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 enlarge | Author: Bill Edwards
Publisher: Bill Edwards Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  98 reviews
Sales Rank: 12294
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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 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.
Fretboard Books June 26, 2008
Item was a gift for my son on the opposite coast. He reports this book met all his expectations and is very happy with it. See also the third book in the series.
An owners manual for your guitar June 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
99% of books out there are written with a piano-centric bent and of all the books I own this is the first that is for guitarists as 1st class citizens!
My only suggestions are: 1) You HAVE to get the DVD with it. While the book is GREAT there are some concepts that once you see on the DVD make easy sense while without it you can be left very confused. 2) is use supplemental books on theory (if you want a more in depth understanding). Bill teaches as if you are with him for personal lessons but it is impossible to tailor the teaching style to your learning style in a book or DVD. He does an excellent job of getting the information to you in a way 99% of people will understand.
What's more is at the end of the first DVD he shows you some very simple leads that will have your friends and family amazed.
The VERY best part of the whole series is the author himself. He will actually answer emailed questions and spend a ton of time helping you understand concepts in the book. I even had to call him (about an error with my credit card-I ordered direct from him) and he spent over an hour on the phone with me talking about theory, guitarists and how the series was developed. My point is that these books are written by someone who really cares about your improvement and didn't just do this to make money.
He even let on that he is in the process of getting the vol III DVD together. Get the first two with the DVD so you will be ready for the vol III DVD and you will be 20 years ahead of where you are now in a year. I don't review many things but this is one that I truly believe in. My only regret is wasting 20 years before I found his series otherwise you would all know my name and mention me with the likes of EVH. Oh well, I'll work on that for next year :)
Good reference book. June 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Always looking for reading material. For the novice as well as the pro this book has good information. Nothing is a substitute for practice but this will aid in the smart practice of playing the guitar.
 The info is there but . . . May 31, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
There is clearer info elsewhere. This book basically boils down to chord/scale positions and pentatonics. I have found better and more understandable info on pentatonics from Joe Cefalu. Search "Cefalu pentatonic". Starting with his idea, I made my own scale diagrams and everything fits together nicely. Using his method, you will be able to play any pentatonic scale, major or minor, for any tonic, at any position of the fretboard with just a second of thought. I know it sounds like I'm him and I'm selling my own thing, but I'm not. There is nothing in this book that you can't put together yourself from the Cefalu video/pentatonic template.
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