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The Next Stage Guitar Book - Learn How to Play Scale Patterns & Tabs Easily & Quickly [Paperback]

Chris Lopez (Author)
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Book Description

June 1, 2004
Welcome to The "Next Stage" Guitar Book! This guitar book contains a simple learning method that will help you master the skill of playing basic musical scales quickly and easily without having to learn anything about music theory if you don't want too. Most of the scales presented are Major Scales, the familiar Do-Re-Me-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do that most of us have heard since childhood. The last half of the book will introduce you to the Pentatonic Scales (Major & Minor) and everyone's favorite - "The Blues Scale". The mateial presented is designed so you will not be overwhelmed with more scales and information than you need to know at this early stage of your musical development.

The material will be presented in three parts; Part I will cover single octave Major Scales. Part II will expand on Part I to cover double octave Major Scales. Part III will introduce you to the Pentatonic and Blues Scale. Each new scale is presented along with an accompanying (1) "Scale Path" diagram, (2) "Standard Music Notation" and (3) "Tablature" for that particular scale. If you like, you may record the scales you are learning and play them back periodically to monitor your progress. You will discover that by playing and memorizing these scales, you are preparing yourself for more advance scales and musical concepts.

Knowledge is power, and once you unlock the "secret" to playing scales, you can create your own phrasings and melodic patterns. You will find much more than described above in this new guitar book! On another note, you might also want to get a copy of The "First Stage" Guitar Book - Learn How To Play Guitar Easily & Quickly!, you will find this book very helpful in learning guitar chords in clear, bold and easy to understand illustrations plus more. Also there is a handy quick reference chord chart that you might want to include in your "how to play guitar" reference case called The "First Stage" Guitar Chord Chart - Learn How To Play The Most Commonly Played Guitar Chords!

--This text refers to the Spiral-bound edition.


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From the Author

For all the years I have been playing a guitar, I have never seen a "learn how to play guitar" book that provides a means of learning how to play a guitar in an easy to understand format which includes less words and more clear and bold illustrations. So I thought it was about time to make available such a guitar book. I truly believe a picture tells a thousand words and this explains why I believe it doesn't take hundreds of pages of words to show someone how to play a guitar, it is clearly presented in this guitar book. I have kept to this approach in all my guitar books. --This text refers to the Spiral-bound edition.

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The key to mastering scales is consistant practice and repetition. It is critical that you memorize the scales as presented. The more you practice scales, the easier they become to play from memory. Playing scales should become "second nature" to you like riding a bike. --This text refers to the Spiral-bound edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: First Stage Concepts; Revised edition (June 1, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0966771990
  • ISBN-13: 978-0966771992
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,309,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The "Next Stage" Guitar Book is consice, complete and easy., October 27, 1999
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kradl@aol.com (Joliet, Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
The "Next Stage" guitar book by Chris Lopez is a work that is long overdue. The book approaches Major and Pentatonic scales from several angles to make learning easy and understandable. Every new student (and some old) to the guitar should have this book in their arsenal of information. The text at the beginning of the book is highly informative. I have used this book with my students in conjunction with our Kradl picks, and we have seen stunning progress, both in terms of technique and a general understanding of music theory. The "Next Stage" guitar books is consice, complete and "user friendly."
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great way to learn how to play scale patterns....., September 28, 1999
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This guitar book is very clear and to the point with bold and easy to understand illustrations. I also highly recommend The "First Stage" Guitar Book - Learn How To Play Guitar Easily & Quickly! Both these guitar books make a great package in learning how to play guitar.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Guitar Tutorial I've Seen, February 23, 2000
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The best guitar tutorial I've seen-excellent chord charts are easy to use, with logical progression that make it easy to locate desired chord. Simple and straight forward.
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Inside This Book (learn more)
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Before getting started with the scales, I have included some general information about the guitar and how to understand the chord diagrams that are included toward the back of this book. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
foot taps the floor, scale path, major scale formula, optional fingering, chord group, fret number, scale pattern, standard musical notation, guitar neck, tapping your foot, pentatonic scale, guitar book
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Blues Scale, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Starting Fret Scale Name, Turnaround Chord, Bar Lines, Major Scale, Natural Minor Scale, The Staffs, Double Octave Scales
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