TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
SIX TIPS FOR PRACTICING
SURVEY OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
CD PLAYLlST
Chapter 1: WARM UPS
Note location - chromaties -the spider
Chapter 2: PENTATONIC SCALES
Stretch pentatonies -sequences - jam tracks
Chapter 3: THE BLUES SCALE
Blue notes -scale positions - licks
Chapter 4: STRING BENDING/VIBRATO
Smear, release and unison bends
Circle, rock and jack-off vibrato
Chapter 5: THE MAJOR SCALE
Scale Positions - licks - projects
Chapter 6: ALTERNATE PICKING
3-notes-per-string scales - pedal tone licks - mega-chops - Paganini
Chapter 7: THE MODES OF THE MAJOR SCALE
3-note-per-stringscales- modes - tonal colors- pitch axis system
Chapter 8: LEGATO TECHNIQUE
Hammer ons - pull offs - slides - shapes
Chapter 9: TRIADIC ARPEGGIOS / TRIADS
Welcome to the land of arpeggios!
Chapter 10: ECONOMY PICKING
Sweeping -scales -arpeggios
Chapter 11: FOUR- NOTE -ARPEGGIOS
Standard/long form fingerings - the Jan Hammer scale - chord substitutions
Chapter 12: STRING SKIPPING TECHNIQUE
Scales - arpeggios - sequences -repeating patterns - licks
Chapter 13: TWO HAND TAPPING
Tapping scales and arps - eight-finger tapping - harmonies tapping
Chapter 14: THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE
Modes - jam tracks - projects
Chapter 15: THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE
Positions - modes - altered scales - licks
Chapter 16: EXOTIC SCALES
Whole tone scale -diminished scale -the enigmatic scale
Chapter 17: THE VIBRATO ARM
The whammy bar - the dive bomb - wang bar dips - legato phrasing
Chapter 18: EFFECTIVE LEARNING - PRACTICE PLANNING
Chapter 19: IMPROVISATION- BUILDING SOLOS
APPENDIX
Discography and literature
LIST OF SYMBOLS