Building Confidence, Guitar FretBoard Knowledge, and the Foundations of Tonal Structures
If you've finally decided that a thorough knowledge of the knowledge of the guitar fretboard is what you need to get you off of this and up to the next level in your playing ability ...
If you're ready to admit that tricks and gimmicks won't get you there …
If you're willing to work your way methodically through a set of exercises to get where you want to be ...
If you're ready to admit that tricks and gimmicks won't get you there …
If you're willing to work your way methodically through a set of exercises to get where you want to be ...
If you want that method to reinforce what you've learned about basic scales and modes …
If you'd like that method to build the foundation of tonal structures ...
And if you want the confidence to move quickly to the right notes and chords when you play ...
If you're finally serious about mastering the instrument and willing to make the required investment, then ...
If you'd like that method to build the foundation of tonal structures ...
And if you want the confidence to move quickly to the right notes and chords when you play ...
If you're finally serious about mastering the instrument and willing to make the required investment, then ...
This book is for you!
As a jazz educator and professional jazz guitarist for more than 40 years, I have not had more than a handful of students "know" the fingerboard. This book presents a logical approach to overcoming that gap. All of my students are using your book and are making good progress. Your book is a must for any serious thoughtful player who wants to be comfortable with the neck of the guitar.. ....an ongoing pursuit for us all!
J D Moffat, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Instructional Level
The material in this book is accessible to any level of student, but is probably best for advanced beginners through advanced intermediate players. Even rank beginners, perhaps best with the aid of an instructor, will benefit from the kind of introduction to to the instrument that will dramatically accelerate their playing ability. Intermediate students will find an appealing and welcome approach to filling in their fretboard knowledge gaps.
If you're at an advanced level, you may not need this book, but you also might find it a welcome complement to what you know, and a new and useful way of thinking about and understanding the fretboard, recurring patterns, and tonal structures.
If you're at an advanced level, you may not need this book, but you also might find it a welcome complement to what you know, and a new and useful way of thinking about and understanding the fretboard, recurring patterns, and tonal structures.
Musical Style
This is not a blues, jazz, country, folk, classical or rock guitar book, but it is a book that will make you a better blues, jazz, country, folk, classical, or rock guitarist.
The benefits of a thorough knowledge of the fretboard aren't limited to any one playing style. No matter who you are or what kind of music you play, fretboard mastery and the the foundations of tonal structures gained while attaining will make you a better and more confident player.
The benefits of a thorough knowledge of the fretboard aren't limited to any one playing style. No matter who you are or what kind of music you play, fretboard mastery and the the foundations of tonal structures gained while attaining will make you a better and more confident player.
Why Bother?
You won't find a hard sell here, either you're a serious student of the guitar or you're not. If you are, you need to know where the notes are, period.
Can you imagine a piano player only knowing a few select notes in a few areas of the keyboard? Or how about a horn player who only knows how to find a handful of notes? No? Then why would we think we could truly master the guitar without knowing where on the fretboard to play what we want to play?
You also need to know the relationships among the notes, and the note-learning method in this book provides a lens through which these relationships become clear, two birds with one stone...
So if you're ready to take the plunge, this is the perfect place to start. If you're not, get the book anyway and save it so you'll have it when you finally realize that it really is precisely what you needed!
Can you imagine a piano player only knowing a few select notes in a few areas of the keyboard? Or how about a horn player who only knows how to find a handful of notes? No? Then why would we think we could truly master the guitar without knowing where on the fretboard to play what we want to play?
You also need to know the relationships among the notes, and the note-learning method in this book provides a lens through which these relationships become clear, two birds with one stone...
So if you're ready to take the plunge, this is the perfect place to start. If you're not, get the book anyway and save it so you'll have it when you finally realize that it really is precisely what you needed!
