What Is Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales & Melodic Patterns?

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The soundtrack to this video is me playing guitar, bass, and a small amount of keyboard. Thanks for listening.

Here's a quote from Nicolas Slonimsky's autobiography concerning the Thesaurus: "Parallel with my exploration of musical exotica, an idea began to form in my restless mind: whether an entirely new taxonomy of scales and melodic patterns could not be formed outside major and minor modalities." -Perfect Pitch, p. 166

I have written four guitar instructional books, but only two are currently available to the public (links below). They are probably not the *greatest* guitar books ever written (I'd say they are of medium quality), but they do contain a lot of playing tips, exercises, advice, and some humorous anecdotes for entertainment purposes as well. Thank you for your interest.

How to Become a Guitar Player from Hell
http://tinyurl.com/najtwc9

Underground Guitar Handbook
http://tinyurl.com/h3ngusx

Other books by Jason Earls here:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jasonearls

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