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Basics, Bending, & The Blues: Learn to solo with Electric Guitar Solo Style 1
*Brand new!* This is a must-have primer for Electric guitarists to develop their solo playing skills. A carefully graded course that builds technique step-by-step, Electric Guitar Solo Style 1 is perfect for electric guitar beginners 12 and over.
Via a logical series of scale patterns and exercises, slides, hammer-on, pull-off and bending exercises, this course develops both your fretboard ability and picking security. The pinnacle of EGSS1 is itβs clear, step-by-step approach to the unique electric guitar skill of string bending. This is clearly explained with a series of exercises that teach the actions that create secure bending and the cliche styles they create.
And, most important of all, EGSS1 contains lots of realistic solos that are perfect for developing players. These are all based on familiar blues progressions and have accompanying MP3 audio recordings as part of the digital download.
What Topics Are Covered?
Pentatonic minor + blues scales
Lead guitar techniques: Hammer ons, pull offs, slides and grace notes
How to get pitch perfect bends
How to combine techniques into easily repeatable licks, and how to speed them up
How to put it all together to play full blues solos
β¦and much more!
βIβm really excited to see the Electric Guitar Solo Style series come to fruition. Book One is an excellent starter for new Electric guitarists; Iβve taught many students over the years and seen them get fantastic results using these techniques. I canβt wait to share them with everyone.β
Effortless, Quick Chord Changes So You Can Play the Songs You Love: Modern Guitar Chord Styles 1
The perfect book for hobby guitarists and young students aged 12 and up: a gently-graded course that builds technique naturally via harmonic exercises and song-like progressions. This book covers essential chord forms, rhythm and arpeggio techniques (including finger-picking), and includes a CD containing 55 progressions.
A clear step-by-step method introduces chords in a logical order of physical comfort and the progression exercises are written around changes linked by a common finger. Even a complete beginner is starting to play familiar sounding chord progressions within the first ten pages. From there on the progressions become gradually more detailed as one new chord is added at a time.
What Topics Are Covered?
Basic guitar chords & how to get changes easy & smooth
How to read rhythms
Common pop/rock strumming patterns & example progressions
Arpeggio picking & fingerpicking
Basic bar chords
and much more!
βAs an adult DIY player I had a few bad technique habits and timing was a real problem. Modern Guitar Chord Styles 1 really did help me a lot; it fixed my timing and filled in the gaps in my chord knowledgeβ
FAQ
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Modern Guitar Chord Styles 1 is designed for absolute beginners, to intermediate guitar players.
Beginners will find it easy to get started with MGCS1 ; the carefully graded chord and rhythm exercises build finger strength and timing understanding in a clear step-by-step manner. Intermediate players will benefit from refining their rhythm techniques, exploring new strumming patterns, and learning arpeggio styles. MGCS1 provides a structured pathway, road tested and proven by years of good results from students and teachers alike.
Electric Guitar Solo Style is designed for beginner to intermediate electric guitar players who already have the basics of guitar technique under control. Players should be comfortable with some single-note picking with simple rhythms. Itβs best suited for players over the age of 12, or adults with foundational guitar/music skills.
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No, Modern Guitar Chord Styles 1 is designed to be usable for complete beginners, as well as players with some knowledge and ability who realize their skills will benefit from some structured work. Whilst some familiarity with basic guitar handling and tuning is beneficial, MGCS1 is an excellent starter text for all guitar beginners over 12 years of age.
Once youβre 10-15 pages into Modern Guitar Chord Styles 1, youβll be ready to start Electric Guitar Solo Style 1
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Most beginner guitar books start students off with the challenging task of learning to read music notation. Modern Guitar Chord Styles 1concentrates on the importance of chords, strumming patterns and rhythm guitar; a core job for guitar that is often overlooked, under-valued, or too simplified in beginner resources. MGCS1 combines must-know chord forms with practical rhythm exercises to develop and consolidate your right-left coordination. This is the most important thing that needs to happen for beginners and leads to being able to learn solo guitar techniques. MGCS1βs structured approach has provided this essential grounding for thousands of aspiring players. Most importantly, it prepares students to be able to play whole, recognizable songs, within the first 20 pages.
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Yes, thatβs one of the big things it will do for you. The book includes numerous exercises specifically designed to improve your chord transitions whilst being able to maintain a steady rhythm. This applies equally to finger-style picking patterns as well as rhythm strumming.
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The Electric Guitar Solo Style books are structured differently to other commercially available titles. Unlike other Lead Guitar guides that focus mostly on just scales and connecting patterns across the fretboard, EGSSintegrates all techniques with full music examples that demonstrate how those techniques create music. The presentation of bending techniques, and the accompanying strength-building cliche exercises are unique to Electric Guitar Solo Style 1 and 2. This course will develop your ability to a higher level, and give you a clearer view of style than other similar looking books provide.
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Electric Guitar Solo Style 1 develops your understanding of todayβs electric guitar styles, and the history of the instrument, by tracing the Blues based development of itβs playing style from the earliest years through to the 21st century. In turn, these techniques evolved into the popular RβnβB / Rock sounds of the instrumentβs heyday, leading to todayβs blended style. The Blues came first and gave the electric guitar itβs core techniques that form the foundations of a wide range of modern popular music.
Get the Best Possible Start on the Guitar Today
Getting the best possible start is crucial on the guitar. Make sure your foundations are solid with the Beginner Bundle from author, educator and composer Michelle Nelson!
Includes our bestselling beginners guitar book Modern Guitar Chord Styles 1, full of tips and tricks to make chord changes fast and easy, allowing you to play complete songs fluently within the first 10 pages. Weβve seen hundreds of students over the last 20 years get a great start on the guitar with these exercises, and now you can too!
Then, learn all the basics of guitar soloing with Electric Guitar Solo Style 1, full of all the essential lead guitar techniques so you can play riffs, solos, licks & the blues in no time! Included with both books are over 80 mp3 audio recordings to get your tone and timing just right.
Nothing will get you playing whole songs on guitar faster!
