Scale Fluency Series

Scale Fluency – Pentatonics will give you the complete picture for any pentatonic scale across the entire guitar neck. In essence, it’s a practice method that ties all those loose ends together that you may have picked up from other scale systems such as the CAGED and/or the incomplete ‘five shapes’ approach. It will also bring to life any scale theory you’ve learned as you’ll start to see the big picture, rather than unrelated bits of information that lead to many gray areas on the neck. This book, as well as being a complete scales practice method, presents a subtle but deeper take on pentatonic scales that most guitarists overlook. For the beginning to intermediate guitarist, pentatonic scales provide a very effective springboard into soloing, but what tends to happen is that these players quickly become tired of the scale and feel they have to move on to something else like modes to play better solos. This is not the case as what they should do is look deeper into the structure of the pentatonic scale and approach it in a more melodic way, which is what we’ll do in this book. You’ll see the pentatonic major and minor scales, which are really one entity, as they relate to chords and keys, and you’ll hear and see those famous five patterns in an entirely different way. With consistent practice the combination of logical horizontal and vertical patterns will allow you to improvise using pentatonic scales in a more satisfying, confident, and melodic way.

Scale Fluency – Major Scale Modes will give you the complete picture for any major scale mode in any key across the entire guitar neck. In essence, it’s a practice method that ties all those loose ends together that you may have picked up from other scale systems such as the CAGED and 3NPS approaches. It will also bring to life any scale theory you’ve learned as you’ll start to see the big picture, rather than unrelated bits of information that lead to many gray areas on the neck. Scale Fluency is more than a set of patterns, it’s the most thorough scales practice method out there as we cover the neck both horizontally and vertically, leaving no stone unturned. All you need do is practice these patterns on a daily basis and watch the neck gradually open up for you. There’s no magic bullet in this book, just a solid scales method that will do wonders for your playing if you commit to it for at least 90 days. And if you commit to it for longer, you’ll develop the ability to solo effortlessly in all 12 keys, using any mode, as well as laying a solid foundation for learning any other scale and its modes.

Scale Fluency – Harmonic Minor Modes will give you the complete picture for any harmonic minor scale and its modes across the entire guitar neck. In essence, it’s a practice method that ties all those loose ends together that you may have picked up from other scale systems such as the CAGED and 3NPS approaches. It will also bring to life any scale theory you’ve learned as you’ll start to see the big picture, rather than unrelated bits of information that lead to many gray areas on the neck. Scale Fluency is more than a set of patterns, it’s the most thorough scales practice method out there as we cover the neck both horizontally and vertically, leaving no stone unturned. All you need do is practice these patterns on a daily basis and watch the neck gradually open up for you. There’s no magic bullet in this book, just a solid scales method that will do wonders for your playing if you commit to it for at least 90 days. And if you commit to it for longer, you’ll develop the ability to solo effortlessly using all 12 harmonic minor scales and their modes, as well as laying a solid foundation for learning any other scale and its modes.

Scale Fluency – Melodic Minor Modes will give you the complete picture for any melodic minor scale mode from any root across the entire guitar neck. In essence, it’s a practice method that ties all those loose ends together that you may have picked up from other scale systems such as the CAGED and 3NPS approaches, which leave you with an incomplete picture of the neck. It will also bring to life any scale theory you’ve learned as you’ll start to see the big picture and put names to what you’re playing, rather than trying to use unrelated bits of information that lead to many gray areas on the neck. Scale Fluency is more than a set of patterns, it’s the most thorough scales practice method out there as we cover the neck both horizontally and vertically, leaving no stone unturned. All you need do is practice these patterns on a daily basis and watch the neck gradually open up for you.