The most complete book on scales and modes ever written. An encyclopedia with over 6 000 diagrams charts and graphs. Complete explanation of all 5 6 7 and 8 tone scales and modes. The essential volume for every guitarist's library.

A bumper book of 30 songs written out in guitar tab with the lyrics including 'Smoke On The Water' and 'Flying Without Wings'

A complete chord reference book with over 350 chord shapes to accompany the ever popular tutor books/backing tracks series. Includes clear chord diagrams and photos of two different shapes for each chord plus bonus CDdemonstrating how each chord should sound.

In addition to scales and arpegios many examples of jazz-type lines are covered and explained. Valuable tips and suggestions will help you begin creating your own jazz solos.

Learn the language of music and be creative. The perfect pocket sized guide to over 300 scales and arpeggios - putting you on course to better playing improvising and creativity.

All the chords you'll ever need... NOW! Compact format... Easy diagrams & helpful photos... The ultimate instant reference...Open Chords; Barre Chords; Powerchords; Classic Chords. They're all inhere!So forget bulky chord encyclopedias and fancy musical terms... All you need is Guitar Chords... To Go!

Guitar Workout is an intensive comprehensive program that will increase your speed agility and creativity. This is the ultimate workout for any guitarist who wants to accelerate and articulate their speed picking!Train like a professional while gaining a greater understanding of the diatonic major scale scale harmony and the picking technique needed to play super-fast licks and riffs with melodic intelligence and creativity.Internationally renowned guitarist John Heussenstamm leads you through rigorous single-note warm-up exercises speed drills fingering patterns sweeps arpeggios and melody construction.

For Eighty Of The Greatest Songs Ever Written-Eighty essential standards with professionally altered chords by Frank Mantooth. Professional playing tips including harmonic options music examples and an analysis of how altered chords were selected.

This Musicians Institute Master Class edition is the the complete guide to understanding and applying chord structures on the bass guitar. Learning to play chords will enhance your ability to hear chord progressions and qualities improve your composition and arranging skills and strengthen your soloing chops and overall musicianship. This thorough book covers all you need to know including double stops major and minor triads diminished and augmented triads seventh chords chordal song arrangements different styles a chord glossary and more! The online audio features 76 demo tracks of all the exercises in the book.

The Blues Scale For Guitar by Andrew D. Gordon is an invaluable guide to the blues scale explaining how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music.Both the Blues scale and relative minor Blues scale are explained in detail and how they are used either separately or together in the patterns for each style (the relative minor Blues scale is generally not used in minor keys) is discussed. Each of the 20 grooves in this book contains over 150 patterns in total using notes solely from the blues scale. Each of the 20 grooves utilizes a chord progression that is commonly used for that style of music. The patterns generally startoff fairly simply and become more complex as the groove progresses.The audio files contain recordings of all the blues patterns that are notated in the book recorded along with a rhythm section of Piano Organ Guitar Bass and Drums and on certain grooves Percussion. Also included are extended 2-3 minute play-a-long MP3 files of all 20 grooves enabling you to practice playing the blues patterns or creating your own for an extended period of time. MIDI files are also available.Watch an introduction to The Blues Scale For Guitar:

A working knowledge of scales and their applications to chord progressions is paramount for bassists. Mel Bay's Bass Scale Chart provides standard notation and tab fingering diagrams construction formulas in whole and halfsteps and application (usage) for the most common scales used today. This easy to read and understand chart is packed full of scalar information. A 'must have' for aspiring bassists.

Learn to master the entire guitar fretboard with the Guitar Chords Scales & Arpeggio Finder. This comprehensive reference guide contains three voicings for the 31 most important chord types diagrams for 17 essential scales types and 28 arpeggio qualities for each key presented in four different shapes. Basic music theory is also included to assist in using this book. An ideal supplement to any guitar method!