Everything you ever wanted to know about scales, but were afraid to ask! This book fills you in on major and minor scales; the modes; the blues scale; harmonic minor, melodic minor, chromatic, whole tone & diminished scales; other exotic and ethnic scales; and more. Includes easy-to-read fretboard diagrams, and a bio of Troy Stetina.
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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great little scale reference and cheap too!,
By SilverFlash (Covington, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a great scale book for guitarist and one that I refer to often. I still haven't found the ONE perfect scale book (hence only four stars), but this one comes close. It is one of three scale books that I use, and because of its compact size, it is usually the one that I have handy when I need it. Troy does a great job of explaining the scales and giving some exercises for practice. What I like best about this book is that it shows the scales in all positions across 22 frets with the root notes highlighted. Also, many scale books only show fretboard diagrams of the scales in one key, usually C or E and then explain how to move them around. This book includes diagrams of several keys (including G and A, which are favorites of mine). The only other thing I wish about this book is that it was spiral bound so it would lay flat when open, but I would rather have this book than any of the other gig bag sized ones that are spiral bound. All in all a great little scale reference and cheap too!
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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Small Cheap and full of information,
By Matthew Faulkerson "Guitarist and PC Geek" (Cuyahoga Falls, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
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By far it contains a wide diverse set of scales, fingerings, and even a few exotic scales at the end. It is small enough to fit in any gig bag or guitar case, making it very conveninet. Unlike other scale/method books that present one scale and make a few variaitions on it, this one uses entirely different scales in different keys.....another great book by Troy Stetina
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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I love this book. I just read the 1st couple of pages and "click", I am starting to see the relationship between notes on the fret board. He shows the shapes and explains how to move them on the fretboard. This was something I was trying to get my guitar teacher to show me and all I got was "memorize the circle of fifths." Stetina's explanations about scales, how they are used, and his exmamples are clear and concise. I highly reccomend this book to anyone trying to learn guitar.
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Scales are simply collections of notes used in music. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
astute guitarist, anchor chords, pentatonic boxes, other tonalities, jazz minor scale, three notes per string, intervallic structure, diagonal shapes, major pentatonic, grey dots, correct starting point Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Scales are simply collections of notes used in music. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
astute guitarist, anchor chords, pentatonic boxes, other tonalities, jazz minor scale, three notes per string, intervallic structure, diagonal shapes, major pentatonic, grey dots, correct starting point Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lydian Patt, Phrygian Patt, Phrygian-dominant Patt, Sixth String Root, Minor Pentatonic, Seventh Position, Ninth Position, Tenth Position New!
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