Lessons

Front Matter:

• Title page PDF
• Editor’s Introduction PDF
• Treble and Bass Clefs PDF

Deriving Four-Part Chords from Major and Minor Scales:

• Lesson 1a: 7th Chords PDF
• Lesson 1b: Modal variations derived from the “relative harmonic minor scale” PDF
• Lesson 1c: Modal variations derived from the “real” melodic minor scale PDF

Tonality and Chord Functions:

• Lesson 2a : “Tonality” PDF
• Lesson 2b: “Tonality of C Major” (cont’d) PDF
• Lesson 3a: Chords in the Tonality of C Major PDF
• Lesson 3b: Chord Function summary PDF

Four Part Chords and Harmony:

• Lesson 4: Four Part Chords: Practical Voicings PDF
• Lesson 5a: Introduction to “Four Part Harmony” PDF
• Lesson 5b: Introduction to “Four Part Harmony” (cont’d) PDF

Major 6th chord:

• Lesson 6a: Low Position Major 6th with bass note on “D,” “A” or “E” PDF
• Lesson 6b: Unison Root Position Major 6th Chords PDF
• Lesson 6c: Harmonizing Non-Chordal Tones on Major 6th Chords PDF

Interchangeable Chord Concept:

• Lesson 7a: Introducing to the Interchangeable Chord Concept PDF
• Lesson 7b: “Interchangeable Chord Concept” (cont’d) PDF
• Lesson 7c: “Interchangeable Chord Concept” (cont’d) PDF

Dominant 7th Chords:

• Lesson 8a: Low Position Four Part Dominant 7th Chords: Bass Note on “D,” “A” and “E” PDF
• Lesson 8b: Unison Root Position, First, Second and Third Inversion Dominant 7th Chords PDF
• Lesson 8c: Dealing with a massive stat of confusion! Manipulating the Major 6th fingering PDF

Resolution of Dominant 7th Chords:

• Lesson 9a: Resolution of Dominant 7th Chords: Bass Notes on “D” String PDF
• Lesson 9b: Resolution of Dominant 7th Chords: Bass Notes on “A” (5th) and “E” (6th) Strings PDF
• Lesson 9c: Resolution of the Dominant 7th Chord PDF

Four Part Harmony Ear Training:

• Lesson 10a: Interchangeable Major 6th Chord Chart PDF
• Lesson 10b: Preliminary Ear Training PDF

Resolution of Interchangeable Chords (Major 6th):

• Lesson 11a: Resolution of Minor 7th Chords (Interchangeable Major 6th) PDF
• Lesson 11b: Resolution of Major 9th Chord (Interchangeable Major 6th) PDF
• Lesson 11c: Resolution of 11th Chord (Interchangeable Major 6th) PDF
• Lesson 11d: Resolution of Dom7 (sus4,#5,b9) Chord (Interchangeable Major 6th) PDF

Major 7th Chords:

• Lesson 12a: Tower of Thirds Re: Major Seventh Chords PDF
• Lesson 12b: Low Position Four Part Major 7th Chords: Bass Notes on “D,” “A” and “E” PDF
• Lesson 12c: Unison Root Position, First, Second and Third Inversion Major 7th Chords PDF

Resolution of Major 7th and Interchangeable Chords:

• Lesson 13a: Resolution of Major 7th Chord PDF
• Lesson 13b: Resolution of Interchangeable Major 7th Chord: Viewed as a Minor 9th chord; Demonstration of Minor 9th to Minor 7th then to Dominant 7th PDF
• Lesson 13c: Resolution of Major 7th chord: Viewed as Maj9(#11) PDF
• Lesson 13d: Resolution of Major 7th chord: Viewed as an interchangeable Dominant 13(sus4) chord PDF
• Lesson 13e: Resolution of Major 7th chord: viewed as a Sus4 (#5,b9) Chord PDF

Minor 6th Chords:

• Lesson 14a: Tower of Thirds Re. Minor 6th Chords; Chart of Falling Diatonic Thirds PDF
• Lesson 14b: Low Position Minor 6th Chords with bass on “D,” “A” and “E” string PDF
• Lesson 14c: Unison Root Position, First, Second and Third Inversion Minor 6th Chords PDF

Resolution of Minor 6th and Interchangeable Chords:

• Lesson 15a: Resolution of Minor Sixth Chords PDF
• Lesson 15b: Resolution of Minor Sixth “Interchangeable” Chords: Bass Note on “D” PDF

Different Doorways to Minor 7th and Minor 7th(flat5) Chords:

• Lesson 16a: Minor 6th Mystery Solved PDF
• Lesson 16b: A Different Doorway to the Minor 7th Chord PDF
• Lesson 16c: A Different Doorway to the Minor 7th(flat5) Chord PDF
• Lesson 16d: Practicing Major 6th to Minor 6th Chord Mutations; Practicing Minor 7th to Minor 7b5 Mutations PDF

Observing the tri-tone in a Dominant 7th Cycle:

• Lesson 17a: Observing of the tri-tone in a Dominant 7th Cycle using four part chords PDF
• Lesson 17b: Observing of the tri-tone in a Dominant 7th Cycle (continued) PDF

Minor-Major 7th Chords:

• Lesson 18a: Tower of Thirds Re: Minor-Major 7th Chords PDF
• Lesson 18b: Low Position Four Part Minor-Major 7th Chords: Bass Note on “D,” “A” and “E” PDF
• Lesson 18c: Unison Root Position, First, Second and Third Inversion Minor-Major 7th Chords PDF
• Lesson 18d: Resolution of Minor-Major 7th Chords PDF
• Lesson 18e: Resolution of Minor-Major 7th “Interchangeable” Chords: Bass Note on “D,” “A” and “E” PDF

‘Four Part Triad’ Fingerings:

• Lesson 19a: The evolution of the Four Part Triad (fingerings) on the D-G-B-E Strings PDF
• Lesson 19b: Four Part Triad (fingerings) on the A-D-G-B Strings PDF
• Lesson 19c: Four Part Triad (fingerings) on the E-A-D-G Strings PDF

Altered Dominant 7th Chords:

• Lesson 20a: Altered Dominant 7th Chords PDF
• Lesson 20b: Dominant 7th chords with Altered Fifths (including logical resolutions) PDF
• Lesson 20c: Interchangeable Dominant 7th Chords with Altered 5ths PDF
• Lesson 20d. The Dominant 7th sus4 Chord PDF
• Lesson 20e. Altering the 5th to the 13th PDF
• Lesson 20f. Dominant 7th chords with Altered Roots (the 9th chord series) PDF
• Lesson 20g. Dominant 7th Chords with 5th and Root altered simultaneously; Re-visiting the 13th chord with the 9th added PDF
• Lesson 20h: Altered Dominant 7th Chords PDF

Four Part Chord Accompaniment:

• Lesson 21a: Possible Accompaniment PDF
• Lesson 21b. Another possible chord accompaniment for an old standard PDF
• Lesson 21c. Chord Accompaniment For an Old Standard PDF
• Lesson 21d. A “chordally” more complicated tune for comping! PDF
• Lesson 21e. “Desafinado” revisited PDF

Interchangeable Chord Family Tree:

• Lesson 22. Interchangeable Chord Family Tree PDF

Harmonizing with Four Part Chords:

• Lesson 23a. Harmonizing with Four Part Chords PDF
• Lesson 23b. “The Blue Doodle” (re-visited) PDF

Dispersed Chord Voicings:

• Lesson 24a. Introduction to Dispersed Chord Voicings PDF
• Lesson 24b. Second Series of Dispersed Voiced Chords PDF
• Lesson 25a. Dispersed Voiced Chords with bass note on “E” (6th) PDF
• Lesson 25b. Example of Resolving the Dispersed Voicing: Dominant 7th to the Tonic Major 6th PDF
• Lesson 25c. Dispersed Voicing Dominant 7th with “Altered Root”; Dominant 7 sus4 PDF
• Lesson 25d. Dispersed Voicing Major 6th adjusted to bcome Minor 6th PDF
• Lesson 25e. Major-Minor Series with Bass on “E” PDF
• Lesson 26a. Root Position (Series 2) Dispersed Voicing with Bass note on “E” string PDF
• Lesson 26b. First Inversion (Series 2) Dispersed Voicing with Bass note on “E” string PDF
• Lesson 26c. Second Inversion (Series 2) Dispersed Voicing with Bass note on “E” string PDF
• Lesson 26d. Third Inversion (Series 2) Dispersed Voicing with Bass note on “E” string PDF
• Lesson 26e. Sample Resolutions of the Series 2 Dispersed Voiced Chords PDF
• Lesson 27a: Root Position Dispersed Voicing with Bass Note on “A” (Series 1) PDF
• Lesson 27b: Root Position dispersed Voicing with Bass Note on “A” (Series 2) PDF
• Lesson 28a: “First Inversion” Dispersed Voicing with Bas Note on “A” (Series 1) PDF
• Lesson 28b: PDF
• Lesson 29a: Second Inversion Dispersed Voicing with Bass Note on “A” (Series 1) PDF
• Lesson 29b: Second Inversion Dispersed Voicing with Bass Note on “A” (Series 2) PDF
• Lesson 30a: Third Inversion Dispersed Voicing with Bass Note on “A” (Series 1) PDF
• Lesson 30b: Third Inversion Dispersed Voicing with Bass Note on “A” (Series 2) PDF

Review of General Practice Routines for Four Part Chords:

• Lesson 31: Review of General Practice Routines for Four Part Chords PDF

Further Thoughts on Resolution (rhythm accompaniment style):

• Lesson 32: Further Thoughts on Resolution (rhythm accompaniment style) PDF

Chord Accompaniment:

• Lesson 33: Chord Accompaniment Study Using All Types Of Four Note Chords PDF
• Lesson 34: Chord Accompaniment with Four Part Voicings PDF
• Lesson 35: Chord Accompaniment Study PDF

Four Part Arpeggios:

• Introduction to Four Part Arpeggios PDF
• Lesson 36a: Root Position Major 6th Arpeggios (across the fingerboard) PDF
• Lesson 36b: Major 6th Arpeggios: All Inversions PDF
• Lesson 36c: Major 6th Arpeggio Practice Plan PDF
• Lesson 36d: More Practice Routines for Four Part Arpeggios PDF
• Lesson 37: Dominant 7th Arpeggios: All Inversions PDF
• Lesson 38: Major 7th Arpeggios: All Inversions PDF
• Lesson 39: Several more practice routines for “across-the-fretboard” arpeggios PDF
• Lesson 40: Minor 6th Arpeggios: All Inversions PDF
• Lesson 41: Diminished 7th Chord Arpeggios: All Inversions PDF

Major 6 add 9 Chords and Arpeggios:

• Lesson 42a: Major 6 add 9 chord: Pentatonic Scale PDF
• Lesson 42b: Two Octave 6/9 Chord Arpeggios: Pentatonic Scale Modes PDF

Single Position Stretch Fingerings for Arpeggios:

• Lesson 43a: Single Position Stretch Fingerings for Previous Arpeggios PDF
• Lesson 43b: Single Position Stretch Arpeggios (cont’d) PDF

Additions to Triad Arpeggios:

• Lesson 44a: Additions to Root Position Triad Arpeggios PDF
• Lesson 44b: Additions to First Inversion Triad Arpeggios PDF
• Lesson 44c: Additions to Second Inversion Triad Arpeggios PDF
• Lesson 44d: 3rd Inversion (“Adjusted” Root Position Triad Arpeggios) PDF
• Lesson 45: Additional Thoughts on Two Octave Four Part Arpeggios PDF

Resolution of Dominant 7th Arpeggio:

• Lesson 46: Introduction of 4-Part Arpeggios PDF
• Lesson 47a: Root Position Dominant 7th Chord Arpeggio Resolutions (V-I) PDF
• Lesson 47b: First Inversion Dominant 7th Chord Arpeggio Resolution (V-I) PDF
• Lesson 47c: Second Inversion Dominant 7th Chord Arpeggio Resolutions (V-I) PDF
• Lesson 47d: Third Inversion Dominant 7th Chord Arpeggio Resolutions (V-I) PDF

Resolution of Minor 7th Arpeggio:

• Lesson 48a: Minor 7th Chord Resolution (ii-V Progression) PDF
• Lesson 48b: “ii-V” Four Part Arpeggio Cycle Resolutions PDF
• Lesson 48c: “ii-V” Four Part Arpeggio Cycle Resolutions (cont’d) PDF
• Lesson 48d: “ii-V” Four Part Arpeggio Cycle Resolutions (cont’d) PDF
• Lesson 48e: “ii-V” Four Part Arpeggio Cycle Resolutions (cont’d) PDF

Resolution of Interchangeable Chords:

• Lesson 49: Resolution of Major 9 to Major 6 (Interchangeable Chord Concept) PDF
• Lesson 50: Cycle Resolution of “min7b5” chord (iib5-V progression) PDF
• Lesson 51: Resolution of “Dominant 9th” chord (V9-I6 progression) PDF
• Lesson 52: Resolution of the “11th Chord” Arpeggio (Interchangeable Chord Concept) PDF
• Lesson 53: Resolution of Dim7 Arpeggio as Interchangeable Dominant 7b9 chord PDF

One, Two and Three String Arpeggios:

• Lesson 54: Introduction to One, Two and Three String Arpeggios PDF
• Lesson 55: Four Note Arpeggios on “E”, “B-E” and “G-B-D” Strings PDF
• Lesson 56: Four Note Arpeggios on “B”, “G-B” and “d-G-B” Strings PDF
• Lesson 57: Four Note Arpeggios on “G”, “D-G” an “A-D-G” Strings PDF

Chord Progression:

• Lesson 58a: “Chord Progression” PDF
• Lesson 58b: The “overtone” series (to the 10th partial) PDF
• Lesson 58c: Demonstrating Primary and Secondary Root Movements from all chords in “C” Major PDF
• Lesson 58d: Practical Exercise in Primary and Secondary Diatonic Progressions PDF
• Lesson 58e: Primary and Secondary Progressions using 6th and 7th Chords PDF
• Lesson 58f: Altered Chords and Interchangeable Chords: regarding Primary and Secondary Progressions PDF
• Lesson 59a: “Chord Progression in a Minor Key” PDF
• Lesson 59b: Exercise in Primary and Secondary Progressions in a Minor Key PDF

Tonal Modes:

• Lesson 60a: “Tonal Modes” (Extended Tonality) PDF
• Lesson 60b: “Extended Tonality – Harmony” PDF

Tonicization:

• Lesson 61: “Tonicization” PDF

Back Matter:

• Closing Remarks PDF

Supplement:

• Supplement 1: Introduction to the study of Chord Diagrams PDF
• Supplement 2: Chord Diagram Brain Work PDF
• Supplement 3a: Open Voiced Root Position Chords (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 3b: Dispersed Voiced Root Position Chords Series 1 (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 3c: Dispersed Voiced Root Position Chords Series 2 (bass on E string) PDF
  
• Supplement 4a: Open Voiced 1st Inversion Chords (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 4b: Dispersed Voiced 1st Inversion Chords Series 1 (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 4c: Dispersed Voiced 1st Inversion Chords Series 2 (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 5a: Open Voice 2nd Inversion Chords (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 5b: Dispersed Voice 2nd Inversion Chords Series 1 (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 5c: Dispersed Voiced 2nd Inversion Chords Series 2 (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 6a: Open Voiced 3rd Inversion Chords (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 6b: Dispersed Voiced 3rd Inversion Chord Series 1 (bass on E) PDF
• Supplement 6c: Dispersed Voiced 3rd Inversion Chords Series 2 (bass on E string) PDF
• Supplement 7a: Open Voiced Root Position Chords (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 7b: Dispersed Voiced Root Position Chords Series 1 (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 7c: Dispersed Voiced Root Position Chords Series 2 (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 8a: Open Voiced 1st Inversion Chords (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 8b: Dispersed Voiced 1st Inversion Chords Series 1 (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 8c: Dispersed Voiced 1st Inversion Chords Series 2 (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 9a: Open Voiced 2nd Inversion Chords (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 9b: Dispersed Voiced 2nd Inversion Chords Series 1 (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 9c: Dispersed Voiced 2nd Inversion Chords Series 2 (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 10a: Open Voiced 3rd Inversion Chords (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 10b: Dispersed Voiced 3rd Inversion Chords Series 1 (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 10c: Dispersed Voiced 3rd Inversion Chords Series 2 (bass note on “A” string) PDF
• Supplement 11a: Open Voiced Root Position Chords (bass note on “D” string) PDF
• Supplement 11b: Open Voicing 1st Inversion Chords (bass note on “D” string) PDF
• Supplement 11c: Open Voiced 2nd Inversion Chords (bass note on “D” string) PDF
• Supplement 11d: Open Voiced 3rd Inversion Chords (bass note on “D” string) PDF