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9780634031236

Guitar Works

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  • ISBN13:

    9780634031236

  • ISBN10:

    0634031236

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-02-01
  • Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp
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Summary

At last, a method that covers all the most important aspects of guitar playing and music making in one volume! Containing nearly 200 pages, Guitar Works will get you started and take you to an advanced level of musicianship. Players of all levels and styles will benefit from this comprehensive approach. Guitar Works covers: rock, blues, Latin, funk, jazz, country and other styles; teaches in standard notation and tab; and includes advanced lead techniques such as arpeggios, tapping, sweep picking and more. Each step-by-step lesson covers harmony and theory, rhythm concepts, sight-reading, scales and techniques. The accompanying CD contains full demos of all essential lessons.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 5
About the Authorp. 5
p. 6
Harmony and Theory
Standard Notationp. 6
Tablaturep. 8
Chord Diagramsp. 9
Scale Diagramsp. 10
Rhythm Concepts
Using the Metronomep. 10
Rhythm Exercises 1 and 2p. 11
Open String Chordsp. 12
Sight-Reading
C Major: 1st or Open Positionp. 13
Sight-Reading Exercises 1 and 2p. 14
Scales and Technique
Warm-up Exercisep. 16
Pentatonic Scalesp. 16
p. 18
Harmony and Theory
Major Scale Constructionp. 18
Bar Linesp. 18
Repeatsp. 19
Accidentalsp. 19
Key Signaturesp. 20
Rhythm Concepts
Tripletsp. 21
Rhythm Exercises 3 and 4p. 22
Barre Chordsp. 23
Sight-Reading
Positionsp. 24
Sight-Reading Exercises 3 and 4p. 25
Scales and Techniques
Pentatonic Scale Sequencesp. 27
Extended Pentatonic Scalesp. 28
p. 29
Harmony and Theory
Beamsp. 29
Flagsp. 29
Tiesp. 29
Dotsp. 29
Chord Chartsp. 30
Rhythm Concepts
Rhythm Exercises 5 and 6p. 30
Power Chordsp. 32
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 5 and 6p. 33
Scales and Techniques
Blues Scalesp. 34
Repeating Patternsp. 35
Bends and Slidesp. 36
Bluesp. 38
Blues Chord Progressions
12-Bar Bluesp. 38
12-Bar Minor Bluesp. 38
12-Bar Jazz Bluesp. 39
8-Bar Bluesp. 40
8-Bar Blues Variationp. 40
8-Bar Jazz Bluesp. 40
16-Bar Bluesp. 40
Intros, Endings, and Turnaroundsp. 41
Rhythm Figures
Two-Note Patternsp. 42
One-Note Patternsp. 42
Full-Chord Patternsp. 43
Improvising Concepts
A Minor Pentatonic over Entire Blues Progressionp. 43
Shifting Major and Minor Pentatonics over Each Chordp. 44
Shifting Major Pentatonics over Chordsp. 44
Shifting Minor Pentatonics over Chordsp. 45
Mixolydian Scalesp. 45
Blues Scalesp. 46
p. 47
Harmony and Theory
Intervalsp. 47
Perfect Intervalsp. 48
The Tritonep. 48
Rhythm Concepts
Rhythm Pyramidsp. 48
Rhythm Exercises 7 and 8p. 49
7th Chordsp. 50
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 7 and 8p. 52
Scales and Techniques
Major Scalesp. 53
Minor Scalesp. 54
Major Scales: Horizontal Movementp. 54
Interval Workout: C Majorp. 56
p. 59
Harmony and Theory
Intervals IIp. 59
Compound Intervalsp. 59
Complementary Intervalsp. 60
Interval Fingeringsp. 60
Rhythm Concepts
Rhythm Pyramid Exercisesp. 62
Rhythm Exercises 9 and 10p. 63
6th Chordsp. 64
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 9 and 10p. 65
Scales and Techniques
Alternate Pickingp. 66
Repeating Patternsp. 67
Pedal Tone Licksp. 70
p. 71
Harmony and Theory
Circle of Fifthsp. 71
Relative Minorsp. 71
Rhythm Concepts
Muted Strumsp. 72
Rhythm Exercises 11 and 12p. 72
Diminished 7th Chordsp. 74
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 11 and 12p. 74
Scales and Techniques
Bendingp. 76
Vibratop. 78
Slidesp. 78
Rockp. 81
Palm Mutingp. 81
Sixteenth-Note Rhythmsp. 82
Scratch Notesp. 84
Octavesp. 84
Improvising Conceptsp. 85
Miscellaneous Techniquesp. 86
p. 87
Harmony and Theory
Triads: Major, Minor, Diminished, Augmentedp. 87
Rhythm Concepts
Time Signatures: Even Meters, Compound Meters, and Odd Metersp. 89
Rhythm Exercises 13 and 14p. 90
Triads: Major and Minorp. 92
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 13 and 14p. 93
Scales and Techniques
Three-Note-per-String Scalesp. 94
Three-Note-per-String Sequencesp. 95
p. 98
Harmony and Theory
Triad Inversionsp. 98
Rhythm Concepts
Dotted Notesp. 98
Rhythm Exercises 15 and 16p. 99
Triads: Diminished and Augmentedp. 100
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 15 and 16p. 102
Scales and Techniques
Three-Note-per-String Scales: Vertical Movementp. 103
Three-Note-per-String Scales: Horizontal Movementp. 104
Three-Note-per-String Scales: Variationsp. 106
p. 108
Harmony and Theory
Triads: Reviewp. 108
Naming Triadsp. 108
Rhythm Concepts
Syncopationp. 108
Rhythm Exercises 17 and 18p. 109
Four-Note Triad Voicingsp. 110
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 17 and 18p. 112
Scales and Techniques
Major Triad Arpeggios: Diagonal, Horizontal, and Vertical Movementp. 113
Minor Triad Arpeggios: Diagonal, Horizontal, and Vertical Movementp. 114
Latinp. 116
Brazilian Rhythm Patterns
Bossa Novap. 116
Sambap. 116
Afro-Cuban Rhythm Patterns
Bolero, Cha Cha, Mambop. 117
Comping Patterns
Bossa Novap. 117
Bolerop. 118
Cha Chap. 118
p. 119
Harmony and Theory
7th Chordsp. 119
The Primary 7th Chordsp. 120
Rhythm Concepts
Quarter-Note Tripletsp. 120
Rhythm Exercises 19 and 20p. 121
Sus4 Chordsp. 123
Sus2 Chordsp. 123
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 19 and 20p. 124
Scales and Techniques
7th Arpeggiosp. 126
p. 128
Harmony and Theory
Extended Chords: 9ths, 11ths, and 13thsp. 128
Rhythm Concepts
Half-Note Tripletsp. 129
Rhythm Exercises 21 and 22p. 130
Funk Chordsp. 131
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 21 and 22p. 133
Scales and Techniques
Practicing Arpeggiosp. 134
p. 136
Harmony and Theory
The Function of Chordsp. 136
The Cadencep. 136
Rhythm Concepts
Triplet Combinationsp. 136
Rhythm Exercises 23 and 24p. 137
Harmonized C Major Scale: Triads and 7th Chordsp. 139
Sight-Reading
Sight-Reading Exercises 23 and 24p. 140
Scales and Techniques
Rhythmic Displacementp. 141
Funkp. 144
Syncopation Exercises
Typical Sixteenth-Note Rhythmsp. 144
Triplets
Typical Triplet Rhythmsp. 145
Funk Grooves
One-Chord Groovesp. 146
Single-Note Groovesp. 147
Octave Groovesp. 148
Triplet Groovesp. 148
Improvising Concepts
Rhythmic Motivesp. 149
p. 150
Harmony and Theory
The Modes of the Major Scalep. 150
Rhythm Concepts
Shuffle Feelp. 151
Rhythm Exercises 25 and 26p. 152
9th Chordsp. 153
13th Chordsp. 154
Sight-Reading
Chord Chart Reading Exercises 1 and 2p. 154
Scales and Techniques
Legato Playingp. 155
Repeating Scalar Patternsp. 156
Pentatonic Sequencesp. 157
Major Scales: Diagonal Movementp. 158
Major Scales: Horizontal Movementp. 159
p. 160
Harmony and Theory
The Modes of the Major Scale IIp. 160
Rhythm Concepts
Odd Groupingsp. 161
Rhythm Exercises 27 and 28p. 162
11th Chordsp. 164
Dominant Sus Chordsp. 164
Altered Chordsp. 164
Sight-Reading
Chord Chart Reading Exercises 3 and 4p. 165
Scales and Techniques: Tapping
Tapping Triad Arpeggiosp. 166
Pentatonic Tapping Licksp. 167
Open-String Tapping Licksp. 168
Pedal-Tone Tapping Licksp. 168
Tapped Slidesp. 169
Scalar Tapping Licksp. 170
Eight-Fingered Tappingp. 171
p. 172
Harmony and Theory
Substitutionsp. 172
Pentatonic Substitutionsp. 173
Rhythm Concepts
Groups of Four in 3/4p. 174
Rhythm Exercises 29 and 30p. 174
Major ii-V-I Progressionsp. 176
Minor ii-V-i Progressionsp. 176
Sight-Reading
Chord Chart Reading Exercises 5 and 6p. 177
Scales and Techniques: Sweep Picking
Scalesp. 178
Triadsp. 179
Arpeggiosp. 181
Sweep Picking with Tappingp. 183
Jazzp. 184
Common Chord Progressions
ii-V-I Progressionsp. 184
Cycle of 4thsp. 184
Rhythm Changesp. 185
Modal Improvisationp. 185
Typical Jazz Standardp. 186
Common Jazz Rhythms
Ballad, Medium Swingp. 186
Improvising Concepts
Modesp. 187
Arpeggiosp. 188
Altered Scalep. 188
Harmonic Minor Scalep. 190
Guitar Notation Legendp. 191
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