For Beginner to Intermediate Guitarists
An innovative approach to learning the electric guitar which incorporates the volume and tone controls, the pickup selector switch, the tremolo arm, effects and amplifier settings into learning music from the very beginning. Explains and demonstrates all the essential chords, scales, rhythms and expressive techniques such as slides, bends, trills and vibrato. Also contains lessons on understanding the bass and drums and how to create parts which work with them. This book will have the student ready to play in a band in next to no time
For Beginning Blues Guitarists
A great introduction to the world of Blues Guitar. Covers all the essential rhythms used in Blues and R&B along with turnarounds, intros and endings, and gaining control of 12 and 8 bar Blues forms. Also explains and demonstrates the Blues scale, major and minor pentatonic scales and 7th arpeggios in a logical system for playing over the entire fretboard. Contains all the classic Blues sounds such as note bending, slides, and vibrato demonstrated in over 100 licks and solos in a variety of Blues styles.
For Beginning Jazz Guitarists
A lesson by lesson introduction to the most commonly used movable chord shapes and progressions used by Jazz guitarists. Includes Jazz Blues progressions, turnarounds, chord construction and scale tone chords. All new chords are demonstrated with progressions to give a context for each sound. Also shows how to play in any key and how to transpose chords and progressions from one key to another.
For Beginner to Advanced
This book demonstrates many of the classic Funk sounds, using both rhythm and lead playing, since a good Funk player needs to be equally comfortable with both. A variety of chord forms are introduced within a framework that quickly allows the student to play confidently over the entire fretboard. Features an innovative approach to learning rhythms and applying them to riffs and grooves.
For Beginner to Advanced
Progressive Scales and Modes gives the student a complete system for learning any scale, mode or chord and makes it easy to memorize any new new sound as well as building a solid visual and aural foundation of both the theory and the guitar fretboard. The book also shows you how to use each scale as well as how and why it fits with a particular chord or progression. The final section contains jam along progressions for every scale and mode presented in the book.