Guitar Exercises for Dummies

Guitar Exercises For Dummies®......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 11
Introduction......Page 17
Part I Preparing to Practice......Page 23
Perfecting Your Practice Posture......Page 25
Brushing Up On Guitar Notation......Page 26
Preparing Your Body and Mind to Play......Page 29
Waking Up Your Fingers with Some Practice Exercises......Page 31
Part II Scales and Scale Sequences......Page 35
Practicing Five Major Scale Patterns......Page 37
Applying Your Scale Work to Actual Pieces of Music......Page 45
Practicing Major Scale Sequences......Page 49
Putting Your Sequence Skills to Work with a Few Songs......Page 57
Familiarizing Yourself with Natural Minor Scales......Page 61
Raising the Bar with Melodic Minor Scales......Page 69
Harmonizing with Harmonic Minor Scales......Page 76
Playing Pieces Using the Three Minor Scales......Page 83
It’s Only Natural: Practicing Natural Minor Scale Sequences......Page 87
Up and Down the Scale: Practicing Melodic Minor Scale Sequences......Page 92
Discovering a More Intense Sound with Harmonic Minor Scale Sequences......Page 96
Practicing Some Pieces Using Minor Scale Sequences......Page 101
Part III Arpeggios and Arpeggio Sequences......Page 105
Preparing Yourself for Major Chords by Practicing Major Arpeggios......Page 107
Applying Your Skills: Performing Pieces Using Major Arpeggios......Page 113
Picking Up On Major Arpeggio Sequences......Page 117
Playing Pieces That Feature Major Arpeggio Sequences......Page 124
Working On Minor Arpeggios......Page 127
Playing Pieces with Minor Arpeggios......Page 134
Adding Minor Arpeggio Sequences to Your Practice Sessions......Page 137
Tackling a Few Pieces Composed of Minor Arpeggio Sequences......Page 144
Practicing Dominant Seventh Chord Arpeggios......Page 149
Putting Your Fingers to Work with Minor Seventh Chord Arpeggios......Page 155
Running Through the Major Seventh Chord Arpeggios......Page 161
Applying Seventh Chord Arpeggios to Some Famous Pieces......Page 167
Taking On Dominant Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences......Page 173
Adding Minor Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences to Your Collection......Page 177
Practicing Major Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences......Page 180
Playing Pieces with Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences......Page 184
Part IV Chords and Additional Exercises......Page 187
Practicing Inversion Patterns......Page 189
Playing Chord Progressions......Page 205
Practicing Pieces That Use Chord Progressions......Page 207
Moving Across the Neck......Page 211
Moving Along the Neck......Page 216
Part V The Part of Tens......Page 223
Keep Your Accessories Handy......Page 225
Join the Club......Page 226
Perform Live for a Crowd......Page 227
Test Yourself by Teaching Someone Else......Page 228
Relating the Text to the CD......Page 229
Tracks on the CD......Page 230
Troubleshooting......Page 233