Guitar theory for dummies

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Getting Started With Guitar Theory --
ch. 1 Guitar Theory in a Nutshell --
Why Learn Guitar Theory? --
Navigating the Fretboard --
Seeing the fretboard as a grid --
Viewing neck diagrams --
Reading guitar tablature --
Playing Scales --
Pentatonic scale --
Major scale --
Modes --
Harmonic minor scale --
Working with Chords --
CAGED chord system --
Adding chord tones and extensions --
Passing chords --
Charting chord progressions --
Testing Your Guitar Theory Knowledge --
ch. 2 Navigating the Fretboard Like a Pro --
Tracing Everything Back to Strings 6 and 5 --
Moving between pitches with whole steps and half steps --
Naming the pitches between natural notes: Sharps and flats --
Grouping notes --
Tracking Notes and Playing Songs with Octaves --
Shaping octaves with your 1st finger on strings 6 and 5 --
Shaping octaves with your 1st finger on strings 4 and 3 --
Shaping octaves that are three strings apart --
Repeating octaves beyond the 12th fret --
Measuring the Space between Pitches with Intervals --
Playing intervals 1 through 7 --
Filling in the gaps with flats and sharps --
pt. II Working With Chords from the Ground Up --
ch. 3 Harmonizing the Major Scale to Form Triads and Chords --
Building Triads and Chords --
Major triad: Building from the 1st scale degree of the major scale --
Minor triad: Building from the 2nd scale degree of the major scale --
Playing through the Seven Triads of the Major Scale --
Playing the Chord Sequence of the Major Scale --
ch. 4 Forming Chord Shapes with the CAGED System --
Making Chord Inversions and Chord Voicings --
Using the C Form --
Using the C form as a moveable barre chord --
Playing a C form arpeggio pattern --
Playing C form chord voicings --
Using the A Form --
Using the G Form --
Using the E Form --
Using the D Form --
Connecting the Five CAGED Forms --
Starting on C --
Starting on A --
Starting on G --
Starting on E --
Starting on D --
Sample CAGED Chord Changes --
Playing Minor CAGED Forms --
Playing the C minor form --
Playing the A minor form --
Playing the G minor form --
Playing the E minor form --
Playing the D minor form --
Connecting the Five Minor CAGED Forms --
Minor CAGED Chord Changes --
ch. 5 Adding Chord Tones and Extensions to Chords --
About Chord Tones and Extensions --
Adding 7ths to the Major Scale Chords i --
Playing major and minor 7th chords --
Playing dominant 7th chords --
Playing minor 7th flat 5 chords --
Working with 2nds and 9ths --
Sus2 chords --
Add9 chords --
Minor chords with 2nds and 9ths --
9th chords --
Working with 4ths and 11ths --
Sus4 chords --
Add4 chords --
Playing 6th Chords and Blues Shuffles --
Adding Harmony with Pedal Point --
Playing Pedal Tones with Two Guitars --
pt. III Getting to Know Keys, Modes, and Chord Progressions --
ch. 6 Playing Chord Progressions by Numbers --
Drawing Chord Progressions from the Major Scale --
Using Roman Numerals to Represent Chords --
Visualizing Numbers on the Fretboard --
Transposing to New Keys --
Playing Common Chord Progressions --
Playing I-IV-V chord progressions --
Playing major chord progressions --
Adding minor chords ii, iii, and vi --
Playing minor chord progressions --
Starting Numbers on the 5th String --
Playing Chord Progressions with Open Chords --
ch. 7 Knowing Music Inside Out: Identifying Tonics, Keys, and Modes --
Understanding the Relationship between Major and Minor Scales --
Numbering the Relative Minor --
Accounting for any interval changes --
Looking at a few minor key song examples --
Identifying the Modes of the Major Scale --
Ionian (I) --
Dorian (ii) --
Phrygian (iii) --
Lydian (IV) --
Mixolydian (V) --
Aeolian (vi) --
Locrian (vii5) --
Key Signatures and Common Discrepancies --
Looking past the key signature to figure out a song\'s mode --
Considering some common discrepancies in music notation --
Comparing Scale Formulas and Structures --
ch. 8 Following Key Changes. Getting to Know Key Changes by Switching Tonics within a Scale --
Switching between relative major and minor --
Switching between other scale degrees --
Transposing a Progression --
Changing Key and Progression --
Using Modal Interchange and Borrowed Chords --
Playing modal interchanges --
Playing minor modal interchanges --
Using the Circle of Fifths for Circle Progressions --
Applying the same circle to fourths --
Seeing circle progressions in action --
ch. 9 Dominant Function and Voice Leading --
Chord Function and the Dominant Chord --
Leading with the leading tone --
Tension rises with a tritone --
Playing songs with dominant function --
Secondary Dominants --
Drawing attention to some common secondary dominants --
Thinking of secondary dominants as mini key changes --
Songs that use secondary dominants --
Voice Leading --
ch. 10 Filling the Gaps with Passing Chords --
Getting to Know Chromatic Passing Chords --
Passing chords in blues --
We gonna get funky --
Chromatic ch-ch-ch-ch-changes --
Getting to Know Diminished Chords --
Fingering diminished chord shapes --
Playing diminished 7th chord inversions --
Using diminished 7ths as passing chords --
Substituting diminished 7th chords for dominant 7th chords --
Playing Augmented Chords --
Playing augmented chord inversions --
Using augmented chords for dominant function --
Using augmented chords in voice leading --
pt. IV Playing Guitar Scales --
ch. 11 Preparing for Riffs and Solos with the Pentatonic Scale --
Getting to Know the Pentatonic Scale --
Covering the Fretboard with the Pentatonic Scale --
Starting with pattern 1 --
Playing pentatonic pattern 2 --
Playing pentatonic pattern 3 --
Playing pentatonic pattern 4 --
Finishing up with pentatonic pattern 5 --
Connecting all the patterns --
Using the Pentatonic Scale as Major and Minor --
Playing the Pentatonic Scale in Other Keys --
Playing in F minor and A --
Playing in F minor and A major --
Playing in G minor and B major --
Playing in G minor and B major and other keys --
Playing in A minor and C major --
Applying the Pentatonic Scale --
ch. 12 Playing Music\'s Primary Melody Maker: The Major Scale --
Getting Familiar with the Major Scale --
Playing the Major Scale as Five Smaller Patterns --
Breaking down the G major scale --
Focusing on fingering --
Connecting the five patterns to cover the whole fretboard --
Practicing the Major Scale without Getting Bored --
Playing along with accompaniment --
Adding minor notes and patterns --
Transposing the major scale to new keys --
Applying the Major Scale --
Playing Three-Notes-Per-String Patterns --
ch. 13 Playing in Modes and Using Modal Scale Patterns --
Understanding Modes --
Knowing how modal sounds are made --
Remembering that modes are more than just patterns or starting positions --
Playing Ionian Mode --
Seeing and hearing Ionian mode in action --
Using Ionian mode with the pentatonic scale --
Playing Dorian Mode --
Getting the Dorian details --
Using Dorian mode with the pentatonic scale --
Playing Phrygian Mode --
Playing Lydian Mode --
Playing Mixolydian Mode --
Playing Aeolian Mode --
ch. 14 Exploring New Patterns with the Harmonic Minor Scale --
Getting to Know the Harmonic Minor Scale --
Raising the 7th scale degree --
Identifying some harmonic minor chord progressions --
Using Harmonic Minor within a Pentatonic Pattern --
Adding a raised 7th to the pentatonic --
Outlining the V7 chord --
Completing the harmonic minor scale --
Covering the Fretboard with Harmonic Minor Scale Patterns --
Picking out patterns --
Focusing on fingering --
Practice, practice, practice! --
Transposing the harmonic minor scale to new keys --
Playing in a Harmonic Minor Mode --
Getting to Know the Melodic Minor Scale --
Using Harmonic Minor in Dorian Mode --
ch. 15 Playing the Blues --
Recognizing Blues Elements in Popular Music --
Playing Over a Blues V7 Chord --
Playing the dominant scale --
Using the major and minor pentatonic --
Mixing up the scale options. Tackling Whole Chord Progressions with the Twelve-Bar Blues --
Switching dominant scales --
Sticking with minor pentatonic --
Using a major pentatonic scale --
Changing pentatonic scales on each chord --
Playing the Blues Scale --
pt. V Part of Tens --
ch. 16 Ten Guitar Songs Worth Learning --
\"Wish You Were Here\" / Pink Floyd --
\"La Bamba\" / Los Lobos --
\"Jack and Diane\" / John Mellencamp --
\"Brown Eyed Girl\" / Van Morrison --
\"With or Without You\" by U2 --
\"Stairway to Heaven\" / Led Zeppelin --
\"Smooth\" / Santana --
\"Sunshine of Your Love\" by Cream --
\"Johnny B. Goode\" / Chuck Berry --
\"Jingle Bell Rock\" / Bobby Helms --
ch. 17 Ten Sample Scale Applications --
G-Em-C-D --
E-B-Cm-A --
E-D-A-E --
D-C-G-D --
Am-G-F --
Am-D --
Am-Bm --
Em-D-C-B7 --
F-B-C --
E5-D5 --
ch. 18 Tens Ways to Put Theory into Practice --
Learn and Analyze Songs --
Play Along with Songs --
Record and Listen to Yourself --
Become a Super Looper --
Play with Others --
Play Out --
Practice a Little and Play a Lot --
Study More Music Theory Resources --
Set Reasonable, Realistic Goals --
Have a Good Time All the Time.