Guitar All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Index

Symbols and Numerics

• ♭ (flat symbol), 168
• ♮ (natural sign), 64
• ♯ (sharp symbol), 168
• > (accent mark), 69
• · (augmentation dot), 66
• · (staccato dot), 69

• 1st finger position, 100, 586

• 3 (triplet) notation, 66
• 3rds. See triads

• 4/4 time
  • audio track, 587
  • overview, 132

• 5-6 move
  • audio track, 588
  • eighth-note progressions, 138–139
  • song examples, 138
• 5-6 riff (Jimmy Reed move)
  • audio track, 590
  • key of A, 417–419
  • key of G, 416–417
  • overview, 416, 432
• 5-note minor pentatonic scale, 382. See also pentatonic scale
• 5th-fret tuning method, 15–17, 585

• 6-note blues scale, 342, 382
• 6th string/5th string associations
  • grouping notes, 168–170
  • octave pitches, 171
  • overview, 164–170

• 7th chords
  • blues sound, 95, 273
  • dominant, 96–98, 217–218, 271–272
  • Em7, Am7 variation diagrams, 216
  • major scale diagrams, 212–213
  • major/minor barre scale diagrams, 213
  • open position chord diagrams, 213
  • overview, 78
  • song examples, 216–217
  • static dominant, 273
  • video demonstration, 586
• 7th notes
  • adding to chords, 212–214, 272
  • double flat, 219
  • flattened, 243, 249, 260
  • implied notation, 220

• 8-bar blues, 413–414

• 9th chords, 222–223

• 12/8 groove. See also rhythm styles
  • exercises, 388–389, 400–401
  • overview, 383
  • slow 12/8 feel, 399–401, 589
• 12-bar blues
  • audio track, 590
  • endings, 423
  • high-note moves, 423–425
  • intros, 421
  • overview, 408
  • quick four variation, 409–410
  • slow blues, 411–412
  • song examples, 411
  • turnarounds, 410–411, 421–422
• 16-feel. See also rhythm styles
  • exercises, ...