Diatonic Major And Minor Scales Book

This was recommended to me by a guitarist with a Phd in performance.It is a very helpful booklet with all the diatonic major and minor scales. The minor scales ascend in melodic minor, and then descend in natural minor. The rule in general music theory is that when you use mel minor, you always descend in natural minor. It was created that way in order to function with certain chord progressions. I can't provide an example from early music theory, but I learned a great use of melodic minor with ii-V-i changes in jazz music.e.g. in c minor:ii - dmin7(flat5)>> play f mel.minor (basically the mel.minor pattern from the 4th degree of c). It hits the flat5.V7 - G7(flat5,flat9... any alteration)>> play 'a flat' mel.minor (basically the mel.minor pattern from the 6th degree of c). It hits a few altered tones in the dominant chord.i - cmin7The scale exercises in this booklet can facilitate better knowledge of the fretboard, maneuverability along the fretboard, and help prepare one for navigation through diatonic chord progressions. The different picking patterns that are suggested also aid in the development of right hand technique. The "i-m-a-i-m-a-i" pattern is one that I'm skipping for now... pretty tough.Practice it for 2 hours at a time if you can, as it recommends. It has helped my technique in both hands.

Sergovia's 'Diatonic Major and Minor Scales' book is the definitive instruction on creating and playing those scales on guitar. The excellent and efficient ergonomics for playing those scales is of great physical benefit to the player. Of the minor scales the melodic (a.k.a., jazz) minor is used when ascending the scale and the relative (a.k.a., natural) scale is used when descending the scale. So, for each major scale two types of minor scale are given. To open up your melodic playing beyond the physical limits of 'box form' scales there is no better instruction. Only a minimum understanding of music notation and the guitar fretboard is required to play these scales (all of which is available on-line at no cost). Regardless of the style of guitar you play - classical, pop, jazz, blues, R&B, or funk - mastering these scales is great ear training as well as wonderful for optimizing left and right hand coordination. You can't pick a groove or a rhythm if your two hands aren't working together. With these scales at your command and at your fingertips, it is a small step to mastering modes (and gets you closer to chord voicing as well). When practiced with a metronome these scales will certainly raise your abilities to wonderful heights.

I love this book and it's pretty easy to understand, but there are some confusing parts when first starting out. I was entirely new to Segovia scales so that's why I had some difficulty reading it in the beginning. Now my only true problem with this book is that it is very flimsy, strictly Paper cover, not lamented paper but straight paper. Any spills this or rain it could be ruined.

My guitar instructor gave me the original 1953 Segovia book of scales to study. The book is classic, but intimidating and minimalist: no commentary or explanations - only standard notation and a reminder to play each scale 7 times. The high notes are written with multiple ledger lines which can be a little difficult.This 2017 book contains the same 24 scales and fingering information as found in the original. But the author adds tablature and commentary. He explains the 8 patterns used to play the 24 scales, gives a good job description for each finger of the plucking hand and sensible practice advice.I'm grateful to Sean Thrower for writing this book and opening the door to Segovia scales.

This is a standard for mastering scales and improving technique. As someone who is reviving my classical guitar skills, this is proving to be invaluable, even without private lessons. You can't go wrong with Segovia.

Basic but good. In classical guitar you will sooner or later have to practice scales. There are fingerings that are slightly different. They're neither good not bad. They are what they are. I chose this book because Andres Segovia set it up. If it's good enough for him, I guess it's good enough for me too!Each scale is 2 octaves and they show the fingerings going up and back down. They show all diatonic scales and minor scales. Don't expect a massive book. It's very small, but gives you all you need.

Book is in perfect condition and shipped promptly.

This was given to me at a young age and I neglected the studies for years. Upon revisiting this holy tome when I recently ordered it, I don't understand why I was so lazy. The way Segovia, the Spanish Master, fingers the positional shifts on the strings through octaves opens up anyone's playing. I studied this once but never mastered it. My what a wasted opportunity! The lucky fact is this is the timeless study in how to run scales on the guitar through multiple octaves.

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