Location: Home > Music, Stage & Screen > Bestsellers > Fretboard Roadmaps: The Essential Guitar Patterns That All the Pros Know and Use (Guitar Techniques)

Fretboard Roadmaps: The Essential Guitar Patterns That All the Pros Know and Use (Guitar Techniques)

enlarge

Author: Fred Sokolow
Publisher: H.Leonard Publishing,U.S.
Category: Book

List Price: ~~Ł5.12~~
Buy New: Ł1.90
You Save: Ł3.22 (63%)

New (19) Used (4) from Ł1.90

Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

12 reviews
Sales Rank: 170

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 8.8 x 0.6

ISBN: 0793520886
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
UPC: 073999069822
EAN: 9780793520886
ASIN: 0793520886

Publication Date: August 1993
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: New book. Due to problems with Standard Airmail delivery times from the USA, we have switched to using PRIORITY AIRMAIL ONLY. UK & European delivery is 7-10 days.

Also Available In:

•	Perfect Paperback - Fretboard Roadmaps: Essential Guitar Patterns That All Pros Know

Similar Items:

•	Understanding Chord Progressions for Guitar
•	The Ultimate Rock Guitar Scale Finder
•	Fretboard Roadmaps: Blues Guitar
•	How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar Playing and Song Writing Course
•	Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

circle of fiths March 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I have several "learn to play" guitar books, most of which are rather dry reading. This one stands out a mile because it is simple and yet exciting. When you work your way through the roadmaps you begin to understand a lot more about the guitar as an instrument. I have the DVD and some other books in the series, all worth buying despite some areas of overlap. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars

A must-have guitar book September 1, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

After years of wishing I could play the guitar, I finally took it up two years ago. Coming cold into the world of music theory was scary and somewhat frustrating, in that there were no books or websites that really explained the guitar in a way I could understand and apply.

After reading the positive Amazon reviews for Fretboard Roadmaps, I bought it, along with the now also-essential Rikky Rooksby books 'How to write songs on guitar' and'Little Book of Chords'. Together, these three books have given me an undertanding and appreciation I only previosly dreamed of. Without these,and a lot of practice, I would still be floundering-around in tabworld, and not have made such satisfying progress.

Fretboard Roadmaps is a workbook that clearly lays out how moveable chord shapes are inter-related with scales, which allow you to deduce your way around the fretboard. This is a far better way for me to learn, meaning no blindly tedious learning a bunch of scales. With Fretboard Roadmaps, once you learn the shapes and the relationships, you're good to go for transferring the sounds in your head to your guitar and further.

In short, with this book, I am gaining the ability to play the guitar 'by ear' , a lifelong ambition.

5 out of 5 stars

WOW August 24, 2007
0 out of 7 found this review helpful

Although i haven't even picked up my guitar yet this book seems like a very precise and comprehensive guide to the modes. I've been looking for a guide like this for a long time and now i finally have it!

Also, a plus is the fact that the licks arn't half bad!

I look forward to pick up my axe and apply my new found knowledge :)

5 out of 5 stars

A typical 'roadmap' book - first class. May 15, 2007
30 out of 30 found this review helpful

There are several books in the 'Roadmap' series and they all share the same attributes. This one is no exception and is slightly better than most.

They all cover pretty standard ground in terms of popular licks, phrases and 'boxes' within which to play and improvise.

Despite brief introductions, they all assume at least some familiarity with the guitar fretboard and the reading of either notation or tablature. It is fair to say that to get the best out of these books, you do need SOME experience. Raw beginners might find this particular book a bit heavy going at first because it moves fairly rapidly from one technique or style to another and doesn't set out to teach you in an especially linear way. If you're that new to the guitar, think of this book as one to grow into once you have some basic knowledge and experience.

All roadmap books cover a lot of ground in very little space in both great detail and in a well-developed style that is very easy to follow.

In short - the 'Roadmap' series set out to provide you with a good repertoire of skills and licks and then show you how to develop them in your own playing.

Briefly, the content of this book covers the following topics:

the fretboad
the major scale and intervals
barre E and A chords, root notes and simple progressions
I -- IV -- V chord family, moveable chords and basic blues
D -- A -- F roadmap and inversions
chord fragments, families, licks, strums and arpeggios
circle-of-fifths progressions and how to use the whole fretboard
learning many differerent chord types
moveable major scales and playing melodies
moveable blues scales
major pentatonic scales
a moveable double-note lick for country, blues, rock and R&B (and that's the true 'Rhythm 'n' Blues' not the modern mish-mash of soul/hiphop and urbanised grumblings as chanted by groin-grabbing wailers).

Of all the books in the 'Roadmap' series, this one sets out to do slightly more in that it lays down a foundation for all the other styles to be built upon. Thus many of the topics are looked at again in some of the specialised books (eg: bluegrass and folk). But this is not a weakness or an easy get-out.

Highly recommended for anyone who wants a good introduction to ideas that they can learn, develop and tghen make their own.

5 out of 5 stars

Worth more that every penny spent. November 19, 2006
52 out of 52 found this review helpful

Consider this. I bought this book (including the postage) for a total of 5.56. now if you consider that a single 1/2 hour guitar lesson will set you back upwards of 15 this is an absoloute bargain. I have been playing for over 20 years and have been a frequent dabbler. I've done this and that, but never found a way of bringing together what I understand about music.

What this book does, is bring those loose strands together and put them into 12 achieveable lessons. I am currently at about lesson 5 and have been amazed at how much I actually understand about scales, chord formations and key tones.

I would recommend that the reader have some basic understanding of the guitar before using this book, but it is not essential. If I were beginning I would look at something like Begin Guitar - by Douglas J Noble as this will give you the understanding of the easier open chords. This book focuses more on barre chords and sliding scales, which could be daunting for the beginner.

This book has already made me consolidate what I understand and has taught me a lot. I will definitely be purchasing the Fretboard Roadmap Rock book when I am done with this one. Highly recommended to all, especially intermediate player. This book will improve your playing!