Lesson 1 Form in music; vamps; major pentatonic scales; chord/scales; major pentatonic chord/scale Pattern 1; chord theory; inversions; triads on strings 4-2 "Easy Rhythm" Rhythm "Easy Rhythm" Lead
Lesson 2 I-IV-V progression; major pentatonic chord/scale Pattern 2; triads on strings 3-1; arpeggios; 12/8 time signature; harmonic rhythm; following chord changes with licks "Lost Love" Rhythm "Lost Love" Lead
Lesson 3 Codas; major pentatonic chord/scale Pattern 3; four-note triads with doubling; lead/rhythm "Slow Dance Dreams" Rhythm "Slow Dance Dreams" Lead
Lesson 4 Major pentatonic chord/scale Pattern 4; minor triads; major to minor; string rakes "Raking in the Soul" Rhythm "Raking in the Soul" Lead
Lesson 5 Major pentatonic chord/scale Pattern 5; passing chord; sixth chords; back beats "Sweet Soul Song" Rhythm "Sweet Soul Song" Lead
Lesson 6 I-vi-IV-V progression; tag ending; two-pattern major pentatonic chord/scales; primary and secondary chords; table of secondary chords; syncopation "Sixties Dance Music" Rhythm "Sixties Dance Music" Lead
Lesson 7 Playing scales through the patterns (along the neck); interval; 6ths; block chords "It's About Time" Rhythm "It's About Time" Lead
Lesson 8 AABAform; Coda; minor pentatonic chord/scales; add9 chords; bass runs in rhythm part "Crescent City Rhythm" Rhythm "Crescent City Rhythm" Lead
Lesson 9 Two-pattern minor pentatonic chord/scales; sus4 chords; four-note major and minor sixth, add9, and sus4 chords "Funky Soul" Rhythm "Funky Soul" Lead
Lesson 10 Octaves; four-note major and minor sixth, add9, and sus4 chord inversions; approach chords "Groovin' Funk" Rhythm "Groovin' Funk" Lead
Lesson 11 Dominant V7 chord in a minor key; practicing major chord/scales with riffs; I-IV-I chord substitute; IV of IV (V, iv, and vi); sweetening notes "Minor Soul Chop" Rhythm "Minor Soul Chop" Lead
Lesson 12 Practicing minor chord/scales with riffs; four-note seventh chord voicings "Atlantic Coast Soul" Rhythm "Atlantic Coast Soul" Lead
Lesson 13 Relative major and relative minor keys; primary and secondary chords with 7ths; triplets and subdivided triplets; imitating vocals on lead guitar "Two-Chord Stroll" Rhythm "Two-Chord Stroll" Lead
Lesson 14 3/4 time; chords with melodic lines; 6ths embedded in seventh chords; slash chords "Motor City Stroll" Rhythm "Motor City Stroll" Lead
Lesson 15 Cut time; more arpeggios; melodic leaps; interval of a 4th; 4ths with referential chord shapes; sliding with 4ths; I-IV-I substitution with seventh and ninth chords "The Gospel Truth" Rhythm "The Gospel Truth" Lead
Lesson 16 Dominant seventh and ninth arpeggios; interval of a 3rd; holding chord shapes while playing note sweeteners; more I-IV-I substitutions "Blue Rhythm Sermon" Rhythm "Blue Rhythm Sermon" Lead
Lesson 17 More chordal embellishment; minor seventh and ninth arpeggios; review of 3rd, 4th, and 6th intervals; staccato arpeggio accompaniment "R&B Stewpot" Rhythm "R&B Stewpot" Lead
Lesson 18 Practicing and combining all of the material of this book; combining all of the material in any chord progression; I-vi-ii-V progression "I-Chord Funk" Rhythm "I-Chord Funk" Lead