EXCERPT 1

There are 22 scales or modes that are commonly used in contemporary music. This book will cover the four most used scales.* There is quite a learning curve involved with understanding scales on the guitar, mostly because there are so many possible places to play the same scale and so many alternate fingerings. I suggest you strike a balance between thinking about the scales and their various names, degrees, fingerings and patterns and the creative/fun side of noodling around with the scales or parts of the scale over chord progressions and songs. Use the chord progressions found in these books to start to improvise over the progressions. It will take time before your soloing sounds good, but be patient, it will happen.