Song List
In the first section of this book two basic chord progressions are introduced; 12 bar blues and turnarounds (1 and 2). These two progressions are the basis of many songs from the fifties onwards, some of which are listed here.
12 Bar Blues
- Be-bop-a-lula – Gene Vincent/John Lennon
- Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
- Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
- Boppin’ the Blues – Blackfeather
- The Wanderer – Dion
- Going up the Country – Canned Heat
- Makin’ Your Mind Up – Bucks Fizz
- Green Door – Shakin’ Stevens
- In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry
- Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & The Comets
- Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys
- Let’s Stick Together – Bryan Ferry
- Long Tall Glasses (I Know I Can Dance) – Leo Sayer
- Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
- School Days (Ring Ring Goes the Bell) – Chuck Berry
- Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry
- Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
- Turn Up Your Radio – The Masters Apprentices
- Tutti Frutti – Little Richard
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy – Larry Williams/The Beatles
- Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly
- Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
- Get Down and Get With It – Slade
- Good Golly Miss Molly – Little Richard
- Lucille – Little Richard
- In the Mood – Glen Miller
- Surfin’ Safari – The Beach Boys
- Peppermint Twist – Sweet
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – The Andrew Sisters/Bett Midler
- I Hear You Knocking – Dave Edmunds
- Boy From New York City – Darts/Manhattan Transfer
- Mountain of Love – Johnny Rivers
- I Love to Boogie – T-Rex
- Shake Rattle & Roll – Bill Hayley
- Lady Rose – Mungo Jerry
- Theme to Batman
- Theme to Spiderman
- Stuck in the Middle with you – Steeler’s Wheel
- Hot Love – T-Rex
- The Huckle Buck – Brendan Bower
- Way Down – Elvis Presley
- I Can Help – Billy Swan
- Rockin’ Robin – Michael Jackson
- Red House – Jimi Hendrix
- Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Killing Floor – Jimi Hendrix
- The Jack – ACDC
- Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
- Oh Pretty Woman – Gary Moore
Turnaround One *
- I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
- The Night Has a 1000 Eyes – Bobby Vee
- It’s Raining Again – Supertramp
- More – Various Artists
- Ti Amo – Umberto Tozzi
- Crocodile Rock (chorus) – Elton John
- One Last Kiss – Various Artists
- Stand By Me – John Lennon
- Dream – Everly Brothers
- Return to Sender – Elvis Presley
- Telstar – Tornadoes
- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
- Why do Fools Fall in Love – Frankie Lyman/Diana Ross
- Sarah – Fleetwood Mac
- Take Good Care of my Baby – Bobby Vee/Smokey
- Where have all the Flowers Gone – Various Artists
- Turnaround Sue – Dion & the Belmonts
- Tell Me Why – The Beatles
- Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker
- Stay (Just a Little Bit Longer) – The Four Seasons/Jackson Brown
- Cool for Cats – U.K. Squeeze
- Y.M.C.A – The Village People
- Tired of Toein’ the Line – rock Burnett
- You Drive Me Crazy – Shakin’ Stevens
- Should I do it – Pointer Sisters
- Poor Little Fool – Rick Nelson
- You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield/Elvis Presley
- Breaking up is Hard to do – Neil Sedaka/Partridge Family
- Oh Carol – Neil Sedaka
- Two Faces Have I – Lou Christie
- Every Day – Buddy Holly
- Poetry in Motion – Johnny Tillotson
- Sweet Little 16 – Neil Sedaka
- Big Girls Don’t Cry – Four Seasons
- Sherry – Four Seasons
- How Do You Do It – Jerry & The Pacemakers
- Shout, Shout – Rocky Sharp & The Replays
- Aces With You – Moon martin
- Houses of the Holy – Led Zeppelin
- Uptown Girl – Billy Joel
- Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
- "Happy Days" – Theme
- Joane – Michael Nesmith
- Goodnight Sweetheart – Various Artists
- Looking For An Echo – Ol’55
- Summer Holiday – Cliff Richard
- Be My Baby – The Ronettes/Rachel Sweet
- Everlasting Love – Rachel Sweet/Love Affair
- I Go To Pieces (verse) – Peter & Gordon
- Love Hurts – Everly Brothers/Jim Capaldi/Nazareth
- Gee Baby – Peter Shelley
- Classic – Adrian Gurvitz
- Teenage Dream – T-Rex
- Blue Moon – Various Artists
- The Tide is High – Blondie
- Dennis – Blondie
- It Ain’t Easy – Normie Rowe
- My World – Bee Gees
- Hey Paula – Various Artists
- It’s Only Make Believe – Glen Campbell
- Can’t Smile Without You – Barry Manilow
- Take Good Care of My Baby – Bobby Vee/Smokie
- Crossfire – Bellamy Brothers
- Bobby’s Girl – Marcie Blane
- Do That To Me One More Time – Captain & Tenile
- Please Mr Postman – Carpenters/ The Beatles
- Sharin’ The Night Together – Dr Hook
- 9 to 5 (Morning Train) – Sheena Easton
- Diana – Paul Anka
- Enola Gay – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
- Some Guys Have All the Luck – Robert Palmer
- So Lonely – Get Wet
- Hungry Heart – Bruce Springsteen
- Land of Make Believe (chorus) – Buck Fizz
- Daddys Home – Cliff Richard
- The Wonder of You – Elvis Presley
- So You Win Again – Hot Chocolate
- Hang Five – Rolling Stones
- Paper Tiger – Sue Thompson
- Venus – Frankie Avalon
- Costafine Town – Splinter
- If You Leave – OMD
- True Blue – Madonna
Turnaround Two *
- Crocodile Rock (verse) – Elton John
- I started a Joke – The Bee Gees
- Different Drum – Linda Ronstadt
- Key Largo – Bertie Giggins
- Black Berry Way – The Move
- Georgy Girl – Seekers
- Where Do You Go To My Lovely – Peter Sarsted
- Mrs Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter – Hermans Hermit
- Toast and Marmalade for Tea – Tin Tin
- Movie Star – Harpo
- It’s A Heartache – Bonnie Tyler
- I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats
- My Angel Baby – Toby Beau
- Land Of Make Believe (verse) – Bucks Fizz
- I’m In the Mood for Dancing – The Nolans
- What’s in a Kiss – Gilbert O’Sullivan
- My Baby Loves Love – Joe Jeffries
- Dreamin’ – Johnny Burnett
- Cruel To Be Kind – Nick Lowe
- Where Did Our Love Go – Diana Ross & The Supremes
- Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan
- I Go To Pieces (chorus) – Peter & Gordon
- Get It Over With – Angie Gold
- Sad Sweet Dreamer – Sweet Sensation
- Down Town – Petula Clark
- Easy – Oakridge Boys
- Only You Can Do It – Francoiose hardy
- Costafine – Splinter (chorus)
- Where Did Our Love Go? – Phil Collins
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- Chord Diagrams
3- Musical Terms
4- E Chord
5- Chords G And C
6- Turnaround Progression No.1
7- F Chord
8- Chords A7, D7 and E7*
9- Continuous Right Hand Movement
10- Alternating Chord
11- Blues in E
12- Note Summary: Open Position
13- The Time Signature
14- Chords A Minor and D Minor
15- Chords C Major 7 and F Major 7
16- Chords, A Major 7, D Major 7 and G Major 7
17- Chromatic Note Summary: First Position
18- B Minor Chord
19- Chords E6 and A6
20- Rock Chords
21- Suspended Chords: A Sus, D Sus and E Sus
22- The Hammer on
23- The Bar Chord
24- Progression in F
25- Bar Chord Progression
26- Root 6 Minor Bar
27- Two Bar Percussive Rhythm
28- Dominant 7th Bar Chord (Root 6)
29- Right Hand Deadening Technique
30- Staccato Strumming
31- Root 5 Bar Chord
32- Basic Patterns
33- Dampening Technique
34- Rock Chords
35- Root 5 Minor Bar Chord
36- Basic Turnaround Patterns
37- Right Hand Rhythm Technique
38- Left and Right Hand Rhythm
39- Dominant 7th Bar Chord - Root 5
40- Arpeggio Picking
41- Arpeggio Picking With Bass Note Runs
42- Minor 7th Chords
43- Major 6th Chords
44- Rock Rhythm
45- Time Signatures - Simple and Compound Time
46- Bar Chord Formations
47- Suspended Chords
48- Major Seventh Chords
49- Off Beat Rhythms
50- Ninth Chords
51- Augmented Chords
52- Diminished Chords
53- Root 6 Sixth Chords - Alternative Form
54- Dominant 7th Chord - Alternative
55- Sixteenth Note Rhythm
56- Tuning
57- Song List
58- Transposing
59- Groups
60- Minor Keys
61- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS
62- Solid Body Electric
63- Right Arm Position
64- Trouble-Shooting
65- 12 Bar Blues
66- Tablature
67- Turnaround Progression No. 2
68- Alternative Chord Forms
69- Note And Rest Values
70- Bass Note Picking ( <span class="symbolA">^</span> Time )
71- Bass Note Runs
72- Sixteenth Note Rhythm
73- Major 7 Progression
74- Progression in A
75- Triplet Rhythm
76- Blues in E
77- 12 Bar in A
78- G Major Scale
79- Hammer on Examples
80- The Percussive Strum (Bar Chords)
81- Key Signatures
82- Minor Bar Chord Progressions
83- Summary of Scales and Key Signatures
84- Rests in Music
85- Eighth Note Rests
86- 12 Bar in G
87- Chord Construction - Major
88- Reggae Rhythms
89- Arpeggio Variation
90- Chord Construction - Minor
91- Chord Construction Dominant 7th and Minor 7th Chords
92- Seventh Chords - Rock Form
93- Examples in Six Eight Time
94- Suspended Example
95- Chord Substitution
96- Root 6 Minor 6th
97- 12 Bar in D
98- Sixteenth Note Rhythm Variations
99- Tuning Hints
100- Sheet Music
101- The Capo
102- Chord Formula Chart
103- Other Books in The Progressive Series
104- Steel String Acoustic
105- Chord Progression
106- New Rhythm Patterns
107- Two Bar Rhythms
108- Bass Note Picking
109- The Chromatic Scale
110- Experiments in Bass Note Picking
111- Turnaround No. 1 in D
112- The Major Scale
113- Rock Chord Variation
114- The Pull Off
115- The Percussive Strum (Open Chords)
116- Section Two Summary
117- Jazz Blues in G
118- Section Three Summary
119- Electronic Tuner
120- Altered Chords
121- Seating
122- Pivot Finger
123- Rhythm Variations
124- Section One Summary
125- Extra Progressions
126- Extra Progressions
127- Scale Tone Chord
128- The Pick
129- Extra Progressions
130- Scale Tone Chord Extensions