Guitar Picking Mechanics
Guitar Picking Mechanics

Author: Desi Serna

Publisher: Guitar Music Theory

Published: 2017-12-08

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1979981884

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Guitar Picking Mechanics equips you to use a standard guitar pick (a.k.a. flatpick or plectrum) to play popular styles of music as proficiently as possible. Through a series of exercises, you are trained to use the proper techniques needed to play common guitar parts. You also discover techniques that make an immediate difference in how well you pick, so you see fast results. In order to learn the most practical skills, you play examples composed in the style of familiar songs. You even unleash your creativity by applying your newfound skills to your own improvisations and compositions. Your path to picking improvement involves the development and application of the following techniques: Alternate picking Changing strings on downstrokes Downstroke sweep picking Downstroke economy picking Upstroke string changes, sweep picking, and economy picking Pick slanting Inside and outside picking Playing melodic patterns (a.k.a. "scale sequences") Crosspicking After completing Guitar Picking Mechanics, you will be able to pick more quickly, more accurately, and more comfortably. You will know how to compose fluid lead lines around efficient mechanics. Most importantly, you will discover which picking techniques work best for you so you can play to your strengths. Guitar Picking Mechanics is not just about technique—it is about your artistic expression and style. The program’s goals are for you to explore options, develop new skills, break through barriers, and make progress so that your guitar playing becomes something you can be proud of. :) The Guitar Picking Mechanics book includes: 100 pages of instruction 84 Notation Figures with Tablature 74 Audio Tracks Are you ready to make your picking problems a thing of the past? Do you want to see how changing your approach to picking can help you progress faster than you thought possible? Get your copy of Guitar Picking Mechanics today! Requirements Guitar Picking Mechanics is not a beginner guitar program. In order to take full advantage of this instruction, you should already be playing at an intermediate level. Your skills should include being able to play pentatonic scale and three-notes-per-string scale patterns. Guitar Picking Mechanics works on either an acoustic or electric guitar. Both right-handed and left-handed guitar players can follow the lessons. Audio Tracks Once you have your book, follow the instructions to download all the audio tracks. If you would prefer to have the audio tracks on CD, purchase the CD as well, which is listed and sold separately on Amazon. Book Formats Amazon sells paperbacks and Kindles. PDF eBooks are sold at the author’s website. Visit http://GuitarMusicTheory.com/pick for more information.

The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar
The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar

Author: Jamey Andreas

Publisher:

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780975528525

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2004 Silver Award Winner for Best Instructional Materials by Acoustic Guitar Magazine.Correct Practice is what all good players do, whether they know they are doing it or not! That's how they get to be good players. Whether you are a beginner or a player with the usual problems, here is your Foundation book, "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar!"- for ALL styles and ALL levels. "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar" is composed of three elements:Understandings: Concepts which you must understand in order to begin to practice effectivelyTools: Practice Approaches to be used to solve problems in playing. These approaches are based on certain key Understandings, such as Muscle Memory and Sympathetic Tension, as well as Attention and Awareness.Exercises: Specific routines to be done during practice, that will build technique, (playing ability) in a step by step fashion, each step building on the previous one, and preparing for the next.

Alternate Picking Guitar Technique
Alternate Picking Guitar Technique

Author: Chris Brooks

Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com

Published: 2021-08-24

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9781789332469

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Master Alternate Picking For Guitar Are you struggling to play fast alternate picked passages on guitar? Do you need a methodical guide to alternate picking that's packed with hundreds of exercises and powerful strategies? Alternate Picking Guitar Technique is a complete roadmap of methodical steps that will make you the perfect picker, from zero to hero, and includes the exact steps that virtuoso rock guitarist Chris Brooks used to build his own incredible techniques. This complete method teaches you everything from building firm foundations to performing blazing, musical etudes via more than 90 exercises and musical examples. Everything is broken down, step-by-step, and you'll quickly master each aspect of this essential guitar technique before moving on to the next.  The Perfect Method to Improve Alternate Picking on Guitar Each jam-packed chapter focuses on an essential aspect of alternate picking technique and application... with plenty of licks and drills to reinforce every concept. You'll master: Fundamental pick grips and motions - the powerhouses behind the greatest players Single-string picking builders and sequences to build firm technical foundations How to change strings correctly and avoid your pick getting "trapped" Pentatonic and diatonic picking licks across all strings to build speed and fluency Vital independence and synchronisation drills for ultimate control Essential scale sequences to build your musical technique Musical etudes that make key concepts fun and musical Over 90 powerful examples that advance as you do Put Chops to Use in Real Music Guitarists can be guilty of just playing exercises and not truly applying their technique to real music. The whole point of improving your technique is to be able to play music more easily, so in Alternate Picking Guitar Technique you'll learn musical etudes that have been written exclusively for this book - from rocking Pentatonic tracks to classical-inspired etudes, these pieces will challenge and inspire you on your journey to intelligent, musical guitar technique.

Guitar Hacks
Guitar Hacks

Author: Graham Tippett

Publisher: Graham Tippett

Published: 2017-04-16

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13:

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3NPS (three-note-per-string) scales, as used by legions of guitarists but popularized mainly by Joe Satriani, are one of the most efficient ways to navigate the fretboard and get your scales down IF you follow the guidelines in this book. As the name suggests, a 3NPS scale is any scale that contains three notes on each string, and as you'll see in this eBook, this makes for a very consistent way to map out scales on the guitar fretboard. What we’ve done here is revamped the 3NPS scale system and turned it into an incredibly effective means to learn a wide variety of scales all over the fretboard by streamlining the number of patterns, as well as the picking system. This is not a scale theory book, and contains no pentatonic scales. This is a quick and dirty (and very effective) method for learning 3NPS scales all over the fretboard; something to work on in the woodshed. It will improve your picking technique and speed. It does not require a great amount of thinking as you only need to learn two picking patterns, which is really one in two directions, and only three scale patterns instead of the usual seven per scale.

The Art of Picking
The Art of Picking

Author: JImmy Bruno

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2016-03-08

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1619115719

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Jimmy Bruno is known throughout the world for his flawless picking technique. This book and online video breaks down Bruno's ideas through exercises and etudes that will take any guitarist's picking technique to a new level. Break old picking habits and learn a more efficient way to utilize your right-hand technique. The 45-minute online video presents Jimmy teaching and demonstrating the material in the book. Presented in standard notation and tab. Includes access to online video

Fretboard Theory
Fretboard Theory

Author: Desi Serna

Publisher: Desi Serna

Published: 2008-11

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0615226221

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Do you love sitting at home playing guitar, but find yourself playing the same old things over and over without making much progress? When other musicians invite you to jam, do you worry that you won’t be able to keep up? Are you a veteran guitarist who has played for years, but you’re embarrassed to admit you have no idea what you’re doing? If you want to take your guitar playing to the next level, compose songs like you hear on the radio, and improvise your own music, then you need Fretboard Theory. Fretboard Theory by Desi Serna teaches music theory for guitar including scales, chords, progressions, modes and more. The hands-on approach to theory shows you how music "works" on the guitar fretboard by visualizing shapes and patterns and how they connect to make music. Content includes: * Learn pentatonic and major scale patterns as used to play melodies, riffs, solos, and bass lines * Move beyond basic chords and common barre chords by playing the types of chord inversions and chord voicings used by music's most famous players * Chart guitar chord progressions and play by numbers like the pros * Identify correct scales to play over chords and progressions so you can improvise at will * Create new sounds with music modes and get to know Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian * Add variety to your playing by using intervals such as thirds, fourths, and sixths * Increase your chord vocabulary by using added chord tones and extensions to play chord types such as major 7, minor 7, sus2, sus4, add9, and more * Learn how all the different aspects of music fit together to make a great song * See how theory relates to popular styles of music and familiar songs Fretboard Theory will have you mastering music like a pro easier and faster than you ever thought possible. Plus, it's the ONLY GUITAR THEORY RESOURCE in the world that includes important details to hundreds of popular songs. You learn how to play in the style of pop, rock, acoustic, blues, and more! This guitar instruction is perfect whether you want to jam, compose or just understand the music you play better. The material is suitable for both acoustic and electric guitar, plus it features many references to bass. Level: Recommended for intermediate level players on up. Video Fretboard Theory is also available as a 21-hour video series that is sold separately on the author's GuitarMusicTheory.com website. Visit the website and sign up for email lessons to sample the footage. Fretboard Theory Volume II When you're ready to take your playing to the next level, get the second book in the series, Fretboard Theory Volume II, which is also available as a 12-hour video series.

Sweep Picking Speed Strategies for Guitar
Sweep Picking Speed Strategies for Guitar

Author: Chris Brooks

Publisher:

Published: 2018-07-06

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781789330168

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Sweep Picking Speed Strategies for Guitar helps you master the myriad factors that affect your sweep picking technique and takes you from fundamental principles to devastating speed and extensive fretboard coverage.

Guitar Workout
Guitar Workout

Author: John Heussenstamm

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2010-02-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1480356220

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(Guitar Educational). Guitar Workout is an intensive, comprehensive program that will increase your speed, agility, and creativity. This is the ultimate workout for any guitarist who wants to accelerate and articulate their speed picking! Train like a professional while gaining a greater understanding of the diatonic major scale, scale harmony, and the picking technique needed to play super-fast licks and riffs with melodic intelligence and creativity. Internationally renowned guitarist John Heussenstamm leads you through rigorous single-note warm-up exercises, speed drills, fingering patterns, sweeps, arpeggios, and melody construction.

Hybrid Picking Guitar Technique
Hybrid Picking Guitar Technique

Author: Levi Clay

Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com

Published: 2021-08-04

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781789332483

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Master modern hybrid picking technique. It may have started as a Country thing, but combining the pick and fingers has spread like wildfire across genres.