Improvising with 5 note Arpeggios

Improvising with 5 note Arpeggios will explore usage of 5 note arpeggios as pentatonic scales for jazz improvisation (reusing similar positions and ideas).
You will discover patterns along the fretboard and modal approaches.
If you are a pentatonic fanatic you'll find in this book the right tool to expand your scale and sound vocabulary.

Analized arpeggios:

• maj9 (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
• 6/9 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
• maj7/#11 (1, 3, #4, 5, 7)
• 6/#11 (1, 3, #4, 5, 6)
• maj7/13 (1, 3, 5, 6, 7)
• min9 (1, 2, b3, 5, b7)
• min6(9) (1, 2, b3, 5, 6)
• min7(6) (1, b3, 5, 6, b7)
• minmaj9 (1, 2, b3, 5, 7)
• minmaj7(6) (1, b3, 5, 6, 7)
• 9 (1, 2, 3, 5, b7)
• sus9 (1, 2, 4, 5, b7)
• sus(b9) (1, b2, 4, 5, b7)
• 9/b5 (1, 2, 3, b5, b7)
• 9/#5 (1, 2, 3, #5, b7)
• 7/b9 (1, b2, 3, 5, b7)
• 7/b5/b9 (1, b2, 3, b5, b7)
• 7/#5/b9 (1, b2, 3, #5, b7)
• 7/#9 (1, #2, 3, 5, b7)
• 7/b5/#9 (1, #2, 3, b5, b7)
• 7/#5/#9 (1, #2, 3, #5, b7)
• 7/b13 (1, 3, 5, b6, b7)
• alt5 (1, 3, b5, #5, b7)
• minb5(9) (1, 2, b3, b5, b7)
• min7b5(11) (1, b3, 4, b5, b7)
• min7b5(b13) (1, b3, b5, b6, b7)
• dimmaj7 (1, b3, b5, bb7, 7)

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Jazz Guitar Pentatonic Improvisation

Jazz Guitar Pentatonic Improvisation will explore pentatonic scales in Jazz improvisation.
Starting form major and minor pentatonics, then moving to altered pentatonics and finally with modal pentatonics you will get a lot of powerful tools to improve your improvisation skills.
For any scale you will be provided with basic and advanced patterns in any neck positions, a scale transposition palette for scale superimposition over chords with different root.
This book is a must to discover the real power hidden inside pentatonic scales.

145 pages

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Exotic Scales for Guitar

Exotic Scales for Guitar presents positions and patterns for more than 50 exotic scales: 6 strings patterns, root-to-root octave, high string patterns, 3 notes per string and so on...
List of presented scales:

• Hindu (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7)
• Hungarian Minor (1, 2, b3, #4, 5, b6, 7)
• Hungarian Major (1, #2, 3, #4, 5, 6, b7)
• Oriental (1, b2, 3, 4, b5, 6, b7)
• Ionian Aug #2 (1, #2, 3, 4, #5, 6, 7)
• Ionian bb3 bb7 (1, b2, bb3, 4, b5, b6, bb7)
• Double Harmonic (1, b2, 3, 4, 5, b6, 7)
• Lydian #6 #2 (1, #2, 3, #4, 5, #6, 7)
• Altered #5 b7 (1, b2, b3, 3, 5, b6, bb7)
• Altered b6 b7 (1, b2, b3, 3, b5, bb6, bb7)
• Locrian #2 #7 (1, 2, b3, 4, b5, b6, 7)
• Altered #6 (1, b2, b3, 3, b5, 6, b7)
• Melodic Augmented (1, 2, b3, 4, #5, 6, 7)
• Dorian b2 #4 (1, b2, b3, #4, 5, 6, b7)
• Lydian Augmented #3 (1, 2, #3, #4, #5, 6, 7)
• Neapolitan Major (1, b2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Neapolitan Minor (1, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7)
• Lydian #6 (1, 2, 3, #4, 5, #6, 7)
• Dominant Augmented (1, 2, 3, 4, #5, 6, b7)
• Hungarian Gypsy (1, 2, b3, #4, 5, b6, b7)
• Locrian #3 (1, b2, 3, 4, b5, b6, b7)
• Ionian #2 (1, #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Altered b3 b7 (1, b2, bb3, 3, b5, b6, bb7)
• Lydian Augmented #6 (1, 2, 3, #4, #5, #6, 7)
• Lydian Dominant Augmented (1, 2, 3, #4, #5, 6, b7)
• Lydian Minor (1, 2, 3, #4, 5, b6, b7)
• Major Locrian (1, 2, 3, 4, b5, b6, b7)
• Altered #2 (1, 2, b3, 3, b5, b6, b7)
• Altered b3 (1, b2, bb3, 3, b5, b6, b7)
• Enigmatic (1, b2, 3, #4, #5, #6, 7)
• Enigmatic Minor (1, b2, b3, #4, 5, #6, 7)
• Composite II (1, b2, 3, #4, 5, b6, 7)
• Ionian b5 (1, 2, 3, 4, b5, 6, 7)
• Dorian b4 (1, 2, b3, b4, 5, 6, b7)
• Phrygian b3 (1, b2, bb3, 4, 5, b6, b7)
• Lydian b2 (1, b2, 3, #4, 5, 6, 7)
• Superlydian Augmented (1, #2, 4, #4, #5, #6, 7)
• Aeolian bb7 (1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, bb7)
• Locrian bb6 (1, b2, b3, 4, b5, bb6, b7)
• Locrian #2 (1, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, 7)
• Ionian #6 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, #6, 7)
• Dorian Augmented (1, 2, b3, 4, #5, 6, b7)
• Phrygian #4 (1, b2, b3, #4, 5, b6, b7)
• Lydian #3 (1, 2, #3, #4, 5, 6, 7)
• Dominant #2 (1, #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7)
• Altered Alt (1, b2, bb3, 3, b5, bb6, bb7)
• Persian (1, b2, 3, 4, b5, b6, 7)
• Kumoi (1, 2, b3, 5, 6)
• Hirojoshi (1, 2, b3, 5, b6)
• Whole Tone (1, 2, 3, #4, #5, #6)
• Augmented (1, #2, 3, 5, b6, 7)
• Pelog (1, b2, b3, 3, 5, b6)
• Dominant Sus (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, b7)

For each scale are also presented related chords for improvisation analysis.

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Modal Scales for Guitar

Modal Scales for Guitar presents modal scales derived from Major, Melodic minor, Harmonic minor and Harmonic major scale:

• Ionian
• Dorian
• Phrygian
• Lydian
• Mixolydian
• Aeolian
• Locrian
• Melodic Minor
• Dorian b2
• Lydian Augmented
• Lydian Dominant
• Mixolydian b6
• Locrian #2
• SuperLocrian
• Harmonic Minor
• Locrian #6
• Ionian Augmented
• Dorian #4
• Mixolydian b2b6
• Lydian #2
• SuperLocrian b7
• Harmonic Major
• Locrian #2#6
• Phrygian b4
• Jazz Minor#4
• Mixolydian b2
• Lydian Augmented #2
• Locrian b7

For all modes are reported related chords and all available patterns on the neck.

254 pages

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Basic Scales for Guitar

Basic Scales for Guitar presents all positions and patterns for basic scales:

• major scale and its modes, 
• natural minor, 
• and major, minor and dominant pentatonic scales

For each scale are presented all chords you can improvise on and one shot neck view.
This is a great tools for improvisation in blues, rock and jazz.

96 pages

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