Author : MIKE CHRISTIANSEN
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781619117044
Complete Guitar Scale Dictionary by MIKE CHRISTIANSEN Pdf
Absolutely a landmark text! Author Mike Christiansen spent countless hoursresearching the scale forms used in all major musical idioms and also those found in other non-Western musical cultures. In addition to a myriad of scale forms (both conventional and rare) for major, minor, pentatonic, and blues, in-depth sections are contained on modes symmetrical altered scales, exotic scales and Japanese scales. Among the scale forms presented are Byzantine, Persian, East IndianPurvi, enigmatic, eight-tone Spanish, Prometheus, Gagaku, Zokugaku, In Sen Pou, Arabian and Balinese!! Scales are shown in notation, tablature, and diagramform. Also, rules are given for each scale showing construction and appropriate usage in relation to chordal structure and harmony. Includes access to online video demonstrating improvisational applications of each scale.