RHYTHM GUITAR, THE COMPLETE GUIDE. ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS. Bruce Buckingham & Eric Pascal,
MUSICIANS Institute. TABLATURE
The art and craft of good rhythm guitar playing is not always taught or practiced correctly by all guitarists. It is the aim of this Rhythm Guitar curriculum to give you the tools and inspiration to study and play "rhythm" with knowledge and conviction. Fundamentals are always important to technique and the reviewing of material is mandatory. This curriculum starts simply and progresses to advanced topics, but it must be stressed that the learning of the material has to go hand in hand with the "playing" of the material. This is achieved through disciplined practice and creative application in performance. You need to practice the material well enough so you can perform all examples and playing techniques. Repetition in practice and performance makes solid rhythm guitar. Regardless of your level of chord knowledge or experience in playing rhythm guitar, this book will serve as an "idea source" from which you can invent your own sounds. Remember that anything can go anywhere using the right approach and your ears. We recommend that you also refer to other Musician's Institute books, Single String Technique (by Dan Gilbert and Beth Marlis) and Music Reading for Guitar (by David Oakes); which put forth and define many of the fingerboard and rhythmic applications used in this book. It is also a good idea to seek the advice of a local teacher that can check your progress and help you over any rough spots. Finally, a word about practicing: Use a metronome and/or drum machine when learning examples and practice all progressions at a variety of tempos. Also, be creative in the use of all your learning tools (Tapes, books, videos, sequencer, CD's). Try and build a repertoire of progressions and songs. Write your own progressions and songs. The more creative you become in your approach to chords, the easier the shapes will become.
Table of Contents:
Introduction.
Chapter One
Objectives
The Diagram
Open Position Major Chords
"Basic Moves"
Open Position Minor Chords
More "Basic Moves".
Strumming and Rhythmic Control
Progressions.
Chapter Two
Objectives
Open Position Chords
Dominant 7th Chords
Root/Chord Strumming.
Practice Tips .
Fingerstyle vs. Flatpicking .
More Strums
Chapter Three
Objectives.
Barre Chords.
Barre Chords with Sixth String Roots
Barre Chords with Fifth String Roots .
Review of Strumming Patterns .
"Basic Moves"
Progressions
Chapter Four
Objectives.
Dominant 7th Barre Chords with Sixth String Roots.
Moveable Shapes .
Dominant 7th Barre Chords with Fifth String Roots.
"Basic Moves"
Strumming and Rhythmic Control .
Progressions
Chapter Five
Objectives.
Arpeggiated Chords
Arpeggiated Pattern 1
Arpeggiated Pattern 2
Arpeggiated Pattern 3
Arpeggiated Pattern 4.
Progressions
Chapter Six
Objectives
Power Chord Shapes
Power Chords with an Added Ninth
Chart Reading with Two Parts
Chapter Seven
Objectives
Open Position Major 7th Chords
Open Position Minor 7th Chords
Movable Major 7th Chords.
Movable Minor 7th Chords
Chapter Eight
Objectives.
6th Chords
Dominant 9th Chords
Blues Charts .
Chapter Nine
Objectives.
More 6th Chords.
More Dominant 9th Chords
Charts .
Chapter Ten
Objectives.
Harmonized Major Scale.
"Basic Moves"
Roman Numeral use in Harmonized Scales.
Chapter Eleven
Objectives.
Analyzing Roman Numeral Chord Progressions
Chord Charts.
Chapter Twelve
Objectives.
Sixteenth Notes
Suspended 4th Chords.
Dominant 7sus4 .
Chapter Thirteen
Objectives.
More Sixteenth Note Figures
One Measure Patterns .
Chapter Fourteen
Objectives
Major and Minor 9th Chords.
Charts
Chapter Fifteen
Objectives
Minor 7b5 Chords
Charts
Chapter Sixteen
Objectives.
11th and 9sus4 Chords.
Charts
Chapter Seventeen
Objectives.
Major and Minor 7ths with Fourth String Root
"Basic Moves"
Charts
Chapter Eighteen
Objectives.
7th and m7b5 Chords with Fourth String Roots
Charts
Chapter Nineteen
Objectives.
The Five Patterns
"Octave Jump" Exercise .
Progressions
Cycle of Fourths Exercise
Chapter Twenty
Voicing
"Basic Moves"
Progressions .
Chapter Twenty-One
Objectives
Formulas for 7th Chords .
Major 7th Chord Shapes .
Dominant 7th Chord Shapes
Minor 7th Chord Shapes.
"Basic Moves"
Progressions .
Chapter Twenty-Two
Objectives.
Major 7th Chord Shapes
Dominant 7th Chord Shapes
Minor 7th Chord Shapes
"Basic Moves"
Connecting the Patterns
Progressions
Chapter Twenty-Three
Inversions .
Major Triads.
Minor Triads
Augmented Triads
Diminished Triads
Points to Remember .
Chapter Twenty-Four
More Triad Inversions.
"Across" the Neck . .
Points to Remember .
Chapter Twenty-Five
Rhythm and Interpretation
Review
Practice Tips
Rhythmic Interpretation
Progressions
Chapter Twenty-Six
Objectives.
Fingering Pattern 4
The Harmonized Scale
Exercises
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Objectives
Fingering Pattern 2
The Harmonized Scale, with Pattern 2 Shapes
Exercise
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Objectives
Fingering Pattern 5
The Harmonized Scale, with Pattern 5 Shapes
Exercise
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Combined String-Sets for Harmonized Scales
Progressions
Chapter Thirty
Sixteenth Note Strumming.
One-Bar Patterns
"Basic Moves" .
Progressions
Chapter Thirty-One
Writing Rhythms
Altered Chords .
Progressions
Chapter Thirty-Two
Rhythmic Control Exercises
More Altered Dominant Chords
Add9 Chords
Chapter Thirty-Three
Objectives
The ii-V-I Progression .
Voice Leading .
Common Tone and Closest Tone
Contrary Motion
Chromatic Movement .
Chart
Chapter Thirty-Four
Triplet Strumming
One and Two Bar Patterns.
Chart
Practice Tips
More ii-V-I's
Minor ii-V-I's
Chapter Thirty-Five
Creating Parts
Double Stops in Thirds
"Basic Moves"
Chapter Thirty-Six
More Double Stops
Double Stops in Fourths
Double Stops in Sixths
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Single-Note Rhythm Parts
Applications.
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