Scales are the foundation of music and can be found in every known culture. With all styles of modern music, scales are the heartbeat, breath and soul of the guitar solo, the guitar riff and even the vocal melody! This video course includes every guitar scale you have ever wanted to learn- presented in a simple root to octave format, starting with basic scales, such as major, minor, pentatonic and blues, and then progressing into patterns that span all musical styles and cultures, even including exotic scales such as the Balinese, Hirojoshi and Kumoi. There are over 50 scales for you to use right away to spice up your guitar playing, each with an on-screen demonstration at both a slow and fast tempo. The bottom half of the screen provides you with the option of reading sheet music in the form of note charts, traditional notation, or tablature (TAB). As a bonus, you also get important tips on changing musical keys, jumping octaves and extending each scale to a higher and lower pitch, which will ultimately help you navigate your fretboard with precision and accuracy.
B**9
A Worthwhile Value
I've been playing guitar on & off since 1988. By no means do I consider myself some sort of advanced player. With that in mind, I have to give Mark props for this DVD. He not only explains the concept of using the Whole-Step/Half-Step formula for making scales as well as showing you dozens of unique scales and how to play them in a medium then fast tempo.The patterns he shows you are explained to tell you at which fret to start with what finger. He also explains the concept of octaves which is a valuable lesson in & of itself. He goes on to explain playing scales through two octaves, again not something you typically find in instructional DVD's and great for a beginner to know.While this is not the CAGED system, he does use show how its done with the patterns given and he shows you literally tons of patterns from the Neopolitan to the Harmonic Major/Minor, to the Oriental/Chinese/Japanese scales & more.This DVD is not meant to be used as a stand alone lesson becauss he has several other DVD's that cover chords, theory, basics/beginner, tricks, and so on. It's like getting lessons in a format that you can take inexpensively. Hard to complain about an instructional DVD that costs less than $12.00.I recommend the system to those who are in the beginner to medium stage of development. I give it 5 out of 5 stars for its completeness & understandability.
K**F
All I can say is WOW, my head hurts. Tons of information
This DVD from Mark Sternal didn't disappoint me once again he covers aspects of scale usage and how modes function in each. If you want clear cut answers and learn something that you will use the rest of your life this is it. He covers a lot of ground to include the exotic scales that you don't hear about or see on youtube. Many of these other scales can be used in many musicial applications. I am so glad I bought this DVD.
I**R
Learning Scales
As a beginner this was beneficial for me working on learning scales
P**.
Good CD for learning scales
Like it overall.
S**S
Missing chord chart!
I didn’t get my cord chart with my DVD,it was missing. Could you see if you could get me one?
C**R
Worth every penny
I have a number of dvd's by Mr. Sternal and every one of them are great and present a lot of information. I think these dvd's are a great addition to any collection, even if you're familiar with a subject the dvd's are laid out in a way that makes them very easy to look up a subject and see it explained in detail.
T**S
Not Worth My Time or Money
This is really nothing more than some guy playing through a scale book. (But it's not even a very good one, as all the scales are only one octave, and he doesn't show how the scales should actually be played, practiced, how they fit into the context of the fret board... he just mechanically goes through them; up one octave and down again.) I was also hoping to get a little more info on the exotic scales but he just rushes through, to fit them all in, at the very end... and then come the advertisements to sell you more stuff (which beefs up the video duration stats). This was a waste of my time and money.
J**S
Four Stars
Very good product
J**N
One Star
Would not purchase again. Most of the content can be found on the Internet.
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