The Ultimate Scale Book – Guitar Scale Sheet Music Songbook | Major, Minor, Blues, Modes and Exotic Scales | Easy-to-Read Fretboard Diagrams | Pocket Guide TAB | Hal Leonard | Troy Stetina

My instructor introduced me to his well worn copy of this book so I ordered mine the same day. The subject matter is very well presented, explained and laid out. While the physical size of the book allows for easy transport, an optional larger book with larger printing would be helpful for those of us whose eyes aren't as good as they once were. Practicing the scales while following along in the book can be challenging. A complaint about Amazon: I live in an apartment building. The book was left on a table in the lobby NOT as Amazon stated: "It was handed directly to a receptionist or someone at a front desk."

I been playing my whole life professionally by ear and I got away with if fine as I learned years ago what notes fit as I solo, never really learned the scales. But as I got older and feeling a little routined in my solo I felt going back to basics and putting in the time to learn the different scales in all the keys would be a good idea, finally. I find I knew most paths to skim down the fret board I though pretty well. But after memorizing scales in this book it was easy to pick up box per box better paths and when playing them along with loop chord patterns and a drum track how many areas I avoided over my years. This has opened the door to be a way better player. It does take time to memorize but that goes with studying anything in life we want to learn and get better with. Yea the book pages are small but they are packed full of everything you need. I keep it next my practice guitar ready to jump into another section. Once I feel I have them all down per scale. I go into my studio with Loop tracks and see how I did memorizing them against it. This is laid out perfect for those who just want to jump on the scales. I would say memorize each scale down the neck. Then play along with a loop chorded track and drum machine. If makes it fun plus if you hit a bad note that does not fit you will know to look it up or learn to avoid it which teaches you to learn the scales. correctly.

This is pretty good and useful. I I initially bought this book to learn more about normal scale dynamics and introduce myself to unique/exotic scales. It served that purpose. The problems I have could be based off of my inexperience with scales and theory but at times, I was forced to re-read a page or two to fully understand the scale in more detail. I was hoping it would've been more simplier like "this is a B Harmonic scale" fretboard overview. But I have to admit, this cleared things up for me but also created more questions (which is good). So all in all, it is a good reference guide as well as helps me improve me understanding of scales and how to use them.

Likely not the only scale book you'll own, but probably the only one you'd need. Unlike a lot of scale books (and I have owned/own several), this one seems to flow well from beginning to end, starting with patterns that one is more likely to know and moving forward in a logical direction to more complicated scales and those less likely encountered. Which makes it not just a reference book, but also a method book as well, with tips for how and what to practice and tips on fingering, written in a no-nonsense style. The mix of diagrams and text seems about right for this type of book. Yes, it would be nicer if the patterns were bigger and the thing was spiral bound.

This is an interesting little pocket guide. I've purchased quite a few music theory books in the past, but never really understood music at a deep level. I found myself buying books in the hopes of "getting it", but it never really worked. I still lack that deep understanding (I'm still working on it), but this guide is noteworthy in that it actually made sense and I was motivated to learn the material scales. The material itself is certainly not unique as it can be found in countless other books and online materials. What I do like about it is that it is very clearly and concisely explained. The author does a great job of keeping it simple, yet explaining it well. Well done!

This is agood book, but it needs to be larger so that the pages can be held open to allow one to use the illustrations to practice. So I downgraded my review.

I have recently purchased several guitar scale instructional books, most of them are linked to this item's intoduction on Amazon (See above). They all excellent resources. However, of all my purchases I value this work the highest. In particular what helped me was the illustrations of the scales from each "tone (A,G,E,F etc.)" and "mode (minor, major etc.)" and the notes involved along the entire neck, and how altering key/tone effects the scale. It cleared up a lot of mystery for me as a new student to guitar scalework. Now in fairness all the other books show much the same information, however, it was the particular manner in which the material was presented in this work that made things quickly understandable. (A picture is worth a thousand words--never more true!) Not just any illustration but comprehensive overview and comparison, without getting too bogged down. Personally I recommend this work for anyone starting out, Thanks Troy.

Second one I’ve bought because I gave the first one to a friend! Really good book without a bunch of filler.

Vraiment utile !

Nie wiadomo po co ta broszura ma taki dziwny format. Sugeruje on poziome układy diagramów skal... ale tak nie jest. Rozumie, że wtedy nie zmieściło by się to na 60 stronach.... treść jest o.k. ale broszura jest nieporęczna i mało praktyczna.

Owned now for awhile and im still on the first scale. It teaches ALL the scales, in every form on each spot on the neck; then it gives you where that scale would be good, how to learn and use it, where they have the common notes and roots. etc EG: Starts on Minor pentatonic, with the common tone E. explains its use in blues, rock, pop, funk teaches the 5 boxes, then shows the entire neck and how the 5 link, then shows it in TAB and STAFF form to do drills then, teaches then the anchor points. Then goes on to teach the diagonal shapes of that same scale, then a few other Min Pent scales for reference, G, A and C then gives sequence practice to finish you off.... then goes on to Blue scale, Major pentatonic, minor blues, major blues, the natural scale, natural minor, basic major, creating modes, then Dorian, Phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, locrian then Harmonic minor Phygian dominant jazz melodic minor modes of jazz minor Chromatic (lol) whole tone scale reading it even covers ethnic and exotic scales. This book can last you a lifetime, nothing missing, as far as i can tell. and the book shape as shown is exacting, and will fit in your guitar case in the skinny pocket on the heck. in my opinion ... GG, no more books on the topic needed.

fast delivery and the book is just what I wanted

El libro es el típico folleto de bolsillo con trabajo sobre escalas. Poco que decir sobre el. Mucha información en muy poco espacio, lo que es bueno por un lado, pero por otro, hay algunos patrones de escalas que están tan pequeños, que hay que tener muy buena vista para verlos bien.