The only book to exclusively focus on the blues scales as it applies to jazz guitar. This book features a wealth of information, including many scale patterns, six complete solos, and diverse accompanying grooves that use a wide array of chords, tempos, and rhythmic feels.

Introduction

Core 12-Bar Jazz/Blues
Progressions

 Major Bebop/Swing
 Progression & Variations

 Minor Bebop/Swing
 Progression & Variations 
Blues Scale Basics—Theory
& Fingerings

 Theory Basics

 CAGED Formations—A Scale
 Fingering System

 Blues Scale Fingerings In
 C & G
 
 “Long” Blues Scale
 Fingerings 

Patterns & Exercises—
Developing Technique &
Vocabulary
 Patterns & Exercises

 Eighth-Note/Sixteenth-Note
 Patterns 

 Triplet Patterns

 Adapting Patterns To The Blues Scale


Solos & Grooves—The Blues
4 Scale Position By Position
Notational Symbols 


 Groove Blues Comp In G 

 Groove Solo 

 Slow Blues Comp In F 

 Slow Blues Solo

 Funk Groove Comp In C 
 
 Funk Solo

 Bebop Comp In A Minor

 A Minor Bebop Solo 

 Walking Bass Line Comp In E
 Minor

 E Minor Octaves Solo 

 Putting It All Together—Changing
 Scale Positions 

 Bebop Comp In G 

 Bebop Solo In Every CAGED
 Fingering In G

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