This intense metal method teaches you the elements of lead guitar technique with an easy to understand, player-oriented approach. The metal concepts, theory, and musical principals are all applied to real metal licks, runs and full compositions. Learn at your own pace through 12 'smoking fully transcribed' heavy metal solos from simple to truly terrifying! 'One of the most thorough' and 'one of the best rock series currently available' - Guitar Player magazine. Music and examples demonstrated on cassette or CD.
Spis treści:
Welcome to the Troy Stetina series
Foreword
Introduction
How to read music in this book
Timing and rhythm notation
CHAPTER 1
The minor pentatonic scale
The hammer-on and pull-off
The two-fret bend
Rock cliches
Finger vibrato
Rests
Rhythmic patterns
Minor pentatonic riffs
Special articulations
Riffs using the special articulations
"Open fire" (solo #1)
CHAPTER 2
Notes on the sixth string
Changing keys
The octave position
The diagonal form
Alternate picking and sixteenth notes
"To the stage" (solo #2)
CHAPTER 3
The blues scale
The one-fret bend
Triplets
Special articulations
Quarter note triplets
Photos
Improvisation and phrasing
"From the heart" (solo #3)
CHAPTER 4
Notes on the fifth string
Minor pentatonic (fifth string root)
Scale tones
Minor pentatonic tones
The natural minor scale and tones
Speed exercises
"The heavy side" (solo #4)
CHAPTER 5
Cross-string picking mechanics
Scale sequencing and contouring
Scale sequencing in licks
Rhythmic patterns
The dorian mode
Sixteenth note triplets
Overbending
Speed exercises
"Montezuma's revenge" (solo #5)
CHAPTER 6
Natural harmonics
The vibrato bar
Right-hand fretting
Speed exercises
"Into the spotlight" (solo #6)
Keeping tabs on your own killer licks
Notation guide
Glossary of terms
The Troy Stetina Series
Metal Lead Guitar Vol. 1
