Dots & Lines - Tips & Tricks V3 is an extensive reference book for all things guitar related. Through many years of teaching and performing professionally, I have compiled what I see as the essential building blocks for understanding the neck, applying techniques, and creating music on the guitar. From chords, scales and modes all the way through a variety of music theory and improvisation techniques, each topic is displayed clearly and precisely based on the way I've seen people learn and retain the material the best and fastest. The book is designed to be a reference that can help you see and understand things in a very practical (maybe new!) and useful way. It has helped many people progress quickly and get right to making music!
Contents Include:
Basics
Fretting & Picking Technique
The Musical Alphabet
Open Chords
Slash Chords
Moveable Slash Chords
Power Chords
Barre Chords
7th Chords
Quartal Voicings
Blank Chord Charts
Minor Pentatonic Scales
Major Pentatonic Scales
Minor & Major Pentatonic Scales Combined
Pentatonic Scales (Full Neck View)
Blues Scales
Major Scales
Harmonic Minor Scales
Melodic Minor Scales
Diminished Scales
Whole Tone Scales
Blank Scale Charts
Scale Exercises
Intervals
Interval Theory
Triad Shapes
Triad Theory
Using Triads
Triads & The CAGED System
Superimposing Triads
7th Chord Theory
Major 7th Arpeggios
Chord Tensions
Visualizing Chord Tones
Diminished Arpeggios
Major Scale Theory
Harmonizing the Major Scale
Chords in Keys (Roman Numerals)
Roman Numerals (Full Neck View)
Circle of 5ths
Modes of the Major Scale
Getting to Know The Modes
Modal Vamps
Modal Interchange
Secondary Dominants
Altered Dominant 7th Chords
Melodic Minor Tricks
More Scale Tricks!
12 - Bar Blues
Jazz Blues
2 5 1 Root Movement
Practicing Tips
Improvisation Exercises