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Fretboard Logic SE: The Reasoning Behind the Guitar's Unique Tuning + Chords Scales and Arpeggios Complete (The Fretboard Logic Guitar Method Volumes I and II) (Fretboard Logic Guitar Method Ser) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Edwards
Publisher: Bill Edwards Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  97 reviews
Sales Rank: 4875
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 106
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0962477060
Dewey Decimal Number: 787
EAN: 9780962477065
ASIN: 0962477060
Publication Date: July 1, 1997
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Product Description
The Special Edition is the first two volumes of the Fretboard Logic guitar series combined with a special discount. Part One deals with the pattern organization of the fretboard which results from the guitar's unique tuning system. Part Two teaches the tone groups of music - Chords, Scales and Arpeggios - by building them in the context of this pattern organization, and thereby eliminating the usual guesswork and rote memorization associated with these areas of a guitarist's education. This alone can take years off the learning curve. Combined, the two parts form a solid foundation by which a guitarist can intelligently pursue the music styles of their own choosing, and play them on the guitar types which they prefer.
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 just a bad approach December 1, 2008
Do you want to be able to communicate with other people about what you're doing, or be able to read and understand any other book on music? If so, this is not for you.
Fretboard Logic is misconceived and leaves guitarists in a ghetto of the author's creation. It teaches guitar playing with an idiosyncratic presentation unique to this book -- it has no shared context with other instruments, authors, or musicians.
It takes little additional effort to learn the information the book presents in the context of music theory, and the rewards of doing so are hard to overstate. Learning the rudiments of music theory greatly enhances your appreciation of music, gives you a common language for thinking about music that can be generalized to all western instruments, and most importantly gives you a much deeper sense of WHY certain notes belong together, or not.
This approach spares the guitarist a modicum of initial effort, but at the cost of depriving them a great opportunity. For a vastly superior book, I recommend Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask (Guitar Method)
 Breaking through the fretboard barrier September 24, 2008
The bottom line is: this book will do more for your playing confidence than anything else you can invest in (that is, if you don't already have expert knowledge of the fretboard). I have mainly played rhythm until now, but even my band members are amazed at my lead progress and the varieties I add the rhythm. Get it, learn it, and your confidence on the guitar will grow.
Great book for intermediate to advanced guitarists July 25, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am very impressed with the content of Fretboard Logic. I am a beginner so actually playing the way presented seems overwhelming right now. I can make my hands stretch to barre with a lot of effort, but it will be a while before I can do it effortlessly. That's why I'd recommend this book for intermediate to advanced, someone who can put the information into practice right away. Beginners need to start with easier stuff. That said, it is a great resource to explain the logic of the fretboard that you may not find elsewhere.
Fretboard Logic SE July 19, 2008
I'm finding this book more effective than any other method I've tried to learn and re-learn and practise the basics. I've been playing a few years now and this brought me back down to basics for a refresher. The instructions are conversational and they make sense. Everything is explained in detail, but no too much detail - and all the topics covered are tabbed on the same page.
I've never come across a more comprehensive way to learn or refresh oneself on the basics of playing guitar. It's a must have for any guitar player.
Fretboard Patterns not theory. July 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is not a music theory book.
Fretboard Logic describes the Fretboard patterns that are a direct result of the guitar's unique tuning. The patterns discussed are essentially scales and chords covering the entire fretboard.
There is some occasional theory necessary to teach the subject and no more.
It may be too much for many beginners to grasp the importance of what the author is teaching but, that certainly does not mean you can't benefit by learning something new such as pentatonic scales and full bar chords (that's the first 27 pages.)
I could not play full bar chords when I bought the book. You know what you do to cure that? Practice playing them 10 minutes a day and then go onto something else.
I was thrilled when I bought HOB Blues DVD #1 and recognized the scale patterns and realized I could start APPLYING what I learned from this book. No, you will not be a better guitar player after reading this book just because you know some chords and scales. But you will have a solid foundation that will help you APPLY the information in this book as you learn music theory and it will all be a little easier.
I can't say it as a fact since I don't play with others often but, I really doubt this book would do anything but help you when playing with other guitarists and instruments regardless of their knowledge and how they learned it.
I would recommend a yellow Gripmaster (to help warm up and increase hand strength) and a metronome to go along this book.
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