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    Scale Fluency: Melodic Minor Modes
    Scale Fluency: Melodic Minor Modes
    Scale Fluency: Melodic Minor Modes
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    Scale Fluency: Melodic Minor Modes

    By Graham Tippett

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    Scale Fluency – Melodic Minor Modes will give you the complete picture for any melodic minor scale mode from any root across the entire guitar neck. In essence, it’s a practice method that ties all those loose ends together that you may have picked up from other scale systems such as the CAGED and 3NPS approaches, which leave you with an incomplete picture of the neck. It will also bring to life any scale theory you’ve learned as you’ll start to see the big picture and put names to what you’re playing, rather than trying to use unrelated bits of information that lead to many gray areas on the neck.


    Scale Fluency is more than a set of patterns, it’s the most thorough scales practice method out there as we cover the neck both horizontally and vertically, leaving no stone unturned. All you need do is practice these patterns on a daily basis and watch the neck gradually open up for you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUnlock the Guitar
    Release dateAug 2, 2020
    Scale Fluency: Melodic Minor Modes

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      Introduction

      Scale Fluency – Melodic Minor Modes will give you the complete picture for any melodic minor scale mode from any root across the entire guitar neck. In essence, it’s a practice method that ties all those loose ends together that you may have picked up from other scale systems such as the CAGED and 3NPS approaches, which leave you with an incomplete picture of the neck. It will also bring to life any scale theory you’ve learned as you’ll start to see the big picture and put names to what you’re playing, rather than trying to use unrelated bits of information that lead to many gray areas on the neck.

      Scale Fluency is more than a set of patterns, it’s the most thorough scales practice method out there as we cover the neck both horizontally and vertically, leaving no stone unturned.

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