Guitar Fretboard Fluency: The Creative Guide to Mastering The Guitar

PERFECT!I have been playing guitar for several years and felt like I was getting stuck in musical ruts and needed some new ideas.This book opened the doors wide and I feel much happier with my playing styles thanks to the easy to follow lessons. It's a well written book and doesn't get you bogged down with nonsense ... like I said PERFECT!!

This is a fantastic book. It is very clearly laid out and gently leads you, step by step, to getting familiar and fluent with the fretboard. It works on two levels; getting the info into your brain and into your muscle memory so that licks and runs start to come naturally without consciously planning them.I am a real fan of Joseph's books and would recommend this to anyone who is serious about learning guitar.

A good and detailed book aimed at lifting fretboard skills above the average. I have had this book for about 2 weeks now and have barely scraped the surface but started to notice that my scales are become more natural and smooth - it really is going to take quite a while to progress through. No rush and no magic wand here - this book just shows the hard work and path to take to really get better.A couple of small negatives though:1. the layout could be better as it is very easy to get lost2. a ring bound version always sits better on a stand or desk.3. Perhaps some of the stuff that spans multiple pages could be on a pullout style page so that it can all be viewed at once?

Very well written and laid out, I have been playing guitar for many years and taught a number of close friends to play.If this book had been available all those years ago, I would have developed at a much faster rate, and would have help my teaching skills immensely. Joseph Alexander has definitely redefined the way guitar playing should be taught.Since purchasing this volume, I bought many others in the series and my playing skills and confidence on the instrument have grown ten fold. Thank you Joseph.

Clear, straightforward, challenging but not overcomplicated, this is an excellent guide to the fretboard for the just-below intermediate stage guitarist. The exercises swiftly become second nature with practice. Unlike some other guides, there is nothing overly daunting or offputting here. On the contary, this book is a constant encouragement to learn, practice, and improve. Strongly recommended.

I have been playing guitar for over ten years and have my grade yet when playing lead I always struggled to use the neck to its fullest extent. This book within the first few days has already lead to a huge improvement in my playing.If you are having the same problems as me which I am lead to understand is a pretty common problem then I 100% fully recommend this boom. If I could give it 50 stars I would

I think we all have our own way of learning that works best for us. When you are learning an instrument you might try a number of different methods/teachers to find one that suits. I've now settled on Joseph Alexander books because they seem to fit with my learning approach. He teaches the important things you need to know about the musical theory and then puts it right into practice. By this method there is no requirement to fully master an exercise before moving on - and this helps to keep things interesting and minimise the boredom.The only reason I've given 4 stars and not 5, is because in my printed edition, some of the diagrams look a bit "scratchy" - like they have been resized and the resolution hasn't worked out. But that's just a presentation problem, the material content is worth 5 stars.

Incredibly poorly set out book. All readers of this book will know that learning the contents is always going to be a challenge, so this requires the teaching and structure of the book to be as simple as possible. Every chapter has several week long plans, in some of his writing he appears to indicate that you must combine these week long plans by jumping about into different chapters out of order. At other times he indicates taking it slowly, which is fine but it's not obvious and obviously practicing one scale in one position for a week seems to contradict his introduction in the book.I think I was just expecting a more day to day structured book that helped your practice to be as efficient as possible so you could focus on the playing and learning and not be worrying about what I'm supposed to do and when.

Gran Libro scritto davvero bene,L’autore attraverso tanti consigli pratici e con tabelle precise e molto dettagliate mostra un metodo semplice ed efficace che spiega con precisione come migliorare l’abilità e la velocità attraverso la pratica quotidiana.Il tutto accompagnato da moltissimi esempi per ogni scala trattata.Davvero un metodo eccellente, facile da seguire.dello stesso autore consiglio the caged system anch'esso ricco di esercizi ed esempidi notevole aiuto.Bravo Joseph

Il y a un choix assez important de méthodes sur la guitare électrique notammment. Pour être honnête je ne me souviens plus pourquoi j'ai choisi celui-ci.Je crois que je voulais une méthode moderne (il existe des plus anciennes certainement très bien mais je devais faire des choix pour limiter les options),claire, concise et musicale. Je ne cherche pas être un Guitar Hero mais juste amélirorer ma connaissance du manche pour :- ouvrir les perspectives pour la composition- déchiffrer plus vite- diversifier mes solos (si jamais je m'y essaie..)Je n'ai pas fini de lire la méthode (juste pour faire un tour d'horizon) et encore moins fini les exercises mais gloablement je pense que ce que j'en attendais devrais être atteint (cf. points plus haut).Deux des points clés qui sont bien mis en avant par la méthode:- ne pas s'enfermer dans un exercise et toujours avancer même si on ne le maitrise pas (encore), cela viendra avec le temps- toujours, toujours travailler un exercise dans le but de le rendre musical !!! tout est ditAu final, je recommande ce livre pour ces deux notions, c'est bien de le dire, c'est mieux de le savoir et c'est génial si on arrive à l'appliquer.

Ich habe angefangen Jazzgitarre zu lernen und bin über dieses Buch gestolpert. Dieses Buch bietet einen sehr guten Einstieg, Tonleitern flüssig über das gesamte Griffbrett zu lernen. Es wird vor Allem die Basistonleiter - die Durtonleiter / Major Scale behandelt. Das Konzept ist aber für jede Tonleiter anwendbar. Schrittweise werden die Übungenen anspruchsvoller. Zuerst wird einfach die Tonleiter rauf und runtergespielt (in den verschiedenen Lagen). Dann spielt man Intervalle, dann Dreiklänge, dann Vierklänge, usw. Gut ist auch, dass gekennzeichnet ist, welche Übung besonders wichtig ist.All das ist nicht weltbewegend, aber bietet einen systematischen Einstieg.Leider gibt es einen Nachteil: Man muss die Übungen regelmässig und mit Geduld üben, sonst bringt das natürlich nichts.Vermisst habe ich Übungen zum Lagenwechsel - na gut - die muss man sich halt selbst ausdenken. Ausserdem wäre manchmal ein Vorschlag zum Fingersatz hilfreich.

I’m just starting to go through this book as well as practical guide to music theory for guitarists . Really enjoying both they both compliment each other. Also really appreciate the audio support. Highly recommend.

I have been playing guitar since I was 15 (I'm 61 now), but I just played acoustic folk, finger style and strumming. At 55, my wife got me lessons with a local lead guitar player after I got the blues bug and I started my journey to re-learn my approach to playing the guitar. After several somewhat useful YouTube and subscription lessons on licks and techniques, I finally found two books by Joseph Alexander (Fretboard Fluency & CAGED System -100 Licks for Blues Guitar) that allows me to practice and establish a progressive approach to being able to play musically without being just a mechanical scale player. I have a long ways to go, but after one week I do feel different about how I approach and understand the fretboard in relation to making music. I really do believe that if I make it to the end of these exercises, I might be worth listening to because I will be able to express myself instead of just sound like somebody else. Thank you Joseph for putting these lessons together in a readable format. Tim T.