Volume 1

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Notation
• Parts of the Guitar
• Guitar Tuning
• Guitar Technique
• Notes on the 1st String
• Exercises 1:1-A – 1:1-E
• Notes on the 2nd String
• Exercises 1:2-A – 1:2-E
• Notes on the 1st & 2nd Strings
• Introduction to “Target Practice” Exercises
• Exercise 1:2-T
• “You Gotta Strat Somewhere”, “Double Bubble”, “Six Note Boogie” & “Whole in Fun”, “Air Guitar”
• Exercise 1:2-F
• “Count On It”, “Time ‘n’ a Half”, “Flappin’ Fingers”, “Plug In/Plug Out”
• “Slow and Easy”, “Quick Pick”, “Strings Attached”, “Baby Blues”
• Notes on the 3rd String
• Exercise 1:3-A
• Notes on the 1st - 3rd Strings
• Exercise 1:3-T
• “Three-String Zing”, “Little Black Specks”, “David’s Tune”, “Garage Band Boogie”
• “Hustle Bustle”, “Oz’-in Man”, “Reelin’ Reel”, “Minor Interlude”
• Introduction to Rests
• “Rest Stop Bop”, “Rebound Boogie”, “Just Wait”, “Rest-aurant”
• “Cutaway”, “Inside Space”, “Sunburst Reverberation”
• Introduction to Duets
• Duets: “Duet to It”, “Double or Nothing”
• Introduction to Chords (2-Note Chords)
• Chord Exercises 1:3-1 – 1:3-4
• Chord Exercises 1:3-5 & 1:3-6
• Rest Stroke Intro, & Chord Exercise 1:3-7
• Chord Exercises 1:3-8 & 1:3-9 and Chord Solo: “Oldie Goldie”
• Chord Solos: “Chuck It”, “More Two-It” & “Change Up”
• “Chord-a-Roy”, “LA Jam-ba”
• Notes on the 4th String
• Exercises 1:4-A & B
• Notes on the 1st - 4th Strings
• Exercise 1:4-T
• “Four Track Jack”, “Scale Wise”, “Four-Tune”, “Last Set”
• “In the Day”, “ʻDʻ Pound”, “Two-Step Stumble”
• Chord Exercises 1:4-1 & 1:4-2
• Chord Exercises 1:4-3 – 1:4-5
• Chord Solos “Gold Minor”, “Over Under Oeuvre”, “Hard Rock Roll”, “Harmonic Series”
• “Opening Act”, “No Parking Zone”, “Tex Mex Rex”
• Introduction to Ties
• “Fit to Be Tied”, “Input Gain”, “Two-Tie For...”
• “Against the Tied”, “Blue Wander”, “Glide Path”
• Duet: “Minor Meld”
• Notes on the 5th String
• Exercises 1:5-A & B
• Notes on the 1st - 5th Strings
• Exercise 1:5-T
• “AB ‘C’ Ya”, “ABC Gum”, “Aeolian Mood”
• “Between Hard Rock and a Place”, “Crazy Brain”, “Tab A, Slot B”
• “First Gig”, “Long and Scaly”, “Rock Hard”
• “Bottom Fallout”, “Sixth Send”, “ʻDʼ-viation”
• Introduction to Pickup Measures
• “Pick-Up Tricks”, “Pick Up Band”, “A Beat Less Traveled”
• “Fandango Bango”, “Grateful Shred”, “Minor Momentum”
• “Two Units AB, Strat!”, “Double O Nine”
• 3-Note Chords (on Strings 1-3)
• Chord Exercises 5:1-1 – 3
• Chord Exercises 5:1-4 & 5, Chord Solo “Tonal Drift”
• a Bar Chord
• Chord Exercises 5:1-5 & 6
• Chord Names
• Chord Slash Marks
• Chord Exercises 5:1-8
• Chord Exercises 5:1-9 & 10
• & Chord Solos “Wacked Stacks” & “Wang-Bang Change”
• 3-Note Chords on Strings 2-4
• Chord Exercises 5:1-11 & 12
• Chord Exercises 5:1-13 & 14, & Chord Solos “Nifty Fifties” & “Core Chord Corps”
• Chord Solos “Chaotic Cadence”, “Choral Aurora” & “Three-Flow”
• Introduction to 1st String A
• Exercise HA-1
• “A Fret Too Far”, “Can’t Get There From Here”, “High Altitude Quickness”
• “Dawn’s Early Flight”, “Ghost Writers On The Sly”
• Notes on the 6th String
• Exercises 1:6-A & B
• Notes on the 1st - 6th Strings
• Exercise 1:6-T
• “Low Down Slow Down”, “Dead String Thump”, “In the Bassment”, “Solo You Go”
• “Punk Flamenco”, “Just Axin’”, “The Lost Pick Graveyard”
• “Underpass Bash”, “P-90 Grind”, “Pedal to the Metal”
• “Genre Contusion”, “Heavy Thrash”, “Metal-Morphic”
• Introduction to Repeat Signs
• “Fret Buzz”, “Play It Again, Slam”, “Circuit Breaker”
• “Retread Shred”, “Flame & Co.”
• Introduction to Power Chords
• Chord Exercise 1:6-1
• “Power Up”, Chord Solos “Metal Mettle” & “On the Rack”
• Chord Solos “Power Beatdown”, “Overdrive Dive” & “At the Brink”
• Chord Solos “Pound for Pound”, “Perfect Swarm” & “Watt Ever”
• “Double Stop Bop”, “To the Power of Three”
• Duet: “Power Duo”
• Duets: “Dreamtime Duet”, “Fixed In The Mix”