Book Description
Unusual guitar scales from around the world provides an entertaining look at fourteen unusual exotic scale sounds that you may not have played before. In addition to the fourteen different scales, the book also provides the chords derived from those scales = and many riffs and licks that will keep you learning and challenged about these countries' musical styles: Algerian -- Arabian -- Byzantine -- Egyptian -- Eight-Tone Spanish -- Enigmatic -- Hindustan -- Hungarian Gypsy Persian -- Japanese (Ichikouscho) -- Javanese -- Jewish (Adonia Malakh) -- Moorish Phrygian -- Prometheus Neapolitan -- Romanian Minor. Adding to the scales, chords, riffs and licks, there is the history (with photos) of each country's distinct musical instruments and unique sounds --Cover page [4].