Volume 2

Table of Contents

• Introduction to 8th Notes
• Exercise 2:1-A
• “Split the Difference”, “Freud Rose”, “Double Time”
• “Half Stack Blues”, “Alternating Current”
• “Skipping Stones, “Eight to the Bar”, “Batwing Guitar”
• String Changes on Upstrokes
• “Doo Wop Daddy”, “Riff-Raft”, “Cedar Top”
• “Surf’s Up”, “Boss Tweed”, “Reverb Herd”
• “Heavy Levy”, “Minor Miasma”
• Introduction to 1st and 2nd Endings
• “On the Upswing”, “Distortion Portion”
• “Axeman Cometh”, “Boogie Man Bop”, “Nitty Gritty City”
• “Boomerang Twang”, “Bounce Back”
• Duets -
• “Duet Ex Machina”, “Double Muddle”
• Introduction to 8th Note Chords
• Chord Exercises 2:1-1 – 3
• Chord Exercises 2:1-4 & Chord Solos “Power Surge” & “Overload”
• Duets - “Watt’s Up”, “Taylor-Made”
• Performance Directions
• “Shifting Gears”
• “Pause ‘n’ Effect”
• “Dynamic Panic”
• “Bach-a-nalia”, “Fatback ‘n’ Grits”
• “Short Cut Long”
• “Opus Pocus” & “Heavy Wack Accʻs”
• 4-Note Chords (on Strings 1-4)
• Chord Exercises 2:1-5 & 6
• 8th Note Chord Slash Marks
• Chord Exercises 2:1-7 & 8, Chord Solo - “Chord Digression”
• Introduction to #’s & b’s
• # & b “Cheat-Sheet”
• “Blue Note Platter”, “Sharp Nail, Flat Tire”, “Finger Stretch Boogie”
• “Feedback”, “Sideman Boogie”, “Sharp Axe”
• “Blown Fuse Blues”, “No Rehearsal, No Return”, “In the Zone”
• “Spider Fingers”, “Short & Easy”
• “Shred-o-matic”, “Half Out Flout”, “Twisted Twangs”
• “Tangle Foot”, “Expansion Track”
• Introduction to Text Repeats
• “No Strain, No Fame”, “Feelin’ Finé”
• Duets -
• “Two Prong Outlet Blues”, All-Night Jam”
• Duets - “Super Slinky Pinky”, “Koa-Opted”
• Chords with #’s & b’s
• Chord Exercise 2:2-1 – 3 & Chord Solo - “Too Flat Flap”
• D7 chord - Chord Exercise 2:2-4 & A7 chord - Chord Exercise 2:2-5
• D chord - Chord Exercise 2:2-6 & E chord - Chord Exercises 2:2-7 & -8
• Bb chord - Chord Ex. 2:2-9, C7 chord - Chord Ex. 2:2-10
• and Fm & Bbm chords - Chord Ex. 2:2-11
• F7, Bb7, Gm & Fm6 chords- Chord Ex. 2:2-11 – 14
• Duet - “Blues’ Genes”
• Duet -
• “Leggo My Legato”
• Duet -
• “Goth Mosh”
• Introduction to Syncopation
• Introduction to Dotted Notes (dotted quarter notes)
• Exercise 2:3-A
• “Dot Neck”, “Parallel Fits”, “.rok”
• “Hack in Black”, “Boomer Bust”, “Labyrinth”
• “Hard Rock Minor”, “Blue Twist”, “Convolution #9”
• “Dot’s Enough!”, “Bankshot”, “Dot Dash Dot”
• 5-String Chords
• 5-String Am, A7 and C chords - Chord Exercises 2:3-1 & 2
• 5-String A & F chords - Chord Exercise 2:3-3
• 5-String C7 & Fm chords - Chord Exercises 2:3-4 & 5
• Duets – “Duo Dot Ditty”, “Double Cutaway”
• Introduction to Syncopated Quarter Notes
• Exercise 2:4-A
• “Off Beat Humor”, “Bandstand Slam”, “Count, Dracula”
• “Blue Mood”, “Hanginʼ”, “Modal Morph”
• “Metallic Twang”, “Ricochet Riff”, “Chromatic Space”
• “'D' Sync-ly So...”, “Missed Beat Blues”, “Primal Dream”
• Duets – “Analog Fog”, “Random Tandem”
• 6-String Chords
• Em, Em7, E & E7 chords & G & G7 chords
• Chord Exercises 2:4-1 – 3
• Chord Solos – “Open Mic Night”, “The No-Effects Effect”
• Syncopation & Rests
• Exercise 2:5-A
• “Synco Potion”, “Jump Back, Mack”, “Bass Note Boogie”
• “Catch My Drift”, “Hard Reign”, “Hook, Line & Synco”
• “Round Back Track”, “Lost in the Mix”
• “Just Sync of It”, “Heavy Gʼs”, “Schrödingerʼs Scat”
• “Staccato Toccata”, “Bottom Bash”, “Jump Street”
• “Club Gig”, “Flat Top Bop”
• Duets – “Bo’s Boogie”, “Crosstalk”
• Chord Exercise 2:5-1 & 2
• Chord Exercises 2:5-3 & Chord Solo “Spinal Chords”
• Introduction to Two-Part Guitar Solos
• Guitar Solos - “Bassline Boogie” & “Strikes a Familiar Chord”
• Guitar Solos - “Double Espresso Boogie”, “Decaf Morning”