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- Contents -

How to Use This Book
Tuning Notes

Lesson 1
Introducing minor pentatonic scales; the basic blues progression; basic blues/rock style
"Texas Rock"

Lesson 2
Moveable scales; moveable chords; more blues-rock style
"Blues Rock Tune"

Lesson 3
The 2nd pentatonic pattern; the "quick change " progression; "blue notes "
"True Blue"

Lesson 4
Connecting scale patterns 1 & 2; root movements and more moveable chords; the basic shuffle "swing"
"Swinging the Blues"

Lesson 5
Pentatonic pattern 3; the "spread" rhythm; double stops
"Double Stop Stomp"

Lesson 6
Connecting the first three patterns, introducing the 4th; the circle of 5ths; basic delta style
"Delta Mood"

Lesson 7
The final scale pattern (5th); introducing 9th chords; string bends galore
"Bending the Blues"

Lesson 8
Connecting all of the patterns; #9 chords; position changes
"Bends, Slides and Shifts"

Lesson 9
Playing scales over the entire fingerboard; more 9th chords; funky 16th notes
"Getting Funky"

Lesson 10
More extended scale playing and alternate picking; 7th and 9th chord review; using pattern 4 in a solo
"Lazy Day Blues"

Lesson 11
Scale theory; adding the #4/♭5 tone; turnaround; chord melody style
"Ninth Chord Blues"

Lesson 12
More scale theory, introducing the major pentatonic scale; minor blues progressions; minor sounds in a solo
"Minor Blues"

Lesson 13
Major and minor pentatonic combinations; more minor blues progressions; more chord melody
"More Minor Blues"

Lesson 14
More major and minor scales together; using passing chords plus 13th chords; major blues
"Major Blues"

Lesson 15
String pair scale playing; more passing and 13th chords; mixing major and minor scales
"Hard Edge Blues"

Lesson 16
Moving between adjacent scale patterns; using 6ths to make partial chords; basic R & B gospel style
"Preaching Gospel Blues"

Lesson 17
Skipping over strings in scale playing; using 3rds; using 6ths in a solo
"Blue Sixths"

Lesson 18
Matching minor scale and chord forms; introducing secondary chords in alternate blues progressions; blues-based hard edge rock
"Hard Rocker"

Lesson 19
Matching major scale and chord forms; more alternate progressions; early rock sounds
"Rockin' and Rollin'"

Lesson 20
Increasing speed; complete chord review and how and where to use them; trills and repeated figures in the Delta style
"Delta Child"

Lesson 21
How to use scale patterns; more alternate progressions; playing over the entire fingerboard
"All Forms Blues"

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