Contents

Introduction 4

1. Descending Scales         6

2. Arpeggios         12

3. Diatonic Harmony         15

4. Arpeggio Exercises         18

5. Scales on Major ii-V-Is         24

6. Minor Scales and Harmony         32

7. Harmonic Minor         37

8. Key Changes         40

9. Major Scale Modes         47

10. Motifs, Quotes, and Blues Licks         53

11. Lines on Longer Chords         58

12. Arpeggios in Major-Key Lines         66

13. Long ii-V-Is         71

14. Jazz Blues         77

15. Altered Dominants         83

16. Rhythm Changes         88

17. Form And Pacing         96

Appendix 1: The Fretboard         101

Appendix 2: Interval Theory         105

Appendix 3: Notation and Key Signatures         109

Appendix 4: Playing Intervals         112

Appendix 5: Chords are Stacks of Intervals         117