Part One: Scales

Introduction to Scales ..........................................................................................................................................6

Major Scales ......................................................................................................................................................10

Pentatonic Scales ...............................................................................................................................................22

Blues Scales ......................................................................................................................................................32

Harmonic Minor Scales .....................................................................................................................................41

Diminished Scales .............................................................................................................................................49

Whole-Tone Scales ............................................................................................................................................57

Melodic Minor Scales ........................................................................................................................................62

Part Two Arpeggios

Basic Arpeggios .................................................................................................................................................77

Extended Arpeggios ..........................................................................................................................................87

Polychord Arpeggios ..........................................................................................................................................92

Part Three Chord Voicings

Chord Voicings I .................................................................................................................................................96

Tenths

Adding the seventh above

Chord Voicings II ..............................................................................................................................................109

Dropping the seventh

Chord Voicings III .............................................................................................................................................114

Raising the third

Chord Voicings IV.............................................................................................................................................124

Raising the seventh

Chord Voicings V..............................................................................................................................................126

Open Triads & Barre Chords

Appendix A

An Explanation of Inversions ...........................................................................................................................131

Appendix B

An Explanation of Voicing Types.....................................................................................................................132

Appendix C

Playalong lead sheets ......................................................................................................................................134