
Dan Miller & Tim May
Flatpicking Essentials Vol. 6: Improvisation (Part II) & Advanced Technique Studies
by Dan Miller & Tim May
$29.95
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Book/2-CD set -- ready to take your flatpicking to the next level? Part 1 is the next chapter in the free-form improvisation studies that began in Vol. 5, Part 2 is entirely devoted to advanced flatpicking techniques: triplets, harmonics, note bending, quoting, alternate tunings, syncopation, minor keys, hybrid picking, advanced crosspicking, string skipping and more! Spiralbound; 152 pp. More Details...
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
Section 1: Improvisation, Part II
- Diatonic Chords and Chord Progressions
- Creating Diatonic Triads
- "Temperance Reel" Exercise
- Chord Movement and Chord Progressions
- I, IV, V Progression: Why It Works
- The Relative Minor
- I - vi - IV - V Progression
- The ii Chord
- I - vi - ii - V Progression
- I - ii - V - I Progression
- "St. Anne's Reel" Exercise
- Note Choices For Diatonic Chords
- Stable Melody Notes
- Chord Tones
- Major Pentatonic Scales
- Modes
- Minor Pentatonic Scales
- Remaining Notes
- "Nine Pound Hammer" Exercise
- The iii Chord
- I - vi - iii - V Progression
- I - iii - IV - V Progression
- The Chord Stream
- Diatonic Triad Summary
- Seventh Chords
- The Dominant 7th Chord
- I - IV - V7 - I Progression
- Non-Diatonic Chords
- The Flat Seven Chord
- I - bVII - V - I Progression
- "Salt Creek" Exercise
- The Seventh Chord in Blues
- 12-Bar Blues Using Seventh Chords
- Secondary Dominant Chords
- V of the V
- V of the IV
- "Alabama Jubilee" Exercise
- VI7 - II7 - V7 - I Progression
- Improv Section Conclusion
Section 2: Advanced Flatpicking Technique
- Introduction
- Tension & Release
- Alabama Jubilee
- Skipping Strings and Advanced Crosspicking
- Angeline the Baker
- Hybrid Picking - Part 1
- Beaumont Rag
- Billy In The Lowground
- Using Harmonics - Natural and Artificial
- "Mary Had A Little Lamb" Example
- Bury Me Beneath The Willow
- Playing in Minor Keys
- Cold Frosty Morning
- Devil's Dream
- East Tennessee Blues
- Forked Deer
- Twin and Triple Guitars - Playing Harmony Parts
- Basic Two-Part Harmony
- "Whiskey Before Breakfast" Melody
- "Whiskey Before Breakfast" - Harmony (Parallel 3rds)
- Harmonized Scale
- "Whiskey Before Breakfast" - Double Stops
- Harmony Variation
- "Whiskey Before Breakfast" Harmony Variation
- Two-Part Harmony Rules of Thumb
- "Whiskey Before Breakfast" High Baritone Harmony
- Adding a Third Part
- "Whiskey Before Breakfast" Three Part Harmony
- Leather Britches
- Lonesome Reuben
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Hybrid Picking - Part II
- Hybrid Picking Example
- "Lonesome Road Blues" Example
- Midnight On The Water
- Triplets
- Nine Pound Hammer
- Red Haired Boy
- Red Wing
- Temperance Reel
- Wayfaring Stranger
- Whiskey Before Breakfast
- Conclusion and The Road Ahead
- Appendix - Chord Progression Summary