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Scales, Technique & Theory

Learn guitar scales, guitar theory and guitar technique with our great selection of reference books for guitar. All of our books on guitar theory, scales and technique are written by qualified instructors. Challenge yourself! Learn the notes on your guitar, the keys and circle of Fifths, learn chord types, chord construction and voicings chord substitutions, and chord progressions. Learn the scales in all the different modes. Enhance your playing skills by learning guitar theory, scales and technique.

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Monster Scales and Modes
Monster Scales and Modes
This book is a complete compilation of scales, modes, exotic scales, and theory. It covers the most common and exotic scales, theory on how they're constructed and practical applications. No prior music theory is necessary since every section is broken down and explained very clearly.
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Modal Jams and Theory
Modal Jams and Theory
Not only will this book show you how to play the modes, it will also show you the theory behind mode construction, how to play any mode in any key, how to play the proper mode over a given chord progression, and how to write chord progressions for each of the seven modes.
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Guitar One Presents Music Theory for Guitars
Guitar One Presents Music Theory for Guitars
This handy guitar case-sized guide presented by Guitar One magazine covers music fundamentals, including: notation, scales, chords, meter and rhythm, keys, transposition, progressions, and more. An essential reference for any guitarist!
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Scales
Scales
Find any scale quickly and with ease! This book presents over 70 scales from bebop scales to synthetic scales to exotic scales from around the globe. Each scale is displayed on every possible string from lowest to highest with numerous fingering options. This is the ideal book for beginners.
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Arpeggios
Arpeggios
This book in the new Guitar Reference Guides series allows players to find any arpeggio quickly and with ease. No music reading is required, as each arpeggio is shown in diagram form. Ideal for beginners seeking a well-organized, easy-to-follow guide to last a lifetime.
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Exercises
Exercises
An incredibly useful reference for guitarists, this book presents a wide variety of exercises designed to enhance not only technical ability, but also fretboard visualization skills. Unlike other giant books that cover only the most common exercises, this book presents every exercise type with numerous fingering options.
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Killer Pentatonics for Guitar
Killer Pentatonics for Guitar
Innovative and diverse ways of playing pentatonic scales in blues, rock and heavy metal. The licks and ideas in this book will give you fresh approaches to playing the pentatonic scale, hopefully inspiring you to reach for higher levels in your playing. Companion audio features recorded examples. 37-minute audio.
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Jim Kelly's Guitar Workshop - Video
Jim Kelly's Guitar Workshop - Video
Valuable to players at all levels, this great video that corresponds to the book/CD pack will teach you to play in the style of the guitar greats. You can watch Jim's hands while he plays and discover the secrets of his approach and technique, and play along with the tracks using the notation and tab provided in the video booklet.
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More Guitar Workshop Video
More Guitar Workshop Video
This one-on-one 70-minute lesson filled with hot ideas & techniques from Jim Kelly will get you playing better than ever! Teaches how to play in the style of Wes Montgomery, Jeff Beck and other greats. Features awe-inspiring demos as each tune is presented as a full performance followed by a special teaching section.
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Jim Kelly's Guitar Workshop - DVD
Jim Kelly's Guitar Workshop - DVD
The interactive song lessons on this extremely comprehensive DVD disc represent a cross-section of modern guitar styles and song forms. The split-screen footage, multiple camera angles and incredible close-ups let you watch Jim Kelly's hands to learn his secrets, tips and tricks.
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Berklee Practice Method: Guitar
Berklee Practice Method: Guitar
Make your rock band better, or prepare yourself to join one! This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Play along with a Berklee faculty band on the accompanying CD, then play with your own band!
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Classical Studies for Pick-Style Guitar - Vol. 1
Classical Studies for Pick-Style Guitar - Vol. 1
This Berklee Workshop, featuring over 20 solos and duets by Bach, Carcassi, Paganini, Sor and other renowned composers, is designed to acquaint intermediate to advanced pick-style guitarists with some of the excellent classical music that is adaptable to pick-style guitar.
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Melodic Rhythms for Guitar
Melodic Rhythms for Guitar
A thorough presentation of rhythms commonly found in contemporary music, including 68 harmonized melodies and 42 rhythm exercises. This highly respected and popular book is also an excellent source for duets, sight-reading and chord studies.
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Reading Studies for Guitar
Reading Studies for Guitar
A comprehensive collection of studies for beginners to improve their reading and technical ability. Covers: positions 1 through 7 in all keys while introducing scales, arpeggios, written-out chords, and a variety of rhythms and time signatures
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The Guitarist Guide to Composing and Improvising
The Guitarist Guide to Composing and Improvising
Unleash the creative potential of your guitar, and express your imagination through your music! This inspiring, practical and fun approach to composing and improvising will develop your sense of dynamics, articulation, rhythm, melodic direction and musical E.S.P.
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Advanced Reading Studies for Guitar
Advanced Reading Studies for Guitar
This Berklee Workshop is designed for serious guitarists who want to sharpen their high register reading skills and take their playing expertise to the next level. It introduces studies in all keys, using positions 8 through 12 and all major, minor and symmetric scales.
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Major Pentatonic Scales for Guitar
Major Pentatonic Scales for Guitar
Learn classic rock riffs in the style of Mick Ronson, the Allman Brothers, Nuno Bettencourt, and Gary Moore in this compact reference guide. It includes notes and tab, licks and scale patterns, a guide to building your own solos, and playing tips direct from Michael Schenker, Ace Frehley, Kirk Hammett and more!
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Minor Pentatonic Scales for Guitar
Minor Pentatonic Scales for Guitar
Learn classic rock riffs in the style of Zeppelin, Clapton, AC/DC, The Allman Brothers and Satriani in this compact reference guide. It includes notes and tab, licks and scale patterns, a guide to building your own solos, and playing tips direct from Jeff Beck, Alex Skolnick, Kym Thayil, Ace Frehley and other greats!
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Modes for Rock & Blues Guitar
Modes for Rock & Blues Guitar
Learn how to use modes by playing rock riffs in the style of Kirk Hammett, R.E.M., Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Rush, the Allman Brothers, and Aerosmith.
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Terrifying Technique for Guitar
Terrifying Technique for Guitar
The ultimate source for building chops while improving your technical facility and overcoming physical barriers. Covers: alternate, economy, hybrid, and sweep picking; symmetrical, chromatic, and scale exercises; arpeggios, tapping, legato, and bending sequences; and more. The CD includes full demos of the exercises.
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Warm-Up Exercises - English Edition
Warm-Up Exercises - English Edition
Improve your technique and finger dexterity using the practice routines of Steve Vai, Marty Friedman, Steve Morse, and other great guitarists.
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Harmonics
Harmonics
This pack covers: harp harmonics and natural harmonics; combining harmonics with hammers and pulls; using harmonics over chord progressions; and more. The CD includes 30 full-demo examples.
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Rhythm Guitar - The Complete Guide
Rhythm Guitar - The Complete Guide
A comprehensive source for learning rhythm guitar in a variety of musical styles. It covers: open chords, barre chords, and other movable shapes; strumming, fingerstyle, flatpicking and arpeggiation; common progressions and basic chord theory; triads, sixth, seventh, ninth, and many other chords; and much more.
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Guitar Soloing
Guitar Soloing
A comprehensive source for mastering the art of single note, melodic improvisation. The CD includes over 30 tracks for demonstration and play-along. The topics covered include: scales, modes, arpeggios, technique and visualization exercises; rock, blues, jazz, and other styles; and sequences, phrases, and licks.
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Music Reading for Guitar
Music Reading for Guitar
Starting at the elementary level and progressing to advanced techniques, this comprehensive method is like a complete two-year guitar course in book form. It includes over 450 songs and examples, and covers: notes, rhythms, keys, positions, dynamics, syncopation, chord charts, duets, scale forms, and much more.
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Alternate Tunings for Guitar
Alternate Tunings for Guitar
This pocket book contains a comprehensive guide for over 300 tunings. Arranged in alphabetical order-drop, open, modal, unison, slack, and hybrid tunings are discussed. For example, under 'B' you'll find you can tune your guitar BADGBE to achieve Soundgarden's 'Rusty Cage' sound.
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Jim Kelly's Guitar Workshop
Jim Kelly's Guitar Workshop
Jim Kelly's Guitar Workshop is an exciting book/CD pack to help guitarists improve their playing in jazz, blues, Latin and R&B styles. The ten original compositions written for this book are designed to help guitarists learn how to play in the style of Kenny Burrell, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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How to Use a Capo for Guitar
How to Use a Capo for Guitar
This essential reference for all guitarists teaches how to play with a capo in the style of The Beatles, Keith Richards, The Byrds, Indigo Girls, Robert Johnson, and other great artists. Covers: basic information and capo types, capo chord shapes, capo tunings, and more. Includes standard notation and tab.
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Advanced Scale Concepts and Licks for Guitar
Advanced Scale Concepts and Licks for Guitar
MI instructor Jean Marc Belkadi reveals the secrets to creating interesting, over-the-top phrases. This book is the complete resource for applying pentatonic, harmonic minor, melodic minor, whole tone, and diminished scales. The CD includes 99 full-band tracks.
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More Guitar Workshop
More Guitar Workshop
This continuation from Jim's first book teaches guitarists more about how to improve their playing in rock, blues, jazz, funk, Latin and R&B styles, and how to play in the style of legends like Wes Montgomery, Jeff Beck, and other greats.
Product# 695306
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The Ultimate Scale Book
The Ultimate Scale Book
Everything you ever wanted to know about scales, but were afraid to ask! This book fills you in on major and minor scales; the modes; the blues scale; harmonic minor, melodic minor, chromatic, whole tone & diminished scales; other exotic and ethnic scales; and more. Includes easy-to-read fretboard diagrams.
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Fasttrack Bass Songbook 2 - Level 1
Fasttrack Bass Songbook 2 - Level 1
This excellent supplement to the instruction books includes 8 favorite songs: Evil Ways - Gimme Some Lovin' - Gloria - Have I Told You Lately - Jailhouse Rock - Time Is on My Side - Twist and Shout - Walk Don't Run. Perfect for playing with a band, or solo with the CD.
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All Scales in all Positions for Guitar
All Scales in all Positions for Guitar
This book – featuring Jim Scott's revolutionary "rows" concept – gives guitarists the tools to really understand scales, and to create any type of scale in any position. It covers: major and minor scales; pentatonic and blues scales; the modes; and more.
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The Guitar Lick-tionary
The Guitar Lick-tionary
Learn the essential lines and techniques of the world's greatest guitarists with this super cool book/CD pack from Musicians Institute! Set up like a dictionary, it provides clear, concise instruction and application tips in standard notation and tab for licks in all styles of music. CD features 99 Demo tracks.
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Incredible Scale Finder
Incredible Scale Finder
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Modes for Guitar
Modes for Guitar
In this one-on-one lesson, MI instructor Tom Kolb unravels the mystery of the modes, giving guitarists a complete approach to soloing and a thorough, hands-on explanation of Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian. Accompanying CD includes 83 full-band tracks.
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Alternate Tunings Guitar Essentials
Alternate Tunings Guitar Essentials
]Unlock the secrets of playing and composing in alternate tunings with this unique, comprehensive book/CD pack! Includes an introduction to alternate tunings and the players who have pioneered them (including tips from David Wilcox, David Crosby, Alex de Grassi, Duncan Sheik and more).
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Intros, Endings and Turnarounds for Guitars
Intros, Endings and Turnarounds for Guitars
In this book/CD pack, Dale Turner, the West Coast Editor of GuitarOne magazine, teaches invaluable intros, endings and turnarounds that all the pros know and use, in jazz, blues, rock and country styles. The book includes examples in standard notation and tab, and the CD features 99 demonstration tracks.
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Artful Arpeggios
Artful Arpeggios
Expand your playing and your imagination with these essential arpeggios! With this pack, players will learn: arpeggio fingerings; major, minor, dominant and altered dominant sounds; bi-tonal arpeggios; arpeggios from major, minor, melodic minor and harmonic minor scales; and much more!
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Hot Licks for Guitar
Hot Licks for Guitar
This sensational book/CD pack lets you expand your playing chops with over 60 red hot licks! Learn rock, blues, country and jazz styles; modern licks that go "outside" for a "tension and resolution" effect; melodic and rhythmic variations; sequencing, moveable shapes, and improvising with intervals; and more!
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