A practical guide that discusses what modes are and how they work. This guide covers 31 Modes and Scales in notation as well as two - 2 octave fingerings for guitarists. It contains illustrations of the scales and fingerings as well as sample chords over which these scales may be played. The approach is progressive and practical for guitarists at all levels. It starts with easier scales and progresses to the more difficult knuckle-busters. Guitarists have found this book to be helpful in learning to read music for the guitar and musicians of all instruments have found this book instructional in learning techniques for improvisation on their instrument.
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This guidebook has been popular with music students and music stores since it's first publication in 1996. Although aimed at guitarists, it is popular among many different instrumentalists as a practical discussion of modes and how they can be used to learn to improvise on their instrument. The book includes a chord/scale chart that shows what scales/modes can be played over different chords. Originally written for students having a difficult time understanding what the modes are, the book certainly helps all levels of musician understand this subject more clearly. It goes from easy scales up to much more challenging ones, and we have even heard many guitarists explain that because of the fingerings and notation, it has even helped them learn to read music.
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This work is dedicated to that great guitarist and mentor, Elias Barreiro, who patiently taught me my first scales in the city of New Orleans, so many years ago. Gracias Maestro! I would be remiss in my gratitude if I were not to thank Mary Margaret Warren, my long time companion, computer tutor and business partner. Words cannot describe how invaluably important her enthusiastic ideas and patient encouragement were to the creation of this work. She is also responsible for helping me port this textbook to an interactive computer software version in HTML available for any computer with a standard web browser and sound card, and for polishing up my programming abilities on the interactive Macintosh Hypercard version. These two products include sound examples and interactive text and buttons for navigating intuitively through the material. Well, I hope you have enjoyed this experience. The subject of scales and their development is an extended lifelong practice. If you've absorbed this small volume you should be well on your way. There are many more scales and books about scales and their use out there. Check them out! My grateful thanks for sharing so much of your time on my efforts. Carlos Barrientos
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Great book for guitar students,
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This review is from: A Guitarist's Practical Guide to the Modes (Plastic Comb)
As a Music teacher (K-3 public schools and private students on bass and guitar) I have used this book for three years. I have made it a required purchase for each of my students.
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