The goal of this book is to provide a concept for guitarists that will help them go quickly to the core of the harmonies that must be dealt with in order to improvise over chord changes. Joe Negri shows how you can assimilate harmonies and quickly determine a common denominator that you instantly visualize on the fingerboard. From this `cell' harmony you will be able to build or create single-note melodic lines. Joe Negri has taken the fundamentals of music theory and made them applicable and relevant to the improvising guitarist. One of this book's secrets is the use of basic triadic shapes as an organizational tool to demystify improvisation. This keep it simple approach allows improvisers to hear and unveil melodic lines that are right under their fingers within simple triadic shapes. These studies are packed with the basic information the student needs in order to use the chord tones as melodic focal points. Written in notation and tablature.
A Closer Look at the Guitar
Playing Major Triads and their Inversions
Arpeggio Picking for the Right Hand
Major Triads and Inversions in the Remaining Keys
Playing Minor Triads and their Inversions
Playing Three-Note Dominant Seventh Chords and their Inversions
The Plagal Cadence
The Authentic Cadence
The Complete Authentic Cadence
Building a Single-Note Line from a Triad
The Charlie Christian Legacy
Phrasing and Articulation
Phrasing and Articulation with Sweep Picking
Variations of Sweep and Slur Exercises
The Upper Neighbor Tone
Primary to Secondary Harmony
The Complete Authentic Cadence with iim
Examples of (iim) (V) (I) Progressions
Spring Loose
Cheery-Oak
Spring Loose and Cheery-Oak Changes for Creating Melodic Lines
Final Notes
Acknowledgements
Playing Major Triads and their Inversions
Arpeggio Picking for the Right Hand
Major Triads and Inversions in the Remaining Keys
Playing Minor Triads and their Inversions
Playing Three-Note Dominant Seventh Chords and their Inversions
The Plagal Cadence
The Authentic Cadence
The Complete Authentic Cadence
Building a Single-Note Line from a Triad
The Charlie Christian Legacy
Phrasing and Articulation
Phrasing and Articulation with Sweep Picking
Variations of Sweep and Slur Exercises
The Upper Neighbor Tone
Primary to Secondary Harmony
The Complete Authentic Cadence with iim
Examples of (iim) (V) (I) Progressions
Spring Loose
Cheery-Oak
Spring Loose and Cheery-Oak Changes for Creating Melodic Lines
Final Notes
Acknowledgements
| Arrangement | Guitar |
| Genres | Tuition |
| Format | Instrumental Tutor |
| NumberOfPages | 40 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | Bedner, Tim (Editor) Negri, Joe (Author) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780786660810 |