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Creative Scales for Fingerstyle Guitar
$19.99
From cascading scales to harmonics to precise dynamic shaping and beyond, Creative Scales for Fingerstyle Guitar offers a step-by-step approach to making scales a central, expressive part of your fingerstyle playing.
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Description
Discover a fresh, creative approach to scales that will transform your technique and unlock your musical potential!
• Are you tired of practicing scales that feel repetitive, uninspiring and disconnected from real music?
• Do you struggle to make scales sound expressive and musical on guitar?
In Creative Scales for Fingerstyle Guitar, Acoustic Guitarist of the Year, Will McNicol takes you beyond the mundane and into a world where scales become inspirational tools for creativity, expression, and dynamic music-making.
This is not a book of exercises, it is a practical guide to developing a creative and personal playing style while refining your guitar technique and knowledge.
Discover:
• How to create cascading scales that combine open strings with rich, flowing harmonies
• Methods for mastering seamless position shifts, slurs, and dynamic picking
• Techniques for adding depth and texture with natural, artificial, and harp harmonics
• Ways to shape your scales with tonal variety, dynamics, and creative articulation
• Approaches for turning scales into expressive music through short studies and full compositions
With each chapter, you will not only refine your performance skills but also gain creative insights to help you turn guitar scales into a source of inspiration.
From cascading scales to harmonics to precise dynamic shaping and beyond, Creative Scales for Fingerstyle Guitar offers a step-by-step approach to making scales a central, expressive part of your fingerstyle playing.
Real Musical Skills:
• Play scales that feel like music, full of expression and flowing melodic ideas
• Develop new ways to add harmony, depth, and beauty to your fingerstyle arrangements
• Use dynamics, tone, and texture to create more engaging, personal performances
• Explore how scales can form the foundation of creative and melodic composition
• Gain inspiration for composing original pieces or re-imagining your repertoire
Whether you are looking to compose, improve your repertoire, or refine your technical skills, Creative Scales for Fingerstyle Guitar provides the tools and inspiration to elevate your playing.
Stop dreading scales and start making music.
Get your copy of Creative Scales for Fingerstyle Guitar today and take the first step toward becoming the guitarist you have always wanted to be.
Includes TAB, notation, a free audio download and bonus video content to complete your learning journey.
Reasons to Buy From Us
Over 1,000,000 happy customers.
No joke – and not a word of a lie, we’ve sold over a million music tuition methods on Amazon.
Over 10,000 5* Reviews
Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.
Get every example in your book as an audio file – for free!
Reading from your screen is one thing, but learning music is all about hearing it in action. Every book contains a link to download every example and backing track right to your computer
Instant Delivery
Every book is delivered via download and email as soon as you hit buy now.
Learn from legendary musicians
We publish books by the greatest and most influential musicians in the world.
“Whenever I teach students, I ask them about what books they have and they always like the books from Fundamental Changes. You guys have a great reputation! And, of course, I thank you for the opportunity to publish my own book – you did it so well!”
Mike Stern
“I’ve published eight books with Fundamental Changes and each one beautifully teaches a different element of my musical voice on guitar”
Dr Martin Taylor MBE
“The artists you work with, and the quality of your work speaks for itself.”
Tommy Emmanuel
“Wow! You guys work hard and the material you produce is great!”
John Patitucci
“I wish these books had been available when I was learning to play. I can’t recommend them highly enough!”
Ulf Wakenius
“I can’t believe all the great books you’ve published!”
Jennifer Batten
“These books are great! You guys really know your s**t!”
