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1 CONENS OU HE UHOR INRODUCION asc Notaton and heory CHER ONE: he Gutar Styles oolox Lesson : Slfyng the Fretoard Lesson : he Octave attern Lesson : he CGED Syste Lesson : Slfyng the CGED Syste9 Lesson : Movale Fretoard Shaes Lesson : Usng Scale Degrees to uld Chords CHER WO: Rock Gutar Lesson : al Mutng Lesson : Rock Chords Mutng and arrng on the Fretoard Lesson : Rock Chord Shaes Lesson : Rock Chord rogressons Voce-Leadng Layrnth hree-strng Stru Seet Molasses Lesson : Rock Chord Eellshents Frost9 Lesson : Solong n a Rock Style CHER HREE: lues Gutar Lesson : Roan Nuerals Lesson : he -ar lues asc -ar lues he Chle s Gone Lesson : he lues Shuffle he rouled -ar Shuffle Steve s Shuffle Lesson : he lues9 Cloudy Day lues Lesson : Solong n a lues Style CHER FOUR: coustc Gutar Lesson : Slash Chords and the ass/stru fternoon gan solutely Lesson : he Quntessental Stru Half a Stru to lay st of Le Lesson : he Muted Stru Fret-Hand Mute ake a Seat Moents Lke hose Fla Lesson : rcky Strung Slfed Lesson : coustc Solong CHER FIVE: Fngerstyle Gutar Lesson : ck Your Varaton Lesson : Fngerckng otental assenger geon Lesson : ravs ckng ravs Rag Lesson : Melodc Fngerckng9 Fngerckng aradse9 CHER SIX: Classcal Gutar Lesson : osture and ostonng Lesson : Classcal Fngerckng Lesson : he Renassance and aroque erods Greensleeves Cello Sute No (relude) Mnuet n G Lesson : he Classcal erod Etude n Mnor llegro n G relude n C Lesson : Flaenco Gutar Rad Rasgueados Flaenco Fngers Flyng CHER SEVEN: Metal and Shred Gutar Lesson : Metal Rhyth Lesson : reolo ckng Lesson : Dro D and Odd-e Rffs Lesson : Neo-Classcal Metal Malsteen Madness Lesson : Shreddng rcks CHER EIGH: Reggae and Ska Gutar Lesson : Reggae Chord Vocngs Lesson : Reggae Rhyth Chos9 Lesson : Sngle-Note Syncoatons Rastafar olce Lesson : hrd Wave Ska Don t Coe oastng More han Insred Dr osstone Su-Le Reel g Sale CHER NINE: Funk Gutar Lesson : Sngle-Note Funk Lnes Funky Strut Lesson : he Chcken Scratch Feelng Funky Lesson : uldng Chord Extensons Lesson : Funky Rhyth Gutar hee ark Funk ag of otatoes9 Funk Machne Suer Funky CHER EN: Jazz Gutar Lesson : Jazz Chord rogressons Ho Ne the Key Chords n the fternoon Soe Keys You lay Lesson : Solong Over V I rogressons Lesson : Jazz lues Walkng ass o lues Stroll Lesson : Solong Over a Jazz lues eo lues Solo Lesson : Jazz Chord Inversons Fall Inversons Lesson : ddng Color to Your Chords9 Lesson : Latn Jazz9 Ho Syncoated9 Lesson : Modal Jazz9 Modal Iresson9 Lesson 9: Modal Jazz Solong9 onal Modal9 Lesson : Jazz Solong Strateges9 Maye9 Outard Inclnaton9 Yello Noon9 Not Just cquantances9 Concluson9 Gutar Fretoard Chart9 he Gutar Style Resource

2 Lesson : Solong n a lues Style One of the great thngs aout the lues s that t akes full use of the exressve otental of the gutar hat eans econg as fluent as ossle th the exressve technques covered n the rock chater, lke endng, sldes, haer-ons, and ull-offs he follong lues solo lcks also feature an extensve use of vrato, a arlng effect roduced y a seres of quck, tny ends Cone these exressve technques th a strong knoledge of the fretoard, and you have the akngs of a kller lues solo Where can you get soe of that good note knoledge? Scales are a great lace to start he three scale atterns elo llustrate ho to take a coon entatonc scale and turn t nto to ore useful scales: the lues scale, and the cooste lues scale It can t e overehaszed ho uch leage you can get fro these three related atterns Frst, take a look at ho these scale shaes are connected hen, try out soe of the classc lues lcks that follo Once you get soe of these rffs under your fngers, try to lay the over the lues tunes n ths chater ll of these rff exales are n the key of E Mnor, ut they can all e transosed to any key and they can e used over a donant lues or a nor lues lso, soe (ut not all) of the follong lues rffs coe drectly fro the three scale atterns elo See f you can fgure out hch ones corresond hs falar entatonc scale attern th the root on the th strng rovdes an ncredly strong foundaton for lues solong No, add the (knon as a lue note) to create the lues scale Feel free to aroach the lue note (ndcated elo th ) fro aove or elo Fnally, add the aor rd (ndcated elo th ) to your scale hs note sounds great hen t s aroached fro elo y ay of a slde or haer-on ) he entatonc scale ) he lues scale ) he cooste lues scale lues Lcks rack 9 Œ () ṁ Ó = Vrato = end and release end u to the ndcated tch then rng the strng ack don to the orgnal tch ( ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ () H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ = reend and release efore soundng the strng, end t u to the ndcated tch ck the strng, then release the end to ts orgnal note Chater hree: lues Gutar

3 rack Lesson : he Renassance and aroque erods he three exales that follo ere coosed efore the odern classcal gutar as nvented Greensleeves s a faous thee fro the Renassance erod (ca ) that ould have orgnally een layed on a lute he te sgnature ndcates sx eghth notes er easure It s counted as to grous of three: ah, ah Greensleeves J a a J rack he est-knon cooser fro the aroque erod (ca ) s Johann Seastan ach Here are the frst eght ars (th a full D chord at the end for a sense of fnalty) of the relude fro ach s Cello Sute No It features a D ass note that s reeated throughout, hle the harony changes aove t (ths s called a edal tone) he edal tone s facltated y dro D tunng, n hch the th strng s tuned don a hole ste fro E to D Cello Sute No (relude) = D a a a Chater Sx: Classcal Gutar

4 Lesson : Shreddng rcks lternate ckng nvolves antanng a strct don u don u attern at all tes Econoy ckng s a cross eteen alternate ckng and see ckng (hen stchng to adacent strngs, see n the drecton of the stch) hen, there s hyrd ckng, hch s a technque that nvolves usng the ck and the fngers at the sae te In order to ractce hyrd ckng, try out ths eolan ode (one of etal s ost used scales), vsualzed along the ddle to strngs (For ore on odes, see age 9) eolan eolan he eolan ode can e layed on sx strngs (aove) or to strngs (to the left) 9 rack Hyrd ckng n Wth ck n hand, try hyrd ckng th your ddle fnger In the neo-classcal etal genre, one of the ost heavly used odes s the haronc nor scale o the rght s a dagra llustratng the Haronc Mnor scale n ffth oston elo s a fretoard attern that orks great n a haronc nor context It s connected th legato (soothly layed) haer-ons It as also used n the Malsteen Madness tune on age Haronc Mnor 9 rack Haronc Mnor Mayhe E 9 H H H H H H H H H H H H n he Gutar Style Resource

5 9 he Gutar Style Resource Ho Syncoated Lesson : Latn Jazz One of the ost sgnfcant styles of Latn azz s the ossa nova, ade oular n the early 9s through the celerated coostons of razlan aestro ntôno Carlos Jo In artcular, nylon strng gutar legends João Glerto and Charle yrd layed a foratve role n defnng the ossa nova sound he follong tune, n the style of Jo s classc Ho Insenstve, starts th a asc ossa nova fngerckng attern, then roceeds through a fe choce rhythc varatons It features any of the chord vocngs ntroduced on the revous age Dn9 C d Cn F n Œ n 9 Ma E Ma9 E /9 En aug n Œ E 9 Dn9 E 9 Dn/9 rack 9