Songs in different keys The 1, 4 and 5 chords Songs in different keys "Silent Night" in all 5 keys Choosing the right key Using the capo Quiz time for the 1-4-5's Finding the starting note Adding the Minor chords Songs in the Keys of G and C "Rhythm Changes" Secondary Dominants Bunches of useful chords (A-G) The Second Approach The Chromatic scale Layout on the neck The Major scale The Key of C Scale degrees and other keys The Key of G Worksheet for Major scales Traveling by Fifths Major scale summary The flat keys The fretboard and the keyboard Major scale exercises Back to Chord Families The C Harmonized Diatonic scale Major chords versus Minor chords Four combinations of Thirds Other Chord Families Worksheets for Chord Families C-A-G-E-D Chord Family summary Example: "Morning Has Broken" Full Chord Family summary Transposition chart Details of the 1-4-5 relationship The Dominant 7th chord Overlapping Chord Families Chord substitutions Triad spellings My Bio The Circle of Fifths More on Secondary Dominants Examples in the Key of C Down by a 5th = up by a 4th Backcycling through all the keys C-A-G-E-D Chord Family examples Mixing in the Minor chords The Jazz Turnaround "Morning Has Broken" again Yuletide Backcycling in a the C-A-G-E-D keys Starting notes Shortcuts in terminology The 4th of the 4th Major 7th and Minor 7th chords Minor keys C Major versus A Minor Three kinds of Minor scales Carols in the Keys of Am, Dm, and Em Appendix 1: Why the number "five"? Appendix 2: Key signatures Volume One in a nutshell One last quiz

Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist - Volume 1 - The Big Picture

Arts & Photography

Music

Charles Dumont & Sons

While Volume One deals with general music theory that applies to ALL musical instruments, Volume Two is aimed primarily at guitarists: It shows how to apply the principles of music to the neck of the guitar specifically, and how to track down the C-A-G-E-D scale and chord forms. As the Circle of Fifths was the star of the first book, so the C-A-G-E-D system dominates the second book. It will help you organize scales and chords into all these handy inter-connected box patterns up and down the neck. Topics include chord voicings and inversions, movable chord and scale shapes and box patterns, complex chord qualities, quadrads and their extensions, walking chord progressions, how to put chords to a melody, and harmonizing by thirds, sixths and tenths. Table of Contents Reviewing the C Major scale Chord voicings, starting with C Inversions Adding the 6th string Skipping strings Chord tone personalities Other C-A-G-E-D chord form voicings Worksheet for other voicings Back to the G chord form voicings Comparing the C and G voicings My own E, A and D voicings E chord form voicings The movable E chord form A chord form voicings The movable A chord form Using the E- and A-shapes together D chord form voicings Drop D tuning Summarizing the E-, A- and D-shapes Chord shapes...our story so far Complex chord qualities C complex chord qualities Adding the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th degrees Worksheets for G, E, A and D complex chords Weird little exercise Chords with the same quality compared 1-4-5 complex chord progressions The five basic chord shapes C chord in C, A, G, E and D shapes The entire tamale Partial chord shapes The other C-A-G-E-D chords 6th-string versus 5th-string roots Bring out your capo! Capo placement chart Scale shapes / box patterns C scale in C, A, G, E and D shapes C Major scale all over the neck Traveling from pocket to pocket Major scales other than C (finally) Keys of D, Eb, E, F, G, A and Bb Chord qualities other than Major Minor chords Dominant 7th chords Movable barre chords Minor 7th chords Minor 6th chords Minor sus2 and sus4 chords Walking chord progressions Quadrads of the Harmonized Diatonic scale Exercises and explanations Worksheet: "Rhythm Changes" Movable 2-5-1 progressions Summary of Chord Family quadrads Oddball Quadrads Diminished 7th chords Augmented and Augmented 7th chords Minor-Major 7th chord Chromatic walkdown progressions Quadrad Extensions: 9th, 11th and 13th C, G, E, A and D quadrad extensions Sample chord progressions How to put chords to a melody "Frere Jacques" Harmonizing by Thirds, Sixths and Tenths Combining them in "Frere Jacques"

Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist, Volume 2 'The Fretboard'

This book proceeds onward from Volume Two, The Fretboard, and presumes that you are up to speed on the first two volumes. We start out with a description of jazz chords with regard to the Rhythm Changes, voice leading and the spelling of complex chords. You'll get experience playing two popular progressions of complex chord shapes, what I call the MVP (Most Valuable Progression) and the VIP (Very Important Progression). Other topics include modulation from key to key, comping and mystery chord analysis. Then comes an introduction to the use of scales and modes in improvising jazz lead lines. We seek out the C-A-G-E-D scale shapes in the Key of C all around the neck of the guitar. Table of Contents What are jazz chords? Rhythm changes in the Key of C Preliminary issues Minimizing redundant notes Closed voicings Extensions and alterations Substitutions The Major 6th substitution Rhythm changes up the neck in C Recap of the modified rhythm changes Modified rhythm changes in G Basic jazz chord roundup Voice leading Rhythm changes in G The spelling of complex chords Worksheets Our favorite chord progression the MVP Modifications to the MVP The flat-five substitution On to the VIP G7 variants and worksheets Modifications to the VIP The flat-five substitution The MVP and VIP around the fretboard Modulating with a 2-5-1 progression The 1234567 progression Stripped down comping Examples of jazz standards Mystery chord analysis Scales: Jazz a la Mode Modes in the Key of C Ionian mode Dorian mode Phrygian mode Lydian and Mixolydian modes Aeolian and Locrian modes Modes shmodes? Worksheet on the modes Improvising on the modes Arpeggios first, then scales C-shape modes A-shape modes G-shape modes E-shape modes D-shape modes C-shape modes (high) Improvising with the E- and C-shape modes

Jazz for the Skeptical Guitarist - Fundamental Chord Progressions and Modes

For the guitarist, it all begins here. This is where you ll learn to finger the most common simple chords and to switch back and forth between them in a timely manner. Along the way, you'll see which chords group together in different keys according to the great and powerful Circle of Fifths. After getting the left hand (fretting hand) under control, we turn to the right hand to explore the easiest and most common strumming and fingerpicking patterns. This book is all about CHORDS: Major, minor and seventh chords, jazz chords, anchor chords, power chords and barre chords. Even if you ve been playing for a while, you might want to check out this book. I ve heard from several readers that Guitar From Scratch helped fill in certain gaps in their knowledge that they didn t know existed.

Guitar from Scratch - A Cordial Introduction for the Budding Guitarist

We ll start with Stupid Chord Tricks, clever little mutations and variations that pour easily out of the guitar. People have stumbled onto them, they sound good and, in any case, you should know about them. They constitute the slang of the guitar. Passing Chords come next. These are the slash chords that feature unexpected bass notes that serve to tie together the chords in a sequence. In Bass Runs, the basslines are physically extracted from the chords and played as single notes in Walkups and Walkdowns. Finally, we get into playing Single Note Lines. We ll use familiar melodies, talk about different right- and left-hand techniques and do a little blues improv using what are called Pentatonic Scales. Then we ll move into the realm of reading Standard Music Notation (the dots and the flags and the beams) with as little pain as possible. Table of Contents Stupid Chords Tricks involving: The G chord The G7 chord The D chord The A chord The C chord The Am chord The F chord The E chord The Em chord The E7 chord Anchor Chords Revisited Drone Chord Progressions Passing Chords G to Em C to Am and Beyond Various others Major-Major 7th-7th Shape-Shifting: C Shape D Shape G Shape A Shape E Shape Bass Runs: Key of G Key of C Key of E Key of A Hammer-ons Actual Examples Single Note Lines: Alternate Picking Position Playing Actual Examples Major Scale Summary Fun With Pentatonics E Minor A Minor Up the Neck Any Key Twelve-Bar Blues G Major C Major Advanced Strumming Damping Pattern Three-over-Four Pattern Getting to Carnegie Hall Note Reading Note Values Letter Names Open Strings First String Second String Chord Tie-in Combining the First Two Strings Third String Fourth String Fifth String Sixth String Rests

Guitar from Scratch - The Sequel

Reference

This book illustrates the basics of the Arpeggio Style and the Travis Style (alternating bass) forms of guitar vocal accompaniment. More specifically, you ll be using your fingers to pick the individual notes out of common chords to backup your voice instead of strumming or picking those chords with a pick. It s just a kinder, gentler way to play rhythm guitar. Think of Dust in the Wind, "Blackbird," Scarborough Fair, Landslide, Leader of the Band and Time in a Bottle. These are among the songs we ll use to explore this style. Learning the picking patterns themselves (presented in tablature, by the way) is fairly straightforward; the trick is in the coordination of the fretting and picking hands during the transitions from chord to chord. We'll cover a number of principles that help you navigate through these changes without losing the beat. At the end of the book, you ll see the 20 main arpeggios and the 20 main Travis patterns summarized for easy reference. Table of Contents Part One: FINGERSTYLE BASICS Notation The Picking Hand Picking Philosophies The Overlapping Tier System The Fretting Hand Bass/Tier Combinations Practice with Arpeggio #1 The Continuity Principle The Indiana Jones Principle More Examples Worst-Case Continuity Scenario The Challenge Other Meters: ¾ Time Other Meters 6/8 Time Back to 4/4 Time: Estudio Meet the Twins Other Simple Arpeggios Arpeggios with Longer Sequences Allegro 3/3/2/Time 20 Arpeggios: A Retrospective Mixing Quarter and Eighth Notes Meet the Threesome More Samples from the Field Game Show: Scarborough Fair Bossa Nova: Girl From Ipanema Part Two: TRAVIS-STYLE BASICS Travis #1: Inside-Out Mechanics Practice: City of New Orleans Travis #2: Landslide Travis #3: Outside-In Variations: Travis #4 and #5 Picking Pattern Potpourri Triple Alternating Bass Walking Bassline Travis #6: The Pinch Pattern Dust in the Wind Pinch Variations Adding the Ring Finger Drop D and the Ring Finger More Variations 20 Travis Patterns: A Retrospective Leader of the Band Garden Party Double-Picking Helplessly Hoping Travis-Style Departures The Dance Blackbird The Next Level: Melodic Lines Final Exam Our 20 Arpeggios at a Glance Our 20 Travis Patterns at a Glance

Fingerstyle Guitar from Scratch - Picking Patterns for Vocal Accompaniment

These are fingerstyle chord-melody arrangements of 18 traditional carols at 3 different playing levels in guitar-friendly keys such as C, G, Am and A. LEVEL 1 arrangements are the most straightforward, just the melodies and their associated chords, and can even be played with a pick. LEVEL 2 arrangements build on the Level 1 arrangements, with the same basic structure but with fancier, more interesting chords and arpeggios. The LEVEL 3 arrangements are the most challenging, with the addition of harmony lines and basslines, and yet fancier chords. You can assemble your own version by selecting just the parts you like from the more complex versions and copying them in to the simpler versions. Merry Christmas! Table of Contents Angels We Have Heard on High Auld Lang Syne Deck the Halls The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Good King Wenceslas Hark! The Herald Angels Sing It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Joy to the World O Christmas Tree O Come All Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem Silent Night Twelve Days of Christmas Wassail Song We Three Kings We Wish You a Merry Christmas What Child Is This?

Christmas Fingerstyle Guitar - Plain and Fancy

These are arrangements of traditional carols in guitar-friendly keys such as G, D, Em, Am and C. Here s what you get: (1) the lyrics to 16 Christmas carols, (2) chord symbols placed over the lyrics, (3) how long to play each of the chords, (4) what kind of strumming or fingerpicking pattern to use, (5) the starting notes for singing and (6) condensed lyric sheets for photocopying and distributing to a grateful audience. And you can choose from two versions, a PLAIN one and a FANCY one. Merry Christmas! Table of Contents Angels We Have Heard on High Away in a Manger Deck the Halls God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Jingle Bells Joy to the World O Christmas Tree O Come All Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem Silent Night Twelve Days of Christmas We Three Kings We Wish You a Merry Christmas What Child Is This?

Christmas Strumalong Guitar - Plain and Fancy

First things first: the venerable Twelve Bar Blues chord progression, the backbone of the blues. You'll learn how to use the 1, 4 and 5 chords to do chordal accompaniment, the Blues Shuffle and the Guitar Boogie in the most common blues keys, A and E. Then comes blues lead playing and improvisation. The Minor Pentatonic Scale in the Key of Em will be our first concern, with additional notes added as needed. Then we move on to the C-A-G-E-D box patterns that are found up the neck in the Key of Am and learn how to shape-shift. Finally come sections on slide guitar playing in standard, open G and open D tunings. Table of Contents Comping for Twelve-Bar blues Blues Shuffle in the Key of A Swing Rhythm Variations Blues Shuffle in the Key of E Alternatives to the B riff Variations Syncopation Guitar Boogie in E - adding the 3rd The Major-Minor ambiguity Variations Harmonizing the Blues Shuffle Chordal comping for Blues in E Harmonizing and comping in A Blues lead playing Pentatonic Scale Em pentatonic box pattern Letter names of the notes Exercises Simple licks Extra notes Adding the 3rd Adding the b5th and the 7th Noodling with nine Adding the 2nd and the 6th Expanded box pattern Blues turnaround Singing the blues Hybrid blues Partial chord forms Here we go up the neck Movable Em box pattern Em shape of the Am pentatonic scale Exercises Simple licks Extra notesAdding the 3rd Adding the b5th and 7th Bending the 4th Adding the 2nd and 6th Double-stops Exercises in blues soloing Other box patterns Gm box pattern Dm box pattern Shifting between box patterns Cm box pattern Am box pattern Back to the Key of E Em box pattern / Em pentatonic scale Shape-shifting Major Pentatonic Scale Key of G Examples Here we go up the neck Keys of A and C Keys of D and E Slide Guitar Standard Tuning Am pentatonic scale Right-hand muting Open G Tuning Chords and accompaniment Playing lead Twelve Bar example Open D Tuning

Blues Guitar from Scratch - Fundamental Riffs, Chords and Scales

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