Flatpicking Essentials Vol. 6: Improvisation (Part II) & Advanced Technique Studies by Dan Miller & Tim May

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
Section 1: Improvisation, Part II

• Diatonic Chords and Chord Progressions
• Creating Diatonic Triads
• “Temperance Reel” Exercise
• Chord Movement and Chord Progressions
• I, IV, V Progression: Why It Works
• The Relative Minor
• I – vi – IV – V Progression
• The ii Chord
• I – vi – ii – V Progression
• I – ii – V – I Progression
• “St. Anne’s Reel” Exercise
• Note Choices For Diatonic Chords
• Stable Melody Notes
• Chord Tones
• Major Pentatonic Scales
• Modes
• Minor Pentatonic Scales
• Remaining Notes
• “Nine Pound Hammer” Exercise
• The iii Chord
• I – vi – iii – V Progression
• I – iii – IV – V Progression
• The Chord Stream
• Diatonic Triad Summary
• Seventh Chords
• The Dominant 7th Chord
• I – IV – V7 – I Progression
• Non-Diatonic Chords
• The Flat Seven Chord
• I – bVII – V – I Progression
• “Salt Creek” Exercise
• The Seventh Chord in Blues
• 12-Bar Blues Using Seventh Chords
• Secondary Dominant Chords
• V of the V
• V of the IV
• “Alabama Jubilee” Exercise
• VI7 – II7 – V7 – I Progression
• Improv Section Conclusion

Section 2: Advanced Flatpicking Technique

• Introduction
• Tension & Release
• Alabama Jubilee
• Skipping Strings and Advanced Crosspicking
• Angeline the Baker
• Hybrid Picking – Part 1
• Beaumont Rag
• Billy In The Lowground
• Using Harmonics – Natural and Artificial
• “Mary Had A Little Lamb” Example
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow
• Playing in Minor Keys
• Cold Frosty Morning
• Devil’s Dream
• East Tennessee Blues
• Forked Deer
• Twin and Triple Guitars – Playing Harmony Parts
• Basic Two-Part Harmony
• “Whiskey Before Breakfast” Melody
• “Whiskey Before Breakfast” – Harmony (Parallel 3rds)
• Harmonized Scale
• “Whiskey Before Breakfast” – Double Stops
• Harmony Variation
• “Whiskey Before Breakfast” Harmony Variation
• Two-Part Harmony Rules of Thumb
• “Whiskey Before Breakfast” High Baritone Harmony
• Adding a Third Part
• “Whiskey Before Breakfast” Three Part Harmony
• Leather Britches
• Lonesome Reuben
• Lonesome Road Blues
• Hybrid Picking – Part II
• Hybrid Picking Example
• “Lonesome Road Blues” Example
• Midnight On The Water
• Triplets
• Nine Pound Hammer
• Red Haired Boy
• Red Wing
• Temperance Reel
• Wayfaring Stranger
• Whiskey Before Breakfast
• Conclusion and The Road Ahead
• Appendix – Chord Progression Summary