Mechanics
Example 1a: Eighth Notes
Example 1b : Eighth Notes
Example 2: Clave
Example 3a: Pedal Point
Example 3b: Pedal Point
Example 3c: Pedal Point
Example 4: Root and Fifth
Example 5: Chord Connection
Example 6: Hey Joe
Example 7a: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Sixth)
Example 7b: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Sixth)
Example 7c: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Sixth)
Examples 7d-7e: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Flat Seventh)
Examples 7f-7g: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Flat Seventh)
Example 7h: Three-Note Patterns (Root, Fifth, Flat Seventh)
Arpeggio Diagrams
Example 8a: Dominant Seventh Arpeggios/Circle-of-Fifths Exercise
Example 8b: Major Arpeggio
Example 8c: Major Arpeggio
Example 8d: Dominant Seventh Arpeggio
Example 8e: Minor Arpeggio
Example 9a: Ostinato
Example 9b: Ostinato
Example 9c: Ostinato
Example 10a: Minor and Major Pentatonic Riffs
Five Pentatonic Patterns (Emin/Gmaj)
Open-Position Pentatonic Scales
Example 10b: Blues Riff
Example 10c: Blues Riff
Example 10d: Blues Riff
Major Scales: Five Positions
Example 11: Walking Bass Line
Playing the Part
Example 12a: Shuffle
Example 12b: Straight Eighth
Example 12c: Clave'
Example 12d: William Tell
Example 12e: Funk
Left-Hand and Right-Hand Techniques