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

Are you a beginner guitarist looking for an easy and fun way to learn how to play guitar scales and build your understanding of basic music theory?

This excellent, new edition is designed help beginners quickly learn guitar scales, the notes of the fretboard, good guitar technique, and music theory. Music professor and professional guitarist Damon Ferrante guides beginners through over 100 lessons that cover major and minor scales, alternate picking, legato playing, Blues and pentatonic scales, guitar licks, 3-note-per-string scales, the CAGED system, technique-building exercises, and many more essential guitar concepts. Each lesson is clearly presented and is designed to be both musical and fun.

Are you looking for a beginner guitar book that is written by an expert teacher?

With over 1 million books sold, Rolling Stone Magazine recommends guitarist and music professor Damon Ferrante's guitar books as the #1 Best Guitar Books for Beginners! Based on over 35 years of teaching experience, his easy-to-follow method is used by over a million guitar students and teachers.

No Music Reading is Necessary!

The book's engaging and clear teaching style enables guitarists to quickly learn the techniques and improve rapidly. The video lessons help to demonstrate the concepts and show you how to play the guitar techniques.

Whether you are teaching yourself guitar or learning with a guitar instructor, this book and video course will take your guitar playing to a whole new level!

The following essential guitar concepts are covered in this book and the streaming video lessons:

• Blues Scales and Pentatonic Scales
• Major Scales and Minor Scales
• Learning the Notes of the Fretboard
• Developing Good Practice Habits
• Modes
• How to apply scales to your playing
• Harmonic Minor Scales
• Exotic Scales
• Alternate & Speed Picking Techniques
• Legato Techniques
• Music Theory
• Intervals
• Warm-up Exercises
• Technique Building Exercises -
• Guitar Licks
• Guitar Techniques: Slides, Bending Strings, Vibrato
• Jam Tracks

Guitar Scales Handbook includes Free Streaming Video Jam-Tracks, which let you have fun practicing your scales by improvising and playing along with rock, funk, metal, rockabilly, pop, and country backing backing tracks.