The open position of the guitar contains the notes of the open strings and the first three frets. Outlined in the following diagram are the position of these notes on the staff, Tab, and on the fretboard. Also shown is an example of two separate octaves, an octave being two notes that have the same letter name and are eight consecutive notes apart. All the songs and examples in this book use notes in the open position.
Class Sessions
1- The A Form
2- Vibrato
3- Moving Between Forms
4- The Trail Off
5- New Notes, New Keys
6- The E Form
7- The D Form
8- The C Form
9- INTRODUCTION
10- The Release Bend
11- The G Form
12- The G Form
13- Moving Licks
14- Creating Variations
15- What Are These Sounds?
16- Sliding Scales
17- Sliding Pattern 2
18- Learning the Notes
19- LESSON FOUR
20- Glossary of Musical Terms
21- How to Tune Your Guitar
22- APPENDIX III
23- Right Hand Technique
24- The Pentatonic Scale
25- Picking Technique
26- The Basics of Music
27- The Slide
28- Memorizing and Visualizing
29- Along One String
30- Playin’ the Blues
31- Bending Notes
32- A New Solo
33- Visualizing
34- C Form Solo
35- Note Values
36- Sharps and Flats
37- Blues Solo
38- Vibrato With Bent Notes
39- Slight Bends
40- The Ascending Slide
41- The Hammer-On
42- Left Hand Technique
43- Progressive Blues Lead Guitar Technique
44- The Descending Slide
45- The Pull-off
46- Time Signatures
47- The Chromatic Scale
48- Diagrams
49- The Valued Slide
50- Tablature
51- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard
52- Tablature Symbols