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MJS GUITAR: Total Scales Techniques and ApplicationsDVD + CDThis complete course starts with a bonus beginner section to insure that any guitarist at any level can use this video. It quickly progresses to intermediate –then advanced levels of playing.First begin with universal shapes found in every key of music to expertly play scales and leads on the entire fretboard. Don’t worry about memorizing these positions! Memory will come naturally when Mark John Sternal demonstrates how to use these scales musically. Tasty licks, tricks and techniques like hammer ons, pull offs, picking patterns, vibrato, string bending, two hand tapping. Plus techniques exclusive to electric guitar including tremolo bar, string bending, and electronic control tricks. In addition you’ll learn a ton of applications to make your lead guitar and melody lines stand out, and make learning your favorite songs a breeze: increment patterns, string skipping, double note patterns (harmony), two handed tapping, harmonics. All of this and more is introduced in a song context, giving thorough examples of how these scales, techniques and applications can be used with chords and song structure.To wrap up this amazing instructional DVD, Mark teaches you all of the modes, key changes, plus 50 exotic and cultural scales –all on the entire fretboard!You’ll be amazed at how expertly Mark John Sternal has simplified the art of understanding and using the guitar fretboard.New Features Include:- Pick and fretboard hand close ups- Note charts in addition to traditional notation and TAB- Music and song examples- Two speed examples (slow and fast, progressively increased)- Bonus beginner section- Ascending and descending scales, techniques and applications- Examples for all popular styles of music: Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country, metalCHAPTERS:Section 00:    INTRODUCTIONSection 01:    BONUS BEGINNER SECTIONSection 02:    BASIC GUITAR FUNDAMENTALSSection 03:    THE NATURAL SCALESection 04:    INTRO TO SOLOINGSection 05:    SCALE NOTES AS CHORDSSection 06:    APPLICATIONSSection 07:    TECHNIQUESSection 08:    ABOVE THE 12 FRET – THE OCTAVE POSITIONSSection 09:    MORE TECHNIQUESSection 10:    TAPPINGSection 11:    STRING BENDINGSection 12:    TREMOLO/WHAMMY BAR TECHNIQUESSection 13:    DOUBLE NOTE PATTERNSSection 14:    ADVANCED APPLICATIONSSection 15:    MANIAC PATTERNSSection 16:    MODES AND KEY CHANGESSection 17:    THE PENTATONIC SCALESection 18:    EXOTIC SCALES Also includes CD of backing tracks