Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Basic Chords: Major, Minor, and Seventh -- The Basic Major Chords for Guitar -- The Basic Minor Chords for Guitar -- The Basic Seventh Chords for Guitar -- Exercises Mixing Major, Minor, and Seventh Chords -- Chapter 2 I, IV, and V -- Exercises with I, IV, and V Major Chords -- I-IV-V-IV -- I-IV-I-V -- I-V-IV-V -- I, IV, and V in Minor -- Im-IVm-Vm-IVm -- Im-IVm-Im-Vm -- Im-Vm-IVm-Vm -- I, IV, and V with Seventh Chords -- I7-IV7-V7-IV7 -- I7-IV7-I7-V7 -- I7-V7-IV7-V7 -- I, IV, and V with Mixed Chord Types -- Chapter 3 The Harmonized Scale -- Some Common Progressions Using the Harmonized Scale -- I-IIm-IIIm-IV -- I-VIm-IIm-V7 -- I-IIIm-IV-V7 -- I-I7-IV-IVm -- The Harmonized Scale in Minor Keys -- Some Common Progressions in Minor Keys -- Im-IVm-bVI-V7 -- Im-bIII-IVm-V7 -- Im-bVII-bVI-V7 -- Im-IVm-IIm7(ĊD -- 5)-V7 -- Chapter 4 Power Chords -- Chapter 5 Accompaniment Styles -- Strumming -- Muting and Accents -- Bass Notes -- Descending Bass Lines -- Fingerpicking -- Fingerpicking Exercises: Pattern 1 -- Fingerpicking Exercises: Pattern 2 -- Fingerpicking Exercises: Pattern 3 -- Common Fingerpicking Patterns -- Styles -- Rock -- Swing -- Reggae/Ska -- Country -- Latin -- Blues -- Chapter 6 Bar Chords Part I: The Basics-Major, Minor, and Seventh Chords in All Keys -- Form 1 Bar Chords with the Root on the Sixth String -- Major -- Minor -- Dominant Seventh -- Form 1 Bar Chord Diagrams -- Major -- Minor -- Dominant Seventh -- Getting Comfortable with Bar Chords -- Form 1 Bar Chord Exercises -- Muting -- Form 2 Bar Chords with the Root on the Fifth String -- Major -- Minor -- Dominant Seventh -- Form 2 Bar Chord Diagrams -- Major -- Minor -- Dominant Seventh -- Form 2 Bar Chord Exercises -- Form 3 Bar Chords -- Major -- Major -- Minor -- Dominant Seventh -- Form 3 Bar Chord Diagrams -- Major -- Minor.

Dominant Seventh -- Form 3 Bar Chord Exercises -- Chapter 7 Bar Chords Part II: Putting Them Together -- Bar Chord Diagrams, All Forms -- Form 1 -- Form 2 -- Form 3 -- Using Bar Chords to Transpose -- Bar Chord Exercises Using All Forms -- Harmonized Scale Progressions Using Form 1 and 2 Bar Chords -- I-IIm-IIIm-IV -- I-VIm-IIm-V7 -- Finding I, IV, and V Quickly with Bar Chords -- Exercises with I, IV, and V7 Bar Chords in All Keys -- I-IV-V7-IV -- I-IV-I-V7 -- I-V7-IV-V7 -- Chapter 8 Chord Construction: How to Build Chords and Find Good Voicings -- How Chords Are Built -- Major Chords -- Some Voicings of Major Chords -- Form 1 Variations -- Form 2 Variations -- Form 3 Variations -- G Form Variations -- Minor Chords -- Some Voicings of Minor Chords -- Form 1 Variations -- Form 2 Variations -- Form 3 Variations -- G Form Variations -- Dominant Seventh Chords -- Some Voicings of Dominant Seventh Chords -- Form 1 Variations -- Form 2 Variations -- Form 3 Variations -- G Form Variations -- Other Dominant Seventh Forms -- Chord Voicings -- Notes to Omit -- I-IV Examples with Different Voicings -- Ways to Play I-IV-V7-IV Up the Neck -- Playing I, IV, and V in Minor Keys -- Im-IVm Examples -- Ways to Play Im-IVm-V7-IVm Up the Neck -- Chapter 9 More Chord Formulas -- About Chord Formulas -- Major-Type Chord Formulas -- Major-Type Chords -- Major 6th (R,3,5,6) -- Major 7th (R,3,5,7) -- Major 9th (R,3,5,7,9) -- 6/9 (R,3,5,6,9) -- Major 13th (R,3,5,7,9,13) -- Major 7th(#11) (R,3,5,7,#11) -- Major 9th(#11) (R,3,5,7,9,#11) -- Add 9 (or Add 2) (R,3,5,9) -- Minor-Type Chord Formulas -- Minor-Type Chords -- Minor 7th -- Minor 6th -- Minor 6/9 -- Minor 9th -- Minor 7th -- Minor 11th -- Minor (Major 7th) -- Minor 6th (Major 7th) -- Minor 9th (Major 7th) -- Dominant Chord Formulas -- Dominant-Type Chords -- 9th -- 11th -- 13th -- 7 -- 9 -- 7(#5) -- 9(#5) -- 7 -- 7(#9).

7 -- 7 -- 7 -- 7(#5#9) -- 7(#11) -- 9(#11) -- 7(ĊD -- 9#11) (R,3,5,ĊD -- 7,ĊD -- 9,#11) -- 7(#9#11) -- 13 -- 13(#11) -- 13b9 -- 7b13 -- 7sus4 -- 7sus4 -- 13sus4b -- 7(alt) (R,3,b5 or #5,b7,b9 or #9) -- Chapter 10 Jazz Chords and Progressions: Adding Some Spice -- II-V-I -- The Circle of Fifths -- IIm7-V7 Progressions -- IIm7-V7-IMaj7 Exercises -- Embellishing and Substituting Chords -- IIm7-V7-IMaj7 Substitutions -- II-V-I in Minor Keys -- IIm7(b5)-V7-Im7 Progressions and Substitutions -- Chapter 11 More Chords, Progressions, and Ideas -- Diminished Chords -- Diminished Chords as Passing Chords -- The #IV Diminished Chord -- The Diminished Chord in Place of 7(b9) -- Augmented Chords -- Augmented Chords as Dominant Seventh Chords in a Minor Key -- Augmented Chords as Passing Chords -- Embellishing or Simplifying -- When You Don't Know That Chord, Simplify -- Major-Type Chords -- Minor-Type Chords -- Dominant Seventh-Type Chords -- Chords with #5 or b5 -- Suspended Chords (7sus4) -- m7(b5) -- Extensions and Alterations -- Too Many Changes -- Moving Voices within Chords -- Minor Chords with Moving Voices -- Chapter 12 The Blues -- The Basic Blues Progression -- Blues #1, Using Form 1 Bar Chords -- Blues #2, Using Form 1 and 2 Bar Chords -- Blues #3, with a Triplet Feel -- Blues #4, with Power Chords -- A Blues Progression with More Changes -- Blues #5, with More Chords -- Blues #6, with the Form 3 F Chord -- The Blues with Dominant Seventh Chords -- Blues #7, with Seventh Chords -- Blues #8, with Bass Notes -- The Blues in Minor Keys -- Blues #9, in A Minor -- The Minor Blues with More Changes -- Blues #10, in D Minor -- Another Version of the Minor Blues -- Blues #11, in F Minor -- Playing the Blues with Three- and Four-String Chords -- Blues #12, with Smaller Chords -- Blues #13, with Three-String Chords -- Blues #14, with Four-String Chords.

Blues #15, with Two-String Chords -- Blues #16, with Sliding, Muting, and Bass Notes -- The Blues and Tenth Chords -- Blues #17, with Tenth Chords -- Jazz Changes for the Blues -- Blues #18, with Jazz Changes -- Blues #19, with Anticipations -- Another Set of Jazz Changes for the Blues -- Blues #20, with More Jazz Changes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.