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Scales and Modes in the Beginning by Ron Middlebrook. For Guitar. Instructional. 136 pages. Published by Centerstream Publications (HL.10).

ISBN 0898981514. 9x12 inches.

The most comprehensive and complete scale book written especially for the guitar. Divided into four main sections: 1) Fretboard Visualization, the breaking down of the whole into parts; 2) Scale Terminology - a thorough understanding of whole and half steps, scale degrees, intervals, etc.; 3) Scales And Modes - the rear of the book covers every scale you will ever need with exercises and applications; 4) Scale To Chord Guide - ties it all together, showing what scale to use over various chords.

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    5 star rating

    Location: from Mankato, MN

    Difficulty Level:
    Intermediate/advanced

    April 22, 2006

    Good Resource.

    With a good teacher this is a great book! Learn pentatonic, modal, and exotic box patterns, and solo over given chord progressions. Knowledge of key signatures and note reading required.

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    October 28, 2005

    useful for anyone-beg,inter,advanced

    I have used this book for a long time and it clearly explains all scale types and their functions this book helped me to learn the things that I needed to learn without the endless repititon of the same pattern as the guy in the previous review said:it's a worthwhile...

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    5 star rating

    Location: from Nashville, TN

    Difficulty Level:
    Advanced

    January 5, 2004

    Synthetic Scales & Exotic Modes

    skips the endless waste of ink and dead trees that comprise the bulk of most books on scales/modes, with repetitive scalar patterns repeated ad nauseum (you only need to learn in one position!)...introduces cool synthetic scales and exotic modes that will greatly aid in breaking up the monotony of ionian/aeolian...

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