Introduction 1Part 1: Preparing to Practice 7Chapter 1: Reviewing Guitar Fundamentals 9Chapter 2: Warming Up for Your Practice Sessions 13Part 2: Scales and Scale Sequences 19Chapter 3: Putting the Major Scales to Use in Your Playing 21Chapter 4: Adding Major Scale Sequences to Your Repertoire 33Chapter 5: Tackling the Three Minor Scales 45Chapter 6: Examining Minor Scale Sequences 71Part 3: Arpeggios and Arpeggio Sequences 89Chapter 7: Breaking Out with Major Arpeggios 91Chapter 8: Discovering How to Play Major Arpeggio Sequences 99Chapter 9: Getting to Know Minor Arpeggios 109Chapter 10: Looking at Minor Arpeggio Sequences 119Chapter 11: Enhancing Your Playing with Seventh Chord Arpeggios 131Chapter 12: Trying Your Hand at Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences 153Part 4: Chords and Additional Exercises 167Chapter 13: Building Finger Independence with Chord Exercises 169Chapter 14: Developing Strength and Speed by Playing Single-Note Exercises 191Part 5: The Part of Tens 201Chapter 15: Ten Tips for Maximizing Your Practice Time 203Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Improve Your Musicianship 207Appendix A: How to Use the Website 211
Mark Phillips is a guitarist, arranger, author, and editor with more than 30 years in music publishing.Jon Chappell is a multi-style guitarist, arranger, author, and journalist, and former editor of Guitar magazine.