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THE FRANK GAMBALE TECHNIQUE BOOK I by FRANK GAMBALE CREDITS Music Editor... _..Wayne King Music Copy.. cues Frank Gambale, lain Scott Typesetting .Jdon Morgan Special thanks to Jon Morgan for countless hours of dedication to both tech books and to Craig Garfinkle for introducing Frank to Mark back in ‘85. ‘This book or pants hereof may not be reproduced oF Jransmitted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the publisher. Distributed by: & wy wuanieh 908, PUBLICATIONS WA EE nemesis Fah S30 ee ac see Cu Legato Publications Copyright © 1989 Mark Verney P.O, Box 247 Springwille, CA 93265 laternational Gopysight Secured. Printed in UIC. Alt rights reserved avideo by FRANK GAMBALE Frank explains and demonstrates his incredible Speed Picking technique and shows you how to use it in various scales and modes. He explains how to create shapes and picking patterns lo get you around the fretboard with lightning speed. Comes complete with exercise booklet written in tabulature and transcription notation. For the Intermediate/Advanced player. a DG) Available From Your Loca! Music Retailer HUSIC VIDEO SOLOING CONCEPT | break music down into six basic chord types, and their applicable scales (See Fig. 1). Then over each of the chord types | apply five soloing approaches for each applicable scale. The possibilities for soloing over these chords are, therefore, greatly expanded. This book covers the second and third approaches for chord type 4 and all approaches for chord types 5 and 6. CHORD TYPES APPROACHES (and applicable scales) 4 MINOR7 4a Dorian 1b Aeolian 1 SCALE* 2 MAJOR 7 (7 or 8 notes) 2a Major 2b Lydian 2 PENTATONICS & BLUES (5 & 6 not 3 UNALTERED DOMINANT 7 (6 &6 notes) 3a Mixolydian 3 ARPEGGIOS 3b Lydian b7 (4 notes) 4 ALTERED DOMINANT 7 4 TRIADS 4a Super Locrian (3 notes) 4b Diminished 1/2 / whole . 4c Phrygian major 5 INTERVALS (2 notes) § MINOR 7 (b5) 5a Locrian 5b Aeolian bS pa EEA EES 5c Locrian naté * Approaches 2 through 5 are 6 DIMINISHED derived from the applicable 6a Diminished whole / 1/2 scale chosen for soloing 6b Super Locrian naté approach 1. Fig. 1

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