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How to use this book 1 - Introduction minor pentatonic scales, the basic blues progression; basic blues / rock style "Texas Rock" 2 - Moveable scales; moveable chords; more blues - rock style "Blues Rock Tune" 3 - The 2nd pentatonic pattern; the 'quick change" progression; "blue notes" "True Blue" 4 - Connecting scale patterns 1 & 2; root movements and more moveable chords; the basic shuffle "swing" "Swinging the Blues" 5 - Pentatonic pattern 3; the "spread" rhythm; double stops "Double Stop Stomp" 6 - Connecting the first three patterns, introducing the 4th; the circle of 5ths; basic delta style "Delta Mood" 7 - The final scale pattern (5th); introducing 9th chords; string bends galore "Bending the Blues" 8 - Connecting all of the patterns; #9 chords; position changes "Bends, Slides and Shifts" 9 - Playing scales over the entire fingerboard; more 9th chords; funky 16th notes "Getting Funky" 10 - More extended scale playing and alternate picking; 7th and 9th chord review; using pattern 4 in solo "Lazy Day Blues" 11 - Scale theory; adding the #4 / b5 tone; turnaround; chord melody style "Ninth Chord Blues" 12 - More scale theory, introducting the major pentatonic scale; minor blues pregressions; minor sounds in a solo "Minor Blues" 13 - Major and minor pentatonic combinations; more minor blues progressions; more chord melody "More Minor Blues" 14 - More major and minor scales together; using passing chords plus 13th chords; major blues "Major Blues" 15 - String pair scale playing; more passing and 13 th chords; mixing major and minor scales "Hard Edge Blues" 16 - Moving between adjacent scale patterns; using 6th to make partial chords; basic R&B gospel style "Preaching Gospel Blues" 17 - Skipping over strings in scale playing; using 3rds; using 6ths in a solo "Blue Sixth" 18 - Matching minor scale and chord forms; introducting secondary chords in alternate blues progressions; blues - based hard edge rock "Hard Rocker" 19 - Matching major scale and chord forms; more alternate progressions; early rock sounds "Rockin' and Rollin" 20 - Increasing speed; complete chord review and how and where to use them; trills and repeated figures in the Delta style "Delta Child" 21 - How to use scale patterns; more alternate progressions; playing over the entire fingerboard "All Forms Blues" Notation Legend

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Introduction Section 1: Theory Some music basics. Whole steps / half steps Notes Intervals Basic scale theory Tertian harmony The I-IV-V Blues progression Triads Seventh chords Diminished seventh chords Sixth chords Ninth chords Eleventh and sus4 chords Thirteenth chords Altered chords Other chords Section 2: chords Triads Seventh chords Diminished seventh chords Sixth chords Ninth chords Sus4, 7sus4 and eleventh chords Thirteenth chords Altered chords Other chords Section 3: exercises Triads Seventh chords Diminished seventh chords Sixth chords Ninth chords Sus4, 7sus4 and eleventh chords Thirteenth chords Altered chords Other chords Where to go from here Appendix Chord nomenclature Notes of the scales Chords in each key Fingerboard diagrams