Guitar Total Scales Techniques and Applications Lessons for Beginner through Professional

by Sternal, Mark J.

• ISBN13: 9780976291701
• ISBN10: 0976291703
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-30
• Publisher: Mjs Music & Entertainment

Summary

The First and only method to expertly teach you every scale, every trick & technique, in every musical key, anywhere on the entire fretboard! Author Mark John Sternal has been credited as one of the greatest music instructors of the 21st Century! His credentials accumulate to thousands of beginner through advanced guitarists and bass players. This course promises to turn beginners into pro's & make the pro's even better!

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(1)
Tablature Explanation	5	(1)
Timing	6	(1)
The Musical Alphabet	7	(2)
The Musical Alphabet and the Guitar
Guitar Note Chart	8	(1)
Tuning
The Natural Scale	9	(1)
Major and Minor Roots
Fingering and Hand Position	10	(9)
Picking Hand
Open 6 String Exercise
The Playing Hand	11	(1)
Playing the Natural Scale	12	(5)
Intro to Soloing	17	(1)
Scale Notes as Chords	18	(1)
Applications	19	(13)
INC of II
INC of III	20	(1)
Two Strings	21	(1)
Two Strings and Back	22	(1)
Three Strings	23	(1)
Three Strings and Back	24	(1)
INC of IV	25	(1)
INC of IV and Back	26	(2)
Step Down Step Up	28	(1)
Rhythm Experimentation	29	(3)
Techniques	32	(10)
Double Picking
Palm Mute	33	(3)
INC of III Then IV Double Pick/Pm
Vibrato	36	(1)
Passing Tones	37	(1)
Passing Tones with Vibrato
Hammer Ons	38	(1)
Hammer Ons with Passing Tones
Hammer Ons with Inc of II	39	(1)
Hammer Ons with Two Strings	40	(1)
Hammer Ons with Three Strings
Hammer Ons & Inc of III	41	(1)
Above the 12TH Fret	42	(2)
The Octave Positions
More Techniques	44	(10)
Pull Offs
Hammer Pull/Pull Hammer	45	(1)
Hammer Pull Inc of III
Slide	46	(1)
Slide With Inc of III
Four Notes per String Slide	47	(1)
Volume Swells
Rhythm Experimentation II: Notes and Rests	48	(2)
Damping	50	(1)
Harmonics	51	(1)
Artificial Harmonics	52	(1)
Vibrato and A.H.
Picking Hand A.H./Palm Harmonics	53	(1)
Tremolo Picking
Tapping	54	(5)
Tap Hammer
Tap Pull Hammer	55	(1)
Tap Hammer Pull	56	(1)
Tapping Harmonics	57	(2)
Tap Hammer Techniques
String Bending	59	(5)
Guidelines for String Bending
Half Step Bends
Whole Step Bends	60	(1)
One and One Half Step Bends	61	(1)
Bending to the Next Scale Note
The Applications of Bending	62	(1)
Bend and Release
Pre Bend
Pre Bend and Release	63	(1)
Ghost Bend
Ghost Pre Bend and Release
Double Note Patterns	64	(3)
Thirds
Fourths
Fifths
Sixths 1	65	(1)
Sixths 2
Sevenths
Octaves/Eighths 1	66	(1)
Octave/Eighths 2
Ninths/Seconds
Advanced Applications	67	(22)
Step Down Inc of III
Step Up Inc of III
Pivot Note to Octave	68	(2)
Two Strings String Skip	70	(2)
Two Strings String Skip and Back
Three String String Skip	72	(1)
Two String String Skip Inc of III
Two String String Skip Inc of IV	73	(1)
Maniac Patterns	74	(1)
I V III II IV VI V
II IV VI VIII VII V IX	75	(1)
I VIII III II VII IX VIII	76	(1)
I V IX VIII VII V III
Two String String Skip Inc of IV and Back	77	(1)
Two String String Skip Inc of IV and Back Patterns of III Then Back	78	(2)
Step Down Step Up Inc of III Patterns of III	80	(2)
Inc of III Patterns of IV	82	(1)
Inc of IV Patterns of III	83	(1)
Step Down Step Up Patterns of IV	84	(2)
Inc of II Patterns of IV	86	(1)
Inc of II Patterns of III	87	(2)
Other Variations of the Natural Scale	89	(2)
Key Changes
The Key of a Major, F Minor	91	(1)
The Key of Bb Major, G Minor	92	(1)
The Key of B Major, G# Minor	93	(1)
The Key of Db Major, Bb Minor	94	(1)
The Key of D Major, B Minor	95	(1)
The Key of Eb Major, C Minor	96	(1)
The Key of E Major, C# Minor	97	(1)
The Key of F Major, D Minor	98	(1)
The Key of F# Major, D# Minor	99	(1)
The Key of G Major, E Minor	100	(1)
The Key of Ab Major, F Minor	101	(2)
Scales as Modes in Different Keys
Other Scales	102	(1)
The Pentatonic Scale	103	(2)
The Arabian Scale	105	(1)
The Balinese Scale	106	(2)
The Bop Scale	108	(2)
The Diminished Scale	110	(2)
The Dominant 7, b5 Scale	112	(3)
The Dominant 7, b9 Scale	115	(2)
The Dominant 7, b9 #11 Scale	117	(2)
The Dominant 7, #9 Scale	119	(2)
The Dominant 7, #5, #9, #11 Scale	121	(2)
The Dominant 9, #11 Scale	123	(2)
The Harmonic Minor Scale	125	(2)
The Hawaiian Scale	127	(2)
The Hungarian Gypsy Scale	129	(2)
The Hungarian Major Scale	131	(2)
The Hungarian Minor Scale	133	(2)
The Japanese Scale	135	(1)
The Japanese b2 Scale	136	(2)
The Major 7, #5 Scale	138	(2)
The Major 7, #5, #9 Scale	140	(2)
The Melodic Minor Scale	142	(2)
The Minor 7, b5 Scale	144	(2)
The Minor 7, b9 Scale	146	(2)
The Minor 7, b5, b9 Scale	148	(2)
The Neapolitan Scale	150	(2)
The Neapolitan Minor Scale	152	(2)
The Oriental Scale	154	(2)
The Persian Scale	156	(2)
The Spanish Scale	158	(2)
The Spanish Gypsy Scale	160	(2)
The Whole Tone Scale	162	(2)
The Chromatic Scale	164	(1)
Argument	165