Scales You Can Use! - Ged Brockie

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Résumé :
ABOUT SCALES YOU CAN USE
Scales You Can Use! is the latest GMI publication from guitarist and GMI lead tutor Ged Brockie. This 152 full colour book distils his thirty five year guitar playing experience which has covered every conceivable musical scenario. Learn the scale patterns that are both powerful and meaningful and really make the difference. This thought through method includes a template system of learning that acts as a force multiplier for your learning and understanding.
WHAT'S IN THE BOOK
A full colour publication offered in physical print, ePub and PDF Download form, 154 pages long.
An easy to understand template system that enables you to learn and play major, natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales over the entire neck in seven positions.
OTHER BOOK HIGHLIGHTS

Scales You Can Use! includes tutorials and shows you how to play pentatonics in 10 different keys in one position.

Learn how you can play in fourteen keys in one position using modal scales giving you complete musical control over key changes!

Included are fret maps which detail a simple to understand root based system in two key positions giving you complete understanding.



Theoretical explanations of pentatonic, major, melodic and harmonic minor, blues, chromatic, whole tone and diminished scales.

A suite of exotic scales are also included for those that are looking to learn patterns that are on the fringe.

Original music examples in music and TAB provided throughout Scales You Can Use! to ensure that you really learn the patterns shown.

Open string patterns cover major, minor, pentatonic and blues scales.

If you think you know what the cycle of fifths is about, then think again! Scales You Can Use! shows again and again how you can use this to the max!





BOOK COMPOSITION

Divided into three chapters - Open Scale Patterns - Fretted Scale Patterns - Symmetrical Scale Patterns, each section within these chapters includes blank chord boxes and staff/TAB sheets for your own workings and examples.

Traversing the entire neck in one key, playing round the cycle of fifths in one position, major, harmonic and minor scale comparison sheets are in there to give you the best chance of getting your scalar knowledge together once and for all!

Modes are also covered and demystified showing you how to both create and apply these often misunderstood patterns.

All three chapters are backed up by our Youtube videos viewable via QR codes so you can view the scales being demonstrated by GMI's Ged Brockie.

Biographie:
Ged Brockie has worked as a professional musician for over thirty years and had the privilege of working with some of the finest musicians from around the world. Ged has worked in a variety of musical situations throughout Scotland, the UK and Europe.

Performance work has included Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Orchestra Royal Scottish Ballet, Carl Davis, the Scottish Guitar Quartet, concert solo/band work, tours, West End shows on tour, pro/amateur shows, music festivals, TV/radio appearances, session work, educational workshops, music industry appearances, corporate music, cover band work. Other work has included

Education & Industry Programs: Tutored guitar, composition, writing for film and technology at all levels from high school through F.E. (further education colleges) to higher education (university), created an HND in Jazz guitar for the Scottish Qualifications Authority, commissioned by the SQA for bespoke theory papers as well as sample examples for Higher National qualifications.

Projects: Developed/co-ran the Jazz UK international summer school, pioneered the European arm of the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program led by double Emmy winning composer Hummie Mann. Part of a small team that created the Edinburgh Guitar & Music Festival in 2013.

Composition: Compositional work includes two full albums to date with the Ged Brockie Band (18 titles), Three albums with the Scottish Guitar Quartet (11 titles), two albums with the Alex Yellowlees band, two indy feature films, a commission from the Scottish Parliament for music to accompany an HD film about the Scottish Parliament, a fringe show, various adverts for TV and media.

Publications: Ged is the driving force behind GMI - Guitar & Music Institute. As part of the sites output which includes podcasts, articles, lesson courses, HD videos is publications including Drop Two Voicings Uncovered, the Fastlines series, Scales You Can Use! the Score series and guitarist book aids.