Lessons

George Arvola and Tony Bradan

Front Matter:

1 to 5b: Notes and scales and fingering devices on the “A” (5th) string.

Lesson 1: Notes on the “A” (5th) String PDF
Lesson 2a: Octave Scales on the “A” String PDF
Lesson 2b: “A” Alphabets on the “A” String in all 7 Keys (Seven Modes of “A”) PDF
Lesson 2c: Demonstration of the “B” and “C” modes in 7 Keys (on the “A” string) PDF
Lesson 3: Continuous Scales on “A-D-G-B-E” Strings PDF
Lesson 4a: Fingering Devices: Two Note Grouping: Two Finger Shifts PDF
Lesson 4b: Fingering Devices: Three Note Gruping: Three Finger Shifts with Extension Fingering PDF
Lesson 4c: Fingering Devices: Four Note Grouping: Three Finger Shifts With Extensions and Slides PDF
Lesson 4d: Fingering Devices: Three Note Grouping: Extension Fingering, First, Second, Third and Fourth Finger Slides PDF
Lesson 5a: Finger Manipulation, Co-ordination, Reading PDF
Lesson 5b: Finger Manipulation, Co-ordination, Reading (continued) PDF

6a to 8: Combining the “A and D” strings with five tone and one octave scales.

Lesson 6a: Five Tone Scales Combining the “A” and “D” Strings PDF
Lesson 6b: Five Tone Scales on A & D: Demonstrating the Key of Bb PDF
Lesson 7a: Octave Scales Combining the “A” and “D” Strings PDF
Lesson 7b: Octave Scales Combining the “A” and “D” Strings: Demonstration of Retrograde in the Key of “E” PDF
Lesson 8: “The Blue Doodle” PDF

9a to 9e: Combining the “A-D-G” strings with octave scales and note groups.

10 to 15b: Triads and arpeggios with bass notes on the “A” string.

Lesson 10: Triads with Bass Notes on the “A” String PDF
Lesson 11a: First Method of Comparing Triads on Three String Sets PDF
Lesson 11b: Second Method of Comparing Triads on the Three String Sets PDF
Lesson 12a: Major Chords & Arpeggios in Root Position on A-D-G and D-G-B Strings PDF
Lesson 12b: Minor, Diminished and Augmented Triads in Root Position PDF
Lesson 13: First Inversion Triads and Arpeggios on “A-D-G” and “D-G-B” Strings PDF
Lesson 14: Second Inversion Triads and Arpeggios on “A-D-G” and “D-G-B” Strings PDF
Lesson 15a: Root Position Triads and Arpeggios Extended on A-D-G-B strings PDF
Lesson 15b: Root Position Triads and Arpeggios Extended on A-D-G-B strings PDF

16 to 18: Three part 7th chords and refining harmonization of melodies.

Lesson 16: Three Part 7th Chords on “A-D-G” Strings PDF
Lesson 17: 9th, 11th and 13th chord Substitute Triads (re-visited): “Exploring the Safe Range in Pitch” PDF
Lesson 18: A Few Refinements In Harmonizing With Three Note Chords PDF

19a to 23: Adding the “E” (6th) string with all fingering devices.

24 to 30c: Triads and arpeggios with bass notes on the “E” string.

Lesson 24: Triads with Bass Notes on the “E” (6th) String PDF
Lesson 25: “Stacking The Triads” PDF
Lesson 26: Root Position Chords Combining E-A-D and A-D-G Strings PDF
Lesson 27: First Inversion Triads Combining the E-A-D and A-D-G Strings PDF
Lesson 28: Second Inversion Triads Combining the E-A-D and A-D-G Strings PDF
Lesson 29a: Root Position Arpeggios Extended to Octave of Low Position Triad PDF
Lesson 29b: First Inversion Arpeggios Extended to Octave of Low Position Triad PDF
Lesson 30a: Root Position Triads and Arpeggios (fully extended) PDF
Lesson 30b: First Inversion Triads and Arpeggios (fully extended) PDF
Lesson 30c: Tony’s Words of Wisdom PDF

31 to 33c: Two octave scales across the fingerboard. Sight reading using the fingering principles of the two octave scale fingerings.

34a to 41: Two and three octave arpeggios.

Lesson 34a: Two Octave Root Position Arpeggios with Bass Note on “E” (6th) PDF
Lesson 34b: Root Position Two Octave Triad Arpeggios with Bass Note on “E” (6th) cont’d PDF
Lesson 35: Octave Root Position Arpeggios with Bass on “A” (5th) PDF
Lesson 36: First Inversion Two Octave Arpeggios with Bass Note on “E” (6th) PDF
Lesson 37: First Inversion Two Octave Triad Arpeggios with Bass Note on “A” (5th) PDF
Lesson 38: Second Inversion Two Octave Arpeggios with Bass Note on “E” (6th) PDF
Lesson 39: Second Inversion Two Octave Arpeggios with Bass Note on “A” (5th) PDF
Lesson 40a: Root Position Arpeggio Cycle Routine PDF
Lesson 40b: First Inversion Two Octave Triad Arpeggio Cycle Routine; Second Inversion Two Octave Triad Arpeggio Cycle Routine PDF
Lesson 41: Three Octave Arpeggios PDF

42 to 43c: Three part Dominant 7th chords revisited.

Lesson 42: Three Part 7th Chords on E-A-D Strings PDF
Lesson 43a: Three Part Dominant 7th Chords (re-visited) PDF
Lesson 43b: Low Position Dominant 7th Chords, Bass Note on “G” (3rd) String; Low Position Dominant 7th Chords, Bass Note on “D” (4th) String PDF
Lesson 43c: Low Position Dominant Seventh Chords, Bass Note on “A” (5th) String; Low Position Dominant Seventh Chords, Bass Note on “E” (6th) String PDF

44a to 46c: Resolution of the Dominant 7th chord.

Lesson 44a: Examining the Resolution of the Dominant 7th Chord PDF
Lesson 44b: Examining the Resolution of the Dominant 7th Chord (cont’d) PDF
Lesson 44c: Examining the Resolution of the Dominant 7th Chord (cont’d) PDF
Lesson 45a: Practice Routine for Resolution of Three Part Dominant 7th Chords: Bass Notes on “G” string; Bass Notes on “D” String PDF
Lesson 45b: Practice Routine for Resolution of Three Part Dominant 7th Chords: Bass Notes on “A” String; Bass Notes on “E” String PDF
Lesson 46a: Scale Resolution of the Dominant 7th Chord PDF
Lesson 46b: Single Line Resolution Dominant 7th Chords with Bass Note on “E” (6th); Single Line Resolution Dominant 7th Chords with Bass Note on “A” (5th) PDF
Lesson 46c: Single Line Resolution Dominant 7th Chords with Bass Note on “D” (4th); Single Line Resolution Dominant 7th Chords with Bass Note on “G” (3rd) PDF

47a to 48c: Cycle of fifths and examining the tri-tone.

Lesson 47a: Cycle of Fifths PDF
Lesson 47b: Cycle Progressions of Dominant 7th Chords (scale format) PDF
Lesson 48a: “Tri-Tone” PDF
Lesson 48b: Tritone Progression on “B” and “E” Strings; Tritone on “G” and “B” Strings; Tritone on “D” and “G” Strings PDF
Lesson 48c: Tritone Scale Progression PDF

Editor’s Closing Remarks PDF

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