The Guitar Toolbox series is a ground-breaking new method of learning modern guitar based upon moveable scale and chord shapes. Cal Williams Jr.: Introduction To The Guitar Toolbox - Part 1 steers away from the traditional classical guitar methods used in other guitar books and is the first book of its kind to approach the guitar from a modern guitarist's point of view. The Guitar Toolbox series takes the student from the simple pentatonic scale foundation to playing the complete major, minor and blues fretboards. Cal Williams Jr.: Introduction To The Guitar Toolbox - Part 1 also infuses the students chord palette with triad chords based around the 1, 4, 5 and thecomplete perfect chords in all keys.
Contents
Welcome
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
How to Tune Your Guitar
The Mechanics of Tuning
Tuning by Device & Tuning by Ear
How to Read a Chord & Scale Diagram
How to Read Tablature
How to Use The Instant Jam CD
How To Hold Your Guitar
How to Practice
The Spider Technique
How to Successfully Fret Notes on the Guitar Strings
The Spider Technique in Tablature
Chapter 1 - Folk Major
Folk Major Lead Guitar
What is a Key?
What is a Scale?
The Folk Major Scale
The Musical Alphabet
The Gift of the GAB
The Moveable Folk Major Scale
How to Find the Root Folk Major Scale in Any Key
Natural Keys & Accidental Keys
Folk Major Scale in Any Key in Tab
Improvising and Folk Licks
Free-Form Improvisation and The Four Note Method
What is a Folk Lick?
The Resolution Note and the Call and Response
Resolution Notes in G
The Vibrato Technique
Lick Timing
Folk Licks in the Key of G Folk Major
The Folk Major Hammer-On Lick in G
The Folk Major Double Stop Lick in G
The Folk Major Mixed Double Stop Lick in G
The Folk Major Return Journey Slide Lick in G
Instant Jam CD for Folk Major Lead Guitar
The Folk Major Scale in Tab
Folk Major Rhythm Guitar
What is a Chord?
What is an Open Chord?
Modified Open Chords
Barre Chords
Modified Barre Chords
What is a Bar and Time Signature?
What is Down Strumming?
Strumming with Pick, Thumb or Fingers
The 1, 4, 5
The 1, 4, 5 Chords in All Folk Major Keys
12 Bar Folk in G Major
12 Bar Folk Major Chord Progression in G Major
12 Bar Folk Variations
The Added Fourth Chord
The Turnaround Chord
Syllabus Checklist
Chapter 2 - Folk Minor
Folk Minor Lead Guitar
The Relative Minor
The Folk Minor Scale
The Moveable Folk Minor Scale in Any Key
Folk Minor Scale in Any Key in Tab
Improvising with Folk Licks in the Key of G Folk Minor
The Folk Minor Hammer-On Lick in Gm
The Folk Minor Pull Off Lick in Gm
The Folk Minor Double Stop Lick in Gm
Instant Jam CD for Folk Minor Lead Guitar
Folk Minor Rhythm Guitar
Strumming
Chord Changes
The Minor 1, 4, 5
The 12 Bar Folk Minor in G Minor
12 Bar Folk Minor Chord Progression in G Minor
Chapter 3 - The Blues
Blues Lead Guitar
The Blues Scale
The Blues Scale in Tab
The Moveable Blues Scale
How to Find the Root Blues Scale in Any Key
The Blues Scale in Any Key in Tab
Improvising with Blues Licks in the Key of G Blues