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Scales Over Chords (Book and CD) (Paperback)

by Wilbur Savidge (Author)

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All you need to know about the art of improvisation. Teaches the guitar player how to improvise and play lead lines over chord progressions. Also explains how to create and use intervals, scales, modes and arpeggios in any key. With helpful accompaniment cd containg back up and play along tracks.

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Music Sales; 3rd edition (December 31, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1884848052
ISBN-13: 978-1884848056
Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, January 26, 2000

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Excellent book. Not a beginners' book. Must have dexterority to play scales. I've been playing for 10 years, and this is helping to fill in gaps in my knowledge of scales and music theory. For me, this book is just what the doctor ordered. It will take me a few months to master this book, practicing/reading/studying approximately 1 hour per day.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great music theory book for beginning or intermediate guitar, April 25, 1997

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Even if you don't read music, this book will be very helpful. Easy to understand. Explains relationships of scales and chords. Presents a logical way to learn these relationships for all scales and has many good practice studies in the last half of the book. The first few chapters may seem tedious to some but are the building blocks for the later chapters where things begin to really fit together. If you are looking for more than just a book on chord forms, get this book first

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good choice, October 24, 2001

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This book gives you what you expect, the knowledge to run
riffs and play in key, as well as understand how to create
your own lead runs based on a particular scale. the layout is easy to absorb it is not busy, a problem a lot of tutorials have.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Like the book--CD a little disappointing
Have had the book so long the audio companion was a cassette---sold separately. After years, decided to get practicing and reordered book with CD. Read more

Published 5 months ago by MsFloyd49

1.0 out of 5 stars Skip this book and go for PlaneTalk
Skip this book and go for PlaneTalk (www.thatllteachyou.com)
and you'll be glad you did. Look at PlaneTalk and see why "thinking scales" while improvising will only get in... Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book...But
I have been playing guitar for almost 2 years...after hearing Tim Reynolds play with Dave Matthews I decided I wanted to be able to do what Tim does... Read more

Published on July 11, 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars A good tool for the beginning guitarist.
A good tool for the beginning guitarist, however fails to go into more complex scale formations. Also, it includes very little music theory as to why the scales are formed how... Read more

Published on June 9, 2000 by Andrew Sliwinski

2.0 out of 5 stars savidge, vradenburg book
I don't like the book or the CD, the playing is too programmed and the choice of scales is very limited.

Published on March 24, 2000 by hari p

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELENT!
This book is great, it is a must have! It has all the scales you need to learn and explains how they are created, it everything from simple scales to improvisation. Read more

Published on March 19, 2000 by miguelcr

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book!
This book is good, and it does what it sets out to teach - improvise. If you want to learn, get this book and learn the CAGED sequence..

Published on February 26, 2000 by :)

3.0 out of 5 stars recommended--guardedly
This is a succinct and serviceable--even useful--introduction to scales for the beginning guitarist--especially the beginning rock or jazz guitarist. Read more

Published on June 19, 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good to Excellent
Not a true beginners book. Quickly takes you to some advanced topics. Lots of good exercises and a complete treatment of scales. Worth buying.

Published on August 28, 1998

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