Basics

Lesson 1 – Lower Em Triad E,G, & B | Note Values | Exercise 1

Lesson 2  – Higher Em Triad E, G, & B | Exercise 2

Lesson 3  – Lower Group A & C | Quarter Rest; Half Rest | Exercise 3

Lesson 4  – Higher Group A & C | Whole Rest | Exercise 4

Lesson 5  – Adding D | Ties | Exercise 5

__Song Exercise 1  – Repeat Sign | End of Song Bar Line | “Avocados”

__Song Exercise 2 – 1st and 2nd Endings | “Traces of Thought”

__Song Exercise 3 – New Time Signature 3/4 | Traffic Signs | “Mirrors on Pluto”

__Pencilquiz 1

Lesson 6 – Add Higher F | Eighth Notes | Exercise 6

Lesson 7 – Open Strings | Exercise 7

Lesson 8  – Add Lower F | Pick Up Notes | Dotted Quarter Note | Exercise 8

Lesson 9 – Accidentals­—Sharps & Naturals | Exercise 9

__Pencilquiz 2

Lesson 10 – Position Shifting | Exercise 10

__Song Exercise 4 – Shuffle | More Pick Up Notes | “Some Kind of Blues”

__Song Exercise 5 – Straight 8’s | “Bar None”

Lesson 11 – Flats | Exercise 11

Lesson 12 – Eighth Rest | Exercise 12

__Pencilquiz 3

Lesson 13 – Sixteenth Notes | Exercise 13

Lesson 14 – More Sixteenth Note Combinations | Repeat Bar Sign | Exercise 14

Lesson 15 – Two Key Signatures (G & D) | Exercise 15

Lesson 16 – Two More Key Signatures | Exercise 16

Lesson 17 – New Time Signature: 6/8 | Exercise 17

__Song Exercise 6 – Traffic Signs: D.S. al Coda; Tacet | “Funky Weather”

__Song Exercise 7 – Real Book Style; Bossa | Traffic Sign: D.S. al Fine | “Bossa de Hot Sauce”

 

CD Contents

Appendix 1 Bass Neck Diagram

Appendix 2 Key Signatures / Circle of 5ths