The Everything Rock & Blues Guitar Book: From Chords to Scales and Licks to Tricks, All You Need to Play Like the Greats (Everything Series)

284 Pages·2003·53.17 MB·English

by  Marc Schonbrun

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you need to play like the greats

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Contents

Acknowledgments [ix
Recording | ix

‘Top Ten Things You'll Leare from This Book {x
Ineroduetion {xi

How to Use This Book and CD | xiii

‘Sondard Nottior. and Tablature xiv * Nock Diagnus adv ~ Chord Roses 3°
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Rosi and Bines 101 /
‘The Oreins ofthe Blues 2 * BuuesSiyas mins and Bvohion 3 * The Guiars
Role 3 * TaeBithof Rees 4 * Hock veluten 4 * Tiechinp “ced Guita: 5

Rock and Blues Stytes | 7
‘Open-Posion Chords 8 * Bure Chords 10 + Reading Chove Chatis 12 +
Stmnéstd Sheet Music 14 + PowurChorls 14 ° Phyinsthe Blues 16 + Les
Tay 19

‘The Pentatonic Scale / 25
‘The MostComracn Scale 26 + Lesring te Plythe Seale 27 * Major adttnor
Fenratonie Sales 31 * uesNorme 34 + RackNerms 34 ° Sbicing 38 ° Being
Musica! 35

InFloetions and Phrasing | 37
‘Why W’simponant 38 * Conuny AlicaxihSH¢0s 38 * The Machenies of Bend
41 * Sancerd HateSten Jends 42 * Wine Str Bends 43 > Rend Kiely aa
* TuningaRend 44 + Advonced Benes 46 * Norberg ifetions 48
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Beyond the Pentatomic Seale / 53

Move That Meetsthe Bye 54 « Five Shapes ofPertatonie $5 + Adding
telaeSuale €© » The Blues Scale 61» Second Helping 62.» Anoae

Hratonic Seale 63 » The Sepiatonie Scake 65

Major and Minor Suales/ 67
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Seale Shapes 71+ Metinghusie wih the

Major Seale 73. = The MinorScaie 75 + Putting Mine

“6 » Pevformance: Ready Seales 78

Muste Theory / 83

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Chords and Chord Pragressioas / 95

Je BY + Kinor Taco) 9b» Usng Theory actin Play 68

Whatlsa Chou! 96 = BascChore Trey 99 + Chord Frogresiars 100
1 Chord Fatiues ard Tall Chovds 12» Conemor Chore Wings 104 =

Thetis Chords 109

Arpeggios/ 111

‘Tue Thur of pages 112 + Ringers or Major Arpoesios 14 =
Singernester Mino: Aspegsi0s 116 « Fingerings!orDiminiehed Arpessios
118 Spolying Arpegaios (29. » Arpeyyai Mts Bkes Progression 123

Modes | 135

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Playing 134
Technique / 137
‘Why Teckique Mattes 138 + TheBouy'stle 138 » The Fingers Effort
140 The ArcfPtaying 141 + BuicingGood Technique 143 » Exarcies
to lmmproe Technique 124

Extended Techaiques: Tapping and Sweeping / 147
Sctchingih®Roundneles 148 » TepMacharics 148 » Taponag Scales 151
+ Tepping honk 152 + Arpeggio tapping 153 + Tae Mechan csof See
Piling 154 - SweepFickingir Pawtiow 155 - Reel Seeping 15?

Gufear Tricks / 161
Pick aSpot 162 + Conroe Sounesea an Blecte Guiter 162 + Ade
(Ons Lod = Physis 104 and Notun! Hemronies 167 » Ses 168

Putting Ie All Together: Blues / 173
Blues Solo Rul in A 174 + nee Selo Rin E 276 « Bes Ravth
fd Chord Sets 179 + Blues Tunarounes and Fring Unes 81+
Cenedasions 184

Putting It All Together: Rock and Reyond / 195
Endless Onticns 185 + Pentatonic Hite and Sok dks 186 + Mer ane
Min Sra'e Fens 189 + The Modes 190 » Amegzios 193 - ging
193 + Combinations Lisis 194 » Coretaions 197

Playing by Bar | 199
Petia ish: Relative Pich 200 » Beginning Your Kar leaning 200 -
Heesting Power Cus 201 + Hearnghcjoe end Miner Chords 202 «
Longer Melodies 202 + Recogi znySclte 202 + Afvanood Ear aining
203 + Trarserbing 209 » Compu Hel3 210
How to Practice / 212
IheMeaningot"Practce’ 212 + TheDasies 214 « Pract
+ Pracicng pepsin 216 + Practicing Nodes 216 + racing

ing Scales 234

Technique 217 * 2racccing Chor 219
Sound and Gear / 221

ecric unter 292 + AccustieGites 225 + Amplifiers 225 + Distoron
229 + slay Chorus. Reverb, end Fange 230 * Tho Wa 231

‘Technology | 233
arly Syulmsiees 234 + KEDL 234 + Sequencets 239 + Notation 240
* Home Recording 241 + Other Uses forthe Home Companer 242

‘The Next Stops } 245
Sinh Line 246 ~ Bulag lods 247 + Approachthe Guitar Anotner
Way 248 + Get Good Instruction 249 + Keep Leeming 250 +
Songurting 252

Appendix A + Resources | 254
Appendix + Recommended Albums / 255
Appendix © + Musie Reading Tucorel / 257

Indew / 261
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Recording

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