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INTRODUCTION ...4
TABLATURE EXPLANATION ...5
TIMING ...6
CHAPTER 1 ...7
THE MUSICAL ALPHABET
THE MUSICAL ALPHABET AND THE GUITAR
BASS GUITAR NOTE CHART ...8
TUNING
CHAPTER 2 ...9
THE NATURAL SCALE
MAJOR AND MINOR ROOTS
CHAPTER 3
FINGERING AND HAND POSITION
PICKING - SLAPPING - POPPING ...10
OPEN 4 STRING EXERCISE
THE PLAYING HAND...11
CHAPTER 4 ...12
PLAYING THE NATURAL SCALE
5 STRING BASS NOTES ...16
6 STRING BASS NOTES
INTRO TO BASS LINES
...17
SCALE NOTES AS CHORDS ...18
CHAPTER 5 ...19
APPLICATIONS
INC OF II
INC OF III ...20
TWO STRINGS
TWO STRINGS AND BACK ...21
THREE STRINGS
THREE STRINGS AND BACK ...22
INC OF IV
INC OF IV AND BACK ...24
STEP DOWN STEP UP...25
RHYTHM EXPERIMENTATION ...26
CHAPTER 6 ...29
TECHNIQUES
DOUBLE PICKING
PALM MUTE
INC OF III THEN IV DOUBLE PICK/PM ...30
VIBRATO...31
PASSING TONES ...32
PASSING TONES WITH VIBRATO
HAMMER ONS ...33
HAMMER ONS WITH PASSING TONES
HAMMER ONS WITH INC OF II
HAMMER ONS WITH TWO STRINGS
...34
HAMMER ONS WITH THREE STRINGS
HAMMER ONS & INC OF III ...35
CHAPTER 7 ...36
ABOVE THE 12TH FRET
THE OCTAVE POSITIONS
CHAPTER 8 ...38
MORE TECHNIQUES
PULL OFFS
HAMMER PULL/PULL HAMMER
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HAMMER PULL INC OF III
SLIDE ...39
SLIDE WITH INC OF III
FOUR NOTES PER STRING SLIDE
VOLUME SWELLS ...40
RHYTHM EXPERIMENTATION II: NOTES
AND RESTS
DAMPING ...42
HARMONICS
ARTIFICIAL HARMONICS ...43
VIBRATO AND A.H.
PICKING HAND A.H./PALM HARMONICS
TREMOLO PICKING ...44
CHAPTER 9
TAPPING
TAP HAMMER
TAP PULL HAMMER ...45
TAP HAMMER PULL ...46
TAPPING HARMONICS
TAP HAMMER TECHNIQUES
CHAPTER 10 ...47
STRING BENDING
GUIDELINES FOR STRING BENDING
HALF STEP BENDS...
48
WHOLE STEP BENDS
ONE AND ONE HALF STEP BENDS
BENDING TO THE NEXT SCALE NOTE ...49
THE APPLICATIONS OF BENDING
BEND AND RELEASE
PRE BEND
PRE BEND AND RELEASE ...50
GHOST BEND
GHOST PRE BEND AND RELEASE
CHAPTER 11 ...51
DOUBLE NOTE PATTERNS
THIRDS
FOURTHS
FIFTHS
SIXTHS 1 ...52
SIXTHS 2
SEVENTHS
OCTAVES/EIGHTHS ...53
NINTHS/SECONDS
CHAPTER 12 ...54
ADVANCED APPLICATIONS
STEP DOWN INC OF III
STEP UP INC OF III
PIVOT NOTE TO OCTAVE ...55
TWO STRINGS STRING SKIP ...56
TWO STRINGS STRING SKIP AND BACK ...57
6 STRING - THREE STRING STRING SKIP ...58
TWO STRING STRING SKIP INC OF III
TWO STRING STRING SKIP INC OF IV ...60
MANIAC PATTERNS ...61
I V III II IV VI V
II IV VI VIII VII V IX |
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I VIII III II VII IX VIII ...62
I V IX VIII VII V III
TWO STRING STRING SKIP INC OF IV AND
BACK ...63
TWO STRING STRING SKIP INC OF IV AND
BACK PATTERNS OF III THEN BACK ...64
STEP DOWN STEP UP INC OF III PATTERNS OF
III ...65
INC OF III PATTERNS OF IV ...63
INC OF IV PATTERNS OF III ...68
STEP DOWN STEP UP PATTERNS OF IV ...69
INC OF II PATTERNS OF IV ...70
INC OF II PATTERNS OF III ...71
CHAPTER 13 ...73
MODES, OTHER VARIATIONS OF THE
NATURAL SCALE
CHAPTER 14
KEY CHANGES
CHAPTER 15 ...75
THE KEY OF A MAJOR, F MINOR
CHAPTER 16
...76
THE KEY OF Bb MAJOR, G MINOR
CHAPTER 17 ...77
THE KEY OF B MAJOR, G# MINOR
CHAPTER 18 ...78
THE KEY OF Db MAJOR, Bb MINOR
CHAPTER 19 ...79
THE KEY OF D MAJOR, B MINOR
CHAPTER 20 ...80
THE KEY OF Eb MAJOR, C MINOR
CHAPTER 21 ...81
THE KEY OF E MAJOR, C# MINOR
CHAPTER 22 ...82
THE KEY OF F MAJOR, D MINOR
CHAPTER 23 ...83
THE KEY OF F# MAJOR, D# MINOR
CHAPTER 24 ...84
THE KEY OF G MAJOR, E MINOR
CHAPTER 25 ...85
THE KEY OF Ab MAJOR, F MINOR
CHAPTER 26 ...86
SCALES AS MODES IN DIFFERENT KEYS
OTHER SCALES
CHAPTER 27 ...87
THE PENTATONIC SCALE
CHAPTER 28 ...89
THE ARABIAN SCALE
CHAPTER 29 ...90
THE BALINESE SCALE
CHAPTER 30 ...92
THE BOP SCALE
CHAPTER 31 ...94
THE DIMINISHED SCALE
CHAPTER 32 ...96
THE DOMINANT 7, b5 SCALE
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CHAPTER 33 ...99
THE DOMINANT 7, b9 SCALE
CHAPTER 34 ...101
THE DOMINANT 7, b9 #11 SCALE
CHAPTER 35 ...103
THE DOMINANT 7, #9 SCALE
CHAPTER 36 ...105
THE DOMINANT 7, #5, #9, #11 SCALE
CHAPTER 37 ...107
THE DOMINANT 9, #11 SCALE
CHAPTER 38 ...109
THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE
CHAPTER 39 ...111
THE HAWAIIAN SCALE
CHAPTER 40 ...113
THE HUNGARIAN GYPSY SCALE
CHAPTER 41 ...115
THE HUNGARIAN MAJOR SCALE
CHAPTER 42 ...117
THE HUNGARIAN MINOR SCALE
CHAPTER 43 ...119
THE JAPANESE SCALE
CHAPTER 44 ...120
THE JAPANESE b2 SCALE
CHAPTER 45 ...122
THE MAJOR 7, #5 SCALE
CHAPTER 46
...124
THE MAJOR 7, #5, #9 SCALE
CHAPTER 47 ...126
THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE
CHAPTER 48 ...128
THE MINOR 7, b5 SCALE
CHAPTER 49 ...130
THE MINOR 7, b9 SCALE
CHAPTER 50 ...132
THE MINOR 7, b5, b9 SCALE
CHAPTER 51 ...134
THE NEAPOLITAN SCALE
CHAPTER 52 ...136
THE NEAPOLITAN MINOR SCALE
CHAPTER 53 ...138
THE ORIENTAL SCALE
CHAPTER 54 ...140
THE PERSIAN SCALE
CHAPTER 55 ...142
THE SPANISH SCALE
CHAPTER 56 ...144
THE SPANISH GYPSY SCALE
CHAPTER 57 ...146
THE WHOLE TONE SCALE
CHAPTER 58 ...148
THE CHROMATIC SCALE
ARGUMENT ...149
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
OTHER TITLES ...150 |
