ISBN 9781609743000.

A price-conscious Qwikguide edition of Mike Christiansen's definitive book on guitar scales. Includes all variants of major and minor scales plus pentatonic and blues scales, modes, symmetrical/altered scales, exotic scales, and Japanese scales. All scales are shown in standard notation and tab plus grid and fretboard diagrams. Includes tips on scale construction and use with appropriate chords.

ISBN 9781619117044.

Absolutely a landmark text! Author Mike Christiansen spent countless hours researching the scale forms used in all major musical idioms and also those found in other non-Western musical cultures. In addition to a myriad of scale forms (both conventional and rare) for major, minor, pentatonic, and blues, in-depth sections are contained on modes symmetrical altered scales, exotic scales and Japanese scales. Among the scale forms presented are Byzantine, Persian, East Indian Purvi, enigmatic, eight-tone Spanish, Prometheus, Gagaku, Zokugaku, In Sen Pou, Arabian and Balinese!! Scales are shown in notation, tablature, and diagram form. Also, rules are given for each scale showing construction and appropriate usage in relation to chordal structure and harmony. Includes access to online video demonstrating improvisational applications of each scale.