Preface

Introduction - The guitar and getting into position

Lessons:
Lesson 1 - Introduction to chord diagrams, chords A and D, strumming
Lesson 2 - Introduction to guitar tablature, jam track No. 1.
Lesson 3 - Notes on the treble clef, time signature, notes on the 1st string,
notes on the second string, jam track No. 2
rd
Lesson 4 - E major chord, the repeat sign, jam track No. 3, notes on the 3
string.
Lesson 5 - G major chord, C major chord, jam track No. 4, notes on the 4th
string, jam track No. 5.
Lesson 6 - A minor chord, turn around progression, jam track No. 6, jam
track No.7, notes on the fifth string
Lesson 7 - Eighth note rhythm patterns, F major chord, the chromatic scale
Lesson 8 - Dominant 7 chords, A7 chord, D7 chord, E7 chord, jam track No.
8
Lesson 9 - Silent stroke symbol, jam track No. 9, notes on the sixth string,
jam track No. 10
Lesson 10 - G7 chord, C7 chord, two bar rhythms.
Lesson 11 - B7 chord, blues in E major, jam track No. 11.
Lesson 12 - Notes on stave: first position, bass note picking.
Lesson 13 - Time signature, jam track No. 12, bass note picking in, jam track
No. 13
Lesson 14 - Suspended chords, Asus4 chord, Dsus4 chord, Esus4 chord,
jam track No. 14, scales, the major scale, C major scale, jam track No. 15
Lesson 15 - Asus2 chord, Dsus2 chord, jam track No. 16
Supplementary Chord Reference.

Preface
Lessons:
Lesson 1 – D Minor chord, bass note runs
Lesson 2 – Major seventh chords, F maj 7th, C maj 7th, 16th note rhythms
Lesson 3 – A major 7, D major 7, G major 7, chromatic notes - first position.
Lesson 4 – B minor chord, triplet rhythm
Lesson 5 – Major six chords, A6 chord, E6 chord, the A major scale.
Lesson 6 – Barre chords, F barre chord, root six barre chord
Lesson 7 – Percussive strum
Lesson 8 – Root 6 minor bar chord
Lesson 9 – Key signatures and scales.
Lesson 10 – F dominant 7 chord (Root six), music rests.
Lesson 11 – Deadening, eighth note rest within a strum
Lesson 12 – Major root 5 barre chords, staccato strumming
Lesson 13 – Chord progression concepts, blues pattern 1, blues pattern 2
Lesson 14 – Root 5 minor barre chord, 12 bar blues pattern 3.
Lesson 15 – Palm muting.
Lesson 16 – Advanced rhythm techniques
Lesson 17 – Root 5 dominant 7 barre chord, blues in D.
Lesson 18 – Reggae strum
Lesson 19 – Minor scale.
Lesson 20 – Minor 7th chords, Fm7chord, Bbm7 chord.
Lesson 21 – Major 6 barre chords, F6 chord, Bb6 chord
Lesson 22 – Power chords, F power chord, Bb power chord.
Lesson 23 – Accents, compound meter
Lesson 24 – C shape barre chord.
Lesson 25 – Suspended barre chords, Bbsus2, Bbsus4
Lesson 26 – Root 6 and root 5 major 7th barres
Lesson 27 – Ninth Chords.
th
Lesson 28 – Diminished 7 Chords
Lesson 29 – Augmented chords.
Supplementary Chord Reference
Book one
Preface .
Introduction - The guitar and getting into position
Lesson 1 - Introduction to chord diagrams, chords A and D,
strumming.
Lesson 2 - Introduction to guitar tablature, jam track No. 1.
Lesson 3 - Notes on the treble clef, time signature, notes on the 1st string,
notes on the second string, jam track No. 2
Lesson 4 - E major chord, the repeat sign, jam track No. 3, notes on the
3rd
string.
Lesson 5 - G major chord, C major chord, jam track No. 4, notes on the 4th
string,
jam track No. 5.
Lesson 6 - A minor chord, turn around progression, jam track No. 6, jam
track No.
7, notes on the fifth string.
Lesson 7 - Eighth note rhythm patterns, F major chord, the chromatic
scale..
Lesson 8 - Dominant 7 chords, A7 chord, D7 chord, E7 chord, jam track
No. 8
Lesson 9 - Silent stroke symbol, jam track No. 9, notes on the sixth string,
jam
track No. 10.
Lesson 10 - G7 chord, C7 chord, two bar rhythms.
Lesson 11 - B7 chord, blues in E major, jam track No. 11.
Lesson 12 - Notes on stave: first position, bass note picking.
Lesson 13 - Time signature, jam track No. 12, bass note picking in, jam
track No. 13.
Lesson 14 - Suspended chords, Asus4 chord, Dsus4 chord, Esus4 chord,
jam
track No. 14, scales, the major scale, C major scale, jam track No. 15
Lesson 15 - Asus2 chord, Dsus2 chord, jam track No. 16.
Supplementary Chord Reference

Book two
Preface .
Lesson 1 - D Minor chord, bass note runs
Lesson 2 - Major seventh chords, F maj 7th, C maj 7th, 16th note
rhythms
Lesson 3 - A major 7, D major 7, G major 7, chromatic notes - first
position.
Lesson 4 - B minor chord, triplet rhythm
Lesson 5 - Major six chords, A6 chord, E6 chord, the A major scale.
Lesson 6 - Barre chords, F barre chord, root six barre chord
Lesson 7 - Percussive strum.
Lesson 8 - Root 6 minor bar chord.
Lesson 9 - Key signatures and scales.
Lesson 10 - F dominant 7 chord (Root six), music rests.
Lesson 11 - Deadening, eighth note rest within a strum
Lesson 12 - Major root 5 barre chords, staccato strumming.
Lesson 13 - Chord progression concepts, blues pattern 1, blues
pattern 2.
Lesson 14 - Root 5 minor barre chord, 12 bar blues pattern 3.
Lesson 15 - Palm muting.
Lesson 16 - Advanced rhythm techniques
Lesson 17 - Root 5 dominant 7 barre chord, blues in D.
Lesson 18 - Reggae strum
Lesson 19 - Minor scale
Lesson 20 - Minor 7th chords, Fm7chord, Bbm7 chord
Lesson 21 - Major 6 barre chords, F6 chord, Bb6 chord
Lesson 22 - Power chords, F power chord, Bb power chord
Lesson 23 - Accents, compound meter.
Lesson 24 - C shape barre chord.
Lesson 25 - Suspended barre chords, Bbsus2, Bbsus4.
Lesson 26 - Root 6 and root 5 major 7th barres.
Supplementary Chord Reference.

Jamtracks

Auld Langsyne
Amazing Grace
Joy To The World
Michael Row The Boat Ashore
Oh Susanna
On Top Of Ol’ Smokey
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?
When The Saints Go Marching In
Sloop John B
Table of Contents eBook one
Chapter 1. Piano Facts and History 6
Did You Know? 6
How a Piano Works 8
What a Piano is made of 9
Types of Pianos 9
Chapter 2. Learning the Basics 11
Sitting at the Piano 11
The Hands Have It 12
Perfect Hand Posture 12
Caring for Your Hands 12
How the Hands are used in Playing
Piano 13
The Piano Keyboard 14
Using the Fingering System 15
Reading Music 17
Rhythm 17
The Quarter Note 18
The Half Note 19
Whole Note 20
Dynamic Signs 21
Chapter 3. The Musical Alphabet 22
Middle C Hand Position 23
Time Signatures 24
Chapter 4. The Musical Staff 28
The Base Clef Staff 28
The Treble Clef Staff 30
Memorizing the Notes on a Staff 31
The Grand Staff 32
C Hand Position 33
Chapter 5. Musical Intervals 36
The 2nd 36
The 3rd 37
Melodic and Harmonic Intervals 38
Chapter 6. Both Hands Together 40
Ties and Rests 40
A New Time Signature 42
What’s a Slur? 42
Using Your Left & Right Hand Together 44
Bringing It All Together 45
Chapter 7. New Intervals 47
The 4th 47
The 5th 49
Chapter 8. Sharps and Flats 51
Incomplete Measures 51
Two New Dynamic Signs 51
The Black Keys 54
The Sharp Sign 54
The Flat Sign 57
Chapter 9. The G Hand Position 60
The Accent Sign 61
A New Dynamic Sign: Staccato 62
Chapter 10. More About Rhythm 65
The Eighth Note 65
Another New Time Signature 68
Tempo Marks 69
Fermenta Sign 69
More Tempo Markings 71
Chapter 11. Technical Wizardry 72
Repeating It Over and Over 74
1st and 2nd Time Endings 75
Chapter 12. Taking Steps 77
The Middle D Position 77
On and Off Beats 79
Half Steps 81
The Chromatic Scale 82
Whole Steps 83
Review of Whole Steps & Half Steps 84
Chapter 13. Playing Scales 85
Hand Movement #1: Thumb Under 86
Hand Movement #1: Hand Over 87
The G Major Scale 89
G Major Key Signature 89
Chapter 14. Tempo Revisited 93
The 6th 93
Legato 95
Allegretto 96
Dotted Notes 97
Poco 98
Lento 99
Chapter 15. Two New Scales 100
The F Major Scale 100
The 7th 102
The D Major Scale 105
Accidentals 107
The 8th or Octave 108
Accelerando 109
Repeat with D.S. al fine 110
Fortissimo: Making it Loud 111
Chapter 16. Metronomes and More 112
The Metronome 112
The Sixteenth Note 113
Scale in Contrary Motion 115
Reading Notes Above/Below Lines 116
Chapter 17. Chords 117
Primary Triads 119
Chord Progression 120
2nd Inversions 121
Primary Triads in G major 123
Primary Triads in F major 125
Primary Triads in D major 127
Block and Broken Chords 129
Chapter 18. Minors 130
The Natural Minor Scale 130
The Harmonic Minor Scale 131
The Melodic Minor 131
Minor Intervals 132
The Perfect 5th 133
Minor Triads 133
Primary Chords in Minor Keys 134
D Minor 136
Primary Chords in D Harmonic Minor 137
Chapter 19. Arpeggios 139
Arpeggios with Chord Progression 141
Conclusion 144
Table of Contents ebook two
Chapter One
Review of Chord Progressions 3
Shifting Inversions 4
New Hand Technique: 2 Finger Over
Thumb 5
Re-cap of Rhythmic Notation 6
8th Note Triplets 7
Chapter Two
A New Time Signature 11
Another Key Signature: B Flat Major 13
Primary Triads in B Flat Major 14
The A Major Scale 16
Primary Triads in A major 17
Play it Faster: Vivace 18
Chapter Three
More Signs that Modify Notes 19
The E Flat Major Scale 21
Primary Triads in E Flat Major 22
Play it Slower: Largo 23
Playing the Scales over Two Octaves 24
Arpeggios in Two Octaves 25
Pedal Practice 26
Chapter Four
Seventh Chords 27
Dominant 7th Chords 29
7th Chords in I, IV, V Progressions 30
Non Troppo Allegretto 31
Sforzando 32
Three-note 7th Chords 34
Adding Inversions 35
Dominant Chords in Four Keys 36
Andantino 37
Chapter Five
Key of E Minor 38
E Harmonic Minor Scale 39
E melodic minor scale 39
Primary Triads in E Harmonic Minor 40
Table of Contents ebook three
Chapter 1. Where we left off 3
Minor scales and the chord 3
progressions
B natural minor 3
B harmonic minor 4
B melodic minor 4
Primary chords of B harmonic minor 5
Chapter 2.
Some new concepts
Playing bass lines with chords 6
Playing bass notes 6
Adding chords 7
What it all means 8
Chapter 3. Chord symbols
Reading chord symbols 9
More about symbols 11
Reading chord symbols with music 12
Reading rhythm symbols with chord 14
symbols
Chapter 4. Voice leading
More about chords 15
Voice leading with the melody 17
Chapter 5. Ledger lines
beyond two ledger lines 18
Chapter 6. E major
Primary chords of E major 20
Chapter 7. Triplets
More triplets to learn 21
Quarter note triplet 21
Half note triplet 22
16th note triplets 23
Chapter 8. More on time signatures
Some other time signatures to 24
learn
Compound time 25
Chapter 9. Demi-semi quavers
Chapter 10. Transposition
What is transposition? 28
Chapter 11. More on intervals
Chapter 12. More on melodies
Repetition 30
Phrase structure 30
Harmonic aspect of melodies 32
Chapter 13. Circle of fifths
Chapter 14. Performance directions