So it was hard deciding, but I just picked up "Mr. and Ms. Mouse". Guess I must feel the need to get the "noir" out of my system before moving on! I'll let you guys know how it goes.
It bears repeating that it's pretty damn amazing that not only does Jim offer these lessons, but that this forum is hear to talk about 'em. Thanks everybody!
Hey Elreclusa, How is Mr. and Mrs. Mouse going? I love that tune and hope to eventually pick it up. Lots of cool descending riffs and all those wild bends - should be a cool lesson. And what guitar are you playing it on?
Juan, hows it going over there? Haven't heard from you in a while. Did you get Awful Pretty down? I have been spending a lot of time on Prettiest Girl in New York as well as Panhandle Rag. Panhandle Rag, by the way, is a really great lesson. Its fairly easy to get the basic version down...and then Jim throws all kinds of cool variations in there - some amazing steel guitar sounding tricks in this one. This is another lesson that I would highly recommend!!!!
It's going well, thanks! I'm only mostly through the "A" section so far, and still tripping over my fingers just a little when trying to play it up to speed. I've been itching to spend some more time with it, but I got an interesting writing gig offer (I freelance) about the same time I got the lesson- it's been fun, but I've been run ragged and haven't had a lot of free time since! At any rate, it's been a LOT of fun so far, and as weird as it may sound, so far, the thing that's really got my wheels turning about it is the phrasing. It's funny (and awesome) how the way Jim sometimes sort of "chunks" the explanations of each bit may not have occurred to me if I was trying to pick it apart on my own. It's really nice to sort of see phrasing from someone else's perspective, and quite helpful as well. Can't wait to dig deeper into the lesson!
For the most part, I've been playing a modded Baja Tele. A car accident a while back has caused me some issues, and some necks fatigue my left hand really quickly. The Baja, though- the neck felt a little thick for my taste at first, but the relative "fullness" of it has really allowed me to keep playing without it completely killing me. Of course, it's a toploader now and I'm using .009s, which helps too.
Thanks for the update Elreclusa. Sounds like Mr. & Mrs. Mouse is taking you to some cool musical places! I totally know what you mean regarding the way that Jim "chunks" explanations in a very logical and USEFUL manner. I think that its one of Jim's gifts as a teacher: to be able explain and demonstrate very complex material in a way that is not overwhelming and easy to digest. I also find that Jim's unique musical notation resonates well with the way in which I learn best. I find it more logical than tablature and definitely find that my memory is better after looking at the boxes while I am learning the tunes. As far as speed goes, I usually play as slowly as possible until I can play each passage of the song with relatively few mistakes. Then I will very gradually start increasing tempo. I would rather learn the correct way without mistakes and sacrifice some speed ESPECIALLY when I am first learning these tunes. In my opinion, speed will come in due time. The songs that I tried to learn too fast right off the bat sufferred as a result. That being said, I am very curious to hear more about your experience playing the tune. I can't wait to get to this one myself but have a few other lessons that I am still working on. Mr. & Mrs. Mouse sounds to me like one of the more challenging ones especially with all those wild bends and cool descending riffs. I can't wait to get to it!
Sorry to hear about your car accident tho. Hope that you have recovered and you are not any pain. What kind of injury if you don't mind me asking? I have a chronic upper back problem from childhood that I fight with daily and have had to make adjustments in my practicing as a result. Also curious, how are the .009s working out for you and what were you playing previously? My main gtr is a Strat and I have had .011s on it for a long time now. I am thinking about switching to a lighter gauge.
Best of luck with your writing gig and with the rest of Mr.& Mrs. Mouse!
CJG- I totally agree. Jim's alternate take on tab is just plain easier to work with. I wish everyone did it that way. While it may seem counter-intuitive, inasmuch as regular tab kinda represents the "lay of the land" of the neck as viewed from playing position, Jim's 90-degree twist on it, combined with the way he's arranged phrases, is just a LOT easier to get a handle on, and all the information you need is presented in a compact, efficient manner that just plain WORKS. Thanks Jim for building a better mousetrap!
I try to start slow as well, and for the most part do well with it. Where I have trouble occasionally is when my brain and fingers don't want to agree on processing things as phrases. It's hard to explain, but sometimes what makes sense as a "chunk" fingering-wise doesn't quite jive with what my brain perceives as a musical "chunk". I like the way Jim chunks the fingerings, though- while it's not always exactly how I would expect to separate each bit, it always makes sense, and I really enjoy how that leads me to think differently about phrasing and how one thing leads to another. I'm probably not articulating it very well, but one of the beautiful things about the lessons I've taken of Jim's so far is that they're really teaching me a lot about the difference in logic between what the fingers are doing and what the ear and brain perceive, if that makes sense. Again- I'm sure I'm not articulating it well, but it's pretty cool!
As for my car accident, I don't mind talking about it. Basically, I was t-boned in an intersection by a 60-year old woman who was texting and driving, speeding, and ran a red light. Fortunately, everyone in my car was wearing a seat belt, or it would have been much, much worse. Most of my injuries are the sort of "whiplash" hyperextension injuries common to, well, getting hit by a car. It happened really fast, so I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but I immediately had pretty bad wrist and forearm pain- I think my arm may have actually hit my head pretty hard, or been caught between my head and the door. To make matters worse, my day job is in screenprinting, so I have to be careful to avoid repetitive-motion stress already. The injury to one arm made me shift some stress to the other at work, which ended up compounding my problems when the other wrist became overly stressed. Ugh. After an awful lot of physical therapy, I'm quite a bit better, but still nowhere near problem-free. Fortunately, I learned some pretty crafty stretches in therapy that help a lot, though, and as long as I am diligent about stretching and warming up before work or playing, it's not so bad. The accident caused me some back and spine alignment issues as well, but as long as I get chiropractic care often enough, it's manageable. Sorry to hear about your back issues- there's something especially disheartening when these things interfere with the things we most love to do.
Honestly, I kind of dig the .009s now that I'm used to 'em! It seems like I have to tweak the setup of the Baja a little more often since the switch, but it may just be me getting used to them. I'd been using mostly .010s before, and I have to say the .009s are substantially easier on my left hand, and I haven't noticed any negative tonal effects at all. When I was younger, I used nothing thinner than .011s. I loved the sound of a Tele with .011s, but had a bit of a hard time getting a balanced sound with them. In retrospect, in a way it makes more sense to me that thicker strings would maybe have more benefit on an acoustic, but on an electric, the pickups do most of the work, and there are advantages to .009s and a good setup. I find I can keep the action a bit on the high side, which I like, but the playability is easier. About the only negative I've found is that .009s and slide don't seem to work for me- but then again, it could just be the Baja I have isn't the most agreeable to slide guitar in the first place. It's always been a bit "snappy" compared to my other guitars.
Wow! That was a lot of blabbing, and sorry if I've rambled too far off-topic. Looks like I'll get some quality time with the lesson this weekend finally, and by then, I'm gonna need it!
a lot of time and varius lesson has pass. I do Prettiest Girl and I Love it. I only have one comment. For me is eassier to do downpick-uppick-uppick in the main riff. Jim says in the lesson that is down-down-up. What do you think? Then I do Twister.......Great!, then B Flat Blues, then MACEO (a great lesson to "rest" and focus in the expression), then Playing the Blues and Playing the changes. Any recomendation??????
"...I do Prettiest Girl and I Love it. I only have one comment. For me is eassier to do downpick-uppick-uppick in the main riff. Jim says in the lesson that is down-down-up. What do you think?..."
If you can play it well, then all is fine!
".Great!, then B Flat Blues, then MACEO (a great lesson to "rest" and focus in the expression), then Playing the Blues and Playing the changes. Any recomendation?..."
F Jazz Blues, or All Blues, or Rockabilly Jazz or Country Lead in G...
Thank you for asking and I hope you have a great time...
Hi Juan, it sounds like you are making great progress on the lessons! Glad to hear that you enjoyed Prettiest Girl in New York. That is my favorite song to play. I think Jim made some good suggestions on a next lesson but believe you may have already taken All Blues and F Jazz Blues. I would highly recommend Country Lead in G for a really fun time. Its like 7 mini lessons in one. Each lead part is progressively more advanced and will show you lots of great approaches and techniques for very catchy and upbeat country style lead. After that you should check out Rockabilly Jazz. Rockabilly Jazz will show you how to play a jazz chord progression over a cool Rockabilly Riff, then Jim teaches a really fun and challenging lead part over the progression that incorporates jazz chords, lead lines, and a lot of other techniques that you will LOVE. I think that both Country Lead in G and Rockabilly Jazz are great lessons if you are looking for fast, fun, and catchy lead techniques. Another REALLY great lesson is Panhandle Rag. Panhandle Rag will teach you some cool Pedal Steel sounding riffs as well as licks that sound like an organ all over a very catchy and fun melody. Panhandle Rag is LOADED with cool improvisational ideas as well.
As far as the down, down, up or down, up, up picking I say whatever sounds good and feels good is right for you!
Great hearing from you Juan and let me know what lesson(s) you go with and how it goes!
Hola amigos del Campy World: My last lesson commentes: Mr and Mrs Mouse: let´s rock!! very campilonistic lesson: open strings licks, harmonics and interesting chord inversions. Progression and voice leading: A must lesson! a lot of concepts and interesting musical theory (and hand streching). F jazz Blues: Finall I go back to this lesson and I have no bigs problems. My reflection: 4 months ago I try to do F jazz blues and y cant´t. Then, I work in Bb jazz Blues, Playing the Blues, Playing the Changes and now I have no problems big withs F jazz. Thanks Jim!
Hi Juan, it sounds like you are making amazing progress brother! Glad to hear that you got back to F jazz blues. Your path to get there is a great lesson for all. And glad you liked B flat blues. I still feel like B flat is a pivotal lesson that really opens up your playing. How is Mr n Mrs Mouse coming along?
Hi CJG, After 20 CampyLessons I have to say that they are an "inflection point" into my guitar playing. Sincerely: Thank you Mr. J Campilongo!!! Now I am working in: Fly me to the moon: my second chord melody lesson. A classic. Rockabilly Jazz: very challengin......F jazz blues type lesson Monkey in a movie: a new trick...the de-tuning, great song... Next lesson? Mmm maybe Country Lead or Panhalde Rag.... What do you think? Saludos desde Chile Juan
Hi Juan, it's sounds like I should be getting lesson recommendations from you! Both Country Lead in G and Panhandle Rag are great. Country Lead is like having 6 or 7 "mini lessons" and is really fun. Easy to digest if you know what I mean. Panhandle is similar in that Jim teaches a lot of fun improv parts. Some of which are challenging but very very cool. I would go for Country Lead if I were you as it sounds like your plate is pretty full some other big pieces. Plus, Countrt lead is great to work on in conjunction with other tunes. Let me know how it goes! And how is Fly Me to the Moon? Cheers!
just wanted to drop a note in here and talk about Bb Blues. This lesson is ~just~ what I needed and I'm getting a lot of mileage out of it. Thanks Jim, for making this available! It's really helping me to improve my ability to handle playing through changes. This idea of working w/ simple triads (and really internalizing how each triad moves to the next) is the key for me. I've been carefully working out that nice solo and observing how each set of chord-tones link to the next change (and drilling on these transitions -ironing out my weak spots).
This is really helping me out of "the box" (and i do Love that pentatonic box!) ..but it's satisfying to hit the right guide tones when the chord moves.. something that's been a weakness for me ..and this lesson is providing me w/ a means of learning this.
So, Thanks again for this fine lesson. (I'll be hitting "F Jazz Blues Concepts" next I think.)
Finally I bought a Telecaster american standard 2011 (dont like the 2012 "belly cut"). Tele+Princeton (reverb in 7) = WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am Working in Panhaldle Rag, When you Wish Upon a Star and Too Far Gone My opinion: Panhaldle Rag: one the best lessons ever. A lot of material WYWUAS: Beatiful and very "Campilonistic" chord Melody. Hear me playin this song with my new Tele trought the Princeton (rever in 8) ma1ke me very proud (thanks Jim!) Too far Gone: Nice song!
What's next?: Stardust or Swingin´whit the Cats...........any recomendation?
sorry for my english Un abrazo Juan Ignacio González (JIG) Patagonia, Chile
Hi Juan - I would say Swingin', not because I wrote it, but because it's a good overview of a traditional jazz chord progression and some good jazz lead lines. By the way, I had no idea what "WYWUAS" was... I laughed aloud when I figured it out. Thanks for ordering the lessons and I'm glad you like them.
Finally I do both: Stardust (best melody ever?) and Swginging with the cats (love the 10 Gallon Cats era)......
Now I am doing "All of Me" and it is a "multiangle" lesson (like Panhaldle Rag or Chet song): Freddie Green comping style, chord melody, and embellesing melody. 100% recomendablle.
Does anyone have any recommendation on some kind of easy theory book or course so that I could understand the lingo Jim uses? I have done the "Playin in Blues" lesson and working on "Playin in Blues, Nailin the Changes". My next lesson will be "Bb Blues". I am able to read Jim's tab and I play by ear but it is time for me to learn some lingo.
By the way, if you are reading through the Forums and trying to decide if you want to take the lessons, like I was a few weeks ago, just do it, you will not regret it. I for one cannot learn that much from a DVD system. They are fun to watch but I learn much more from hearing it.
Great to hear about the incredible progress you have been making! I see that you picked up Panhandle Rag – one of my all time favorite lessons. I really liked how easy it is to get the basic version of Panhandle down and then the rising level of diversity and challenge as the lesson progresses. Truly a lesson to go back to time and again for inspiration as one progresses in skill level. I also really enjoyed the “All of Me” lesson. I found All of Me to be an incredibly diverse and multi-faceted lesson. Learning a song as a chord melody ALONG with a single note lead lines was new to me and has offered a tremendous amount of insight into both song composition as well as performance. I have actually been incorporating the “triad approach” to soling from this lesson (and from B Flat Blues) into playing on some of my original pieces. It’s a really great way to break out of the box and take your playing to the next level. I have not yet tried Stardust, tho, but have it on my ever growing “wish list” of Campy lessons to purchase soon. I am also really interested in “Swinging with the Cats” as well. I always loved the melodic soloing on the album version. How was the lesson?!?
By the way, to supplement the chord and scale theory from the “All of Me Lesson” you may want to check out “The Guitar Handbook” by Ralph Denyer - it has a great overview of chord and scale theory that is easy to understand.
Hi Jim from Alabama, welcome to the forum. Glad to hear that your first few lessons are going well. I am a big fan of the Playing the Blues series, ESPECIALLY Nailing the Changes! That lesson opened my eyes to a whole new world of lead playing and in a such a unique and immediately applicable way. Glad to hear that you are have success with this one as well. As far as getting up to speed on Jim's lingo you may want to check out - “The Guitar Handbook” by Ralph Denyer - it has a great overview of chord and scale theory that is easy to understand.
Let me know how the rest of your lessons go! I have taken a couple dozen lessons by mail now and don't mind sharing my insight if you are looking for follow up recommendations. B flat Blues, by the way, is outstanding and a great follow up to Nailing the Changes.
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It bears repeating that it's pretty damn amazing that not only does Jim offer these lessons, but that this forum is hear to talk about 'em. Thanks everybody!
How is Mr. and Mrs. Mouse going? I love that tune and hope to eventually pick it up. Lots of cool descending riffs and all those wild bends - should be a cool lesson. And what guitar are you playing it on?
Juan, hows it going over there? Haven't heard from you in a while. Did you get Awful Pretty down? I have been spending a lot of time on Prettiest Girl in New York as well as Panhandle Rag. Panhandle Rag, by the way, is a really great lesson. Its fairly easy to get the basic version down...and then Jim throws all kinds of cool variations in there - some amazing steel guitar sounding tricks in this one. This is another lesson that I would highly recommend!!!!
For the most part, I've been playing a modded Baja Tele. A car accident a while back has caused me some issues, and some necks fatigue my left hand really quickly. The Baja, though- the neck felt a little thick for my taste at first, but the relative "fullness" of it has really allowed me to keep playing without it completely killing me. Of course, it's a toploader now and I'm using .009s, which helps too.
Sorry to hear about your car accident tho. Hope that you have recovered and you are not any pain. What kind of injury if you don't mind me asking? I have a chronic upper back problem from childhood that I fight with daily and have had to make adjustments in my practicing as a result. Also curious, how are the .009s working out for you and what were you playing previously? My main gtr is a Strat and I have had .011s on it for a long time now. I am thinking about switching to a lighter gauge.
Best of luck with your writing gig and with the rest of Mr.& Mrs. Mouse!
I try to start slow as well, and for the most part do well with it. Where I have trouble occasionally is when my brain and fingers don't want to agree on processing things as phrases. It's hard to explain, but sometimes what makes sense as a "chunk" fingering-wise doesn't quite jive with what my brain perceives as a musical "chunk". I like the way Jim chunks the fingerings, though- while it's not always exactly how I would expect to separate each bit, it always makes sense, and I really enjoy how that leads me to think differently about phrasing and how one thing leads to another. I'm probably not articulating it very well, but one of the beautiful things about the lessons I've taken of Jim's so far is that they're really teaching me a lot about the difference in logic between what the fingers are doing and what the ear and brain perceive, if that makes sense. Again- I'm sure I'm not articulating it well, but it's pretty cool!
As for my car accident, I don't mind talking about it. Basically, I was t-boned in an intersection by a 60-year old woman who was texting and driving, speeding, and ran a red light. Fortunately, everyone in my car was wearing a seat belt, or it would have been much, much worse. Most of my injuries are the sort of "whiplash" hyperextension injuries common to, well, getting hit by a car. It happened really fast, so I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but I immediately had pretty bad wrist and forearm pain- I think my arm may have actually hit my head pretty hard, or been caught between my head and the door. To make matters worse, my day job is in screenprinting, so I have to be careful to avoid repetitive-motion stress already. The injury to one arm made me shift some stress to the other at work, which ended up compounding my problems when the other wrist became overly stressed. Ugh. After an awful lot of physical therapy, I'm quite a bit better, but still nowhere near problem-free. Fortunately, I learned some pretty crafty stretches in therapy that help a lot, though, and as long as I am diligent about stretching and warming up before work or playing, it's not so bad. The accident caused me some back and spine alignment issues as well, but as long as I get chiropractic care often enough, it's manageable. Sorry to hear about your back issues- there's something especially disheartening when these things interfere with the things we most love to do.
Honestly, I kind of dig the .009s now that I'm used to 'em! It seems like I have to tweak the setup of the Baja a little more often since the switch, but it may just be me getting used to them. I'd been using mostly .010s before, and I have to say the .009s are substantially easier on my left hand, and I haven't noticed any negative tonal effects at all. When I was younger, I used nothing thinner than .011s. I loved the sound of a Tele with .011s, but had a bit of a hard time getting a balanced sound with them. In retrospect, in a way it makes more sense to me that thicker strings would maybe have more benefit on an acoustic, but on an electric, the pickups do most of the work, and there are advantages to .009s and a good setup. I find I can keep the action a bit on the high side, which I like, but the playability is easier. About the only negative I've found is that .009s and slide don't seem to work for me- but then again, it could just be the Baja I have isn't the most agreeable to slide guitar in the first place. It's always been a bit "snappy" compared to my other guitars.
Wow! That was a lot of blabbing, and sorry if I've rambled too far off-topic. Looks like I'll get some quality time with the lesson this weekend finally, and by then, I'm gonna need it!
a lot of time and varius lesson has pass.
I do Prettiest Girl and I Love it. I only have one comment. For me is eassier to do downpick-uppick-uppick in the main riff. Jim says in the lesson that is down-down-up. What do you think?
Then I do Twister.......Great!, then B Flat Blues, then MACEO (a great lesson to "rest" and focus in the expression), then Playing the Blues and Playing the changes.
Any recomendation??????
Saludos desde la Patagonia.
Juan
P.D.: I am looking for a Tele. Any recomendation?
If you can play it well, then all is fine!
".Great!, then B Flat Blues, then MACEO (a great lesson to "rest" and focus in the expression), then Playing the Blues and Playing the changes.
Any recomendation?..."
F Jazz Blues, or All Blues, or Rockabilly Jazz or Country Lead in G...
Thank you for asking and I hope you have a great time...
As far as the down, down, up or down, up, up picking I say whatever sounds good and feels good is right for you!
Great hearing from you Juan and let me know what lesson(s) you go with and how it goes!
CJ
My last lesson commentes:
Mr and Mrs Mouse: let´s rock!! very campilonistic lesson: open strings licks, harmonics and interesting chord inversions.
Progression and voice leading: A must lesson! a lot of concepts and interesting musical theory (and hand streching).
F jazz Blues: Finall I go back to this lesson and I have no bigs problems. My reflection: 4 months ago I try to do F jazz blues and y cant´t. Then, I work in Bb jazz Blues, Playing the Blues, Playing the Changes and now I have no problems big withs F jazz. Thanks Jim!
Sorry for the English.
Saludos
jig
How is Mr n Mrs Mouse coming along?
After 20 CampyLessons I have to say that they are an "inflection point" into my guitar playing. Sincerely: Thank you Mr. J Campilongo!!!
Now I am working in:
Fly me to the moon: my second chord melody lesson. A classic.
Rockabilly Jazz: very challengin......F jazz blues type lesson
Monkey in a movie: a new trick...the de-tuning, great song...
Next lesson? Mmm maybe Country Lead or Panhalde Rag.... What do you think?
Saludos desde Chile
Juan
Cheers!
Have you try Tiramisu? I do it two weeks ago a now is one of my favorite!!
Saludos
Juan
just wanted to drop a note in here and talk about Bb Blues. This lesson is ~just~ what I needed and I'm getting a lot
of mileage out of it. Thanks Jim, for making this available! It's really helping me to improve my ability to handle
playing through changes.
This idea of working w/ simple triads (and really internalizing how each triad moves to the next) is the key for me.
I've been carefully working out that nice solo and observing how each set of chord-tones link to the next change
(and drilling on these transitions -ironing out my weak spots).
This is really helping me out of "the box" (and i do Love that pentatonic box!) ..but it's satisfying to hit the right guide tones
when the chord moves.. something that's been a weakness for me ..and this lesson is providing me w/ a means of learning this.
So, Thanks again for this fine lesson. (I'll be hitting "F Jazz Blues Concepts" next I think.)
Finally I bought a Telecaster american standard 2011 (dont like the 2012 "belly cut").
Tele+Princeton (reverb in 7) = WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am Working in Panhaldle Rag, When you Wish Upon a Star and Too Far Gone
My opinion:
Panhaldle Rag: one the best lessons ever. A lot of material
WYWUAS: Beatiful and very "Campilonistic" chord Melody. Hear me playin this song with my new Tele trought the Princeton (rever in 8) ma1ke me very proud (thanks Jim!)
Too far Gone: Nice song!
What's next?: Stardust or Swingin´whit the Cats...........any recomendation?
sorry for my english
Un abrazo
Juan Ignacio González (JIG)
Patagonia, Chile
By the way, I had no idea what "WYWUAS" was... I laughed aloud when I figured it out.
Thanks for ordering the lessons and I'm glad you like them.
Finally I do both: Stardust (best melody ever?) and Swginging with the cats (love the 10 Gallon Cats era)......
Now I am doing "All of Me" and it is a "multiangle" lesson (like Panhaldle Rag or Chet song): Freddie Green comping style, chord melody, and embellesing melody. 100% recomendablle.
Saludos desde Chile
JIG
P.D.: CJG, are you still there?
By the way, if you are reading through the Forums and trying to decide if you want to take the lessons, like I was a few weeks ago, just do it, you will not regret it. I for one cannot learn that much from a DVD system. They are fun to watch but I learn much more from hearing it.
Jim from Alabama
Great to hear about the incredible progress you have been making! I see that you picked up Panhandle Rag – one of my all time favorite lessons. I really liked how easy it is to get the basic version of Panhandle down and then the rising level of diversity and challenge as the lesson progresses. Truly a lesson to go back to time and again for inspiration as one progresses in skill level. I also really enjoyed the “All of Me” lesson. I found All of Me to be an incredibly diverse and multi-faceted lesson. Learning a song as a chord melody ALONG with a single note lead lines was new to me and has offered a tremendous amount of insight into both song composition as well as performance. I have actually been incorporating the “triad approach” to soling from this lesson (and from B Flat Blues) into playing on some of my original pieces. It’s a really great way to break out of the box and take your playing to the next level. I have not yet tried Stardust, tho, but have it on my ever growing “wish list” of Campy lessons to purchase soon. I am also really interested in “Swinging with the Cats” as well. I always loved the melodic soloing on the album version. How was the lesson?!?
By the way, to supplement the chord and scale theory from the “All of Me Lesson” you may want to check out “The Guitar Handbook” by Ralph Denyer - it has a great overview of chord and scale theory that is easy to understand.
http://www.amazon.com/GUITAR-HANDBOOK-Ralph-Denyer/dp/B003LEZELW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345709561&sr=1-1&keywords=guitar+handbook
Thanks for your always inspiring posts, Juan!!!! Happy playing and hope to hear from you soon.
CJ
Let me know how the rest of your lessons go! I have taken a couple dozen lessons by mail now and don't mind sharing my insight if you are looking for follow up recommendations. B flat Blues, by the way, is outstanding and a great follow up to Nailing the Changes.
Best of luck and Happy playing,
CJG