Guitar Scales Handbook: A Step-By-Step, 100-Lesson Guide to Scales, Music Theory, and Fretboard Theory (Book & Streaming Videos) (Steeplechase Guitar Instruction)

In Guitar Scales Handbook, virtuoso guitarist and music professor, Damon Ferrante will lead you from any level of guitar playing to excellence. His step-by-step, 100-lesson method has been proven to be easy to follow and to reduce the effort, time, expense of guitar learning, and make you play better than ever! Thousands of guitarists of all ages appreciate the fact that Ferrante's methods enhance creativity and allow players to expand their own musical individuality and improvisational techniques, while teaching alternate picking and legato, increasing the speed and accuracy of their playing, and improving their music theory understanding. No music reading is required! Guitar Scales Handbook is a 130-Page Book and Video Course for learning scales, music theory, and fretboard theory. It is designed to work very well in Kindle, iPad, iPhone, and eBook platforms. The book is organized in a 100-lesson format that takes you step by step through scales, the notes on the guitar neck, intervals, and music theory. Each lesson builds on the next and the book is designed for beginners through advanced / virtuoso guitarists. This New Edition includes 1 1/2 Hours of Free Streaming Videos! The video lessons cover guitar technique, music theory, guitar licks and solos, how to play scales, Jam Tracks, and developing good practice goals. As part of the Steeplechase Guitar Instruction Series, Guitar Scales Handbook works well with Guitar Adventures and Guitar Arpeggio Handbook (also by Damon Ferrante and available in Paperback and Kindle Editions). The following scales (in 1, 2, and 3 Octaves with fingerings and music theory) are covered in the book: Major Scale and Modes, Minor Scales, The Blues Scale, Pentatonic Major & Minor and Modes, Chromatic Scale, Harmonic Minor, and Advanced / Exotic Scales. Check out the Video on Damon Ferrante's Author Page on Amazon. With over 200 lessons, guitar licks, exercises and scales-over chords concepts, this new edition book and streaming video course is all you will ever need for learning guitar scales and how to apply them in a musical context to make your playing more expressive! Damon Ferrante, guitar instructor and music professor, guides you through step-by-step lessons and streaming videos that will teach you guitar scales and how to use them in your guitar solos, licks, and music making. The lessons are designed to improve your guitar technique, musicality, creativity, understanding of music theory, and give your playing and songwriting more power, color and expressiveness, whether you play Rock, Metal, Blues, Country, Pop, Jazz, or Classical. Along the way, you will also memorize the notes of the fretboard! Used by thousands of professional guitarists, students, and teachers, this book and streaming video course will take your guitar playing to a whole new level! This new edition includes 100 free bonus lessons that cover guitar licks and scales-over-chords concepts so that you can apply each scale in your playing. These additional free bonus lessons can be downloaded through the book's video channel and from the Steeplechase Music Books website on the webpage for Guitar Scales Handbook. No Music Reading is Necessary! Check out the exciting materials covered in the book and streaming videos: * Alternate Picking Technique * Legato Technique * Music Theory * How to apply the scales to your playing * Intervals * Warm-up Exercises * Technique Building Exercises * Guitar Licks * Notes of the Guitar Neck * Jam Tracks * Developing Good Practice Habits * Blues Scales and Modes * Major Scales and Modes * Natural Minor Scales * Harmonic Minor Scales and Modes * Melodic Minor Scales * Pentatonic Major Scales * Whole-Tone Scales * Exotic Scales * Octatonic Scales "Designed for beginners, this book and streaming video course is all you will need for building technique, mastering music theory, and learning everything you need to know about guitar scales and how to use them in your music! Guitar instructor and music theory professor Damon Ferrante guides you through step-by-step lessons and streaming videos that will give your playing the speed and fluidity you have always dreamed about. You will also learn the notes of the fretboard! This new edition has over 200 lessons, guitar licks, exercises, streaming videos, and scales-over chords concepts. Used by thousands of professional guitarists, students, and teachers, this book and streaming video course will take your guitar playing to a whole new level! No Music Reading is Necessary! Check out the exciting materials covered in the book and streaming videos: Alternate & Speed Picking Technique; Legato Technique* Music Theory; How to Apply Scales to Your Playing; Intervals; Warm-up Exercises; Technique Building Exercises; Guitar Licks; Notes of the Guitar Neck; Jam Tracks; Developing Good Practice Habits; Blues Scales and Modes; Major Scales and Modes; Natural Minor Scales; Harmonic Minor Scales and Modes; Melodic Minor Scales; Pentatonic Major Scales; Whole-Tone Scales; Exotic Scales; Octatonic Scales."--Amazon.com Beginner Level Alternate Picking Left-Hand Technique String Numbers Building Coordination E Minor Pentatonic Major Scale Intervals Minor Scale Minor Pentatonic String Bending C Major Scale (3NPS) Modes Pull Offs Hammer Ons Blues Scale Pentatonic Major Harmonic Minor Melodic Minor Speed Picking CAGED System Exotic Scales