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Mega Chops: Scale Mastery Beyond Hanon

For more than a hundred years, the Hanon Studies have been a staple in technique development for the pianist. Now, these highly effective exercises can be applied to the guitar to give you an excellent workout that will improve your technique and mastery of the guitar.

"But, Wait A Minute...There's a Huge Difference Between Guitar and Piano, So Why Should I Spend Time Practicing Old Piano Exercises?"

Yes there is a huge difference between the guitar and the piano. 

When you play these exercises on the guitar you'll use different finger combinations than originally prescribed in the Hanon Studies. 

But that's OK.  In fact, you'll find that the Hanon Studies will give you an amazing guitar workout!  

Here's the Really Good Part

These exercises will give you such a great workout that you only need to practice 1-2 each week.  That's right.  You only need to practice one or two Hanon Studies each week to see measurable improvement in your playing.  The rest of your practice time can be spent on whatever you want.

The Magic Number is...

There are actually a total of 60 Hanon Studies, but not all of them are equally effective for guitarists.  So what I've done is made it real easy for you... 

I've narrowed the 60 Hanon Studies down to the 27 most effective for guitar.  These Top 27 Hanon Studies are shown in standard notation and easy-to-read tab.  

I've Made it Even Easier...

To make it much easier to learn the Hanon Studies, the first section of this course shows you the most common scale fingerings.  Once you are familiar with the scale fingerings, all you have to do is learn the order that the notes are used in each Hanon Study.

Add Spice to Your Solos

With your new scale knowledge, you can take any of the Hanon Studies and easily play them in any key. 

This is very powerful.  The Hanon Studies sound pretty cool on guitar!  In fact what you will probably end up doing is incorporating small sections of them into your guitar solos.  It will really add some variety to your playing.

The Secrets to Improving Your Technique

In Mega Chops you will also find 44 proven technique exercises for massive chops.  These exercises are a great way to warm-up at the start of your practice session.   You certainly won't need to play all 44 exercises to warm-up.  Depending on your skill level you can use 1, 2, or more each week. 

Mega Chops will also show you everything you need to know about melodic patterns and sequences.  You'll learn how to play the most common melodic patterns and discover how to create your own.

Mega Chops: Scale Mastery Beyond Hanon, will show you virtually limitless ways to practice scales and improve your technique.

Here is a small sample of what you'll get:

• 44 highly effective technique exercises for all finger groups. 
   

• The Top 27 Hanon Studies for the guitarist.
   

• You'll learn how to master the most common melodic patterns.
   

• You'll discover the secrets behind creating and applying melodic patterns.
   

• You will also learn how to play the Hanon Studies, or any melodic pattern, over the entire fretboard in every key!

As you apply the exercises found in Mega Chops, you'll love the difference you hear in your playing!
 

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"Introducing the Ultimate Guitar Scale Encyclopedia That Gives You Total and Utter Scale Mastery…"

The World of Scales: A Compendium of Scales for the Modern Guitar Player

You probably already know that you should learn scales. 

But have you ever thought about why you should learn scales?

• Scales are the foundation of music.
   
• Chords are built from scales. 
   
• Melodies are built from scales. 
   
• Guitar solos are built from scales.
   
• Once you know scales, you’ll learn your favourite songs faster. 
   
• You’ll learn songs easily by just watching other guitarists. 
   
• You'll be able to easily learn songs by ear.
   
• As you master scales, you’ll improve your technique. 
   
• And of course with your new scale knowledge, you'll create killer guitar solos of your own.
   

Do You Write Your Own Songs? Or, Would You Like To?

As an aspiring songwriter you absolutely must master scales.  Without a good understanding of scales it’s like driving a car with the emergency brakes on—you can move forward but only at a snail’s pace and with way too much effort.  Release the brake on your creativity by totally mastering scales.

What’s the Best Way to Go About Learning Scales?

The World of Scales: A Compendium of Scales for the Modern Guitar Player is designed to teach you everything you need to know about scales.  This was my original teaching manual for scales.  So many of my students, their friends, teachers and pro guitarists wanted their own copies, that I decided to get the book published. 

• READING MUSIC IS NOT REQUIRED.  Everything is shown in tab and big easy-to-read fretboard diagrams.
   
• A lot of scale books are hard to read visually, but that’s not a problem with The World of Scales—there’s no straining to see the notes. Each scale diagram is 1 3/4 X 1 3/8 inches. 

On pages xviii-xxii you learn exactly how to get the most out of this ultimate scale book.

Here is a sample of what you’ll get in The World of Scales:

• Learn how a simple secret will give you the freedom to use any scale to its full potential. Page xviii
   
• You’ll discover a simple 2-step process to play any scale in any key.  Pages xix-xxii
   
• Discover some surprising secrets of scales.  Page 3
   
• Uncover the most common scale groupings.  Page 3
   
• Learn the formula for the major scale.  Page 4
   
• You’ll learn how to identify any scale.  Page 10
   
• Learn the simple way to understand scale formulas.  Page 9
   
• Learn the rule for notating and making sense of 7-note scales.  Page 9
   
• A simple technique makes it easy to understand and remember any scale.  Page 10
   
• Discover 3 ways scales are named. Page 10
   
• You’ll master the basics of intervals.  Pages 5-9
   
• Discover the powerful advantage you have over musicians from 10, 20 or 30 years ago.  Make sure you use this overlooked advantage!  Page xvii
   
• As you turn to page xvii you’ll find out what totally shocked the famous composer Debussy in 1889.

Join the Ranks of Elite Musicians

When you master the contents of The World of Scales, you’ll be part of the group of elite musicians that totally understand scales.  

You’ll be able to talk scales with any musician, even those with Ph D’s in music!  In fact I guarantee that you’ll know incredible stuff about scales that most Ph D’s don’t even know. 

But talk is cheap.  You’ll also be able to put all of your knowledge to use on the fretboard.  After all that’s what playing the guitar is all about.  Isn’t it?  You’ll be able to talk the talk and let your fingers walk the walk.  

The Big One

I’m now going to let you in on a big secret.  If you’ve been playing for a few months or more, you’ve probably heard about those ridiculously complicated sounding things called the modes.  I call them “ridiculously complicated sounding things” simply because…

Most books and teachers make these scales RIDICULOUSLY more complicated than they have to be.

The Modes Demystified

The modes are one of the most important areas that every guitarist must know.  Unless of course you don’t want to learn songs faster, and create absolutely killer guitar solos and songs of your own.

This absolutely crucial area is the most misunderstood area of music.  Most teachers make learning the modes way more complicated than it needs to be. 

At Last! A Simple Solution to Understanding the Modes

In The World of Scales you’ll discover the simple way to learn and understand the modes.  Pages 12-13

• You’ll learn the inner workings of the modes.  Pages 12-13
   
• Totally blow the lid off the psychological aspects of the modes.  Page 12
   
• Discover melodic tendencies and the resolutions of notes.  Page 12
   
• Master the modes from the major scale. Page 13
   
• Learn how to modalize any scale.  Page 12
   
• Uncover the modes from harmonic and melodic/jazz minor.  Pages 14-18

The Boredom Buster, or 29 Great Ways to Practice Any Scale

In chapter 2 you’ll learn the 4 most popular ways to practice scales.  Page 19

Next you get to the really juicy stuff about practicing scales:

• You’ll totally transform how you practice scales once you start using digital patterns.  If you don’t know what digital patterns are, you’ll be surprised at how simple they are to apply and how vital they’ll become to your playing.  Page 20
   
• You’ll learn 7 digital patterns and discover how to create your own. Page 20
   
• Discover a little-known secret that will show you how to create 100’s of very cool melodic patterns.  This is something you won’t find in any other book! 
   
• Every musician I have shown this to is totally blown away.  These are very, very powerful ways to practice scales. 
   
• You’ll find 18 examples here and learn how to create 100’s your own.  Pages 21-25

What About Chords?

The World of Scales is obviously an extensive book on scales.  But for you to totally understand how to use scales, you need to understand chords.

• In The World of Scales you’ll learn the 4-step formula to build any chord.  Page 27
   
• Flip to page 29 and you’ll learn how to build triads.  This means you will learn how to construct major, minor, diminished, augmented, sus 2, sus 4 and flat 5 chords.
   
• On pages 29-30 you’ll learn how to build any four-part chord.  You’ll learn the 18 different types of four part chords (these are your 7^th and 6^th chords like major 7^th, dominant 7^th, major 6^th, etc.).
   
• You’ll discover how to build all the 9^th, 11^th and 13^th chords.  Pages 30-33
   
• Mystery solved!  Since you’ll understand how chords are built, there will be no more mystery to chord symbols.
   
• A powerful yet simple approach to chord-scale relationships shows you how to determine the chords that can be used with each scale.  Page 33

Little Things Can Make All the Difference

Discover some powerful little-known “little” scales.  These scales have limitless application and boy do they ever sound cool!

• These little scales are easy-to-apply and really add spice to your playing.  Pages 35-36

The Power of Five: The World of Pentatonic Scales

When you hear the word “pentatonic” you probably think of the very popular five-note major and minor pentatonic scales.  These scales have very wide application, but you should also know that there is a world beyond these pentatonic scales.

• You’ll learn 16 different types of pentatonic scales.  Pages 37-40
   
• Also, you’ll discover how you can create your own pentatonic scales.  This will lead to some very cool and original sounds!  Page 40

5+1 or 7-1=?

Six-note (hexatonic) scales have a very unique sound.  I’m sure you already play at least one of these scales.  There are 6 other common hexatonic scales.  Do you know what they are?  You’ll find out on page 41.  You’ll also discover how to create your own hexatonic scales.

“But wait a minute…with all of this technical sounding stuff, it sounds like this could be a very complicated book”

You’re right.  This could be a very dry, complicated and confusing book, but trust me, it’s not.  This book was first published in 1996.  It’s now in its 9^th printing and I am continuously getting letters and emails from satisfied readers. Guitar students love it, guitar teachers love it, and the pros love it.  

The bottom line is, when I wrote this book I wanted it to be the most comprehensive examination of scales available.  I also wanted it to be extremely user-friendly. 

I set the book up so you can work your way through it on your own.  You can work at your own pace—you won’t need a teacher to walk you through this book.

Yes there is a ton of information in this book.  When you get your hands on The World of Scales you’ll get:

• The theory behind scales.

• 98 pentatonic (five-note) scale fingerings.
   
• 30 hexatonic (six-note) scale fingerings.
   
• 324 heptatonic (seven-note) scale fingerings.
   
• 60 miscellaneous scale fingerings.
   
• This gives you a total of 512 scale fingerings.
   
• Since you’ll learn how each fingering can be easily transposed to any of the 12 keys, The World of Scales gives you 6144 scales.  If you include the enharmonic equivalent keys you get a total of 7680 scales!
   
• But all this theory won’t do you any good if can’t see how to apply it to the fretboard—this is why everything is applied to the fretboard. 

The World of Scales will give you information that you’ll be able to work on and return to for many, many years. 

You'll See Immediate Results

The great thing about this book is that you don’t have to work through the entire book to see results.   Just read through the first chapter and I guarantee that scales will make total sense to you. 

Don’t worry about information overload, on pages xviii-xxii you learn exactly how to get the most out of this ultimate scale book.  

“Ok, So What Else is Covered in This Book?”

Chapter 7 examines the 7-note (heptatonic) scales that are among the most common used in the West.  You’ll learn:

• Major
   
• Minor
   
• Harmonic Minor
   
• Melodic Minor/Jazz Minor

You will also learn the related modes of each of these scales.  Pages 41-46

The Erotic, Oops I Mean Exotic Scales, or Do I?

You’ll learn the “exotic” scales from countries such as India, Indonesia, Greece, Spain and much more!  Pages 46-48

Some of these scales create some totally amazing sounds.  In fact some of these scales will “turn on” your creativity and playing.  

Figure Eight

In chapter 8 you’ll learn the 8-note (octatonic) scales.  Here you’ll learn whole-half diminished, half-whole diminished, Arabian, Ichikotsucho and the bebop scales.  Some very cool sounds here!

Just In Case You Need to Know More About The World of Scales…

Here are the scales you’ll find fingerings for in section two: