TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD SIX TIPS FOR PRACTICING SURVEY OF THE STUDY PROGRAM CD PLAYLlST Chapter 1: WARM UPS Note location - chromaties -the spider Chapter 2: PENTATONIC SCALES Stretch pentatonies -sequences - jam tracks Chapter 3: THE BLUES SCALE Blue notes -scale positions - licks Chapter 4: STRING BENDING/VIBRATO Smear, release and unison bends Circle, rock and jack-off vibrato Chapter 5: THE MAJOR SCALE Scale Positions - licks - projects Chapter 6: ALTERNATE PICKING 3-notes-per-string scales - pedal tone licks - mega-chops - Paganini Chapter 7: THE MODES OF THE MAJOR SCALE 3-note-per-stringscales- modes - tonal colors- pitch axis system Chapter 8: LEGATO TECHNIQUE Hammer ons - pull offs - slides - shapes Chapter 9: TRIADIC ARPEGGIOS / TRIADS Welcome to the land of arpeggios! Chapter 10: ECONOMY PICKING Sweeping -scales -arpeggios Chapter 11: FOUR- NOTE -ARPEGGIOS Standard/long form fingerings - the Jan Hammer scale - chord substitutions Chapter 12: STRING SKIPPING TECHNIQUE Scales - arpeggios - sequences -repeating patterns - licks Chapter 13: TWO HAND TAPPING Tapping scales and arps - eight-finger tapping - harmonies tapping Chapter 14: THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE Modes - jam tracks - projects Chapter 15: THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE Positions - modes - altered scales - licks Chapter 16: EXOTIC SCALES Whole tone scale -diminished scale -the enigmatic scale Chapter 17: THE VIBRATO ARM The whammy bar - the dive bomb - wang bar dips - legato phrasing Chapter 18: EFFECTIVE LEARNING - PRACTICE PLANNING Chapter 19: IMPROVISATION- BUILDING SOLOS APPENDIX Discography and literature LIST OF SYMBOLS Skryť popis