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ATTENTION BOB PRONG'S GUITAR STUDENTS...BOB IS NOW TEACHING EXCLUSIVELY AT STORE4STRINGS ON SOUTH KINGS AVE, BRANDON, FL. (813)655-6554 or (813) 571-3848

Check out the links below to become a GUITAR MONSTER!

FINGER WORKOUTS FOR LEAD GUITAR:

	Bob's left hand guitar workout.
	Bob's string bending guitar workout.
	Bob's sweep picking guitar workout.
	Bob's two hand tapping guitar workout.
	Bob's symmetrical scale fragments guitar workout.
	Bob's left hand 3 note per string hammer on pull off guitar workout.
	Bob's picking synchronization workout.
	Bob's string skipping workout.

OPEN CHORDS:

	Bob's common open chords workout
	Bob's 6 chord switching practice concepts.

MOVABLE CHORD SHAPES and Exercises

(otherwise know as "power", "barre" or "bar" chords)

USE THESE REFERENCE SHEETS ALONG WITH BOB'S CYCLE EXERCISE TO LEARN THE NAMES OF THE NOTES ON EACH STRING BETTER AND TO COVER ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES YOU MIGHT FIND IN ANY STYLE OF MUSIC.

	2 & 3 STRING MOVEABLE (POWER) CHORD SHAPES - If you've heard the term "power chord but don't understand what one is start here.
	Basic Bar chord shapes reference sheet. (maj, min, 7th, min 7th, maj 7th)
	Moving beyond bar chords" reference sheet. Learn to derive new variations from basic bar chords. These have a "jazzy/funky" sound. (maj, min, 7th, min 7th, maj 7th)
	Bob's 9th 11th & 13th chord worksheet. (min, maj, augmented and diminished included). If you are checking these out use them along with the chord substitution workouts. You should be getting a good knowledge about the names of the notes on each fret by now in order to get the most out of these. Once you master the shapes plug them into BOB'S JAZZ, FUNK AND FUSION practice progressions.

MIND WORKOUTS FOR GUITAR (MUSIC THEORY STUFF):
(THESE WILL BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC THEORY AND FRET BOARD LOGIC...SO THAT YOU CAN APPLY WHAT YOU TRAINED YOUR FINGERS TO DO TASTEFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY)

	Understanding scale degrees & the importance of knowing them to build triads and chords
	Understanding how triads make up chords
	How to decide what name to call a chord
	Understanding modes

IMPROVISING IN VARIOUS STYLES:

	Basic improvisation with scales and modes:
	Harmonic minor scales and progressions for dummies:
	Using "Standards" (old school jazz songs) to practice modal improvisation:
	ROCK Improvisation - playing pentatonic scales over that good old I-IV-V progression
	ROCK Improvisation - breaking out of the pentatonic box by considering key centers.

Moveable Chord Exercises:

Bob's cycle exercise

FOR BEGINNERS:

	Posture, practice routines and other General Knowledge.
	Reading music notation
	Understanding Scale Degrees.

SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS:

Here's some transcriptions of the most most requested solos from my students have wanted to learn to play over the years.

Battle Axe (Quiet Riot)
Eruption (Van Halen)
Randy Rhoads suicide solution solo from Randy Rhoads tribute album.

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