Complete Scale and Chord Theory for Guitar
This book was written to provide my students with a comprehensive overview of how music theory applies to the guitar. It is not a method book, but a reference geared towards intermediate and advanced players. The book is concise, thorough and clearly written and has been used with over 400 of my private students. It is an excellent reference book for teachers. The book is available via mail order. It is also available off the shelf at House of Woodwinds in San Ramon. SECTION ONE: SCALES MAJOR SCALES, PENTATONIC SCALES, TRIADS AND INTERVALS, PROGRESSIONS BUILT FROM THE MAJOR SCALE, EXTENDING CHORDS TO THE SEVENTH, MODES GENERATED BY THE MAJOR SCALE, THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE, THE DIMINISHED SCALE, THE WHOLE TONE SCALE, THE AUGMENTED SCALE, THE ASCENDING MELODIC MINOR SCALE, SCALE USE SUMMARY, SECTION TWO: CHORDS AND PROGRESSIONS CHORD FAMILIES, NOTES ON THE DIMINISHED CHORD, NOTES ON THE AUGMENTED CHORD, TWELVE BAR BLUES PROGRESSIONS, SOLOING OVER BLUES PROGRESSIONS, II V I PROGRESSIONS, THE CIRCLE OF FIFTHS, CHORD MELODIES, SUGGESTED JAZZ SONG PRACTICE ROUTINE, BAR CHORDS AND MOVABLE CHORDS, BASIC MOVABLE INVERSIONS, TRIAD INVERSIONS, EXTENDED INVERSIONS (CLOSED VOICINGS), ARPEGGIO DIAGRAMS, SECTION THREE: PATTERNS AND WORKBOOK PRACTICE PATTERNS, MAJOR SCALE PATTERNS, DIATONIC ARPEGGIOS, DIATONIC ARPEGGIOS EXTENDED TO THE SEVENTH, PATTERNS FOR MAJOR ARPEGGIOS, CYCLICAL TRIAD PATTERNS, MODULATING THROUGH THE CYCLE, II V I PATTERNS, II V I RIFFS, DIMINISHED PATTERNS, II V I RIFFS WITH THE DIMINISHED SCALE, CHROMATIC SCALE PATTERNS, WHOLE TONE PATTERNS, PENTATONIC RIFFS, EAR TRAINING EXERCISES AND INVERSION CHARTS, MODULATIONS, SECONDARY DOMINANT CHORDS, STRUCTURE AND CADENCES, TUNINGS, LIST OF RECOMMENDED BOOKS Buy this at Amazon
Applications
This book is a follow up to the information contained in "COMPLETE SCALE AND CHORD THEORY", which I've been using with my private students since 1992. 'APPLICATIONS' contains examples to be played. Reading will be necessary for the soloing sections, and students will need some scale and arpgeggio skills to get the most out of this book. INDEX SECTION ONE: CHORDS BASIC CHORD ANALYSIS, BASIC JAZZ CHORD EXERCISES, RHYTHM CHANGES, SHORT FORM CHORDS, I VI7 II V VARIATIONS IN G, II V I IV VARIATIONS IN G, II V Im VARIATIONS IN Em, II V I IV VARIATIONS IN Cm, II V I VARIATIONS IN Db, CHORD SUBSTITUTION, VOICE LEADING AND MOTION, POLYCHORDS, COMMON CHORD TONES, DIMINISHED CHORDS WITH INVERSIONS, CONNECTING INVERSIONS WITH SCALE TONES SECTION TWO: SOLOING DORIAN RIFFS AND PROGRESSIONS, MIXOLYDIAN RIFFS AND PROGRESSIONS, AEOLIAN RIFFS AND PROGRESSIONS, CMA RIFFS, C MAJOR STARTING PHRASES, Cm RIFFS, Cm STARTING PHRASES, G7 RIFFS, 7TH STARTING PHRASES (C7), Mi7b5 RIFFS, V7 ALTERED RIFFS, BLUES RIFFS FOR I IV Vs, II V I PATTERNS - 2 MEASURES, II V I PATTERNS - 4 MEASURES, I VI II V RIFFS IN G AND C, SOLO FOR STANDARD CHANGES #1, SOLO FOR STANDARD CHANGES #2, RHYTHM STUDIES
How To Teach Guitar
I put this book together after helping some ex-students and guitar playing friends get started with their own teaching. It will also be helpful for self-taught players wondering what skills they should be covering and what they should do next. Students looking to choose or evaluate their own teachers will also benefit by having points of comparison for the skills they are learning. Introduction 1. Should you teach? 2. Finding students and a place to teach 3. Policies and contracts 4. Setting up your room 5. Getting started: The Game Plan Chords, Strums and Songs 6. Going forward from the basics 7. The Intermediate Level: Chords Scales 8. The Advanced Level; Scales, Theory, Reading and Advanced Chords 9. Adult Students 10. Keeping Records 11. Random thoughts; Lefty versus righty Really Young Students Group Classes Lesson versus ˜Natural Creativity™ Bartering Reading vs tab Acoustic vs Electric Keeping Students Focused Personal Issues with Students 12. Appendix Guitar Lesson Agreement Materials for Lessons Sample Teaching Outline First Lesson; Terminology Picking Exercises Finger Exercises Basic Strums Brush Strums Basic Chord Groups Blues Progressions E Blues Scale Sample song sheet Basic Bar Chords Recommended Books Buy this at Amazon
Fingerstyle Arrangements for Solo Guitar
A collection of eleven solo guitar arrangements by noted guitarist and instructor, Joe Livoti. These performance ready arrangements were taken from his recordings, and from his arrangements as heard on Youtube. For intermediate and advanced players. Includes tablature as well as traditional notation and theoretical explanations. Songs included are: Amazing Grace; 2 levels, Love Me Tender, Freight Train; 4 levels, Green River, Help Me Make it Through the Night, The Bonnie Blue Flag, Such Great Heights, Dream a Little Dream of Me, She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain, The Lady is a Tramp, Land of Giants. Buy this at Amazon