Fingerboard Mastery

This in-depth scale and arpeggio text is core curriculum at the University of Southern Californias Studio Guitar Department, which is part of the prestigious Flora L.

Thornton School of Music, located in Los Angeles, California.

Using a comprehensive approach that includes three different organizational systems, it covers the technical foundation that is necessary for playing any style of music.

The CAGED system five positions, the Finger Stretch system all twelve keys in one position and the Three-Note Per String system seven patterns are examined.

Although each of these three systems is examined, the CAGED system serves as the