Jerry Byrd Course - Full Table of Contents

Ray Langley · From: Northern California, USA

The Jerry Byrd Instruction Course For Steel Guitar
“A Complete Study for the Serious Student”

Table of Contents for 5th Printing (Blue Cover) – 324 Pages

000 Forward and Ordering Information for the Jerry Byrd Seminar Video

001 BEGINNER, Part 1, “A” Major Tuning
002 Lesson 1, Picks, Steel Bar, etc.
003 How to Hold the Bar
004 Posture of Picking Hand
006 A Major Tuning – String Gauges
007 A Major Tuning Chart
008 Some Hints on Tuning
009 Lesson II, How to Read “Diagram” Music (Tablature)
014 Muting
015 Practice Exercise – A Major Tuning
017 Lesson III, Endings and Repeat Sign
019 Practice Exercise
020 Lesson IV, Slant Bar Technique
022 Slant Bar Exercise (Forward Slants)
023 Lesson V, “Sweet Lei Lehua” using Forward Slants
025 Moving the Bar In and Out and More Muting
026 Practice Exercise

028 Part II, E Major Tuning
029 E Major Tuning Chart
030 Lesson I, E Major Tuning (from A Major)
032 “Sweet Lei Lehua”, E Tuning
033 Lesson II, “Tremolo” or Vibrato
035 “Song of the Islands”, E Major Tuning
037 Lesson III, Harmonics
040 “Aloha Oe”, E Major Tuning
042 Lesson IV, E-7th Tuning
044 E-7th Tuning Chart
045 “Forget Me Not”, E-7th Tuning
047 Lesson V, Reverse Slant
051 Reverse Slant Practice
052 Lesson VI, Reverse Slant, (cont.)
053 “Evening in the Islands” (Reverse Slant Practice) E-7th Tuning
055 Lesson VII, “Old Timey Waltz”

058 Part III, C# Minor Tuning Series: C# Minor, C# Minor 9th
059 Lesson I, C# Minor Tuning
061 C# Minor Tuning Chart
062 “Major” Harmony Positions
063 “Sweet Lei Lehua”, C# Minor Tuning
064 Lesson II, “Song of the Islands”, C# Minor Tuning
066 Lesson III, “Aloha Tears”, C# Minor Tuning
069 Lesson IV, Varied Time Count
070 “Moonland” C# Minor Tuning
072 C# Minor 9th Tuning
075 “Ua Like No Like”, C# Minor 9th Tuning
077 Lesson VI, Introductions
080 “Paradise Isle”, C# Minor 9th Tuning
083 Lesson VII, “Sweet Someone”, C# Minor 9th Tuning

087 Book Two – Intermediate Material, Lesson One, Introduction
088 Lesson Two, E-13th Tuning
090 String Gauges
091 “Tennessee Waltz”, E-13th Tuning
094 Lesson Four, “Reminiscing”, E-13th Tuning
098 Part II, B-11th Tuning
101 “Rainbows Over Paradise”, B-11th Tuning
105 “Sand”, B-11th Tuning
110 Lesson Seven, Finger Harmonics
111 “Steelin’ The Chimes”, B-11th Tuning
113 Lesson Eight, “How D’Ya Do”, B-11th Tuning

118 Part III, C-6th Tuning Series
119 Lesson Nine, String Gauges and Tuning
120 Split Slants
121 C6 Tuning Chart
122 “Sweet Lei Lehua”, C6 Tuning
124 Lesson Ten, Single String Work
125 “Over The Waves”, C6 Tuning
128 How to Change Tunings Quickly
130 Lesson Eleven, “Hawaii Aloha”
133 Lesson Twelve, C6+A7 Tuning
136 C6+A7 Tuning Chart
137 Chord Chart, Key of C - C6+A7 Tuning (Complete)
138 Chord Chart, Key of D - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
139 Chord Chart, Key of F - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
140 Chord Chart, Key of G - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
141 Chord Chart, Key of A - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
142 Chord Chart, Key of Bb - C6+A7 Tuning (Blank)
143 How To Build Chords
148 “I Regret To Say Aloha”, C6+A7 Tuning
150 Lesson Fourteen, Review Quiz
152 “Blue Hawaiian Moonlight”
156 Lesson Fifteen, Chord Progressions
158 Chord Progression Study, Key of C, 3 Chord Progression
159 4 Chord Progression
160 5 Chord Progression
161 Diminished and Augmented Chords
162 Substitutions of Minors
163 Sample Chord “Intro”
164 “Steelin’ The Blues”
169 Lesson Sixteen, On Playing Background
170 Background Study, Licks, Fill-Ins, Etc.
172 “Down Country Blues”
175 Lesson Seventeen, Changing Keys/Modulation
176 “Hanalei Moon”
180 “Dance of the Goldenrod”
184 Lesson Nineteen, Triplets
185 South Sea Moon
189 Lesson Twenty, Tunings for Steel Guitar and String Gauges

194 Book Three, Advanced Material (Reading Music Notation)
195 Lesson One, Introduction
196 C6+A7 Tuning Note Chart (Fretboard Diagram)
197 Scales
198 Key of C, 1 Octave Scale
199 C Scale, 1st Position
200 C Scale, 2nd Position, and 3rd Position
201 C Scale, 4th Position, and 5th Position
202 Note Values
203 C Scale Melody
204 Lesson Two, Designation of Keys
206 Circle of Fifths
208 Rest Values Chart
209 Lesson Three, “Sweet Lei Lehua”
211 Lesson Four, Harmony
212 Scale Positions Practice
218 A Triplet Melody
219 Lesson Five, Key of F
221 Key of F, Scales
225 Key of F, Practice Exercises
228 Lesson Six, Harmony, Accidentals, Passing Tones, Discord
229 Practice Melody
232 Lesson Seven, Verse and Chorus Structure
233 “Hawaiian Waltz”
238 Lesson 8, Key of G
239 Key of G Scales
243 Key of G, Practice Exercise
244 Lesson Nine, Modulation from Key of G to C (this page mislabeled as 243)
245 Practice Exercise
246 “Serenade”
249 Lesson Ten, Key of Bb
250 Key of Bb Scales
254 Practice Melody
255 Lesson Eleven, Signs in Music Notation
258 “Have I Told You Lately” (That I Love You)
260 Lesson Twelve, Key of D
262 Key of D Scales
266 Key of D Melody
267 Lesson Thirteen, “You Are A Beautiful Lady”
272 Lesson Fourteen, Key of Eb
273 Key of Eb Scales
278 Lesson 15, Key of Eb Practice Melody
280 Lesson 16, Key of A
281 Key of A Scales
286 Key of A, Practice Exercise
287 Lesson Seventeen, “Old Plantation”
289 Lesson Eighteen, Key of Ab
290 Key of Ab Scales
295 Key of Ab, Practice Exercise
296 Lesson Nineteen, “Hawaiian Love”
298 Lesson Twenty, Key of E
299 Key of E Scales
304 Key of E, Practice Exercise
305 “Sweet Lei Mamo”

306 Appendix – “Hawaiian March”
307 Chord Chart, Key of D
308 Chord Chart, Key of F
309 Chord Chart, Key of G
310 Chord Chart, Key of A
311 Chord Chart, Key of Bb
312 Lesson Fourteen, Book Two, Review Quiz Answers
314 Correct Positions for Lesson 1, Book Three, Page 205
315 “Practice Exercise, Key of G, Page 252
316 Answers to Key Signature Quiz, Lesson 11, Page 214
317 “Practice Exercise, Key of G, cont.
318 Lesson Fifteen, Page 279
320 Lesson Seventeen, “Old Plantation”, Page 288
322 Lesson Nineteen, “Hawaiian Love”, Page 297
324 Conclusion (this page is unnumbered)

This Table of Contents was compiled, with love, by Ray Langley on
January 4, 2009 for the members of the SteelGuitarForum.

rayzcane@comcast.net

Ray Montee · From: Portland, Oregon (deceased)

Where in the world did you find such a manual?

WHEN did you find it and WHERE did you find it?

Was there a cost?

Tell us all........MORE!

Thanks

Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Thanks for posting that Ray. Ray M, this JB course is available from Scotty's Music.
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Paul DiMaggio · From: Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

I just ordered that course from Al Brisco in Ont.I was a little worried that I might have made a mistake,but the Table of Contents pretty much has cast my worry to the wind.Looks like everything a fella needs to know is in there!
Ray, is the music in standard notation as well as tab?

Kay Das · From: Los Angeles CA

I bought the Jerry Byrd course from a friend about six or seven years ago when I decided to take up steel guitar again and I found it to be immensely useful not least because of the labor of love that Jerry Byrd made it. I highly recommend it to my students.

When you go through it you will find that it is written by a man who had a deep musical knowledge and an intense passion for his beloved instrument. He has painstakingly given the patient reader all the techniques he knew of or originated himself and in the best way he could communicate in words. The book also has two cassettes with his vocal instruction.

The only criticisms I could have is that it was not until page 118 that he got to the C6th tuning (the B11th precedes it) and that it is aimed for the 6 string steel guitar, not 8 strings, which I found not to be a terrible hardship to overcome with a little bit of brain power.

There are doubtless, by now, other good instruction materials. But, in my opinion, a this is a really great introduction (and more) to steel guitar. And as Jerry would say, "this is just a beginning, keep picking and develop your own style". Hats off, Jerry Byrd.

Kay

Ray Langley · From: Northern California, USA

Ray Montee, I know that you know all about this course because your sig includes a link to the JB Fan Club... Smile

This course sells for the very high price of $117, including shipping. Like Doug says, it is available from Scotty's. I ordered mine, used, from Alibris.com for $75. Used copies are not easy to find. I advertised for a used one in my local Craigslist and right here on the forum in December. I had no responses.

Doug, you are very welcome. The course arrived yesterday. It took me about 10 hours. I stayed up all night to create the Table of Contents. I did it for me but thought that many others here might like to know what is inside.

Paul, it is all TAB ONLY until Book Three - Advanced Material. Then, beginning with the 5 Major Scale Positions, it is all standard notation ONLY until the end. He teaches you how to read music as it applies to the (lap) steel guitar.

Kay, the course now comes with two CDs, rather than the original cassettes. All of the songs and many exercises, including the entire section on chord progressions is played by Jerry. Unfortunately, between each track there is an annoying 10 second stream of a high E note for tuning.

The reason that I ordered this course is so that I can make my own steel guitar arrangements from sheet music. On the last page, this is what Jerry Byrd says he is offering to the serious student.

Conspiciously missing was any reference to pentatonic scales or any arpeggio studies.

Josh Cho · From: New York, NY (orig. Honolulu, HI)

Ray,

Thanks so much for your labor in producing the TOC here for the forum, very very useful in and of itself in that it gives a bird's eye view (ahem...Byrd's eye..lol) view of our beloved lap steel guitar.

I also admire your dedication to learning the art of arranging for lap steel, your enjoyment of the instrument magnifies upon being able to successfully do this.

Best of luck with the Jerry Byrd instruction materials, knowledge is truly power!
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Ray Langley · From: Northern California, USA

Hi Josh, it was indeed my pleasure to go through this book one page at a time and provide a record of what is inside. If I had seen a TOC like this, I would have ordered it in the very beginning of my desire to learn the instrument. I feel that many other beginners will find that they need something like this so they can also learn to "do their own thing".

The other choice is to keep buying up every tab book that comes along in the hopes that there are 2 or 3 tunes that YOU want to learn to play, in the book.

I do plan to write a detailed review of this course. Also, I would like to see other opinions/reviews on this course, and other instructional materials for the serious student.

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