7: Breaking Out with Major Arpeggios Preparing Yourself for Major Chords by Practicing Major Arpeggios Applying Your Skills: Performing Pieces Using Major Arpeggios Chapter 8: Discovering How to Play Major Arpeggio Sequences Picking Up On Major Arpeggio Sequences Playing Pieces That Feature Major Arpeggio Sequences Chapter 9: Getting to Know Minor Arpeggios Working On Minor Arpeggios Playing Pieces with Minor Arpeggios Chapter 10: Looking at Minor Arpeggio Sequences Adding Minor Arpeggio Sequences to Your Practice Sessions Tackling a Few Pieces Composed of Minor Arpeggio Sequences Chapter 11: Enhancing Your Playing with Seventh Chord Arpeggios Practicing Dominant Seventh Chord Arpeggios Putting Your Fingers to Work with Minor Seventh Chord Arpeggios Running Through the Major Seventh Chord Arpeggios Applying Seventh Chord Arpeggios to Some Famous Pieces Chapter 12: Trying Your Hand at Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences Taking On Dominant Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences Adding Minor Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences to Your Collection Practicing Major Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences Playing Pieces with Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences
6 Part 4: Chords and Additional Exercises Chapter 13: Building Finger Independence with Chord Exercises Practicing Inversion Patterns Playing Chord Progressions Practicing Pieces That Use Chord Progressions Chapter 14: Developing Strength and Speed by Playing Single-Note Exercises Moving Across the Neck Moving Along the Neck
7 Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 15: Ten Tips for Maximizing Your Practice Time Establish Your Practice Place Define Your Practice Time (and Stick to It) Establish Objectives for Your Practice Sessions Keep Your Accessories Handy Get Your Head in the Game Warm Up Your Hands and Fingers Start Slow and Work Your Way Up Isolate Difficult Passages Play Different Guitars Join the Club Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Improve Your Musicianship Get with the Rhythm Familiarize Yourself with Pitch Discover Harmony Perform Live for a Crowd Compose Your Own Melody and Improvise a Bit Train Your Ear to Hear Polish Your Playing with Expression Listen to Lots of Music Watch a Performer’s Body Language Test Yourself by Teaching Someone Else
8 Appendix A: How to Use the Website Relating the Text to the Website Using the Website Tracks on the Website Troubleshooting
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: An example of guitar tablature, or tab.FIGURE 1-2: The anatomy of a chord diagram.FIGURE 1-4: Rhythm slashes.FIGURE 1-3: The anatomy of a neck diagram.
2 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: “Across the neck” chromatic warm-up.FIGURE 2-2: Diagonal chromatic warm-up.FIGURE 2-3: “Across the neck” whole step warm-up.FIGURE 2-4: Diagonal whole step warm-up.FIGURE 2-5: Open major chord warm-up.FIGURE 2-6: Major barre chord warm-up.
Guide
1 Cover
2 Table of Contents
3 Begin