(E-book) The Pentatonic Workout. Intervals, Rhythms, and Note Groups for Guitarists

The idea of this book is to go deep into one scale and explore various intervallic, motivic and technical possibilities presenting a systematic approach to dealing with intervals, note groupings, rhythms and “guitaristic” possibilities.  Many exercises are not for beginner musicians and might be challenging, though this book has almost nothing to do with music theory or harmony. The few subjects that one really needs to know in order to keep up theoretically with the exercises are a basic knowledge of notes and guitar tablature and an understanding of intervals, rhythms and notes on the guitar neck.

The pentatonic scale is not the point of this book. It was chosen as a nice link between the rock and jazz worlds. By reading this book, rock/blues musicians may learn to apply more academic and more systematic approaches to their practicing and playing. Jazzier musicians might improve their guitar neck awareness, maybe get closer to rock sounds and explore articulation and phrasing possibilities. Also, more experienced players might really focus on rhythm studies.