Instructional Books
Speedy Beers has written many books to improve your playing.
Whether you are beginner or advanced, these books will help you hone your skills to a higher level and help you be the best you can be.
Below are three series of books for Jazz, Bluegrass, and Flamenco with books for guitar, bass guitar, violin, and mandolin.
Jazz
Guitar
Guitar Chords and Chord Progressions
- Learn the diatonic scales for each key position.
- Chord theory based on triads, sevenths, and extended chords.
- Song form using diatonic chord progressions.
- Diatonic chord extensions using 7, 9, 11 and 13's.
- Non diatonic extension using b9, #9, b5 and #5's.
- Dim7 chords based on the diminished scale.
- Augment chords based on the whole tone scale.
Guitar Mode Scales and Arpeggios: The Art of Improvisation
- Learn the diatonic mode scales for each of the five position.
- Chromatic theory using leading tones to enhance your solos.
- 32 tools for developing professional sounding solos and compositions.
- Using Harmonic minor scales to add variety and energy to your solos.
- Pentatonic and Hexatonic scales for flavor and interest.
- Diminished scales and Whole Tone scales for great extended sounds.
- Charts of scale harmonies that will help you work your way through the keys.
Shuffle Blues Guitar Solos – 2nd Edition
- Scales and arpeggios that are a must for playing great blues solos
- Enclosures that are designed for quick lick building.
- Ten Blues Solo arrangements created around the scales and arpeggios to show examples of real life improvising and composition.
- Applied Music theory that fits the study of blues guitar playing
- Chord and Rhythm charts to build your backup guitar skills.
- Left- and right-hand technique that will strengthen your overall sound.
- A video playlist with all scales, arpeggios, enclosures, and solos to give you an even better understanding of the value of this book for your blues playing.
Bass Guitar
Shuffle Blues Bass Guitar
- Scales and arpeggios that are a must for playing great blues licks.
- Enclosures that are designed for quick lick building.
- Ten blues arrangements created around the scales and arpeggios to show examples of real life improvising and composition.
- Applied music theory that fits the study of blues bass guitar playing.
- Left- and right-hand technique that will strengthen your overall sound.
- A video playlist with all scales, arpeggios, enclosures, and solos to give you an even better understanding of the value of this book for your blues playing.
Violin
Shuffle Blues Violin Solos
- Scales and arpeggios that are a must for playing great blues solos.
- Enclosures that are designed for quick lick building.
- Twenty-four Blues Solo arrangements created around the scales and arpeggios to show examples of real life improvising and composition.
- Applied Music theory that fits the study of blues playing.
- Left- and right-hand technique that will strengthen your overall sound.
- A video playlist with all scales, arpeggios, enclosures, and solos to give you an even better understanding of the value of this book for your blues playing.
Bluegrass
Guitar
Bluegrass Guitar Lessons
- Ten bluegrass scales that are a must for playing great bluegrass music.
- Exercises using the scales with the chords for playing skill and ear training.
- A bluegrass tune with the scale arranged into the tune so you can hear and feel the balance between scale and melody.
- Cross picking mixed into each lesson so you can develop this important bluegrass picking technique.
- Rhythm and speed coordinating left-hand and right-hand using metronome tempos.
- Hammers and pulls and slides are mixed into the exercises and tune to develop more important bluegrass skills and techniques.
- Full play-through on Youtube allows you to access anytime anywhere.
Maiden's Prayer Bluegrass Guitar
- Scales that are a must for playing great bluegrass music.
- Arpeggios built around the chords to keep you right on key.
- Enclosures centered around the chord tones to help you build solid licks and motifs.
- A bluegrass tune with the scale arranged into the tune so you can hear and feel the balance between scale and melody.
- Cross picking mixed into each lesson so you can develop this important bluegrass picking technique.
- Rhythm and speed coordinating left-hand and right-hand using metronome tempos.
- Hammers and pulls and slides are mixed into the tune to develop these important bluegrass skills and techniques.
Violin
Bluegrass Violin Lessons
- Ten bluegrass scales that are a must for playing great bluegrass music.
- Exercises using the scales with the chords for playing skill and ear training.
- A bluegrass tune with the scale arranged into the tune so you can hear and feel the balance between scale and melody.
- Rhythm and speed coordinating left-hand and right-hand using metronome tempos.
- Hammers and pulls and slides are mixed into the exercises and tune to develop more important bluegrass skills and techniques.
- Full play-through on Youtube allows you to access anytime anywhere.
Maiden’s Prayer Bluegrass Violin
- Scales that are a must for playing great bluegrass music.
- Arpeggios built around the chords to keep you right on key.
- Enclosures centered around the chord tones to help you build solid licks and motifs.
- A bluegrass tune with the scale arranged into the tune so you can hear and feel the balance between scale and melody.
- Bowing across strings are mixed into each arrangement and solo.
- Rhythm and speed coordinating left-hand and right-hand using metronome tempos.
- Slurs and slides are mixed into the tune to develop these important bluegrass skills and techniques.
Mandolin
Bluegrass Mandolin Lessons
- Ten bluegrass scales that are a must for playing great bluegrass music.
- Exercises using the scales with the chords for playing skill and ear training.
- A bluegrass tune with the scale arranged into the tune so you can hear and feel the balance between scale and melody.
- Cross picking mixed into each lesson so you can develop this important bluegrass picking technique.
- Rhythm and speed coordinating left-hand and right-hand using metronome tempos.
- Hammers and pulls and slides are mixed into the exercises and tune to develop more important bluegrass skills and techniques.
- Full play-through on Youtube allows you to access anytime anywhere.
Maiden's Prayer Bluegrass Mandolin
- Scales that are a must for playing great bluegrass music.
- Arpeggios built around the chords to keep you right on key.
- Enclosures centered around the chord tones to help you build solid licks and motifs.
- A bluegrass tune with the scale arranged into the tune so you can hear and feel the balance between scale and melody.
- Cross picking is mixed into each arrangement and solo.
- Rhythm and speed coordinating left-hand and right-hand using metronome tempos.
- Slurs and slides are mixed into the tune to develop these important bluegrass skills and techniques.
Flamenco
Guitar
El Vito Flamenco Guitar
- Scales that are a must for playing great Flamenco music.
- Arpeggios built around the chords to keep you right on key.
- Enclosures centered around the chord tones to help you build solid licks and motifs.
- Solos composed around the chords of the El Vito tune to show examples of Flamenco improvisation.
- All scales arpeggios enclosures and solos are written in five positions on the guitar.
- Rhythm and speed coordinating left-hand and right-hand using metronome tempos.
- Slurs are included in the tune to develop these important Flamenco skills and techniques.
Violin & Guitar Lessons