SESSIONS PAGE
1) Starting Off Right 2
String Names, Technique, Tuning, Finger Exercises,
C & G7 Chords
2) Reading Music & Notes on the 1st & 2nd Strings 7
Music Reading, 1st & 2nd String Notes & Exercises
Ode To Joy (CD #1 Tracks 2,3,4) 14
Jingle Bells (CD #1 Tracks 5,6,7) 15
3) Notes on the 3rd & 4th Strings 16
Ties, Dots, Repeat Signs, Eighth Notes,
3rd & 4th String Notes & Exercises
Yankee Doodle (CD #1 Tr. 8,9,10) 21
When The Saints Go Marchin' In (CD #1 Tr. 11,12,13) 21
Aura Lee (CD #1 Tr. 14,15,16) 22
4) Notes on the 5th & 6th Strings 23
5th & 6th String Notes & Exercises, Sharps,
Flats, Natural Signs, Am & E Chords
Minuet in C (CD #1 Tr. 17,18,19) 26
Simple Gifts (CD #1 Tr. 20,21,22) 28
The Star Spangled Banner (CD #1 Tr. 23,24,25) 29
Minuet in G (CD #1 Tr. 26,27,28) 30
5) Basic Open Chords 31
Open Chords & Chord Exercises 1-3
Morning Has Broken (CD #2 Tr. 2,3,4) 35
America The Beautiful (CD #2 Tr. 5,6,7) 36
6) Minor Seventh & Suspended Chords 37
Minor Seventh & Suspended Chords & Strumming Patterns
Scarborough Fair (CD #2 Tr. 8,9,10) 41
Greensleeves (CD #2 Tr. 11,12,13) 42
Island Groove (CD #2 Tr. 14,15,16) 42
7) Barre Chords on the 6th String 43
Half-Steps & Whole Steps, 6th String Barre
Chords & Exercises, Major Scales
Home on the Range (CD #2 Tr. 17,18,19) 47
Yellow Rose of Texas (CD #2 Tr. 20,21,22) 47
8) Barre Chords on the 5th String 48
5th String Barre Chords & Exercises,
Keys & Key Signatures, Relative Major & Minor
Jamaica Farewell in F (CD #2 Tr. 23,24,25) 51
Jamaica Farewell in G (CD #2 Tr. 26,27,28) 51
9) The Secret to Great Strumming 52
Strumming Technique, Intervals & Worksheets
La Bamba (CD #3 Tr. 2,3,4) 55
The Wabash Cannonball (CD #3 Tr. 5,6,7) 56
Blues in E (CD #3 Tr. 8,9,10) 56
10) Fingerstyle Guitar
57
Technique & Exercises, Merle Travis & Classical
House of the Rising Sun (CD #3 Tr. 11,12,13) 61
Canon in D (CD #3 Tr. 14,15,16) 62
Table of Contents
SESSIONS PAGE
11) Pentatonic Scales 63
P
entatonic Scales, Forms & Pentatonic Patterns
A Minor Pentatonic Blues (CD #3 Tr. 17) 66
G Major Pentatonic (CD #3 Tr. 18) 66
Around the Pentatonic World (CD #3 Tr. 19) 66
12) Advanced Chords 67
Two Chords, Major 7th Chords, Minor 11th Chords,
Exercises & Chord Substitution
Rockin' (CD #3 Tr. 20) 70
Suspended Smooth (CD #3 Tr. 21) 70
Acoustic Groove (CD #3 Tr. 22) 70
13) Playing the Blues 71
Blues Scale, Minor Pentatonic with Blues Notes,
Blues Chord Progression, Triads & Worksheets
Jammin the Blues (CD #4 Tr. 2,3) 75
Johnny’s E Blues (CD #4 Tr. 4,5) 75
14) Giving Your Playing Some Style 76
Sliding, Bends, Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, Tapping & Harmonics
Bending the Blues (CD #4 Tr. 6) 78
Jazz Octaves (CD #4 Tr. 7) 79
The Funky Mute (CD #4 Tr. 8) 79
15) Electric Guitars-The Heart of Rock & Roll 80
Power Chords, Chicken Pickin', Country Bends,
Arpeggios, Sliding 4ths, Harmonized Major Scale
Power Chord Rock (CD #4 Tr. 9) 84
Power Riffs (CD #4 Tr. 10) 84
16) Advanced Strumming 85
16th Notes, Strumming & Exercises
Rolling Along (CD #4 Tr. 11) 87
A Little Bit Rocky (CD #4 Tr. 12) 88
Electric Funk (CD #4 Tr. 13) 88
17) Going Beyond the First Position 89
3 Note on a String scales, Seventh Chords
Triplet Scale Practice (CD #5 Tr. 2,3,4) 91
Pop Ballad Groove (CD #5 Tr. 5) 92
ZZ Shuffle (CD #5 Tr. 6) 92
18) Jazz 93
Jazz Chords & Chord Progressions
Swingin (CD #5 Tr. 7,8) 96
Jazz Blues (CD #5 Tr. 9) 97
19) Soloing 98
Soloing Techniques & Ear Training
Ear Training Exercises (CD #5 Tr. 10,11,12) 100
Stevie's Groove (CD #5 Tr. 13) 101
20) All the Chords You Need To Know 102
Chord Formulas, Abbreviations & Inversions
Chord Exercise 1 (CD #5 Tr. 14) 104
Chord Exercise 2 (CD #5 Tr. 15) 105
Friend (CD #5 Tr. 16) 105
Funky Groove (CD #5 Tr. 17) 105