Preface
Goal Statement
Acknowledgements 4
Using the Recording 5
Top Priority 6
Reading Music
Basics of Reading Music 8
Basics of Chord Construction 9
Part One
Overview 11
Walking the Blues: From the Bottom Up 13
More Practice with Roots 14
Adding the Fifth 15
More Practice with Fifths 16
Two New Keys for the Blues 17
Approach Notes/Chromatic Approach 18
Lines with Chromatic Approach 19
More Practice with Chromatic Approach 20
Double Chromatic Approach 21
Dominant Approach 22
Lines with Dominant Approach 23
New Keys for Dominant Approach 24
Lines with Chromatic and Dominant Approach 25
New Keys for Chromatic and Dominant Approach 26
Scale Approach 27
More Practice with Scale Approach 28
Combining the Approaches 29
Combining the Approaches-with Analysis 30
Rhythm Changes-Sample Line 31
Rhythm Changes 32
Part Two
Overview 33
Scales You Should Know 34
Scalewise Motion 36
Using Scalewise Motion 38
Lines with Scalewise Motion 39
More Practice with Scalewise Motion 40
The Next Step 41
Scale Motion on Rhythm Changes 42
Arpeggiation 43
More Arpeggiation 44
A Word about Chord Progressions: The II-V-I 45
Arpeggiation on Rhythm Changes 47
Advanced Approach Techniques 48
Using Indirect Resolution 50
Using Chromatic Motion 51
Chromatic Motion on Rhythm Changes 52
A Closing Word 53
Appendix
Using the Standard Chord Progressions 54
Standard Progression #1 55
Standard Progression #2 56
Standard Progression #3 57
Standard Progression #4 58
Standard Progression #5 59
Standard Progression #6 60
Standard Progression #7 61
Standard Progression #8 62
Standard Progression #9 63
Standard Progression #10 64
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