The Guitar Book

Guitar scales presented in easy-to-read fretboard diagrams and tabs makes learning new scales fast and fun!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 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, Diatonic 3rds, and Diatonic 4ths

Guitar Licks: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, 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 guitar 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 15-year bestseller Guitar Aerobics (Hal Leonard), Troy Nelson once again brings his easy-to-follow guitar teaching style to this helpful guitar resource handbook.

Also available: The Guitar Book: Volume 1 – The Ultimate Resource for Discovering New Guitar Chords & Arpeggios

About the Author: Troy Nelson is the former Editor-in-Chief of top guitar magazines Guitar One (sister publication of Guitar World) and Guitar Edge. After earning degrees in Music and Education, Troy launched his music editing career at Hal Leonard, and then launched his own publishing company, Troy Nelson Music, which is home to 50+ music-related titles.