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- Contents - 

Introduction 
   What This Book Provides 
   If You Are an Intermediate or Advanced Player 
   If You Just Started Playing the Guitar 
   How to Use the Audio Examples 

Part I: Techniques and Patterns 
Chapter 1: Essential Skills 
The Minor Pentatonic Scale 
Techniques of Touch 
   Supportive Fingering 
   The Finger Roll 
Principles of Practicing 
   Warming Up 
   Setting Tempo 
   How Long to Practice 
   What to Practice and When to Move On 
   Practicing in Different Keys: Transposing and the Cycle of Fourths 
Chapter 1 Summary 

Chapter 2: Blue Notes 
The Blue 3rd 
The ♭5th 
The ♭7th 
The Blue-Note Pentatonic 
Chapter 2 Summary 

Chapter 3: Shuffle Phrasing - Rhythm and the Blues 
The Shuffle 
Call-and-Response Phrasing 
One-Bar Phrases 
   Rhythm, Melody, and Resolution 
Two-Bar Phrases 
Vocalization 
Visualization 
Chapter 3 Summary. 

Chapter 4: Legato, Picking, and Dynamics 
Legato Phrasing 
   Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs 
Picking Technique and Dynamics 
   Flatpicking 
   The Slap 
   The Rake 
   Bare-Finger Picking 
   Hybrid Picking 
   Thumb-Picks 
Chapter 4 Summary 

Chapter 5: Sliding, Bending, and Vlbrato 
Sliding 
Bending 
   Whole-Step Bends 
   Releasing a Bend 
   Pre-Bending 
   Half-Step Bends 
   Big Bends 
Vibrato 
   Finger Vlbrato 
   Wrist vibrato 
   Bending Plus Vibrato 
Chapter 5 Summary 

Chapter 6: Blues Melody - Core and Color 
Blues Core 
   Melodies and Scales 
Blues Tonality 
Notes and Feelings 
Expanding the Blues Tonality: Color Notes 
   The 6th 
   The 9th 
Chapter 6 Summary 

Chapter 7: Getting Around the Neck 
The CAGED System 
Pattem #4 Lower Octave 
Pattem #5 Upper Octave: The “Albert King Spot” 
   Blues Tonality in Pattern #5 
   Combining Patterns #4 and #5 
Pattern #1 Upper Octave: The "B.B. King Spot” 
   Blues Tonality in Pattern #1 
   Combining Patterns #1, #5, and #4 
Pattern #2: The “A Shape” 
   Blues Tonality in Pattern #2 
Pattern #3: The “G Shape” 
Moving Around the Neck 
   Shifting and Sliding 
   Soloing on One String 
Chapter 7 Summary 


Part 2: 12-Bar Soloing 
Chapter 8: 12-Bar Blues 
Blues Changes 
   Diatonic Harmony 
   Blues Harmony 
12-Bar Form 
Call-and-Response Phrasing 
   12-Bar Call-and-Response Solo Structure 
Making the Changes 
   Harmonic Awareness: Key and Chord 
   Key Center Phrasing 
   Chord Tones: 3rds and 7ths 
   12-Bar Chord-Tone Phrasing 
   Comparing Key Centers and Chord Tones 
Pickup Phrases 
Combining 12-Bar Phrasing Skills 
Turnarounds 
   Classic Tumarounds 
   Transposing Tumarounds 
   Single-String Tumarounds 
   ”No Turnaround” 
Endings 
   Breaks 
   Tags 
Intros 
   ”From the One” 
   ”From the Five” 
   ”From the Turnaround” 
Chapter 8 Summary 

Chapter 9: Sololng Strategies 
Match the Solo to the Song 
Every Solo Tells a Story 
   Solo #1: Freddie King Style 
   Solo #2: Billy Butler Style 
   Solo #3: Albert King Style 
   Solo #4: Pat Hare Style 
   Stretching Out: Playing Multiple Choruses 
Chapter 9 Summary 

Chapter 10: Flavors and Textures 
Double Stops 
   3rd Intervals 
   6th lntervals 
Soloing with Chords 
Chicago-Style Soloing 
Accenting Solos with Horn-Style Chords 
Sololng in the Lower Register 
Soloing in Open Position 
   Key of A 
   Key of E 
   Combining Open and Moveable Patterns 
   Open Position: Other Keys 
Chapter 10 Summary 


Part 3: Beyond the 12-Bar Shuffle 
Chapter 11: Harmony and Form 
Uptown Blues Harmony 
   Chromatic Passing Chords 
   Ragtime Changes 
8-Bar Blues 
   ”How Long”-Style 
   ”Key to the Highway”-Style 
   8-Bar Variations 
16-Bar BIues 
Minor Blues 
   Medium Shuffle Minor Blues 
One-Chord Blues 
   Pedal Points 
   Tremolo Picking 
Chapter 11 Summary 

Chapter 12: Tempo - From Ballad to Boogie 
Slow Blues 
   Harmony 
   12/8 Meter 
   Conversational Phrasing 
   ”Stormy Monday” Changes 
Jump Blues 
One-Chord Boogie 
Chapter 12 Summary 

Chapter 13: Blues Fusions 
Rhythm and Blues (R&B) 
   Soul-Blues 
   Chicken-Picking 
   Smooth Blues 
   Other Rhythm and Blues Variations 
Latin Blues 
Rock 'n' Roll 
Other Blues Fusions 
Chapter 13 Summary 

Appendix I: Sound 
Guitars 
   Strings 
   Picks 
   Pickups 
   Capo 
Amps 
Effects 

Appendix II: Style and Influences 
Pre-Electric Blues Guitar Influences 
Electric Blues Guitar Influences 
   Texas 
   The Three Kings 
   Chicago 
   Other Blues Guitar Greats 

Appendix III: Audio Tracks 

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