New York Guitar Method Volume One

For the intermediate to advanced jazz, rock, heavy metal or blues guitarist who wants a BLACK BELT in scales - this is the Holy Grail you have been searching for...

Break out of the box go way beyond just scales and their fingering patterns forget about buying every new Shred video that comes out. This book gives you the theory behind all the cool licks you ever wanted to learn and also includes Modal Sequencing with Rhythmic Permutations to give you kick-ass scale ideas.

From the 22 most important scales to the 2048 alternate scales this isn't just a collection of scales; its an in-depth method for raising your musicianship through understanding how scales interface with every aspect of music.

This book will:

• Expand you palette of scales.
• Demonstrate how to use scales in chord progressions are interrelated and how to use your ear to distinguish these relationships.
• Help you understand the 22 most used scales in improvisation.
• Show how adding notes to a chord will affect the scale you choose.
• Show you how to add accents to your playing to give it a more rhythmic sound.

PLUS, give you 2048 scale possibilities to give your playing more variation and excitement... music theory exercises that apply these scales directly to the guitar via guitar diagrams... and common chord progressions that use these scales.

You will discover:

• How to add articulations such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, staccato and legato notes, slides and vibrato to make your improvisations tastier.
• How to apply arpeggios, use cycles, the right scale for any chord.
• How guide tones, common chord substitutions, and slash chords work.

This book really gives you everything you need to master scales, chords, music theory, slash chords, modal sequencing, polyrhythmic feel, and rhythmic permutation of scales.

This book demystifies all of these subjects and then goes way beyond.

Need further information? Here's a list of the books contents:

(Take a deep breath)

The following scales and their theory are covered:

Major
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian
Melodic Minor Ascending
Dorian b2
Lydian b7
Mixolydian b6
Locrian Natural 2
Altered
Diminished
Symmetrical
Whole Tone
Harmonic Minor
Mixolydian b2b6
Major Pentatonic
Minor Pentatonic
Blues


Added tensions for the following Chords:

Major7
Minor7
Dominant7
Dominant7sus4
Minor7b5
Diminished7
MinorMajor7
Major7#5


In-Depth coverage of:


Articulations
Hammer-Ons
Pull-Offs
Slides Below
Slides Above
Bends
Pre-Bends
Vibrato
Accents
Staccato


In-Depth look Modal Sequences using:

2 Note Modal Sequencing-Seconds
2 Note Modal Sequencing-Thirds
2 Note Modal Sequencing-Fifths
2 Note Modal Sequencing-Sixths
2 Note Modal Sequencing-Sevenths
3 Note Modal Sequencing
4 Note Modal Sequencing

The following Musical Concepts are covered:

Finding the Right Scale
Finding the Natural Scale Sound
Thinking the Way You Hear
Ditonic Scales
Tritonic Scales
Tetratonic Scales
Pentatonic Scales
Hexatonic Scales
Heptatonic Scales
Octatonic Scales
Nonatonic Scales
Decatonic Scales
Hendecatonic Scales
Dodecatonic Scales
List of 2,048 Scales
Slash Chords
Regular Chords and Slash Chords
Slash Chord Possibilities
Reharmonization Theory
Adding Tensions


After this book, you will definitely have a black belt in Scales!

Book by Arnold Bruce