For beginner improvising guitarists. Everything you wanted to know about scales and modes. Covers all essential scales, modes and chord types and shows how to use them in a variety of musical contexts. Also covers modal tonalities, harmony, ear training and chord and scale substitution. All scale types are demonstrated with great licks and full length solos.
For beginner keyboard players. Takes you from beginner to professional level in a variety of styles as well as teaching music theory and improvisation in an interesting and practical way. This method features a complete system of chords, scales and arpeggios.
For beginner rock guitarists. Contains everything you wanted to know about Rock guitar, contained within one course. Features slurs, bends, slides, strumming, picking & tapping, along with a complete system of chords, scales & arpeggios - all introduced individually and then consolidated with complete solos.
For beginner jazz guitarists. Covers all the chords, scales, rhythms and techniques used by great jazz musicians along with an in-depth analysis of improvisation. Also covers comping, chord substitution, harmony and ear training. Contains lots of great licks and solos in a variety of Jazz styles.
For beginner lead guitarists. Everything you need to know about lead guitar playing. Takes the student from beginner to professional level as well as teaching music theory and improvisation in an interesting and practical way. This excellent method represents an essential guide for gutarists of any level.
For beginner saxophone players. Takes you from beginner to professional level in all styles & techniques as well as teaching music theory and improvisation in an interesting and practical way. Each new technique is introduced individually and then consolidated with complete solos or pieces.
For beginner improvising lead guitarists. Teaches all the scales, arpeggios and techniques used in lead guitar and how to create licks and solos in a variety of styles, including Rock, Blues, Country, etc.
Progressive COMPLETE LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR MANUAL is the ultimate guitar manual. It assumes you have no prior knowledge of music or playing the Guitar and will take you from beginner to professional level. In the course of the book you will learn about the different types of guitars and the styles they are used for, and learn all the essential techniques of both acoustic and electric guitar, along with how to read traditional music notation, guitar TAB, and rhythm notation. You will also learn many well known pieces and songs and get a great introduction to many different styles of music. The book is divided into sections, the first covering the basics of left and right hand technique, chord playing, picking, fingerpicking and music reading. The second section covers playing in all keys and introduces a variety of new styles and techniques. The later sections deal with playing along the whole fretboard, lead guitar playing and more advanced fingerpicking, including some great classical pieces. The 2 accompanying CD's also contain several jam-along tracks for you to play your solos over, or improvise with.
