The ultimate guitarist's reference book with playing techniques, solo and improvisation concepts, exercises and jam tracks. The purpose of this book is to demystify the relatively simple concepts or tricks around which much of rock guitar is built. The book is designed modularly, allowing the reader to choose any topic at any time, but is can also be sequentially as a method. Topics includes warm-ups, pentatonic scales, bending and vibrato techniques, blues scales, string skipping, major scales, alternate picking, modes, economy picking (sweeping), arpeggios, two-hand tapping, minor scales, legato techniques, exotic scales, whammy bar, how to build a solo, practice planning, and improvisation. Each concept is discussed in a thorough and easily understandable manner. The accompanying CD includes over 80 licks and exercises plus more than 20 jam tracks, helping the student put the concepts directly into practice. In notation and tablature.
CONTENTS
Foreword
Six Tips for Practicing
Survey of the Study Program
CD Playist
Chapter 1 - Warm Ups
Note Location
Chromatics
The Spider
Chapter 2 - Pentatonic Scales
Stretch pentatonics
Sequences
Jam Tracks
Chapter 3 - The Blues Scale
Blue notes
Scale positions
Licks
Chapter 4 - String Bending/Vibrato
Smear, release and unison bends
Circle, rock and jack-off vibrato
Chapter 5 - The Major Scale
Scale positions
Licks
Projects
