Ed... Thanks! I'm so glad you're enjoying the book. You'll find many
places to jump into your Jazz career from here. Yes the note you
mention is noted in the errata on my website already... Thanks for
being so observant.


Bob Dietz ?;O)


--- In beadmethod@yahoogroups.com, morpheuz <morpheuz2282@...> wrote:
>
> Bob
>
> Thank you for your help ! Yes I am definitely enjoying
> the book. It does require some mental gymnastics as
> you mentioned in the beginning of the book. I am
> learning jazz guitar and your book helps me to
> understand the fretboard better as far as recognizing
> notes in the fretboard. I am at the part where there
> are mini scales to memorize intervals.
> Before that page there is a page where you have 2
> fretboards on right and left of the page, one showing
> roman numerals and another showing the notes. I
> noticed that in one of the shapes, a note i think (IV,
> sorry I cant remember which shape right now as I am at
> work) I wonder if that is intentionally left out ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ed
>
>
> --- beadguitar <beadguitar@...> wrote:
>
> > morpheuz,
> >
> > Shape 2 shares some of the notes from shape 1. The
> > shape number has
> > nothing to do with the note of the scale that it
> > begins on. If you
> > want to be methodical in thinking about the scale
> > forms and how they
> > fit just remember that the next scale form up the
> > neck begins on the
> > last note of the previous form on the sixth string.
> > If you are moving
> > down the neck the last note on the sixth string of
> > the next form will
> > be the first note of the scale you just played. It
> > will take some
> > time to master this and the exercises should help
> > you.
> >
> > As for arpeggios, well it's hard not to play the
> > scale forms in
> > fourths (or fifths) and not get the feeling you are
> > playing
> > arpeggios... They just kind of sound like arpeggios
> > studies don't
> > they... Arpeggios is a technique of playing and I
> > didn't want to
> > write a book about technique. The method is meant
> > to anchor you in
> > your understanding of where the elements of notes,
> > chords, scales and
> > modes are.
> >
> > I'm glad you are enjoying the book... ?;O)
> >
> > Bob Dietz
> >
> > --- In beadmethod@yahoogroups.com, morpheuz
> > <morpheuz2282@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Mr. Diez
> > >
> > > I have just purchased a copy of your book. It is
> > > really good information. Thank you for putting out
> > the
> > > information. I have a small question, on the
> > shapes,
> > > what logical way can I use to piece them together?
> > For
> > > example in the key of F, shape 1 starts in 6th
> > string
> > > open (E), shape 2 starts in G(3rd fret), I am
> > guessing
> > > that shape '2' means second note of the scale.
> > shape 3
> > > starts at A (5th fret), please let me know if that
> > is
> > > correct. Just happens that Shape 1 doesn't make
> > sense
> > > to me, starting at E it'll maybe be shape 7
> > instead?
> > >
> > > Another question is, why are we not covering
> > > arpeggios?
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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