Complete Seven-String Guitar Method
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