Scales, Chords & Arpeggios
Every scale. Every chord. Every position.
Scales, Chords & Arpeggios is the complete fretboard reference and workbook from DCM Music School. Every shape is shown in one key with its intervals marked, so you can see exactly how scales, chords and arpeggios fit together – and move any of them to any key in seconds with the built-in key chart.
Inside you'll find:
8 core scales – major, natural, harmonic and melodic minor, major and minor pentatonic, and both blues scales – each in five CAGED positions and seven three-note-per-string patterns, with exercises and licks in TAB
All 21 modes of the major, harmonic minor and melodic minor scales, from Dorian and Mixolydian to Phrygian dominant, Lydian dominant and the altered scale
29 symmetrical, bebop, exotic and Japanese scales, including whole tone, diminished, Hungarian minor, double harmonic and Hirajoshi
Every triad in every inversion on every string set, plus spread triads and voice-leading workouts
Every drop 2 and drop 3 voicing of ten seventh-chord types, plus shell voicings
Extended and altered chords – 6ths, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, flat 9, sharp 9, altered dominants and more
Chord libraries: open, barre and CAGED, power and slash chords
Arpeggios for every chord in five shapes, with sweep-picking shapes and exercises through real progressions
Harmony made practical: harmonised scales, common progressions and a chord–scale chart showing what to play over every chord
A real workbook: fill-in worksheets, progress checks with answers, practice routines, a 12-week plan, practice logs and blank diagrams
Over 1,400 diagrams, all laid out the same way: red roots, intervals in every dot, and the characteristic notes highlighted, so you learn the sound as well as the shape.
Written by the teachers at DCM Music School in Kill, Co. Kildare, Ireland, who prepare students for RGT and RSL guitar exams up to Grade 8. It's ideal for intermediate and advanced players, teachers and anyone who wants to understand the whole fretboard.
Part of The Guitar Blueprint Series: First Steps (Book 1), Beyond Basics (Book 2), and Scales, Chords & Arpeggios.
