New York Guitar Method Volume One

For the intermediate to advanced jazz, rock, heavy metal or blues guitarist who wants a BLACK BELT in scales - this is the Holy Grail you have been searching for... Break out of the box go way beyond just scales and their fingering patterns forget about buying every new Shred video that comes out. This book gives you the theory behind all the cool licks you ever wanted to learn and also includes Modal Sequencing with Rhythmic Permutations to give you kick-ass scale ideas. From the 22 most important scales to the 2048 alternate scales this isn't just a collection of scales; its an in-depth method for raising your musicianship through understanding how scales interface with every aspect of music. This book will: ¿ Expand you palette of scales. ¿ Demonstrate how to use scales in chord progressions are interrelated and how to use your ear to distinguish these relationships. ¿ Help you understand the 22 most used scales in improvisation. ¿ Show how adding notes to a chord will affect the scale you choose. ¿ Show you how to add accents to your playing to give it a more rhythmic sound. PLUS, give you 2048 scale possibilities to give your playing more variation and excitement... music theory exercises that apply these scales directly to the guitar via guitar diagrams... and common chord progressions that use these scales. You will discover: ¿ How to add articulations such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, staccato and legato notes, slides and vibrato to make your improvisations tastier. ¿ How to apply arpeggios, use cycles, the right scale for any chord. ¿ How guide tones, common chord substitutions, and slash chords work. This book really gives you everything you need to master scales, chords, music theory, slash chords, modal sequencing, polyrhythmic feel, and rhythmic permutation of scales. This book demystifies all of these subjects and then goes way beyond. Need further information? Here's a list of the books contents: (Take a deep breath) The following scales and their theory are covered: Major Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian Melodic Minor Ascending Dorian b2 Lydian b7 Mixolydian b6 Locrian Natural 2 Altered Diminished Symmetrical Whole Tone Harmonic Minor Mixolydian b2b6 Major Pentatonic Minor Pentatonic Blues Added tensions for the following Chords: Major7 Minor7 Dominant7 Dominant7sus4 Minor7b5 Diminished7 MinorMajor7 Major7#5 In-Depth coverage of: Articulations Hammer-Ons Pull-Offs Slides Below Slides Above Bends Pre-Bends Vibrato Accents Staccato In-Depth look Modal Sequences using: 2 Note Modal Sequencing-Seconds 2 Note Modal Sequencing-Thirds 2 Note Modal Sequencing-Fifths 2 Note Modal Sequencing-Sixths 2 Note Modal Sequencing-Sevenths 3 Note Modal Sequencing 4 Note Modal Sequencing The following Musical Concepts are covered: Finding the Right Scale Finding the Natural Scale Sound Thinking the Way You Hear Ditonic Scales Tritonic Scales Tetratonic Scales Pentatonic Scales Hexatonic Scales Heptatonic Scales Octatonic Scales Nonatonic Scales Decatonic Scales Hendecatonic Scales Dodecatonic Scales List of 2,048 Scales Slash Chords Regular Chords and Slash Chords Slash Chord Possibilities Reharmonization Theory Adding Tensions After this book, you will definitely have a black belt in Scales!

Bruce Arnold is Associate Professor of Classics at Mount Holyoke College, where, besides teaching the ancient Greek and Latin languages, he guides students in comparing Greco-Roman literature and philosophy with the Judeo-Christian writings of the Bible.