Guitar Basics Workouts provides a fun, practical and accessible introduction to scales and arpeggios for beginner guitarists. Following the clear, step-by-step approach of the popular Guitar Basics tutor series, this book helps developing players build essential technical skills through engaging exercises, familiar melodies, warm-ups and helpful playing tips.

Major and minor scales are introduced progressively, allowing players to develop confidence, finger strength, coordination and familiarity with different keys. The book also explores arpeggios, helping guitarists understand how scales and chords relate to one another and how these fundamental techniques can be applied to real music.

Well-known melodies, including Beauty and the Beast and You Are Not Alone, help place technical exercises into a musical context, making scale practice more enjoyable and rewarding. The accompanying audio CD provides backing tracks for many of the pieces, encouraging accurate timing, confident playing and musical expression.

Key Features:

• Progressive introduction to major and minor scales and arpeggios
• C, G and F major scales
• A natural minor, A harmonic minor and E minor scales
• Engaging exercises, warm-ups and practical technical tips
• Familiar melodies to demonstrate scales in a musical context
• Includes an audio CD with backing tracks for many pieces
• Suitable for individual lessons and group learning
• Chords and accompaniments provided for teachers and fellow players
• Includes a Scale Trail Checklist to help monitor progress
• An excellent technical companion to the Guitar Basics tutor series

Whether used alongside regular guitar lessons or for independent practice, Guitar Basics Workouts offers an enjoyable and structured way to develop essential guitar technique. Its combination of practical exercises, familiar music and supportive backing tracks makes scale and arpeggio practice a rewarding part of learning the guitar.

The contents are:

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• Premium 350gsm silk card, laminated and printed on both sides
• 55mm by 210mm
• All major key signatures with their relative minor keys
• Staff note names for lines and spaces
• Ideal for musicians, students and teachers
• A useful companion for lessons, practice and exam preparation