Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Practice Suggestions

  Major Scales

• The "Big Four"
• The G Scale Open Position, Lower Octave
• The G Scale Open Position, Lower Octave, Ascending and Decending
• G Major Scale Open Position Lower Octave Example Exercises
• Finding Melodies
• "When the Saints Go Marching In"
• Finding the Melody Guidelines
• Scale Improvisation Practice
• Finding Major and Minor chord Tones
• A Word About Improvisation
• Ear Training Exercises
• The G Scale Open Position, Higher Octave
• The G Scale Open Position, Lower Octave, Higher Octave Example
• The G Scale Open Position, Lower and Upper Octaves
• "She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain"
• Mode Scales
• Matching Mode Scale Patterns to a Chord Progression
• Mode Scale Practice
• Intervals
• Intervals in the Key of G
• Playing Intervals Relative to the Root
• Song Association
• Interval Exercises
• Open Position Major Scales in Other Major and Minor Keys

  Folded Major Scales

• Scale Practice Checklist
• Exercise 1: 4-Note Folded Scale #1
• Exercise 2: 4-Note Folded Scale #2
• Exercise 3: 4-Note Folded Scale #3
• Exercise 4: 3-Note Folded Scale #1
• Exercise 5: 2-Note Folding Thirds #1
• Exercise 6: 4-Note Folding Thirds
• Exercise 7: 6-Note Folded Scale
• Exercise 8: 3-Note Folded Phrases 1
• Exercise 9: 3-Note Folded Phrases 2
• Exercise 10: 3-Note Folding Phrases 3
• Exercise 11: Straight and Folded Scale Combined 1
• Exercise 12: Straight and Folded Scale Combined 2
• Exercise 13: Straight and Folded Scale Combined 3
• Exercise 14: Straight and Folded Scale Combined 4
• Exercise 15: Straight and Folded Scale Combined 5
• Song Example: Forked Deer (A Section)
• Exercise 16: Patterns from Songs 1
• Song Example: Forked Deer Variation 1
• Song Example: Forked Deer Variation 2
• Exercise 17: Patterns from Songs 2
• Song Example: Blackberry Blossom (A Section)
• Song Example: Blackberry Blossom Variation
• Exercise 18: Patterns from Songs 3
• Exercise 19: Patterns from Songs 4
• Exercise 20: Patterns from Songs 5
• Exercise 21: Patterns from Songs 6
• Using Scales and Folded Scales to Embellish Melody
• "Arkansas Travler" - Melody
• "Arkansas Travler" - Using Scales and Folded Scales
• "Turkey In The Straw" - Melody
• "Turkey In The Straw" - Using Scales and Folded Scales
• "She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain"
• "Sailor's Hornpipe" - Melody

  The Major Pentatonic Scale

• Straight Scale and Folded Scale Example
• The G Major Pentatonic Scale
• Folding The G Major Pentatonic Scale
• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Melody
• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Using just the Major Pentatonic Scale
• "Amazing Grace" - Melody
• "Amazing Grace" - Using just the Major Pentatonic Scale

  The Major Blues Scale

• The C and D Major Pentatonic Scale
• The G Major Blues Scale
• Common G Major Blues Scale Licks
• Folding G Major Blues Scale

  Playing Major Scales Over Diatonic Chords

• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Using just the Major Blues Scale
• Notes in the G Scale and Diatonic Chords
• Chromatic Clock
• Diatonic Chords in the Key of G
• Double Stops
• Finding Double Stops in Chord Shapes
• "Amazing Grace" - Using Double Stops

  Harmonized Scales

• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Using Double Stops
• G Scale Harmonized Scales
• Harmonized Scales Example 1
• Harmonized Scales Example 2
• Harmonized Scales Example 3
• Harmonized Scales Example 4 - Using an Open Drone
• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Using a Few Harmonized Scales
• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Alternate Resolving Phrase
• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Alternate Resolving Phrase to Part A

  The Toggle

• C and D Scale Diatonic Third Intervals on B and E Strings
• Examples of the Toggle

  Minor Scales

• Wildwood Flower Example
• G "Natural" Minor Scale
• G "Harmonic" Minor Scale
• G "Melodic" Minor Scale

  Minor Pentatonic and Minor Blues Scales

• The Dorian Mode
• G Minor Pentatonic Scale
• G Minor Pentatonic Scale Open Position (Lower Octave)
• G Minor Pentatonic Scale Open Position (Higher Octave)
• G Minor Pentatonic Scale Open Position (Two Octaves) Folded Scales
• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Improvising the Blues
• Improvisation Tips
• G Minor Blues Scale
• Folded G Minor Blues Scale
• Minor Blues Scales in Various Keys

  Crosspicking Arpeggios

• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Using Minor Blues Scale
• Crosspicking Patterns
• C Chord Crosspicking Exercise
• Crosspicking Over I-IV-V Progression in G
• "Wildwood Flower" Example
• "Banks of the Ohio": Crosspicking
• "Beaumont Rag" Crosspicking Pattern
• More Crosspicking Patterns
• String Skipping Crosspicking Exercises
• "Blackberry Blossom" Harmonized Scale with Crosspicking
• "Blackberry Blossom" with String Skipping
• The Rhythm Pick Pattern
• "Lonesome Road Blues" using RPP Rhythm

  A Study of "Home Sweet Home"

• The RPP and Crosspicking
• "Home Sweet Home" Melody
• "Home Sweet Home" Quarter Note Carter Style
• "Home Sweet Home" Subdivide 1
• "Home Sweet Home" Subdivide 2
• "Home Sweet Home" Subdivide 2 with Single Note Articulation 1
• "Home Sweet Home" Subdivide 2 with Single Note Articulation 2
• "Home Sweet Home" Simple Crosspicking Roll Style
• "Home Sweet Home" More Complex Crosspicking Style
• "Home Sweet Home" Adding the Rhythm Pick Pattern

  Harmonized Scales on Non-Adjacent Strings

• "Home Sweet Home" Mixing it All Up
• Harmonized Scale Non-Adjacent Strings Exercises

  The Chromatic Scale

• "Blackberry Blossom" Harmonized Scales on Non-Adjacent Strings

  Chord and Arpeggio Summary

  Appendix - The Rest Stroke

• "Lonesome Road Blues" - Adding Chromatic Phrases