Book Description

Whether it's the seven major modes, the major and minor pentatonic scales, or more sophisticated scales like melodic minor, harmonic minor, whole tone, and diminished, The Guitar Book: Volume 2 covers them all... and more! If you're interested in discovering new guitar scales or finding different ways to practice the ones you already know, or perhaps you're just looking to get inspired by learning some new guitar licks, then you've come to the right place! Covering nearly 100 pages, Volume 2 is the ultimate resource for guitar scales, guitar exercises, and guitar licks. Inside this book, you'll find: * 17 Scales * 119 Scale Patterns * 51 Guitar Licks * 51 Scale Exercises * Major Modes * Pentatonic Scales * Blues Scales * Diminished & Whole-Tone Scales The Major Modes: Ionian, Dorian, Phyrgian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian Pentatonic Scales: Major, Minor, Blues, and Major Blues Minor, Diminished, and Whole-Tone Scales: Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Half-Diminished, Diminished, Dominant Diminished, and Whole Tone Scale Exercises: Three-Note Sequence, Four-Note Sequence, and Diatonic 3rds & 4ths Guitar Licks: Ionian, Dorian, Phyrgian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, Blues Scales, Major Blues Scale, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Half-Diminished, Diminished, Dominant Diminished, and Whole Tone Plus, get FREE access to instant audio downloads from Troy's website, troynelsonmusic.com. All of the material is presented in easy-to-understand fretboard diagrams and tab, making learning fast and fun! Author Troy Nelson has been playing guitar for over 30 years and has a passion for helping others learn to love the guitar as much as he does. From the author of the 10-year bestseller Guitar Aerobics (Hal Leonard), Troy Nelson once again brings his easy-to-follow guitar teaching style to this helpful guitar resource handbook. Free shipping with Amazon Prime. Buy it now in paperback or Kindle books! Also available: The Guitar Book: Volume 1 - The Ultimate Resource for Discovering New Guitar Chords & Arpeggios About Troy Nelson: Troy is the former Editor of top guitar magazines Guitar One (sister publication of Guitar World) and Guitar Edge. After earning a degree in Occupational Music, Troy launched his music editing career at Hal Leonard Corporation, the world's largest print music publisher. Here's what others have to say about guitar lesson book author Troy Nelson: "Troy Nelson, guitar god." - Amazon reviewer "I'm a total fan of Troy's books and method of learning." - Amazon reviewer "Troy Nelson, former editor of my favorite guitar magazines." - Amazon reviewer "His brilliance is his ability to break the project down into practical, bite-sized daily medicine and, at the same time, add a nice flavor to the dose." - Amazon Reviewer, Fretboard Freedom "I must say, I have noticed a big improvement in my playing. My wife no longer tells me to turn it down or off." - Amazon Reviewer, Guitar Aerobics "Another winner from Troy Nelson." - Amazon reviewer, Rhythm Guitar 365 "I LOVE this book. It's my first purchase from Troy Nelson, and it's got me interested in his other books" - Amazon reviewer, One-Man Guitar Jam