With so much information available to the modern guitar student, The Key's to Unlocking the Fretboard by Brian Baggett acts as a tour guide by providing you with essential systems and exercises you can use to unlock the fretboard and become an advanced improviser.  Keys to unlocking the fretboard gives you simple, fundamental systems that become part of your practice routine.  It's just like exercising.  You need a routine.  Plus, each key is designed to work several areas of your playing at once helping you get the most out of your practice time!  Topics covered in the book include set up, tone, how to practice, chords, modes, scale choices,  how to play with the metronome, Major and Minor ii V i with scale choices,  arpeggios and chord construction, Altered dominant chords and scales, pentatonic modes, Lydian concepts, Harmonic and melodic modes and usage,  several common jazz chord progression analysis with scale choices and more. In addition to creating a program for you to develop as a guitarist,  Keys to unlocking the fretboard once again acts as your tour guide by suggesting good jazz albums to own, great artists to check out and multiple lists of the most played jazz tunes/tunes you should know. KEYS TO UNLOCKING THE FRETBOARD By Brian Baggett © 2013 brianbaggett.net A complete method for jazz improvisation on guitar covering the following topics and more: Jazz Guitar Materials and Concepts Style and Tone Jazz Listening Techniques A few Jazz Albums to own The Power of Lists How to Practice Chords Modes Explanation of Chords and Modes Using the Metronome The Beat Division Exercise Horizontal Motion Scale Choices The Major ii V I ii V I Studies Swinging the Metronome Chords as Arpeggios Chord Construction 3rds, 7ths and Upper Chord Tones The Minor ii V i Minor ii V i Studies Hybrid Picking Diminished Scales over Dominant 7 chords Harmonic Minor Modes Two Chord Beat Division Exercise Mapping out the Major and Minor ii V I I VI ii V I Bb Blues Blues Scales Blue Bossa Chord Analysis Solar Chord Analysis Have You Met Ms Jones Chord Analysis Common Chord Progressions Walking Bass lines The CAGED system Chord Usage and function The Five Pentatonic Modes Pentatonic Scale usage Lydian Chords Melodic Minor Modes Melodic Minor Applications Chord Substitutions Advanced Beat Divisions Advanced Position Playing Advanced Blues Some Tunes to Know and Work with List of Standards with BPM Complex Melody Study The Inner Game of music Other Musical interests Recommended Books and DVDS A complete list of all 22 keys

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