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ROCK: Fretboard Roadmaps: The D-A-F Roadmap
BLUES: Chicago Riff Blues
JAZZ: Jimmy Bruno: Tonal Circles
COUNTRY: Hot Banjo Rolls
ROCK
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THREE MUST-KNOW ROCK LICKS

  


MUTING AND DOWNSTROKES



ORDERING OF EFFECTS

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ALTERED TUNINGS: DROPPED D

THE MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE
(Country Rock)

THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE

SCALE SEQUENCING
& CONTOURING (METAL)


BASIC ROCK: STRUMMING
& PICKING PATTERNS

RHYTHM & TIMING (HEAVY ROCK)
TAPPING
THE D-A-F ROADMAP -
JEFF BECK - "FREEWAY JAM " -

RITCHIE BLACKMORE - "WOMAN FROM TOKYO"
BLINK-182 - "ALL THE SMALL THINGS" -

BLINK-182 -"WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN?" (guitar)

BLINK-182 - "WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN?" (bass)
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ROY BUCHANAN - "SWEET DREAMS" -
JAMES BURTON - "SUSIE-Q"
ERIC CLAPTON - "LAY DOWN SALLY"

ERIC CLAPTON - "
WONDERFUL TONIGHT"

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DICK DALE - "MISIRLOU" -
DANNY GATTON - "BLUES NEWBURG" -

DAVID GILMOUR (PINK FLOYD) -
"MONEY" - solo

GOO GOO DOLLS - "IRIS" -

GEORGE HARRISON -
"HERE COMES THE SUN"


 
BUDDY HOLLY - "NOT FADE AWAY"
INCUBUS - "STELLAR" -

JAMES JAMERSON -
"I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE" (Bass)


LED ZEPPELIN -
"YOU SHOOK ME" - solo

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN -
"I'LL SEE THE LIGHT, TONIGHT" - solo

RANDY RHOADS - "CRAZY TRAIN"
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SANTANA -
"SONG OF THE WIND" - solo


BRIAN SETZER -
"STRAY CAT STRUT" - solo

SLIPKNOT - "SPIT IT OUT"

SEPULTURA -
"DEAD EMBRYONIC CELLS"

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN -
"SUGAR" (Guitar)


SYSTEM OF A DOWN -
"SUGAR" (Bass)

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WEEZER - "HASH PIPE" -
THE WHO - "SUBSTITUTE"  

BLUES
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BLUES FOR BEGINNERS:
THE 12-BAR BLUES



CHORDS AND PROGRESSIONS


EAST COAST BLUES: BLIND BOY FULLER
"KEEP ON TRUCKIN' MAMA"



ROBERT JR. LOCKWOOD:
BLUES TURNAROUNDS



TEXAS BLUES: FREDDIE KING
"HIDE AWAY" RIFF



CHICAGO RIFF BLUES


SOLOING: IT ALL STARTS
WITH THE BLUES


BLUES BY THE BAR: 4 RIFFS TO PLAY OVER THE FIRST TWO BARS
USING A SLIDE
BLUES LICKS -
MIXOLYDIAN BLUES LICK
THE MAMBO FEEL
MAMBO 2 - CHORD SWEEPS
MINOR BLUES -
SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS -
THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE
BLUES BASS -
CREAM (ERIC CLAPTON) - "SPOONFUL"
ALBERT COLLINS - "DOIN' MY THING"
ROBERT CRAY - "SMOKING GUN" -

GUITAR SLIM -
"THE THINGS THAT I USED TO DO"


BUDDY GUY -
"MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB"


ROBERT JOHNSON -
"LOVE IN VAIN BLUES"

JIMMIE VAUGHAN - "BOOM-BAPA-BOOM" -
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - "COLD SHOT"
MUDDY WATERS - "ROLLIN' STONE" -

JOHNNY WINTER & RICK DERRINGER -
"ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO"


JAZZ
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IMPROVISING OVER DOMINANT CHORDS

CREATING DOMINANT SOUNDS

BASS TIPS:
STATIC HARMONY FIX


BOSSA NOVA

CHORD BASED SOLOING
COMMON PHRASES
DESIGNS OF TONALITY
INTRO TO TRIAD IMPROVISATION
JAZZ-ROCK TRIAD IMPROVISATION
THE ii - V - l
THREE EASY JAZZ RIFFS FOR GUITAR

THREE MUST-KNOW JAZZ LICKS:
HARD BOP AND COOL JAZZ

THE WHOLE TONE SCALE
THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE
JAZZ BASS
RON CARTER: UPRIGHT BASS -

RON ESCHETE: CHORD-MELODY PHRASES

JOHNNY SMITH: Guitar Solo -
"I'll Remember April"


JIMMY BRUNO: Tonal Circles
(with MIDI practice tracks)

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CHARLES CHAPMAN: Solo Guitar Overview - "Amazing Grace"
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CHARLES CHAPMAN: Pick Control Through Classical Literature
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TIM MAY: Right Hand Picking Exercise
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JOE NEGRI:
Reharmonization - "Swanee River"

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JACO PASTORIUS - "KURU" (Bass)  
JACO PASTORIUS - "SLANG" (Bass) -

PUNK
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PUNK RHYTHMS


GOOD CHARLOTTE - "LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS"


FUNK
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DOMINANT 7TH CHORD SHAPES


PRACTICE TRACKS: HARD FUNK JAM


THE MOTOWN SOUND: "SHOT GUN"
(Jr. Walker & the All Stars)



CLASSICAL
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FIRST CLASSICAL SOLOS

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THE RIGHT HAND -
TOMMY TEDESCO - "CAVATINA" -