"A practical guide....." contains most of the essential elements for playing guitar in today's music world. Included are: Arpeggios,every kind of Chord, Finger exercises, Improvising keys, the Greek Modes, patterns for Sequencing, Pentatonic and Blues scales, as well as many other scales. Also, many different Music Theory ideas that glue everything together. This book works very well as a reference guide for playing the guitar on an intermediate and advanced level.