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    Secrets of the Guitar - How to play the Blues scale in E (minor)
    Secrets of the Guitar - How to play the Blues scale in E (minor)
    Secrets of the Guitar - How to play the Blues scale in E (minor)
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    Secrets of the Guitar - How to play the Blues scale in E (minor)

    By Herman Brock, Jr

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    Learn how to play the blues scale in E minor. Learn all the blues scale patterns on different positions on the neck, and how to switch from one position to another fast.
    - The guitar neck explained
    - I - IV - V explained
    - 12 bar blues explained
    - Blues scale in E explained
    - Different positions on the neck
    - Bending strings

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHerman Brock, Jr
    Release dateMar 13, 2012
    ISBN9781476187136
    Secrets of the Guitar - How to play the Blues scale in E (minor)
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    Herman Brock, Jr

    Herman Brock Jr. was born September 18th 1970 in Winterswijk, the Netherlands, son of a musician and guitar teacher. Herman has enjoyed a twenty-plus-year career as professional musician, international recording artist and guitar teacher himself, specialized in a diversity of modern guitar styles; Blues, Country, Folk, Funk, Metal, Punk, Rock and Rock & Roll.

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      Very Enlightening! It brought my understanding of the Pentatonic up a level. Now I see how to easily select other notes and chord progressions in and down the neck. It really showed me what is really going on. Thanks a Bunch.

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