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BY TROY NELSON A E R O B I C S A 52-WEEK, One-lick-per-daWy orkout Programf or Developing, lmprovinga,n dM aintaininGgu itarT echnique r:]. FOR ALL LEVELS: BEGINNERTAOD VANCED CDs lncludeL ickD emos& Drum Metronome! BY TROY NELSON A E R O B I C S A 52-WEEK, One-lick-per-daWy orkout Programf or Developing, lmprovinga,n dM aintaininGgu itarT echnique M BEGINNERTOADVANCED CDs lncludeL ickD emos& Drum Metronome! EIYTROYNELSON A E R O B I C S Contents CD TrackL isting. .......... lntroduction 4 TheT echnique..s. ................................5............. 'l-365 Weeks1 -52:E xercises ......................6..-.1.1. 0 ISBN-13 : 978-1- 4234-1435-3 ISBN-10:1 -4234-1435-7 Tlllet-.LEoNARD' L 1 - C . O F I P O F T A T I O N ln AustraliCa onlact: Hal Leonad Australla Pty. Ltd. 4 LentaraC ourt CheltenhamV,i ctoria3, 192A ustralia Email:a usadmin@halleonard,com.au Copyrigh@t 2 007b y HALL EONARCDO RPORATION InternationCaol pyrighSt ecured All RightsR eserved No parlo t thisp ublicatiomn ayb e reproduceidn anyl orm or by anym eansw ithoutth ep riorw rittenp ermissioonf theP ublisher Visit Hal LeonardO nlinea t w*u.hallaoned.codr C D T R A C K L I S T I N G o CD1 GUITAR TRACKS All guitarsb y DougB oduch Description CDI . TrackPage Description CDl . Track Page Week1 :E xercis1e-7s. ............1 o Week2 8:E xercis1e9s0 -19.6.. .....28 OU Week2 :E xerci8se-1s4 ............2 I Week2 9: Exercises1 97-203. . . . . . . . 29 oz Week 3: Exercises1 5-21 . . .. . . . . . . . 3 10 Week3 0: Exercise2sO 4-21O.. . . . . . . 30 o4 Week 4: Exercise2s 2-28 . . . /l 12 Week3 1: Exercise2s 11-217. . . . . . . . 31 oo Week5 :E xercises29-35.......5.... 14 Week3 2: Exercise2s 18-224. . . oat Week 6: Exercises3 6-42 . . . . . - . . . . . 6 to Week3 3: Exercise2s2 5-231 . . . 70 Week 7: Exercises4 3-49 . . . . . . . . . . .7 18 Week3 4: Exercise2s 32-238. . . . . . .. 34 72 Week8 :E xercisesS0--.5..6... .... 8' 20 Week3 5: Exercise2s 39-245. . . . . . . .35 74 Week9 :E xercises5T-63.......I.... 22 Week3 6: Exercises2 46-252. . . . . . . . 36 TO Week1 0:E xercise6s4 -70 . . . . . . . . . . 10 24 Week3 7: Exercise2s 53-259. . . . . . . .37 78 Week1 1:E xercis7e1s- 77. .. . . . . . .. 11 26 Week3 8: Exercise2s6 0-266.. . . . . . .38 80 Wee1k 2:E xercis7e8s- 84.. ........ 12 28 Week3 9:E xercise2s6 7-273..... . . . 39 82 Wee1k 3:E xercis8e5s- 91.. ........13 30 Week4 0:E xercis2e7s4 -280.... ....40 84 Week1 4:E xercis9e2s- 98.. ........ 14 oz Week4 1:E xercise2s8 1-287. . .... . . 41 86 Week1 5:E xercise9s9 -105.. . . . . . . . 15 34 Week4 2: Exercise2s8 8-254.. . . . . . .42 88 Wee1k 6:E xercis1e0s6 -112 ........16 .to Week4 3:E xercis2e9s5 -301.. ......43 90 Wee1k 7:E xercis1e1s3 -119 ........17 ea Week4 4: Exercise3s0 2-308. . . . . . . . 44 92 Week1 8:E xercis1e2s 0-126.. . . ... . 18 40 Week4 5: Exercise3s0 9-315. . . 94 Week1 9:E xercise1s2 7-133.. . . . . . . 19 42 Week4 6: Exercise3s1 6-322. . . 96 Wdek2 0:E xercise1s3 4-140.. .. . . . . 20 44 Week4 7: Exercise3s 23-329. . . . . . . . 47 98 Week2 1:E xercis1e4s1 -14.7.. .....21 46 Week4 8: Exercise3s3 0-336. . . . . . . . 48 100 Week2 2: Exercise1s4 8-154. . . . . . . .22 48 Week4 9: Exercise3s3 7-343.. . .. . . .49 102 Week2 3:E xercis1e5s5 -16.1.. .....23 50 Week5 0: Exercise3s4 4-350. . . . . . . . 50 104 Week2 4: Exercise1s6 2-168. . . .. . . . 24 52 Week5 1: Exercise3s5 1-357. . . . . . . . 51 106 Week2 5:E xercis1e6s9 -17.5.. .....25 54 Week52E: xercis3e5s8 -365.. ..... . 52 108 Week2 6: Exercrse1s7 6-182.. . . . . . . 26 56 TuninNgo tes. .....53 Week2 7:E xercis1e8s3 -18.9. ......27 58 2 CD.Z. RHYTHM TRACKS All drumsb y ScottS chroedl Description CD2 . Track Description CD2 o Track Rock,BluesR hythm( evene ighthn otes): BluesS huffleR hythm1: 44b pm. . . . . . . . . . . .23 40b eatpse rm inute .......1 BlueSsh uffRleh ythm16: 0b pm. ...........24 Rock/BluesR hythm( evene ighthn otes): 4 8b p m . . . . .' . . .' ' 2 Jaz' SwingR hythm5:6 bpm . ..""25 Rock/BluesR hythm( evene ighthn otes): 5 8 b p m . . . . . . ' . . . . 3 Jaz'5 *1nnR hythm6:9 bpm. .."'26 Rock/BluesR hythm( evene ighthn otes): JazzS wingR hythm8: 0 bpm . .'.' 27 7 2 b p m . . . . . . . 4 JazzS wingR hythm9:2 bpm. .....28 Rock/BluesR hythm( evene ighthn otes): 8 4 b p m . . . ' . . . . . . 5 JazzS wingR hythm:1 04 bpm . . . . .29 Rock/BluesR hythm( evene ighthn otes): Ja'zS wingR hythm1:1 6bpm .....30 9 6 b p m . . . . . ' . . . . . 6 JazzS wingR hythm:13b2p m ......31 Rock/BluesR hythm( evene ighthn otes): Jaz' SwingR hythm:1 44 bpm . . . 32 1 0 8 b p m . . . . . . ' . . - 7 Rock/BluesR hythm( evene ighthn otes): 1 2 0 b p m . . . " . . . . . 8 CountryR hythm( cutt ime):5 6 bpm . . . . . . . . . 33 CountrRyh ythm(c utti me)6:0 b pm. ........34 CountryR hythm(c uttime)7: 6 bpm . . . . . . . . . 35 lr\ CountryR hythm( cutt ime):9 2 bpm . . . . . . . . . 36 1 1 CountrRyh ythm(c utti me)1:0 8b pm. .......37 CountrRyh yth(mc utti me)1:2 6b pm. .......38 13 CountrRy hythm(c uttime1):4 4b pm . . . . .. .. 39 CountrRyh ythm(c utti me)1: 68b pm. .......40 FunkR hythm4: 0 bpm . . . . . . . 4 1 FunkR hythm4: 8 bpm . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 BluesS hufflRe hythm4:8 bpm. .. ' ' '17 FunkR hythm5: 6 bpm 43 BlueSsh uffRleh ythm:6b0p m. .....18 FunkR hythm6: 6 bpm 44 BluesS huffleR hythm7: 6 bpm. ' . . . 19 FunkR hythm7: 6 bpm AF BluesS huffleR hythm9: 2 bpm . . . . . .2O BluesS hufflRe hythm1:0 8b pm ... ' '21 FunkR hythm1: 00b pm . . . BluesS huffleR hythm1: 26b pm . - . . .22 FunkR hythm1:1 2b pm. .. . . . 4 8 3 I N T R O D U C T I O N henm y goodf riendsa t HalL eonardfi rst Additionallye,a che xercisein cludesa briefd escrip- approachedm e aboutw ritingt his book,t hey tion-rcrigin,s cale(s)r,h ythmse, tc.-as wella s a alreadyh ad a i.itleG, uitarA erobicsa, nd a topic,g uitar pedormancteip . And truet o the book's" workout" techniquein, mind.O thert hant hoset wo detailsh, ow- theme,a llo f the exercisecso mew ith a practice ever,t hey kindlyg avem e carteb lancheto createt he routineth at is dividedin toe ights ets,e acho f which rest.O net hingw as certain:I did not wantt o introduce containas specifitce mpo( e.9.1, 1 2 beatsp erm inute) anotherru n-of-the-mteilcl hniqueb ookt o theg uitar- at whicht o playt he exerciseT. enr epetition(s'r eps") publicationms arketplaceo,n et hat was filledc overt o arep layedp er set,w itht he temposi ncreasinagt vari- coverw ith blandc hromatice xercisetsh at rans ense- ous incrementfsr omo ne set to the next,d epending lesslyu p and downt he fretboardI.n steadI, wantedt o on the exercise'ms usicasl tyle.F ore xampleh, ere's devisea guitar-techniqubeo okt hat at onceh elpedt he howt o performth e Rock/Bluesw orkout: readerd evelopi,m provea, nd maintainh is/herg uitar chopsv ia musicael xamplesth at couldb e appliedt o real-worldm usicasl ettingsf,r om rock and bluest o jazz andc ountryA nd mosti mportantlyI ,w antedt o createa bookt hat was funl Tooo fteno ractices es- sionsb ecomem onotonousd ue to the lacko f unin- spiredm aterialsfr omw hicht o learn.W ithG ulfar Aerobicst,h at'sn o longert he case. GuitaAr erobicsis the ultimatew orkoutp rogramfo r Eache xerciseis labeledw itha genrea nd'trackl isting, guitaristsp, romotingg uitarf acilityi,n creasrnpgi ck-a nd whicht ogetherd enotet he workouty ou shouldf ollow. fret-hands peeda nd accuracya, nd improvingd exterity whilea t the samet ime increasinglic kv ocabularyT.h e Everym usicael xamplein GuitarA erobicisS OSin atD 52-weekp rogramc overso ne indispensablgeu itar can be heardo n CD1o f the two accompanyinagu dio techniquee achd ay--afternatep ickingo n Monday, CDs,w ith all of the 52 weekss eparatedo nto individ- strings kippingo n Tuesdays, tringb endingo n ualt racks.T hereforey,o u can quicklyc ue up a specif- Wednesdaya, rpeggioso n Thursdays, wrep pickingo n ic llckt o hearh owi t shoulds oundT. uningn otes( low Friday,le gatoo n Saturday,a ndr hythmo n Sunday-dl to high,E -A-D-G-B-E)a rea lsoi ncludedo n the final of whicha reo resentedw ithint he contexto f eithera n tracko f CD1. CD2c ontainsr hythmt racks( drums applicableg uitarl icko r an exerciseth at is consider- only)p erformeda t a varietyo f temposd ictatedb y ablym orem usicatlh ant he chromatice xercisefso und theirr espectiveg enre,i ncludings traighrt ock/blues, in othert echniqueb ooks.M oreoverb, ecausee ach bluess hufflej,a zzs wing,f unk,c ountrya nd metal.S o examplefi ts intoo ne of six musicasl tyles-rock, throwa wayy ourm etronome-nowy ou'veg ot a real blues,ja zz,m etal,c ountryo r funk-once you'veg ot drummetro keept ime! the lickd ownc old,y ou can test drivei t at yourn ext jam sessionw, hatevesr tyleo f musicy ou play. lf you devoteju st a few minuteso f eachd ayt o prac- ticingt hee xampleisn thisb ook,I guaranteteh aty ou'll GuitdrA erobicsi s systematicalalyr rangeds o that noticei mmediateim provementisn yourg uitart ech- eachw eekt he musicael xamplesin creasein difficulty. nique.B y the time3 65 daysh avep assedy, ourc hops lf you considery ourselaf beginnery,o u canj ump right will be secondt o none.P ersonallyI ,n oticedc onsider- intoW eek.1a nd feelp erfectlyc omfortablep layingth e ablei mprovemeinnt m yt echniqudeu ringth ew riting materjalC. onsequentlyyo, u'llh avea n entirec alendar of this book-and I didn'tf ollowt he workoutp rogram! yearo f material-365e xercises-top racticeA! t Allt hat it takesi s a littlet ime,d edicationa, nd determi- approximateWly eek1 8,t he materiails morea ppropri- nationG. oodl uck! atef or playerso f an intermediatlee vel.A nd Week3 6 markst he entryp ointf or thosep layersw ho possess considerablceh ops( i.e.,a dvanced)l.f you fit in the lastc ategoryt hat'ss till1 20 exercisetso get through! GuitarA erobicso fferss omethingfo r everyone. 4 T H E T E C H N I Q U E S A s I mentionedp reviouslys,e vent echniques-alter- Sweep Picking:T he polaro ppositeo f alternatep ick- flnate pickings, trings kippings,t ringb ending, ing,s weepp ickingin volveuss ingo nec ontinuous arpeggioss,w eepp icking,le gato,a nd rhythm-are downo r upstroketo playt wo or morea djacent-string coveredin GuitaAr erobicso, net echniquefo r eachd ay notes.A lthoughm osto f the examplesin Guitar of the week.A lthoughth erea re manyg uitart ech- Aerobicsa pplyt o rocka nd metal,y ou willf inda few niquesth at aren ot presentedin this book,I believe interestinegx ampleso f howt o applyt hist echniqueto theses event echniquesa ret he moste ssentiaflo r gui- jazz andb luesa s well. tarists.M asteringth eset echniquesw ill reducel imita- tionsa nd equipy ou with the toolsn ecessartyo Legato:O n the guitarl,e gatot echniquein volvesp ull- achieveth e goalsy ou haves et for yourselof n the offs,h ammer-onssl,i desf,i ngetra pplngo, r anyc ombi- instrument. nationh ereof.B asicallyle, gatoi s anyc ollectiono f two or more.noteos n the sames tringt hat isn'ta rticulated Here,n ow,i s a briefo verviewo f the techniques'pre- with a successiono f picka ttacks.A widev arietyo f sentedi n this book: suchl icksi s includedo n the followingp ages. AlternateP icking:N o techniqueis morep revalent- Rhythm:M uchl ikea n arpeggio",r hythml"s n'ta single and of greaterb enefit-thana lternatep ickingA. fun- techniqueb, ut rathera collectiono f techniquesu sed damentaglu itarte chniqueit, canb e appliedto any to performv ariousfu nctionsa s theyr elatet o a speciflc musicacl ontexta nd is thet echniqueth at separates rhythmics tyle.A few of the topicsc overedin Guifar the men/womenfr omt he boys/girlsO. n thesep ages, Aerobicsin cludeb asrcs trump atternso, pen-chord the techniquea, continuousa lternatioonf down- arpeggiosb, oogieb atternsw, alkingb assl ines,a nd strokesa nd upstrokesw ith your pick hand,i s applied to everythinfgr om rocka nd bluest o jazza nd country muchm ore. String Skipping:M ostc ommonlya ssociatedw ith rocka nd metal,s trings kippingis alsoq uiteu seful whenp layingo therf ormso f music.T he predominant focuso f thes tring-skippinegxa mpleisn thisb ooki s thato f singlea- ndd ouble-strinsgk ipsw ithint hec on- text of blues,1 azzr,o ck,a nd metal. String Bending:T hesee xamplesw, hichm ostlyc on- sist of blues,c ountrya nd rock licks,f eatureq uarter- step,h alf-stepa, nd whole-stepb ends,a s wella s mores ophisticatebde ndss ucha s oblique,u nison, compounda,n dp re-bends. Arpeggios:A lthougha n "arpeggioi"n and of itselfi s not a techniquet,h e coordinatioonf right-a nd left- handm ovementsu sedt o pedormo ne certainlyq uali- fies.T hed efinitiono f an arpeggiois "a chordw hose notesa rep layedi n rapids uccessionra thert hans imul- taneously,a"n dt he examplesh ereinil lustrateth at in practicalleyv eryp ossiblec ombinationo n the neck, froms impleo penp ositionthord combinationtso advanceds weep-pickincgo nceptsW. hichb ringsu s to ourn extt echnique... W E E K 1 o CDoI I BACIK . Tracks: 9-1 6 Music Description:P erformede xclusiveliyn siliteenthn oteso n the lirsts tring,t hisl ickm akesi ts way up the neckb y utilizinge veryn oteo f the E harmonicm inors .cale(E -F|-CFA-B-C-D|). Tip: Reverseyo urp ickingp atterna fterp layingth roughth e licka few times,b eginningw itha n upstroke. CD2. Tracks1: + TechniqueS: tringS kipping cenre: Rock/Blues Music DescriptionT: hise xerciseis basedi n the rootp osltiono f the A minorp entatoniscc ale( A-C-D-E-G)a nd skips a stringb etweene achn otep air. Tip: Throughoutth e figure,k eepy ouri ndex,m iddle,r ing,a nd pinkyf ingersp ositioneda t the fifth,s i{h, seventha, nd elghtf rets,r espectively. ) = ao-tzo AmorAT CD2 . Tracks:1 -8 TechniqueS: tringB ending Genre:R ock/Blues Music DescriptionT: hisd escendinglic ki s alsob asedi n A minorp entatonica ndf eaturesw hole-stepb endso n the seconda nd thirds trings. Tip: Reinforcee achb endw ithJ ingersn ot directlyp erformintgh e bend.F ore xamplew, hene xecutingth e thhd-string bendi n measure1 , reinforceyo urr ingf ingery ourm iddlea nd indexJ ingers. ) = 4o-r2o AmorAT CD2 . Tracks:1 € lvlusic DescriptionT: hisi s a simplea rpeggioe xerciseth at featuresth e noteso f open-positioGn , D, and C chords playedin dividually. Tip: Althougha singled ownstroke(s weepw) ithy ourp ick handi s moree fficienwt henp erformintgh ise xercisep, rac- tice alternatep ickingit as well. ) = 4o-r2o G D C G 2 n V n V n V n v CD2 . Tracks:9 -16 Music DescriptionT: hist wo-bars weep-pickinwgo rkoutf eaturesd iatonictr iadsi n the keyo f G playede xclusiveliyn tripletr hythmso n the top threes trings. Tip: To keept he noteso f eachc hordf romr ingingto gether( youw anti hemt o sounds eparatelyr)e, leases ome-or all-of the pressurefr omt he fingerf rettingth e note(so) ncee achn oteh ass ounded. CD2 . Tracks:1 -8 Music DescriptionT: hiss traightforwarlidc ku sesh ammer-ontso connectth e notep airso n eachs tringa s it ascends the A minorp entatonics cale. Tip: As you hammero n to the secondn oteo f eachs tring,s imultaneousslyh ifty ouri ndexf ingert o the flrstn oteo f the .highern, eighborinsgt ring. ) = 40-120 CDz o Tracks:1 -8 Music DescriptionT: hec hordf ragmentsu sedi n Thursday'asr peggioe xercise(# 4)a rep layedh erea s fullc hords,.in quarter-notreh ythms. Tip: Keepy ourr ingf ingerp lantedo n the thirdf reto f the seconds tringa s youc hangef romG to D. Also,u sed own- strumst hroughout. ) = 4f,-rm W E E K 2 GUITAR o Ctllo I RAC2K CD2o Tracks:9-16 Music DescriptionT: hisl icki s nearlyid enticatlo the one playedla stM onday( #1).T heo nlyv ariationis in the rhythm: Lastw eek'sl ickw as straighst ixteenthn otes,w hereasth is lickf eaturesa gallbpinge, ighth-and-two-sixteenth-notes rhythm. Tip: Usea strictd own-down-upp ickingp atternt hroughout. ) = 4l0.ll2 Exercise:# 9 CD2 o Tracks:1 -€ TechniqueS: tringS kipping Genre:R ock/Blues Music Description:S imilatro lastT uesday'esx ercise(# 2),t his phraseb orrowsit s notesf romA minorp entatoniac nd skipsa stringb etweene achn otep air.T hist ime,h owevery,o u'rew orklngy ourw ay downt he scale. Tip: Bestr esultsa rea chievedb y usings tricta lternatep ickingb, eginningw itha downstroke. ) = 40.l2O AmorAT Exercise:# 10 cD2 r Tracks:1 -8 Techniques: tringB ending Genre:R ock/Blues Music Description:R eleasehs aveb eena ddedt o the bendsp erformedin lastw eek'sl ick( #3). Tip: Paya ttentionto thisl igure'sr hythm,b eingc arefunl ot to rushe achb enda nd release. ) = 40-r2o
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