Jack's Ebook On How To Play Guitar Within A Few Months

E-Book: Learn to play Guitar Within 2 Months;
Section One covers how to play all the

chords in the Key of G,
Section Two covers 7th chords and how to make acoustic covers of popular songs, this
can be applied to any song you know if youre willing to put in enough time and practise.
This is great for Open Mic Performances.
Section 3 covers how to create different inversions of each chord to play over any
backing, As well as links to pentatonic scale and how it can be used for lead guitar
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Ebook on basic Guitar
Ebook on how to make a song
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A good way to express yourself is to make music, it is something we all listen to and I
believe as musician myself that we all hold some kind of desire to create music, I myself
cannot image a life without picking up an instrument ever.
You may have tried to learn other instruments in the past and either been successful or
unsuccessful, although it helps if you have some background in music already when it
comes to learning guitar it isnt absolutely necessary as this e-book is aimed at
beginners.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction To The E-BookHow to play all the chords in the Key of G major within a month
Play your own personal Acoustic interpretation
of any song you know and wish to learn in G
What I plan to show you is how to structure your practice time. Only perfect practice
makes perfect, if you practise in the wrong ways you wont get any improvement so it is
important to always make your practise goal orientated. One quality that all good
guitarists share is that at any given moment they can think of an area of their playing
that needs improvement and implement a strategy to overcome each hurdle on their
musical journey.
The main thing is to make sure you ALWAYS learn new things. Every week you only need
to learn very little and over time it will mount up and become a wealth of knowledge. You
dont need to learn everything straight away, it takes a lot of time but its meant to be
fun and as long as you dont stress yourself out pushing yourself too hard over technique
for the sake of technique youll have loads of fun and youll never want to put the
instrument down.
To master the guitar tens of thousands of hours, many will never reach the status of
virtuoso that people like Jimmy Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, and Steve Vai. This E-book will
not make you a master but it will take you from knowing no chords on the guitar to
knowing all the chords in the Key of G, these are the Folk chords which are played at the
open position near where the tuning pegs are, there are other ways to play these chords
up the neck called inversions that will be covered in a later instalment of my E-Book
Series.
Say it takes 10,000 hours to get there, give or take 4000 hours due to variation between
Complete each task and tick it off as you go through.
Remember to apply everything you learn musically, there is no point in learning
technique for techniques sake. We learn how to do things so we can use them effortlessly
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players.
If you practise 1 hour a day, 365 days a year it would take you 27.3ish years to master.
Many of the greatest players played 8+ hours a day often falling asleep with the guitar in
their hands, Jimmy Hendrix could play the guitar with both hands although he took
preference to playing a right handed guitar held in a left handed position.
Week 1-2: LEARNING CHORDS IN THE KEY OF G
I recommend when you start to practise at least 10 minutes every day or every second
day, it is best to slowly work your way up as you will be using muscles your body has
never had to use so precisely before and there will be some brain freeze due to both
hands doing such different movements. If at the end of the 10 minutes you think well
Ive only just sat down, do I really have to stop now? then dont stop and keep on going,
if you start to find your attention drifting or you begin to get frustrated you should take a
break and come back to it, a relaxed mind and hand is best for playing well, It takes a lot
of time and you WILL make mistakes. Trying to do big long 2 hour practise sessions
learning song well out of your playing ability with bad timing and out of tune strings out
of tab books is a good way to be quickly put off learning guitar, its called playing guitar
not working guitar, thats because its not work, its fun and its about having fun. The
best way to practise for me is to not set a time frame to your practises, just try to make
them as daily as possible as each day adds more rust you must chisel off before you can
again improve, this is more noticeable after a year or so when you plateau having learnt
so much and it being hard to maintain it all. If you dont push yourself to hard and keep it
fun youll end up losing track of time and spending loads of time with your instrument.
Try to choose songs that are within your ability level, choose songs to improve a certain
technique, dont learn technique for the sake of technique because if you apply it and
use it youll lose it..
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e.g. Jesus of Suburbia Greenday | would be very helpful for any guitarists trying to learn
how to use power chords, it would be an ideal song to push a beginner guitarists memory
for playing a song due to its length, if you look at the tab below on Ultimate Guitar.com
you will see how it has only a few chords, C#5, A#5, F#5, G#5.
(8https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/g/green_day/jesus_of_suburbia_ver6_tab.htm)
Power chords are dyads of a root and its 5th, chords without the major or minor third that
makes them regular chords.
They are therefore not sad or happy and give greater musical freedom to other
instruments to move between minor and major keys. Due to the heavy repetition of
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musical ideas the entire 15 minute long song doesnt have as much in to learn it as it
seems and to learn it might help the self-esteem of any aspiring guitarist to the next
level.
Remember the master has tried and failed more times than you have even tried, thats
why hes the master.
Some people dive straight into their favourite Metallica song and practise the tab over
and over again until they can play it, this is a good way of learning a song and can be
quite effective depending on your goals. Although learning something via tab will help
you replicate the sound of a band you like it will also hinder you by stopping the natural
development of your musical ear by over relying on tabs rather than listening and
transposing. I however do not discourage tabs but I recommend them to be used
alongside other forms of practising also.
When playing from tab guitar players can sound choppier and less fluid than when they
have learned a song by ear although this can be fixed with enough practise (but it can
only be fixed by using the ear)
We have a different goal as Readers of This E-Book than the dude learning out of the
Metallica Tab Book, we want to learn how to:
a.) Play enough chords to play a song
b.) Apply these chords to some songs we know
c.) Learn how to improvise with these chords
d.) Learn how to compose our own songs with these chords
The reason we arent going to try to learn all the chords straight away is because not all
chords are in the same key. This means if we tried to put them all in one song it would
sound terrible so we might as well only learn the ones that sound good together at first,
then we literally cant go wrong when swapping between them, this makes it easier to
improvise and make your own songs!
Once we learn one key we can transpose songs that are in other keys to the key we
know. Rather than learn a song note for note on in an electric guitar style we will try to
use these chords to make an Acoustic chords cover of a song.
Chords are groups of 3 notes, the notes of the Chromatic scale are:
A, A#/Bb, C, C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, E, F, F#/Gb, G, G#-Ab (A# and Bb are the same note just from different reference points.)
Chords are made of triads, groups of 3 notes.
Scales are a groups of notes too but they are bigger than chords because chords are
made out of scales. You get loads of different kinds of scales creating all kinds of exotic
sounds.

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Week 1: Learning Basic Chords and Music Theory of Scales
Week 1 goals: By the end of this week we should know 2 major chords and 2 minor
chords in the Key of G major. This is only 1 chord every 2 days (: only worry one day at a
time and dont focus on how long it takes to become the best, thats not what its about,
its about having as much fun as you can, if you want to try to make a song straight away
with 2 chords you do it! Should understand how to hold guitar and the guitar pick.
Week 2 goals: We should know 1 more minor chord and the diminished chord and have
practised strumming through the chord.
This is a new movement and it takes years to master good percussive strumming
technique but if you keep practising it will all come together, focus on things like timing
in 4/4 (1, 2, 3, 4) then try playing on the offbeat too, so (1,and,2,and,3,and,4,and), then
try missing some numbers or ands out, just whatever beat youre playing try to loop it
over so it creates a nice repetitive beat, repetition is very important to music.
Chords for week 1: Day 1: Happy Chords : G, C, D || Day 2: Sad Chords : Em, Am, Bm ||
Day3:F#Dim
G Major:
A Minor: Only play the bottom 5 strings for Am as the E is not a part of this
chord
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B Minor: Only play this on the last 5 strings
C Major: Only on last 5 strings.

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~Week 2~ : Learn Bm and F#Dim and learn to strum and improvise through chords.
D Major:
E Minor:
F#Dim:
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F#Dim (xxx212) ( not used very much ) (similar to d7 but functions as Gs 7th)
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Task: Make a chord progression out of all major chords and play it, focus on timing. Eg. G
CD
Do the same with minor chords. Eg. Am - Em
now try to mix them together. G D Am C (The chords to Knockin on Heavens door)
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Record yourself over a metronome, start slow at 60bpm then speed up. Focus on how to
improve your strumming and timing while doing this. Use progressively faster
metronome speeds until timing becomes second nature, try different strumming styles
and techniques with the metronome. Alternate between picking the bass notes of a chord
and strumming the chords.
Try to use things like changes in volume and strumming the highest few strings to accent
and bring brightness into certain parts of a song as a cymbal is used, just learn different
ways of doing it so you can variate and choose what you want at the time because If you
only know one strum pattern or way to think about music it will all start to sound samey,
you need to constantly diversify your sound and explore, try to express emotions as
sounds such as happy, sad, spooky, atmospheric, tense, aggressive, chilled out, etc. Eg
all major progression sounds happy, minor one sounds really tense and the mix of both
sounds like normal rock music.
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G Major Cheat Sheet All Chords and some 7th Variations

in G Major Basic Explanation of 7th Chord Structure
How 7th Chords can link two chords within the 7th
Arpeggio
Overview of G major:
Chords of G Major: Lends itself to classic rock, also to some country but less so than C
major which is very popular in country music.
G major, A minor, B minor (x24432), C major, D major, E minor, F#Dim (xxx212)
Gmaj7 (32ooo2), Amin7 (oo2o1o), Bmin7 (x24232), Cmaj7 (x32ooo), Dmaj7(xoo212),
Emin7 (o2oooo), F#Dim7 (xx1212)~ G -- C-D -- G Em - C Am - C
DMaj7 is best because it is G's 5th making the added C a great passing tone to G
major. Avoid F#Dim
For A Minor you can use Amin7 or Amin6, Amin11 as long as its in the Am family use to construct melody
G harmonic minor scale notes: G A Bb C D Eb F#

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E harmonic minor scale: E F# G A B C D# E - cant be used on major or maj7 chords
E minor scale: E F# G A B C D E
E melodic minor scale: E F# G A B C# D# E
Major Major: Smooth, sighing, hint of tension eg. Gmaj7

Major Minor (Dominant): Very tense, wants to move eg. G7
Minor Minor: Smooth, hint of happiness eg. Amin7
Minor Major: Jarring, tense, unsure eg. Amin/maj7
Two chords making a larger song. eg. Cmaj7 = C + E + G + B

C = C + E + G, Em = E + G + B --- Gmaj7 = G, B, D, F#
= Bm = B, D, F#
Task: Make a song using 7ths to link their parent chords,
C Cmaj7 Em G Gmaj7 Bm
Just Below we have some Chord progressions using these chords to play some popular
songs.
To strum along we will try to emulate the rhythm of the song with combinations of up and
down strums, on the 1,2,3,4 try to use a down strum and try to use up ones on the ands
in-between so that we accent the beats. I have left the chords in intervals so that you can
transpose songs from other keys to G
Week 3: Improving our speed at swapping between chords and using them to cover a
song.
At first it will take a long time to get your fingers to move to the right place, eventually
after enough days of repetition muscle memory will kick in and soon enough you wont
even need to look when changing chords. When you get to the point you dont need to
focus to play the guitar you could consider adding in vocals, this is much harder than I
first assumed when I first tried to play and sing, I still have never mastered it.
There is a list of about a few different chord progressions and a few different songs for
each below.
Task: Learn 2 songs with for each chord progression/ Try to replicate how the strumming
should sound. / If its out of time try to just strum on the 1, not 2, 3,4 and just swap
between the chords over it until you feel more confident. Metronome practise is very
important as timing is one of the most important aspects of musicianship. Save yourself
so much hassle and just buy a metronome now and practise with it from the start, its so
often you get musicians in the studio who cant record their track properly and get
frustrated all because they have never needed to play to a click before.
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Although these songs wont be being played as direct covers of the original version it will
be your artistic interpretation of these songs and that is in ways more impressive than
just copying what someone else did. You should be proud.
SONGS TO LEARN BELOW: CHORD PROGRESSIONS

SHOWN IN INTERVALS
INTERVALS OF G MAJOR EVERY CHORD IN G MAJOR Each interval is equal to a note,
these are relative to which key the song is in, for example in G major the first interval is
G, in C it will be C and so on.
I know you guys will hate theory but a bit of basic
theory makes it so much easier to play about with things later on and make a song, its
not boring when you look at it as just a set of sounds that sound good together, always
remember to focus on the sounds, even though as guitarists we tend to think in boxes
and shapes we need to remember our audience doesnt hear those shapes they just hear
the sounds we make (:
I = G Major, ii = A minor, iii = B minor, IV = C Major, V = D Major, vi = E minor and vii =
F#dim.
Interval key, use to transpose. TRY: randomly play these chords after each other in 4/4
time, they will always sound good but some orders create stronger chord progressions
than others, play some for 4 beats and two chords over 4 beats to mix it up.
eg. G G G G C C D D ~
Strong and weak chord progressions are important for song writing. We need stronger
chord progressions for bigger changes and to make a hook. Apparently G-Em is not a
strong change in chords due to it sharing the same notes, yet it does have a strong effect
on major and minor, its strong in its own right but the point is that these sounds are
different, the more you learn to differentiate sounds and create the sounds you wish to
the better your writing will get, it will rarely get worse, just keep using your ears and look
for what sounds good to you, if you keep practising and writing songs you will eventually
have someone impressed with something youve created. They might even look at you in
a different way after you sang your song or played your solo, hopefully in a good way.
( Of course when creating you will also meet a few haters, people who are so depressed
in themselves they have given in on creating so nobody can ridicule what they do so they
can just mock other peoples art and happily know to themselves if they tried to write a
song they would be the best most sensitive song writer ever because they are beyond
reproach. )
G Majors relative minor is E natural minor
They have the same notes in their pentatonic scales,
G Major Pentatonic scale = G B D E F#
E Minor Pentatonic scale = E F# G B D
One is a happy chord but the other is sad. Em
is a strong chord on guitar due to having the most open strings open possible
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Progression: I V
In the key of G that is = G D
In the key of C that is = C G
Song examples: Jambalaya Hank Williams, Dance the night away The Mavericks
--Progression: I IV V
In the key of G that is = G C D
In the key of C that is = C F G
Song examples: La Bamba Ritchie Valens, Twist and shout The Beatles
---Progression: I IV I V
In the key of G that is = G C G D
In the key of C that is = C F C G
Song examples: Free Fallin Tom Petty, Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
---Progression: I vi IV V
In the key of G that is = G Em C D
In the key of C that is = C Am F G
Song examples: Stand by me Ben E King, Every breath you take Sting, Love hurts
Everly Brothers
--Progression: I V vi IV
Key of G = G D Em C
Key of C = C G Am F
Song examples: Youre beautiful James Blunt, Im yours Jason Mraz, With or without
you U2
--Progression: vi IV I V
Key of G = Em C G D
Key of C = Am F C G
Song examples: The other side RHCP, Zombie The Cranberries, One of us Joan
Osbourne
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& Now, 7th Chords! Congratulations on learning the

Chords of G Major!
I bet you thought that would take much longer than it did!
How to add a bit of colour to the chords of G major!
7th chords, 2 chords superimposed on top of each other or a chord with its 7th added.
As mentioned in the G Major Overview
There are different kinds, it can be two majors, a major and a minor or two minors.
Major Major: Smooth, sighing, hint of tension eg. Gmaj7 = G, B, D, F#
Major Minor (Dominant): Very tense, wants to move eg. G7 = G, B, D, F
Minor Minor: Smooth, hint of happiness eg. Amin7 = A C E G
Minor Major: Jarring, tense, unsure eg. Amin/maj7 = A C E G#
Two chords making a larger song. eg. Cmaj7 = C + E + G + B

C = C + E + G, Em = E + G + B --- Gmaj7 = G, B,D,F#
= Bm = B, D, F# - Gmaj7s last 3 notes are the Bm Triad this means a Bm chord will
always play over a Gmaj7 well, or a Bm pentatonic scale, or a Em one, There is so many
different ways to mix and match. We will look at how to learn the pentatonic scale and
the Major scale soon after 7th Chord diagrams.
This is also explained in the G Major Overview Cheat Sheet.

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Week 3-4: Learn all these 7th Chords
Gmaj7 3x443x0
Try to come up with some Chord progressions that use these chords as they can add
some flavour into a song you compose. Try using and researching different kinds of 7 th
chords such as dominant 7ths, major 7ths and minor 7ths.
When making a chord progression with them try to remember 7 th chords are like two
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chords stuck together, they are excellent for going between the two chords that are
merged as they are good halfway points. Eg, G Gmaj7 Bm C Cmaj7 (C,E,G,B) Em
(E,G,B
G Gmaj7 Bm
C Cmaj7 Em
This is an interesting chord progression and its quite strong as each chord leads to the
next.
FINGER PICKING/Travis Picking + Working on strumming

Time to implement basic metronome practise in all exercises.
Week 5.
Now we have learned some basic strumming and how to use it over some basic songs we
should try to add in some string picking as well, it is important to try without using a pick
at some point also, many people prefer it and you can develop the ability to finger pick
chords by playing each string individually in different combinations, say if the last 5
strings were the numbers 5, 4. 3. 2. 1 from deep to high string
the beat goes :
1 2 3 4
use thumb to play bass note on 6th string
T
(thickest string) for G chord and Em
I3
Use thumb to play 5th string for C and Am
Use thumb to play 4th string for D~
I4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 -T
I3
I3
I3
I2
I2
I1
Just remember timing 1,2,3,4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, try to use drumming as an
inspiration, bass notes and treble notes, the last three strings being like a cymbals and
the middle being the rhythm and the bass notes being the bass.
T= thumb I =Index
So playing 6, 2, 6, 3, 6, 2, 6, 1 over and over on G
or playing 5, 2, 6, 4, 5, 2, 5, 1 for C, the same with the 4th string for D
You need to change the bass note for this because the low E isnt used for C and the A
isnt for D.
You can use C with a G bass note like (332010)
Task: come up with 5 different picking patterns for a song.
Maybe learn a picking song like time of your life - greenday
1234~ 1314~ 103204 etc.
Guitar Tuning.
Ed Ate Dynamite GoodBye Ed A mnemonic to remember the
name of each string.
String 1 = E low e
String 2 = A
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String
String
String
String
3
4
5
6
=
=
=
=
D
G
B
E High E
Guitar +Music Exercises and challenges to test

out:
Create a riff based song.
Make it based around a key, 120 bpm, In the key of G.
Use single notes or use double stops or a mix of the two.
Break it up with a bit of finger picking a chord progression, then go back into a few
bars of the riff.
Create a song on FL studio with just keyboards and drums and add a solo on to
it.
Since creating a song from scratch into a blank studio multitrack recorder can be
daunting get acquainted with setting up the synth of a track before-hand alongside some
temporary drums before being swapped out when the final drums are put into the mix.
Chord Progression: Dm-Bb-C-Dm (In key of Dm) Chords of Dm are shown below alongside the chords of a few other commonly used keys
Create a backing track to just try out a few different ideas on.
Progression: I IV V
Use these progressions, Make ones in C major, D
major, G major, E minor,
Key of G = G C D
C# minor, Bb major
etc.
Progression: I IV I V
Key of G: G C G - D
Progression: I vi IV V
Key of G: G Em C - D
Make a reggae track, a metal ballad track, a country track, a rock track
eg. Reggae track would have trademark off-beat rhythm, played on the and of 1 and 2
and 3 and 4.
It could have bongos rather than regular drums.
Bob Marley - Woman No Cry
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C Major G Major A Minor F major C Major G Major C Major G Major
This goes through the intro verse chorus and bridge.
One long interesting chord progression with interesting percussive offbeat rhythm,
Perhaps bongos or Transport to FL Studio for house remixing.
Eg. A metal ballad would use a harmonic or melodic minor scale to add in accidentals to
the pentatonic scale. Maybe the drums would use a double bass pedal to mix with some
chugging
Tasteful use of speed, Metal techniques such as tapping, pinch harmonics, mute
root note.
slides, pedal tones ( one note thats common to each chord ) Write in minor
Eg. A rock song may use the basic pentatonic scale for a powerful chord tone orientated
solo.
A rock song may play a E minor Pentatonic over a G5 power chord.
Eg. A country song may be in C or G because this popular in the genre and will use a lot
of hammer on and pull offs alongside some impressive bass runs or melody runs
incorporated into some finger picking ala Johnny Cash
Eg. A Blues song may use 12 bar blues, G (4) C (2) G (2) D (1) C (1) G (1) D (1) or it may
use a riff that uses the blues scale. The blue note is important to blues. Would often use
Dominant 7th chords and would play some bass with spare strings In a bluesy pattern
(TRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DIRTY BLUES AND HOW TO PLAY IT)
MAIN TASK:
*Try to make a 1 minute song of each genre: Metal Ballad, Reggae, Rock, Country and
Blues*
*Make a riff based song, try over G C D*
*Make a song based on call and response between different instruments, eg Bass and
Guitar.
Vocals and Guitar (Blues or Country)*
*Make a copy of wilf song*
Set a Metronome and create 5 different guitar runs and notate them.
Do it on 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, until 180.
1. Try going up and down from bottom to top
2. Go from top to bottom
3. Try it with all hammer on, then all hammer offs.
4. Try a guitar run that harmonizes itself
5. Try making a bass guitar accent every 4th note or every 4th then 3rd and 4th to get more
complex rhythms.
Set a metronome and create 5 different strum patterns.
1. Up down updownity updown
2. Down pause down down. (Add in silences too)
3. Layer in some slaps and bangs
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4. Create a backing track of a known song eg. Let her go. With acoustic guitar.
Try to harmonize some lead over backing track

- keep it simple
follow chord tones eg. D minor = D F A and B flat major = Bb F D
play D (4), F(2), A(2) over F, A, D etc. Same pattern for both F, D, Bb
Try to harmonize vocals on backing track, keep them short like bumper sticker
- lifes a bitch but keep on truckin (Dave Grohl quote)
Learn to connect drums via Midi mapping to FL studio
Inversions of Chords:

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The CAGED theory shows 5 movable Major Chords for Arpeggios and Rhythm.
eg. C D D# E F G
x87565 C shape G
x8(10)(10)(10)8 A Shape G
fret 3 - 5
12 fret 15th
5-8
I
fret 7-10
fret 10 - 12
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G D Am - C
D shaped G 5th Fret x87565
xx O
O ~ O 5th
O
Am 577555 5 th fret
O
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A Shape D 5th fret

xOO
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G Shape C x765557 3 rd fret

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ALL CHORDS CAN BE MOVED UP AND DOWN THE NECK, eg. The E shape G chord on 3 rd
fret.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C shape up neck 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - 12
C C# - D D# - E - F F# - G G# - A - A# - B - C
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A shape up neck 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - 12
A A# - B - C C# - D D# - E - F F# - G G# - A
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G shape up neck 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - 12
G G# - A A# - B - C C# - D - D# - E - F F# - G
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E shape up neck 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - 12
E - F F# - G G# - A A# - B - C C# - D D# - E
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D shape up neck 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - 12
D - D# - E - F F# - G G# - A A# - B - C C# - D
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Also Em shape
0
1
2 3 4 - 5 6 - 7
8 9
10
11 - 12
Em - Fm F#m - Gm G#m - Am A#m - Bm - Cm C#m Dm
D#m Em
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------And Am shape
0
1
2 3 4 - 5 6 - 7
8 9
10
11 - 12
Am A#m - Bm - Cm C#m Dm D#m
Em - Fm F#m
- Gm G#
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G shape G Open, D shape D Open, Am shape Am Open, C shape C Open a.k.a G-D-Am-C
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D Shape G on 5th fret, is G
A shape D on 5th fret Is D
Em shape Am on 5th fret is Am
G shape C on 5th fret is C
Task: Play through;
G D Am- C x 2 (first voicings)
G D Am C x 3 (5th fret) ( D A Em G )
G (7th fret) : C shape D(5th fret): A shape Am(5th fret): Em shape - C(7th fret):G shape
-Im not sure how the last bit will sound but its just to give an example
different voicings can be used to add more interest to a chord progression, different
instrument can use different voicings of a chord and fill in different parts of the mix. Too
much different stuff at once will mud up the mix.
to mix it up swap the 5th fret D shape G to a 7th fret C shape G
to mix it up swap the 5th fret G shape C to a C shape G 7th fret
a.k.a G-D-Am-C
Task: Look at the progressions we looked at earlier such as i iv v

Progression: I V
In the key of G that is = G D
In the key of C that is = C G
Song examples: Jambalaya Hank Williams, Dance the night away The Mavericks
--Progression: I IV V
Key of G = G C - D
Progression: I IV I V
Key of G: G C G - D
Progression: I vi IV V
Key of G: G Em C - D
Progression: I V vi IV
Key of G = G - D - Em - C
Progression: vi IV I V
Barre chords crossing between Em, Am, A
and E shapes.
With muted stings | 2nd fret = A , C on 5th
D on 7th
Key of G = Em C G D
Try and create some different voicings of
these Progressions.
Fill them in below

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0 =G 2= A 5=C 7=D 9=E 10=F 12=G
Major 7th R357 - 1
0=D2=E3=F5=G7=A
Create some chords with some open strings - Exotic chords
Remembering Sunday All Time Low

Uses lovely chords including some open
string chords
Cadd9-x32030
A7----x02020--|
D11---x54050--|
C/G*---x75080-|
G-----320033--|
Em----022000--|
D-----x00232--|
nice open string chord
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/all_time_low/remembering_sunday_ver4_crd.htm
SO first exotic chord I found is x75080 C/G# (:
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Scales for Soloing!

These are the same as the G Major Pentatonic scale, the functions of the intervals are
just changed.

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Good Jam Tracks for Practising Scales

Remember to play slow, you can play literally anything no matter how hard it is if you
slow it down enough, make sure not too rush. Only think about the note you are playing
and how and where you are going to play the next one and get in-between the both, if
you dont focus on the moment at hand you will not play a note in the correct way. Eg.
Perfect vibrato.
Backing track Epic Metal Ballad Em

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-PP4mygOlc
Classic Metal Chug Chug Chug Chug Chug DUNNN DUNNN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYMvO4RtnnQ
I dont yet know how to solo over this style so I should learn
Hard Rock Backing Track Am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDOFo7Fux6s
come up with a solo, not Ballady
C minor Metal Ballad Track Picking intro and Synth, Epic soundscape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M0njWKFsME
Power Ballad Make It soulful
Downloaded to put on Multitrack Recorder Documents CMinorMetalBalladBackingTrack
Task: First try out some basic harmonising lead at the start of the track
Record 3 solos over backing track. One completely improvised as January copy
Record one that I plan before playing, Add in things like harmony
Record a final solo in a few months time to see how things have changed.
When practising through scales make sure you have learnt all you need to from the first
scale before moving on to another, I mainly use the Pentatonic scale when soloing, You
should learn the notes of each fret on the guitar and which intervals these are relative to
the key you are playing in.
If we are playing in G the Pentatonic scale is G, A, B, C, D, E, F#.
The chord tones are G, B and D, The rest are passing tones.
If we are playing in Em the Pentatonic scale is E, F#, G, A, B, C, D.
The chord tones are E, G and B, the rest are passing tones
Chord tones are the three notes that make up a chord

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Passing tones are used to add tension which is later diffused by

returning back to a chord tone. Music is the art of building and
releasing tension and creating emotions from soundscape.
How to make my solos sound like the pros? Introduction to

following chord tones
When soloing you should start with a chord tone for the key/chord you are playing in eg.
GBD for G, then if we move to a C chord we should try to land on a C, E or a G, when
moving between chords it helps to try and land on a pedal note, that is a note that two
chords share in common that plays over both of them. In the example of G C a pedal
note between the two would be G because G is the 1st Interval of G major and the 5th of
C.
This means if we solo over G D Am C
^ = bend up 2 semitones , r = release bend, /slide, ~ = vibrato
E------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-12-- 10 --------------------------------B98----8h9p8-------I 10^12r108 -----------------|-------------81012/10/12-|----121010^12r8 ---8-88~
G--------------------------9--I----------------------9-7-9--------------------------|-------------------------------9---9-----D-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------A------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------e------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------Starts on a B During G Major Chords (GBD) --- Goes into a D when D major starts
playing and so on.
Ive not tried this out but I just made a quick solo, Try to start a lick beginning with G. B
or D for G major, when it changes to D try to use a D because they both share this pedal
note. When it changes to Am play an A because D and A share this pedal note. Am and C
are the relative minor of each other, you can play the same notes over them.
In the key of G over a G major chord you want to play a lick starting with G, B or D and
that finishes on one of these notes to resolve the lead line. Chord tones are how a lead
guitarist plays the chords, because the rhythm guitarist and lead guitarists are
communicating using the same key, scale and chord tones it will sound good.
You might choose to use G major pentatonic for the G and the D and a C major
Pentatonic for the Am and C.
You might want to use just G major pentatonic for it all and let your ear guide you,
remember all of the Pentatonic scale fits.
You could also use harmonic scales or melodic scales as I have used above
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These notes are as follows
G-F#-G-F# E, | D, E, G, A B-A-B | E D, B, A A^BrA | E G E G G
Squeezing an A into a B for G major as its a chord tone, starting passages on chord
tones and using passing tones to add interest as these arent already included in the
chords eg. A.
When it changes to D major we play a D chord tone etc.
B98----8h9p8
is a good little lick to start a run on.
When practising scales you should practise:

Playing horizontally, and Vertically separately.
As you can see the intervals of a scale go up one by one as you go from the low e,
up vertically one interval then cross a string horizontally and do the same, In the
first position of Am Pentatonic which is on 5th fret it goes 1, b3, 4, 5, b7, 1,b3, 4, 5,
b7, 1, b3. Each position starts with a different root number, these roots are the
same as the bass notes for Barre chords using the E or Em shape or the A or Am
shape.
You can practise playing up and down one string in different ways but its also
important to play horizontally, make sure to remember to sometimes skip a
string/note in-between some notes to make sure you end up with a melody and
not just endless scale runs up and down the scale.
Try to add in Dynamics
Bends are when you bend a string to make a note rise in pitch, normally to a
chord tone.
During a bend you can add vibrato, you can release a bend back to neutral or let
it go squeezed.
Try slow bends and fast repetitive bends to find different sounds, keep
picking the string as you bend it rhythmically etc.
A slide is a good way to liven up your performance, there are several kinds of
slurs you can make to blur each note into each other. When you play staccato you
tend to play short separate notes, a slide is often used for the exact opposite for a
style of playing called legato which heavily relies on hammer-on, pull offs and
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slides.
Again try a slow and fast slide, try using it for last notes, try sliding from
a note to a note that harmonizes with it eg G-C-D Try sliding out of a
phrase to create a descending sound then sliding back into the same
note or next lick
Try a Hammer-on for each second note on an ascending scale run
Try a Pull-off for each second note on an ascending scale run
Try a Hammer-on for each second note on an descending scale run
Try a Pull-off for each second note on an descending scale run
Task: Record these at 60bpm, 80bpm, 100bpm, 120bpm, 140bpm 200bpm
Find Double stops and Double stop riffs, to beef up single note lead runs,
makes it sound more rock and roll, use your ears, epic riffage.
G Major chord tones on each string: G B D

E- G-3 B-7 D- 10
B- B-0 D-3 G-7
G- G-0 B-4 D-7
D- D-0 G-5 B- 9
A- B-2
D-5 G-10
E- G-3 B-7 D-10
You should memorise these chords, they are the same chord shapes as
we learnt in CAGED for different chord voicings and inversions. These
are key to learning Lead Guitar.
Tapping is a good technique to improve your lead guitar, you tap with one hand
on a chord tone on a string and use the left hand to do a pull of or hammer on
between two chord tones, and this will create a tapping pattern as a series of 3s.
Task: make this follow a chord pattern. G = G D B || D= D F# A ||
use g and d string. Record for several bars.
Pick slides are another technique often used in Rock and Metal music, scraping
the pick up the neck off the guitar across the thick bass strings to create a
scratching sound.
Palm Muting is a technique heavily used in the rhythm and lead guitar featured
in most Rock and Metal music. For example Slashs use of it in Welcome to the
Jungle, He uses it heavily to create a chunky percussive lead sound and to create
his riffs.
Arpeggios are broken up chords, a finger picking pattern is an Arpeggio of a
chord. You can find arpeggios in the CAGED system or make one out of any chord,
they are made out of chord tones so they will always sound good played over a
chord as they are saying the same thing.
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Task: Play an Arpeggio over G-C-D
Pinch Harmonics are a rock guitar technique where you hit a string twice once
with a pick, but then slightly pinch the skin of your thumb on the string and pull it
away fast enough so that the pick plays the note and the thumb stops some of
the overtones of the note from playing leaving us with a high pitched
squealier/pitch harmonic, these require a lot of skill and technique. You need to
pick the note a specific distance away from the note to get it to ring out clearly
and be heard, you will also need to apply a lot of vibrato. This is a hard technique
for beginners to pick up and is quite advanced.
Regular Harmonics are when you play a note such as the 5th fret of most strings
on standard tuning, most 7th notes, 4th note, 12th note. You touch the note without
pressing it, you pluck the string and release at the same time, this causes a
harmonic to ring out.
Tap Harmonics are another kind of artificial harmonic, it is done by fretting a
note/arpeggio run with the left hand then mimicking these notes with the right
hand exactly 12 frets down on the octave by hitting them with my finger and then
instantly releasing, a harmonic will ring out. Van Halen used a lot of these and is
much of the reason the technique is so famous today.
Tremolo Picking is playing a note really quickly, it is used to quickly play blasts
of notes, it sounds almost like a guitar harp due to how much the sound is
reinstated.
Whammy bar Effects / Floyd Rose

A whammy bar only can loosen the strings, it cant
tighten them up like a Floyd Rose because you need the
floating design of the Floyd Rose to do that.
I plan to invest on a Jackson Guitar with a Floyd Rose
Installed,
Once I have invested in this I will update this section on
how to do various Floyd Rose Tricks such as Dive-bombs,
etc.
It will have a Tronical Tune Automatic Robot Tuning
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Machine Head for 200

I plan to purchase a Jackson js32 warrior w Floyd Rose.
300
Links for all products below:
Guitar:
http://www.sweelee.com.sg/jackson-js32-warrior-wfloyd-rose-electric-guitar-w-bag-black.html
Tuning Head:
http://www.gak.co.uk/en/tronical-tronicaltuneautomatic-robot-tuning-machineheads-h/88996?
gclid=CjwKEAiA8ee0BRD1l7vV6JHe0zISJADxYItm_J9c0pNg-UJyifmBpSFk9a5nxP-vydreMhLiJ053BoCY7Lw_wcB

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Now leaving behind the G major scale for a bit we will learn some lead
guitar in a few different keys, we can always transpose these up or down to
any key of our choosing later and its important we start doing this as
its good practise.
Note Runs:
G minor Pentatonic (3rd fret)
Task:
|----------------------------------------------------------------3---|
|------------------------------------------------3-----3-6---3-6-----|
|--------------------------------3-----3-5---3-5---3-5-----5---------|
|----------------3-----3-5---3-5---3-5-----5-------------------------|
|------3-5---3-5---3-5-----5-----------------------------------------|
|--3-6-----6---------------------------------------------------------|
Then try this next one once you can do first one
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------5-7------7-10----7-10-12-|
|----------------------3-5-----5-8---5-8-10-5-8-----8-10------10---------|
|------3-5---3-5-8-3-5-----5-8-----8-------------------------------------|
|--3-6-----6-------------------------------------------------------------|
This kind of run is pretty standard.
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Task: Learn it at different tempos 60, 80, 100, 120 bpm etc. up to eventually 200bpmish.
Record this perfectly at these different tempos. No timing mistakes what so ever. Try it in
different keys.
Task 2: Try it over a G Minor Backing such as G Minor - Bb Major. Compare results with
same scale run over the minor and relative major. Then try over a Blues Dominant G7
progression. All produce different tonalities.
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Building up on basic knowledge,

learning to apply what we know into music
and learning the chords from other keys.
When practising you will occasionally hit what seems like a brick wall, this is because
once you have learnt the basics of various techniques and go through quick learning of a
lot of things you eventually reach a point where you need to learn to apply the material
you already know. An example is when you learn a scale, or the chords as you just have.
You can either move on to learn more scales and chords or you can look as to how to
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apply what you already know to make music. There is no point learning more scales
before you know how to use the ones you already have, there is however reason to start
learning chords outside of the key of G, these chords are listed below.
.
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Task: Make a chord progression using this key.

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Task: Learn to play a song in several keys.

Eg. 8 Days a Week The Beatles
a step down C D F C (Verse) Am-F Am-D - - G Am D F G
original = D E G D (Verse) Bm-G Bm-E - - A Bm E G A}
a step up = E F A E (Verse) Cm A Cm F - - B Cm F A - B
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link: http://www.azchords.com/b/beatles-tabs-410/eightdaysaweektabs-100958.html
link for capo 5 version: https://tabs.ultimateguitar.com/t/the_beatles/eight_days_a_week_ver8_crd.htm
Good songs to learn on Guitar:

Nightmare Avenged Sevenfold
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/avenged_sevenfold/nightmare_ver6_tab.htm
Difficulty: Hard for me, Need to learn chugging especially.
The Maine Into Your Arms (Only Chords)
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/the_maine/into_your_arms_ver4_crd.htm
Carry on My Wayward Son
http://www.e-chords.com/chords/kansas/carry-on-my-wayward-son (chords)
http://www.e-chords.com/tabs/kansas/carry-on-my-wayward-son (TABS)
Fairly easy intro once practised, I just need to devote some time to it. I havent
practised a whole song of this length yet
Time of Dying Three Days Grace
http://www.e-chords.com/tabs/three-days-grace/time-of-dying
Never too Late Three Days Grace
https://tabs.ultimateguitar.com/t/three_days_grace/never_too_late_ver5_tab.htm
Need to brush up on bridge and chorus, learn to swap between clean and
distorted sound
Girl All The Bad Guys Want Bowling For Soup
http://www.e-chords.com/tabs/bowling-for-soup/girl-all-the-bad-guys-want
Simple punk song with easy riff once practised a couple times, one of the
easiest on the list apart from learning to accent the chugging.
Hey there Delilah
https://tabs.ultimateguitar.com/p/plain_white_ts/hey_there_delilah_ver6_tab.htm
Need to brush up on playing, should learn to add vocals to it as I was new to
picking like this when I learnt it.
Back in Black ACDC
http://www.e-chords.com/tabs/acdc/back-in-black
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Need to learn the rest apart from the riff
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
http://www.e-chords.com/tabs/black-sabbath/paranoid
Pinball Wizard The Who
http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/tablature/pinballwizard.txt
Learn it by splitting it up bit by bit.
Inbetween Beartooth - planning on learning next
http://www.e-chords.com/chords/beartooth/in-between
>More Songs
You Me At Six Underdog
http://www.azchords.com/y/youmeatsix-tabs-42791/underdog-tabs534900.html
Task: Learn Gt2 as well as Gt1.
Ed Sheeran Dont ( Chords )
http://www.e-chords.com/chords/ed-sheeran/dont
Sunshine of Your Love Cream
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/c/cream/sunshine_of_your_love_ver7_tab.htm
Learn solo next ;)
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd - Currently working on
https://tabs.ultimateguitar.com/p/pink_floyd/comfortably_numb_solo_ver6_tab.htm
Learn solo better and Task: Create an acoustic version of comfortably numb
and record it, using:
http://www.azchords.com/p/pinkfloyd-tabs-3040/comfortablynumb-tabs112833.html
Jesus Of Suburbia Greenday
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/g/green_day/jesus_of_suburbia_ver6_tab.htm
Learn Solo also
Youre Gonna Go Far Kid The Offspring (One of first songs I learnt, just 4
simple power chords)
http://www.e-chords.com/chords/the-offspring/youre-gonna-go-far-kid
Need to learn the parts that are different Try to use ear to do this
- Good beginner song
Time-Bomb All Time Low (Drop D)
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/all_time_low/time_bomb_ver3_tab.htm
- Great beginner song all three string bar chords just up and down the neck.
Remembering Sunday All Time Low
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https://tabs.ultimateguitar.com/a/all_time_low/remembering_sunday_ver5_crd.htm
You Really Got Me Going The Kinks
http://www.e-chords.com/chords/the-kinks/you-really-got-me
All Day and All Night The Kinks
https://tabs.ultimateguitar.com/t/the_kinks/all_day_and_all_of_the_night_ver6_crd.htm
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/p/pink_floyd/wish_you_were_here_ver3_crd.htm
(Chords)
http://www.e-chords.com/tabs/pink-floyd/wish-you-were-here (Intro tab + Solo
Tab)
Long-term Goals
Sultans of Swing Dire Straits
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/d/dire_straits/sultans_of_swing_tab.htm
Sweet Child o Mine GunsnRoses ONE DAYY!
http://www.guitarworld.com/tabs-guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine
Task: Learn Solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGW_f_CU3wQ Video Lesson

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E-Book: Learn to play Guitar Within 2 Months;

Section One covers how to play all the

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Week 1-2: LEARNING CHORDS IN THE KEY OF G

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Complete each task and tick it off as you go through.

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Week 1: Learning Basic Chords and Music Theory of Scales

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B Minor: Only play this on the last 5 strings

C Major: Only on last 5 strings.

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G Major Cheat Sheet All Chords and some 7th Variations

G harmonic minor scale notes: G A Bb C D Eb F#

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Major Major: Smooth, sighing, hint of tension eg. Gmaj7

Two chords making a larger song. eg. Cmaj7 = C + E + G + B

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SONGS TO LEARN BELOW: CHORD PROGRESSIONS

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& Now, 7th Chords! Congratulations on learning the

Two chords making a larger song. eg. Cmaj7 = C + E + G + B

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FINGER PICKING/Travis Picking + Working on strumming

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Guitar +Music Exercises and challenges to test

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Try to harmonize some lead over backing track

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A Shape D 5th fret

G Shape C x765557 3 rd fret

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Task: Look at the progressions we looked at earlier such as i iv v

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0 =G 2= A 5=C 7=D 9=E 10=F 12=G

Major 7th R357 - 1

Create some chords with some open strings - Exotic chords

Remembering Sunday All Time Low

nice open string chord

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Scales for Soloing!

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Good Jam Tracks for Practising Scales