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2Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. 9Introduction. 10How To Use This eBook.11eBook Overview. 12PART 1 - BUILDING BLOCKSChapter 1 - Technique Fundamentals. 14Holding Your Guitar.16Plucking Arm and Hand Placement.18Plucking the Strings.24Different Strokes.27Walking Finger Exercises.31Solid Fingerstyle Tone.35String Crossing Exercises.39Using the Thumb in Fingerstyle.43Plucking Two Notes at Once.49
3Exercises on Three Strings.53Exercises on Four and More Strings.58Alternating Between Thumb and Two Fingers.61Alternating Between Thumb and Three Fingers.64Chapter 2 - Scales, Arpeggios and Licks. 66Scale Exercises.67Melodic Patterns.68Slurring Exercises.70Rhythmic Variations - Learning to Subdivide.74Developing Speed With Scales.82Picking Combination Alternatives.82Alternative Fingerstyle Patterns For Speed.83Speed Burst Exercises.83Fingerstyle Arpeggio Exercises.8920 Single Line Licks.94Ed Bickert Licks.95Joe Pass Licks.97
4Lenny Breau Licks.108Autumn Leaves Solo Study.115Chapter 3 – Chord Exercises. 118Three-Note Chord Exercises.119What’s a Three-Note Chord?.119Locating 3rds and 7ths on the Fretboard.120Rhythm Patterns.128Four-Note Chord Exercises.134What is a Drop Chord?.134Drop 2 Chords - Four Positions.139Drop 3 Chords.154Major ii V I Chord Phrases.166Minor ii V I Chord Phrases.174Summertime Chord Study.181
5Chapter 4 – Comping Techniques. 185Jazz Swing Comping - Freddie Green Style.186Freddie Green Comping - Sweet Georgia Brown.191Jazz Ballad Comping.194Misty Jazz Ballad Comping Study.200Walking Basslines With Comping.203How to Play Walking Bass.203Walking Bass Comping Study - Blues in Bb.212Brazilian and Latin Style Comping.215Bossa Nova Rhythms.215Samba Rhythms.221Blue Bossa Comping Study.225Montuno Rhythms.229
6PART 2 - CHORD MELODY & CHORD SOLOINGChapter 5 – Arranging Chord Melodies. 239Chord Melody Basics.240Finding Suitable Chord Melody Tunes.241Learn the Melody on the Top 2 Strings.243Harmonizing the Melody with 3rds and 7ths.246Melody Harmonizing with Closed and Drop 2 Chords.248Basic Chord Melody Arrangement of After You’ve Gone.258Adding Passing Chords.260Octaves.261Diads.262Chromatic Approach Chords.264More Complex Passing Chord Techniques.267After You’ve Gone With Passing Chords.274Jazzing Up the Melody.277Listen To Recordings (Especially Jazz Singers).278Adding Licks to Chord Melodies.280
7After You’ve Gone Trio Chord Melody.282Chapter 6 - Arranging for Solo Guitar. 284Solo Jazz Guitar Arranging Techniques.285Harmonizing the Melody with Bass Notes Only.286Using Shell Voicings.290Drop 2 Voicings With Extra Root Notes in the Bass.291After You’ve Gone - Beginner Solo Guitar Arrangement.293Joe Pass Arranging Techniques.295Secondary ii-V Triplet Comping.295Arpeggiating Chords.297Jazzing Up the Melody.298Adding Cadenza Licks.298After You’ve Gone - Advanced Solo Guitar Arrangement.300Chapter 7 – Chord Soloing. 303What is a Chord Solo?.304The Relationship Between Comping and Chord Soloing.306Chord Solo Licktionary.313
8Wes Montgomery Chord Licks.313George Benson Chord Licks.318Chord Solo Study - Jazz Blues.322Soloing With Concepts Rather Than Licks.325Joe Pass Chord Licks.328Barney Kessel Chord Licks.332Tune Up Chord Solo Study.334Lenny Breau Chord Licks.338Ted Greene Chord Licks.342Kurt Rosenwinkel Chord Licks.345On Green Dolphin Street Chord Solo Study.347Conclusion.350Where To Go From Here.351Other eBooks in This Series.352About Greg O’Rourke.354About Matt Warnock.355
9The Easy Guide To Chord Melody Sample PDFWelcome to the Easy Guide to Chord Melody sample pdf! In this preview you’ll look at aneasy chord melody arrangement of After You’ve Gone, and the concepts used to buildthis version of the tune.In the full eBook, you’ll learn how to take this first arrangement further as you studychord melody concepts from Joe Pass, Ted Green, Lenny Breau, and others.Then, you’ll expand upon these concepts as you use them to build chord soloing phrasesin your studies, giving you everything you need to play cool-sounding chord melodiesand chord solos in real time.Enjoy this preview, have fun with the arrangement, and don’t forget to take your chordmelody and soloing skills further with our new eBook.- Greg O’RourkeThis PDF is a small sample of our eBook The Easy Guide to Chord Melody, to get thefull edition of the eBook, click here.
239Chapter 5 – Arranging Chord MelodiesChapter Summary - In this chapter you’ll learn: The definition of chord melody.How to create trio chord melody arrangements.Melody line harmonization techniques.How to ‘jazz up’ and use licks in chord melodies.This is the chapter you’ve been waiting for - a step-by-step approach to creating chordmelody arrangements. Cool, right?This chapter builds on the concepts you’ve learned in earlier chapters. So, if you comeacross terms and exercises that are unfamiliar, go back to part 1 of this eBook andpolish up on those terms and exercises.Part of the challenge when learning chord melody is that there are
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