Lessons

Front Matter:

• Title page PDF
• Editor’s Introduction PDF
• Tony Bradan’s Comments PDF
• Messages (Tony Bradan) PDF
• Preliminary Lesson PDF

1 to 10: Notes and scales on the “E” (1st) string. Fingering principles and fingering devices (two, three and four note groups). Reading and playing melodies on one string.

• Lesson 1: Fingering Principles PDF
• Lesson 2: Full Hand Shifts PDF
• Lesson 3: Octave Scales on the “E” String PDF
• Lesson 4: Continuous Scales on the “E” String PDF
• Lesson 5: Fingering Devices (Two Finger Shifts) PDF
• Lesson 6: Three Finger Shifting With Extension Fingering PDF
• Lesson 7: Three Finger Shifting with Extensions and Slides PDF
• Lesson 8: Moving Subdivisions: Three Note Groupings PDF
• Lesson 9a. Finger Manipulation: Coordination: Reading PDF
• Lesson 9b. Finger Manipulations: Coordination: Reading PDF
• Lesson 9c. Finger Manipulation, Reading PDF
• Lesson 10a. What can I play on one string? PDF
• Lesson 10b: “A Simple Tune on the E String” PDF
• Lesson 10c: “A More Complex Melody on the E String” PDF
• Lesson 10d: First String Tunes PDF

11 to 14c: Notes and scales on the “B” (2nd) string. Fingering devices.

• Lesson 11: Notes on the “B” (2nd) String PDF
• Lesson 12: Octave Scales on the “B” String PDF
• Lesson 13: Fingering Devices (Demonstrated on the “B” alphabet): PDF
• Lesson 14a: Fingering Manipulation, Co-ordination, Reading PDF
• Lesson 14b: Finger Manipulation & Reading PDF
• Lesson 14c: Finger Manipulation, Co-ordination, Reading, Plectrum Practice PDF

15 to 19: Combining the “B and E” strings with five tone and one octave scales.

• Lesson 15: Comparing the “B” and “E” Strings PDF
• Lesson 16a: Five Tone Studies on the “B” and “E” Strings PDF
• Lesson 16b: Five Tone Scales Starting From the Highest Note PDF
• Lesson 16c: Five Tone Study in Eighth Notes PDF
• Lesson 16d: Five Tone Eighths in Retrograde (Reverse-Slope) PDF
• Lesson 16e: Five Tone Triplet Study PDF
• Lesson 16f: Five Tone Triplets in Retrograde PDF
• Lesson 16g: Five Tone Study in Sixteenths PDF
• Lesson 16h: Five Tone Sixteenths in Retrograde PDF
• Lesson 16i: Left hand shifting on Five Tone Studies on the “B” and “E” Strings PDF
• Lesson 17a: Octave Scales on the “B” and “E” Strings PDF
• Lesson 17b: Octave Scales on the “B” and “E” Strings: “E” scale demonstration PDF
• Lesson 18a: Alphabets in all key PDF
• Lesson 18b: C Alphabets Fingered PDF
• Lesson 19: Playing Tunes Using Two Strings PDF
• Lesson 19b: More Two String Tunes PDF

20 to 23b: Notes, scales and fingering devices on the “G” (3rd) string.

• Lesson 20: Notes on the “G” (3rd) String PDF
• Lesson 21: Octave scales on the “G” String PDF
• Lesson 22: Fingering Devices (Demonstrated on “G” Alphabet) PDF
• Lesson 23a: Finger Manipulation, Reading, Co-ordination, Plectrum Practice: on the “G” String PDF
• Lesson 23b: Finger Manipulation, Reading, Co-ordination, Plectrum Practice: on the “G” string PDF

24 to 28b: Combining the “G and B” strings with five tone and one octave scales. Combining the “G-B-E” strings with octave scales and note groups.

• Lesson 24: Charting the Unison Notes on the “G-B-E” Strings PDF
• Lesson 25a: Five Tone Studies on the “G” and “B” Strings PDF
• Lesson 25b: Give Tone Studies on “G” and “B” starting from the highest note PDF
• Lesson 25c: Five Tone Study in Eighth Notes PDF
• Lesson 25d: Five Tone Study in Triplets PDF
• Lesson 25e: Five Tone Study in Sixteenth Notes PDF
• Lesson 26a: Octave Scales on the “G” and “B” Strings PDF
• Lesson 26b: Demonstrating the “Direct Change” Using the “A” Alphabet Played on the G&B Strings PDF
• Lesson 27a: Octave Scales on the “G-B-E” Strings PDF
• Lesson 27b: Demonstration of the Four Fingering Devices for Combining the “G-B-E” Strings PDF
• Lesson 27c: Continuous Octave Scale on “G-B-E” Strings in Eighth Notes PDF
• Lesson 27d: Octave Scales on “G-B-E” Strings in Eighth Note Triplets PDF
• Lesson 27e: Octave Scales on “G-B-E” Strings: in Sixteenth Notes and four note groups PDF
• Lesson 28a: “Eb Two Step” PDF
• Lesson 28b: “Blues in Bee’s Flat” PDF
• Lesson 28c: Old Fashioned Tunes PDF

29a to 30: Introducing chord spelling in triads and towers of thirds.

• Lesson 29a: Chord Spelling PDF
• Lesson 29b: Key Signatures: re-visited PDF
• Lesson 29c: Key Signatures (continued) PDF
• Lesson 29d: Specific Chord Spelling PDF
• Lesson 29e: Triad Inversion PDF
• Lesson 30: Triads with Bass Notes on the Third String: Practice Routine PDF

31a to 31c: Introduction to chord scale relationships.

• Lesson 31a: Triad Inversion Scales (Chord Scale Relationships) PDF
• Lesson 31b: Triad Inversion Scales PDF
• Lesson 31c: Modal Scales re-visited! PDF

32a to 35: Harmonizing melodies with major triads.

• Lesson 32a: “To Harmonize a Melody” PDF
• Lesson 32b: Harmonizing PDF
• Lesson 32c: Three More Tunes to Harmonize PDF
• Lesson 33: Auxiliary Tone Studies PDF
• Lesson 33b: Auxiliary Tone Harmony PDF
• Lesson 34: Yeah! O.K! What can I actually play with this stuff? PDF
• Lesson 35: Syncopation Reviewed PDF

36 to 40b: Adding minor, diminished and augmented triads into the mix. Refining melody harmonization will [sic] all four types of triads.

• Lesson 36: Minor, Diminished and Augmented Triads PDF
• Lesson 37a: All Triad Drills PDF
• Lesson 37b: All Triad Drills PDF
• Lesson 37c: All Triad Drills PDF
• Lesson 37d: Triad Arpeggios Drills PDF
• Lesson 38: Harmonizing With All Triad Types PDF
• Lesson 39: “It Ain’t A Great Piece of Musics But It Will Have To Do” PDF
• Lesson 39b: “It Ain’t A Great Piece of Musics But It Will Have To Do” (Harmonized Solution) PDF
• Lesson 40a: A Few Suggestions Regarding Harmonizing A Tune PDF
• Lesson 40b: A Few More Suggestions Regarding Harmonizing A Tune PDF

Special Note About Auxiliary Tones / Closing Argument PDF