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