Sitting In: Rock Guitar, Backing Tracks and Improv Lessons

Contents:

• About the Author
• Introduction
• How to Use This Book
• Working with the Play-Along Tracks
• Scale Theory
• Intro to Rock Harmony
• Changing Keys and Making the Changes

Songs:

• Say Wha? (Classic Rock in A)
• Blue Checkerboard (Slow Blues in B-flat)
• Blind Swine (Hard Rock in B Minor)
• Tipitina's 501 (Funk Rock in C Minor)
• Breaking Limits (Country Rock in C-Sharp Minor)
• Crocodile in the Rain (Alternative Rock in D Minor)
• Protector of Music (Funk Rock in E-flat Minor)
• Echoes in the Cavern (Blues-Rock in E)
• Wandering Troubadour (Hard Rock in F Lydian)
• 80 Proof to Go (Heavy Metal in F-sharp)
• The Grand Ryman Pews (Country Rock in G)
• Sometimes Less Is Fillmore (Rock-Blues in G-sharp Minor)
• To Be or to CBG Be? (Alternative Rock in A)
• Heavy as Rox (Heavy Metal in D)
• Vulcan Armadillo (Country Rock in C)

Scale Appendix

SONGS BY CATEGORY

CLASSIC ROCK

• Say Wha? (60 BPM)

BLUES-ROCK

• Blue Checkerboard (60 BPM)
• Echoes in the Cavern (120 BPM Swung)
• Sometimes Less Is Fillmore (150 BPM Swung)

HARD ROCK

• Blind Swine (90 BPM)
• Wandering Troubadour (135 BPM)

FUNK ROCK

• Tipitina's 501 (100 BPM Shuffle)
• Protector of Music (120 BPM)

COUNTRY ROCK

• Breaking Limits (105 BPM)
• The Grand Ryman Pews (150 BPM)
• Vulcan Armadillo (200 BPM Swung)

ALTERNATIVE ROCK

• Crocodile in the Rain (105 BPM)
• To Be or to CBG Be? (180 BPM)

HEAVY METAL

• 80 Proof to Go (145 BPM)
• Heavy as Rox (200 BPM)