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1 Complete Guitar THEORy Including Scales, Chords, Progressions, Modes, Song Application and More. Desi Serna Pentatonic & major scale patterns! caged chords, inversions & arpeggios! chord progressions & playing by numbers! Keys, music modes & applying scales! Hundreds of popular song references! Learn from a guitar player s perspective!Discover the secrets to songs by:Led ZeppelinJimi HendrixEric ClaptonThe BeatlesPink FloydPearl JamSantanaMetallicaThe EaglesLynyrd SkynyrdThe Grateful DeadThe Rolling StonesStevie Ray VaughanDave Matthews Band and 100s more! Fretboard THEORyAcoustic GuitarElectric GuitarBassFREEPREVIEWM usic/Guitar/InstructionStart Jamming, Creating and Understanding!How Is This Method Different from the Rest?Too many guitar methods borrow from the teachings of other instruments, such as the piano, and place emphasis on notes and notation.

2 Guitar players benefit by visualizing shapes and patterns and how they connect on the Fretboard . Visualization is the key to guitar playing and the emphasis of Fretboard THEORy . Guitar players also need to work with familiar songs in order to apply their newfound knowledge and remember it. That s why each lesson in Fretboard THEORy includes a song list outlining which popular tunes best demonstrate each concept. There are hundreds of song references throughout this book. No more learning something new without learning how to apply it to popular music. Get started today!This book will benefit players at all levels beginner through Compose, improvise and create your own style! Enhance your ability to transcribe recorded music!

3 Locate key notes and navigate around the Fretboard ! Play riffs, solos and bass lines with two essential scales! Discover the secret to building chords on the Fretboard ! Chart progressions, play by numbers, recognize keys! Uncover the simple and useful truth about modes! Harmonize with intervals and add extensions to chords!Hardcopy $ $ 1pattern 2pattern 3pattern 4pattern 5pattern 1 Root XCEFGABCD open C chordC ( A form barre chord )3124 XXRoot CRoot CRoot CRoot CC ( G form barre chord )C ( E form barre chord )C ( D form barre chord )Music/Guitar/InstructionApply Music THEORy to the Guitar Fretboard !How Is This Method Different from the Rest?

4 Too many guitar methods borrow from the teachings of other instruments, such as the piano, and place emphasis on notes and notation. Guitar players benefit by visualizing shapes and patterns and how they connect on the Fretboard . Visualization is the key to guitar playing and the emphasis of Fretboard THEORy . Guitar players also need to work with familiar songs in order to apply their newfound knowledge and remember it. That s why each lesson in Fretboard THEORy includes a song list outlining which popular tunes best demonstrate each concept. There are hundreds of song references throughout this book. No more learning something new without knowing how to apply it to your favorite songs. Get started today!

5 PLEASE NOTE: For intermediate and advanced level Map out key notes and navigate around the Fretboard ! Play riffs, solos and bass lines with essential scales! Discover the secret to building chords on the Fretboard ! Chart progressions, play by numbers, recognize keys! Clear up the misunderstanding about modes! Harmonize with intervals and add extensions to chords! Enhance your ability to transcribe recorded music! Compose, improvise and create your own style!pattern 1pattern 2pattern 3pattern 4pattern 5pattern 1 Root XCEFGABCD open C chordC ( A form barre chord )3124 XXRoot CRoot CRoot CRoot CC ( G form barre chord )C ( E form barre chord )C ( D form barre chord )Published by Desi 2005-2008 Desi Serna.

6 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, without written permission from the publisher. Cover Design by Desi SernaCover Photo by Richard CaldwellText Design, Illustrations and Layout by Desi SernaText Composition and Editing by Dyan SernaPrinted in the United States of America For we are His creation created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them. -Ephesians 2:10 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)by Desi SernaFretboard Quick ReviewChapter Pentatonic ScaleChapter Template chord SystemChapter Is the Magic NumberChapter Major ScaleChapter Progressions & Playing by NumbersChapter , Keys, and Applying ScalesChapter ExtensionsChapter TheoryIntroductionAbout This BookFretboard THEORy is an excellent resource for musicians who are serious about jamming, understanding and creating guitar-driven music.

7 The material contained in this book is based on a lifetime of professional experience teaching, publishing and performing in the world of guitar. I ve compiled my expertise into one comprehensive book that will teach you the information that you ll find most beneficial to really understand and play guitar-oriented music. Fretboard THEORy is a well-tested, proven, hands-on visual approach that will educate you about what you really want to know about jamming your favorite tunes and creating your own musical You ll LearnStudying this book will teach you the musical elements that are most commonly used by popular guitarists and bassists. You ll learn how to build the most important of all chord forms, connect them to cover the whole Fretboard , and break them up to create interesting shapes and voicings.

8 You ll learn the two scales that dominate popular music and are used to compose and improvise melodies, riffs, solos, and bass lines. You ll learn how to chart chord progressions, play by numbers and recognize roots and keys. You ll finally uncover the simple truth about modes. You ll harmonize with intervals and add extensions to chords. And you ll learn all this as it relates specifically to the Fretboard and popular songs which are listed throughout each chapter. Other BenefitsBut wait, there s more! The information contained in this book will not only help you develop your improvisational and compositional skills, but enhance your ability to transcribe recorded music, improve your communication with other musicians, and increase your capacity to understand other instrument parts.

9 After Fretboard THEORy teaches you how things fit, you ll not only pick up on things quicker but retain more of what you learn. What s Missing? Fretboard THEORy won t cover reading standard musical notation or playing obscure and exotic music. Some formal vocabulary, traditional terms and outdated concepts have been purposely omitted in order to focus instead on more practical, useful information. The methods outlined on the following pages can work for anyone but a certain degree of knowledge is necessary before beginning your You Should KnowFretboard THEORy is intended for intermediate and advanced level guitar players. You should be familiar with open chords, barre chords, and playing songs. IIICan Bass Players Benefit Too?

10 This book is full of relevant information for guitar and bass playing. Since bass strings E, A, D, and G are tuned exactly one octave lower than the respective guitar strings, and because the scale patterns and chord shapes on these four strings are the same on both instruments, it s unnecessary to illustrate bass and guitar separately. Bassists can play and learn from guitar parts just as they do bass lines. Likewise guitarists can benefit from learning bass parts. Seven-String Guitars and Five-String BassesThere are no illustrations or explanations for seven-string guitars or five-string basses in this book. However, all the information still applies. If you play an instrument with an extra string, I recommend you ignore it initially with each lesson plan.