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- Contents -

Acknowledgments
Foreword
How to Study This Book
How to Study the CD
   Musicians Heard on the CD
How to Develop the Blues Styles

Chapter 1: Basic Theory
The Cycle of Keys
Cycle of Keys Exercise
Intervals
Think Before Moving Exercise
Major Scales
Minor Scales
Modes
   Learning the Modes
Triads
Open Voicings
Sevenths

Chapter 2: The Boogie Woogie Blues Style
The Basic Blues
The Blues Form(s)
The Boogie Woogie Style
Groove Tune
Developing the Boogie Woogie Style
The Blues Scale
The Mixolydian+ Mode
Important Soloing Ideas
CD Performance of Boogie Woogie Blues

Chapter 3: Tritone Blues Style
The Tritone Blues Style
The Tritone Blues Form
Development of the Tritone Blues
Theory for the Tritone Blues
Chord Extensions
Extension Exercise
   How to Learn Extensions
Continuous Motion Exercise

Chapter 4: Gospel Blues Style
Development of the Gospel Blues Style
Analysis of "Amazing Grace" CD Performance
Development of "Amazing Grace"
Progressions
Chord Structures

Chapter 5: Stride Blues Style
Stride Triad and 7th Inversion
The Turnaround
Tritone Substitution
Miscellaneous Stride Techniques

Chapter 6: Funk Blues Style
Stop Choruses
Chord Structures
Developing the Funk Blues Style

Chapter 7: Rock Blues Style

Chapter 8: Jazz Blues Style
II-V-I Progression
Practicing II-V-I
Diminished Scale and Color Chords
Color Chord Exercise
Learning New Voicings
Scales for Jazz Blues Style
Blues Forms
Developing the Jazz Blues Style
"Blues for Clark"

Chapter 9: Minor Blues Style
Developing the Minor Blues Style

CD Track List