Guitar Total Scales Techniques and Applications: Lessons for Beginner through Professional (Paperback)

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"...combines instruction and exercises for mastering all types of scales on the guitar." -- Teaching Music Magazine

"...the strongest and best teaching method I have ever seen." -- Online Review, M. Dingemans

"...tons of cool guitar techniques... a rare resource that you’ll use far more than you might anticipate." -- Guitar Digest Magazine

"For beginner to expert... every position on the guitar and all the ways to use them to create music." -- Music Connection Magazine

"Your book is excellent." Paul J. Ash President Sam Ash Music Corporation & Affiliates -- Paul Ash, Personal Letter, October 2004

...combines instruction and exercises for mastering all types of scales on the guitar. --Teaching Music Magazine

...pure playing with basic scales and also tons of cool exotic scales that intermediate and advanced players will really enjoy ...tons of cool guitar techniques ...a rare resource that you'll use far more than you might anticipate. --Guitar Digest Magazine<br /><br />For beginner to expert... every position on the guitar and all the ways to use them... --Music Connection Magazine<br /><br />...combines instruction and exercises for mastering all types of scales on the guitar. --Teaching Music Magazine

For beginner to expert, this book teaches every major or minor scale in every position on the guitar and all -- Barry Rudolph, Music Connection Magazine, 2005

For beginner to expert... every position on the guitar and all the ways to use them... --Music Connection Magazine

guaranteed that there’s a scale for you in the latest edition of Mark John Sternal’s "Total Scales Techniques and Applications." -- Observer City Editor, Dunkirk New York

has opened up things for me and given me options that I didn't know I had available... Those notes were -- Shawn Eiferman, Artist Submission, February 2005,

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The #1 Bestselling Guitar Scale Course (also available for Bass Guitar & Spanish), GUITAR: Total Scales Techniques and Applications. You Can Be Better! The Easiest and Fastest Way to MASTER YOUR GUITAR. The 1st & Only Method To Expertly teach you every scale, every trick & technique, in every musical key, anywhere on the entire fretboard! We turn Beginners into pro's & make the pro's even better! ***BOOK & CD LAYOUT ***Pages 1-11 BASICS: All the basics a beginner needs to know to read and understand guitar music. Includes TAB explanation, basic notation, the musical alphabet and the guitar, tuning, finger & hand position. ***Pages 12-16 THE FRETBOARD: The entire fretboard, (guitar neck), presented in TAB and standard notation. 3 simple finger positions and 7 patterns are used to teach scales on the entire fretboard of the guitar. ***Pages 17-88 TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS: Every trick and technique that has ever been invented is introduced to the different positions. Starting with the most basic, progressing through intermediate and advanced, these pages introduce every tool of the trade for making music with scales. ***Pages 89-102 MODES & KEY CHANGES: Thoroughly explained, giving you a full understanding of scales, key changes, and modes. Every key of music is presented in TAB and standard notation for the entire fretboard of the guitar. ***Pages 103-176 EXOTIC SCALES FROM ALL CULTURES: Pentatonic, Balinese, Bob, Minor scales, jazz scales, gypsy scales, Spanish scales, ...they are all presented in TAB and traditional notation for the entire fretboard! ***CD SUPPLEMENT: The entire book is narrated and performed on the "GUITAR: Total Scales Techniques and Applications" audio CD. ***FREE BOOK TECHNICAL SUPPORT: With the purchase of "GUITAR: Total Scales Techniques and Applications" you also gain the author, Mark John Sternal, as a teacher. If you ever have any questions pertaining to the book you can contact MJS Music Publications online. All book questions ar

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18 Reviews 5 star:  (14) 4 star:  (1) 3 star:  (1) 2 star:  (1) 1 star:  (1)           Average Customer Review 4.4 out of 5 stars (18 customer reviews)		Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews   25 of 27 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to get your left hand working, August 22, 2005 By  Luis Carlos Solano (San Jose, Costa Rica) - See all my reviews Well, I bought this book when I was just starting and when I opened It seemed to me so hard. Well, I decided not to leave it behind and I started to practice. I can tell that the information in the first 30 pages will keep you busy for so long time. Mastering just the first scales and their applications will teach your left hand how to travel up and down the neck of your guitar. I still use those first applications to warm up. As I'm still more related with acoustic guitar, some applications (like hammering) I can say are not so useful, but, with the electric guitar, are incredible. Take this book, a lot of patience, hard work and you'll see results. Comment Comments (4) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   23 of 26 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars PRICELESS GUITAR INSTRUCTION, April 22, 2006 By  J M Corlew - See all my reviews I own this book and consider it priceless! To date I've never found a guitar book that so clearly explains its contents. The beginning of this book is very beginner friendly and progresses at a steady rate getting you used to playing all over the fretboard. The author has you achieve this by using 3 finger patterns. Each scale position points out major and minor root notes, so you can easily change things up. Although this is a book on scales, Sternal does introduce basic chords on page 18 which can be used with the scale to write music. You don't need to memorize each scale position because pages 19 through 88 has you repeating them when new techniques or applications are introduced. This alone has helped me become familiar with the entire fretboard of my guitar as well as every cool trick I've ever heard or seen in concert! The second half of the book introduces modes and key changes. Not only does the author clearly explain how to change keys, he also does the work for you. Every key change is written out for the entire fretboard. Cultural and exotic scales are also included, and again written for the entire fretboard. The entire book is written with staff connected to TAB, just like most magazines and song book transcriptions. It also includes a CD which the author narrates and performs the entire book. I own over 70 guitar books, many of which have left me frustrated and confused. Total Scales Techniques and Applications has proven to be the most amazing tool I've ever seen for guitar players. This book has taken me by the hand and made me a very advanced guitarist. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   18 of 21 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars The best guitar scales book I've seen., August 20, 2005 By  The Capitol (USA) - See all my reviews This book is a pretty good value, especially at it's new, reduced price and the addition of the CD. (It was still a good value at $24.95 with no CD.) Mark really set out to make the best scales book when he designed this, and he has succeeded. Anyone can make a book about scales, but what makes this book a winner is all of the techniques and applications you'll learn to use along with these scales. You'll learn there are a lot of things to do with a single scale! Unfortunately, this IS NOT the last guitar book you'll ever need! If you want to be a well-rounded player you're going to have to check out another book. (I recommended Modern Method for Guitar: Volumes 1, 2, 3 Complete by William G. Leavitt) My only complaint about the book is that he features an acoustic guitar on the cover, and if your guitar is not a "cut-away" you will have difficulty reaching to play all of the notes in this book. And then there are a few scales that reach the 22nd fret, which you probably won't find on your acoustic. You can still play a good deal of the scales on any acoustic, but I thought it only fair to mention this for any of you acoustic players. Still, for a scale book, this one is #1. Mark has put so much effort into preparing this book! He has rewritten it many times to make it perfect! I had the opportunity to speak with him and he really cares that people succeed on the guitar, and all of that care has been put into this book. You owe it to Mark AND to yourself to check this book out. P.S. If you have already purchased this book and did not get the edition which included the CD, it is available as a free download off the author's website! Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 18 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars this book taught me the major scale! i was at a point when most everything i played would end up sounding the same no matter what style i was playing (due to my frequent usage of the minor pentatonic scale since it... Read more Published 6 months ago by J. wooley 1.0 out of 5 stars Fake Reviews!!! I bought this book, it is really useless. Don't be fooled by the fake reviews. Published 8 months ago by S.R. Hadden 5.0 out of 5 stars This book is the way!!!!!!! For any guitarist lookin to make the jump to lead i highly highly recomend this book. its got everything a teacher could give you at half the cost. point blank. Published 12 months ago by Stephen Laviera 5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive resource for learning guitar I bought this product after considering various alternatives. Now that I've used it a bit I have to say it's incredibly comprehensive and very well researched. Read more Published 16 months ago by Jeff Maziarek, author of Spir... 2.0 out of 5 stars Basic Scale Book Not quite total scales n techniques. It's a basic scale book full of your typical exercises. Nothing mind boggling and not nearly as total as the book would lead you... Read more Published 21 months ago by Mr. Copland 5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly What I was Looking for I started teaching myself to play the guitar about a year ago. I have learned some basic chords and a few tunes using tab. Read more Published on May 16, 2007 by S. Davey 5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a book that doesnt leave you starving for information I just got this book and absolutely love it! I needed something that would not leave me hanging in the breeze for information, plenty of practice, challenge, education and fun... Read more Published on March 16, 2007 by Richard Perry 5.0 out of 5 stars Learn and apply This book can help you only if you help yourself. If you apply what is written then it should help with your level of ability. To what level is up to you. Read more Published on February 18, 2007 by Ryan Milton 3.0 out of 5 stars Great for TAB readers. This book is great if you prefer learning scales in written TAB. I personally, associate scales better with fret board patterns and shapes rather than TAB. Read more Published on February 5, 2007 by T. Smith 4.0 out of 5 stars Good reference book. Very good book that expalains everything about guitar theory from technique to rhythm. First the author gives basic music theory, shows you all guitar techniques and variation,... Read more Published on January 18, 2007 by Michael Sobral Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 18 customer reviews...

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