Garantiert Skalen lernen für Gitarre: Guitar Book & DVD

Kiltz sidesteps the endless catalog approach to scales. Instead, he builds a coherent architecture that connects fingering patterns (Octaves), standard shapes, arpeggios, and the tension/resolution within modes—so students grasp why scales matter musically, not just mechanically. The included DVD lets students watch hand movement in close-up, which closes the gap between written diagram and muscle memory that so many scale books leave open.

Methodical and unlocking. The progression from short, single-octave patterns to full shapes to improvised transitions creates a sense of expanding mastery rather than drowning in infinite variations. Working through Kiltz's framework feels like watching a map of the fretboard finally make sense.

Intermediate guitarists ready to move beyond memorizing scale boxes and understand how the fretboard actually works. This suits players developing improvisational skills, whether in jazz, fusion, rock, or contemporary styles, and anyone frustrated by scale books that show fingerings without explaining the musical logic underneath.

• Work through the Octaves patterns first without rushing. These single-octave shapes anchor your sense of the fretboard's geography; speed comes after the shape feels inevitable under your fingers.
• Connect each Octave pattern to its corresponding Shape (standard and 3-notes-per-string). This linking step is where the method's strength emerges; pause to hear how the same scale sounds across different positions.
• Use the DVD's close-up demonstrations to verify your hand position and finger angle, especially in positions that feel awkward. Watching Kiltz's technique corrects bad habits before they calcify.
• Practice the Transitions section daily to weave scales, arpeggios, and chord tones into improvised melodic lines. This is where your solo vocabulary starts to sound intentional rather than derivative.

Assign this as core material for intermediate private students or small ensemble guitarists who need stronger improvisational vocabulary. The structured progression makes it ideal for self-paced study over 2-3 months, with regular check-ins to ensure concepts are transferring to actual playing.

• Fretboard navigation across all positions and strings
• Octave-based fingering patterns and their relationship to standard scale shapes
• Modal awareness and the tension/resolution function within modes
• Connecting scales, arpeggios, and chord tones into coherent improvised lines
• Symmetric scales and extended scale vocabulary (blues scales, harmonic minor modes, etc.)
• Major and minor pentatonic, diatonic major and minor, melodic minor, harmonic minor, harmonic major, and arpeggio forms