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Reviews of Exotic Scales

Electronic Musician Magazine -- September, 2002 (P.27):

"Joseph Befumo's Exotic Scales: New Horizones for Jazz Improvisation ($19.95) begins with 'Basic Harmonic Theory, Diatonic Scales, and Modes,' and then jumps into scales ranging from the somewhat traditional Melodic Minor and Neapolitan Minor and Neapolitan Major, to more uncommon ones like the Aeolian bb7, the Dhenuka, and the Enigmatic Minor. Scales are cataloged and presented according to the number of augmented intervals they contain. Befumo shows you the intervals that build each scale, where the notes lie on a regular six-string guitar using ttablature, and the makeup and function of the chords built from the scale tones.

"Supporting material, available as a free download or on a CD_ROM ($5.95), features audio examples (a melody track and background track for each scale), standard MIDI files, transcriptions in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, and source files that can be used with Cakewalk products, Coda Finale, SoundTrek Jammer, and Noteworthy Artware Composer." .