Getting Into... Guitar Improvising (book/CD)

Mel Bay Publications
Level : Beginning

For all guitarists interested in improvising, the material in this method can apply to any style of music. This integrated approach to soloing provides numerous musical examples promotes an understanding of the theory behind improvising, and also promotes better visualization of shapes on the fingerboard through the use of fingerboard diagrams.

The material presented in this comprehensive book ranges from fundamental concepts such as understanding modes and scale and chord relationships, to the application of various scales, arpeggios, and chromaticism.

In addition, more advanced areas are explored, such as combining scales, using extensions, and superimposing. Includes standard notation and tablature as well as fingerboard diagrams. The included CD demonstrates many of the examples in the book.


Content:

• Understanding the Modes
• Why They Are Called Chord Scales
• Arpeggios or Chord Tones
• Pentatonic Scales
• Incorporating Modes into Blues & Rock Improvising
• The "Chord - Scale" Approach
• Mixing Pentatonics - Mixing Elements
• Shifting Key Centers
• Introducing Chromaticism
• Aiming and Joining Techniques for Chromaticism
• Adding Chromatic Notes to Scales
• Chord Extensions and Extended Arpeggios
• Minor Keys
• The Harmonic Minor Scale
• Minor Blues
• Superimposing
• Soloing Over Chords with Extensions
• A Minor Key Approach to Altered Chords
• Mixing Keys
• The Melodic Minor Scale
• The Diminished Scale
• The Half-Whole Diminished Scale
• The Whole Tone Scale
• Combinations Using Whole Tone and Diminished Scales