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    The Creative Guitar Guide to Fretboard Mastery
    The Creative Guitar Guide to Fretboard Mastery
    The Creative Guitar Guide to Fretboard Mastery
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    The Creative Guitar Guide to Fretboard Mastery

    By Alexander Westenberg

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    A Practical and Creative Approach to Learning the Notes of the Guitar 

     

    Let me ask you a question:

     

    If you take your car to the mechanic, and all they can do is name every part under the hood, but don't actually know how they work together, would you trust them with your car?

     

    Would you call them a good mechanic?

     

    Didn't think so.

     

    But that's the mistake people make when it comes to learning the fretboard. Most people think 'learning the fretboard' is all about knowing the name of all the notes.

     

    But what you really need is a practical mastery of how all those notes work together.

     

    Imagine being able to play in any key instantly…

     

    Or how every single note around the one you're playing are intimately connected with it, so you can move effortlessly between them….

     

    All you need is practical fretboard mastery.

     

    In The Creative Guitar Guide to Fretboard Mastery, I show you how to get it! 

     

    The best bit?

     

    You can do it in only a few minutes a day!

     

    So what are you waiting for?    

     

    GRAB YOUR COPY NOW!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlexander Westenberg
    Release dateMar 31, 2021
    ISBN9781393607083
    The Creative Guitar Guide to Fretboard Mastery

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      The Creative Guitar Guide to Fretboard Mastery - Alexander Westenberg

      The Creative Guitar Guide to Fretboard Mastery

      A Practical and Creative Approach to Learning the Notes of the Guitar

      The Creative Guitar Guide to Fretboard Mastery by Alexander Westenberg. Published by Alexander Westenberg, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

      © 2021 Alexander Westenberg

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by Australian copyright law.

      Cover photo by Adwaid Nk on Unsplash

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      Contents

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      Introduction: What Does It Mean To Know The Fretboard?

      Seeing Intervals

      Horizontal Intervals

      Power Chords

      Cycle of 5ths horizontally

      Cycle of 4ths

      Common Sequences

      Vertical Intervals

      Cycle of 5ths Vertically

      The Cycle of 4ths Vertically

      All the Vertical Intervals

      Common Chord Sequences

      Chord Forms

      Major:

      Minor

      Melodic Fretboard Knowledge

      The Melodic Deck

      The purpose of this game

      Playing sequences of melodies

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