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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This book deals with a very important and specific aspect of composition and improvisation. However, its brevity is painful in parts. It's objectives are confused: the first twenty pages provide a hand-holding softly-softly approach to the basics of music theory, which I'd assume you'd have already studied before seeking out and diving into scale-chord relationships in any sort of detail. The remaining twenty pages deal with the actual subject matter of the text in a dense and in places poorly written manner. The number of errors in terms of spelling, grammar, one of the chord charts and even in the answer section is, frankly, disgraceful. Having already studied music and the guitar for some years now it is immensely frustrating to see what should be a brilliantly useful text, a penetrating study of the said title, actually be little more than an introduction to a few areas where there are golden nuggets of useful knowledge and conceptual musical analysis to be found. Moreover there are in many sections far too few example with which to study. I want to give this book 5 stars simply because somewhere beneath the poor execution is very worthwhile subject matter, but as I am reviewing the book and not the subject matter itself I'm afraid it must get merely 3. If you already have a good knowledge of music theory and want to rehearse and perhaps discover a few new possibilites then do buy this book. It is a can of worms to be opened with caution by those who know what they are doing and perhaps best not by the enquiring novice.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Dan Saunders
This book will increase your knowledge and any professionally recorded backing track, is always worth the price alone.
There are draw backs however.
I found that the book didn't cover every key, which is annoying.
the backing tracks where too short(most were around the one mintue mark) so i found myself looping them on my eight track. A minute is not long enough to express one's self on the instrument.
Another gripe is that the backing tracks were all in 4/4 time which is fine, but im studying for my grade six electric exam and could have done with examples in 6/8, 3/4, and 12/8 time signatures.
Overall, this is a good book, but nothing more, hence the 3 stars.
There are draw backs however.
I found that the book didn't cover every key, which is annoying.
the backing tracks where too short(most were around the one mintue mark) so i found myself looping them on my eight track. A minute is not long enough to express one's self on the instrument.
Another gripe is that the backing tracks were all in 4/4 time which is fine, but im studying for my grade six electric exam and could have done with examples in 6/8, 3/4, and 12/8 time signatures.
Overall, this is a good book, but nothing more, hence the 3 stars.
By Chris
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A very good and informative book for anyone who is serious about understanding the importance of chord and scale relationships. Perhaps not as accessible as 'The Fretboard Road Map' by the same publisher but well worth the money. Theory (that can be put into practice) can be understood with a little effort. A very useful book and good value.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By DP
Having used this book for a few days my understanding of signature keys, scales, chord progressions etc has increased hugely. I have tried several times in the past to understand the importance of these things without much success so I have been impressed with how clear the book made them. My one criticism is that there are no major/minor/pentatonic scales tabbed out; so when it says "try jamming alomg with the progression, using the notes from the G major scale for your solo", I could have done with some tab or a fret board map of that scale. But I suppose this sort of thing is relatively easy to find or work out.
Overall - I think this book is an excellent first step in understanding the music you listen to and making your own music on guitar.
Overall - I think this book is an excellent first step in understanding the music you listen to and making your own music on guitar.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Jorge Costa
This is the book I've needed and waited to understand the Scale chord relationships!
It does what it claims!
If you take the time to study it, you're there.
Jorge Costa
It does what it claims!
If you take the time to study it, you're there.
Jorge Costa
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