The Art of Fusion 4 - Scales and Speed Development

Maurice Arenas covers a broad library of scales and their modes, alongside proper left- and right-hand technique and a "game plan" for developing speed — so you learn to play the guitar rather than work it. The video is designed as a play-along practice tool: Maurice plays each scale slowly through every position so you can follow his fingerings and build the shapes into memory, with all roots circled in the accompanying booklet.

What's covered

• Pentatonic scales in all 5 boxes: minor pentatonic, blues scale, major pentatonic, and the minor pentatonic natural 6 — a hybrid sound used by Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Santana
• Holdsworth-style pentatonics: 3-note-per-string minor pentatonic, plus 3-octave pentatonic and blues scales in all 5 boxes
• All seven modes of the major scale, with interval formulas for each
• Modes of harmonic minor, melodic minor, and harmonic major (Phrygian dominant, Lydian augmented, Superlocrian, and more)
• Symmetrical scales: the whole tone and diminished scales and their fingering possibilities
• Understanding the obstacles to speed, and the physical mechanics of both hands
• Practice habits and a regimen for playing faster and more effortlessly

Suited to beginners building their first scale vocabulary as well as players chasing fusion-level fluency across the whole fingerboard.