Sliding the Scale

Scott A. Smith teaches you all the essential blues phrasing techniques and tricks. Learn simple concepts like solo construction, phrasing over a 12-bar blues, the blues scale, pentatonic box patterns, and playing multiple scales over a single chord. Also, learn practical, effective techniques like trills, slides, and rakes. In-depth lessons on bending teach you how to use target notes, initial and destination notes, pre-bends, and how to combine bends with box patterns. The included DVD is hosted by Smith and features live demonstrations of the examples in the book. About the Author For the past three decades, Scott A. Smith has remained a dedicated guitarist, musician, and educator. This native Texan started playing guitar in the late '70s and has worked in a variety of genres, including blues, rock, country, and jazz. Scott is a GIT graduate and was featured in the Mike Varney Spotlight column in Guitar Player magazine. No stranger to the road and stage, this veteran guitarist has traveled near and abroad, performing live, teaching, giving clinics, and spreading his love for the instrument. / Guitare

Introducing New T3N Harmonic Chimes. The definitive text on playing harmonics (chimes) on the 5-string banjo in G tuning! In addition to traditional chiming methods, the author's new T3N technique for creating banjo harmonics will add new dimensions to your playing. While particularly useful in the three-finger style, T3N can be used in other banjo styles and on other stringed instruments. Most banjo players are familiar with playing open-string harmonics on the 5-string banjo over the 12th, 7th and 5th frets, or perhaps the 4th and 9th frets, so that in typical G-tuning, the open G-chord, D-chord, octave G-chord, and B-chord notes are chimed. With the T3N technique presented in this book, entire scales can be chimed, with other harmonic effects including choking and sliding possibilities! The first part of this book provides a review of traditional banjo harmonic chiming techniques, while the second part explores the exciting new T3Napproach. Written in tablature only, for 5-string banjo in GDGBD tuning./ Méthode / 5-String Banjo

This superb DVD includes a selection of easy-to-absorb lessons that are designed to teach the beginner guitarist some of the essential basics of lead guitar playing. You will learn essential lead guitar techniques that can be used in any style of guitar playing from jazz to metal. Covers: string bending hammer on and pull off sliding vibrato · how to play simple phrases and licks · the pentatonic scale · the blues scale · extended scales · getting a great sound · note positions on the fretboard · effect pedals overview including distortion compression reverb delay and octave · and more.

This superb DVD includes a selection of easy to absorb guitar lessons that are designed to teach the beginner guitarist some of the essential basics of lead guitar playing.Over the course of this DVD you will learn some essential lead guitar techniques such as string bending hammer on and pull off sliding and vibrato that can be used in any style of guitar playing from jazz to metal.This DVD includes:Essential lead techniques including string bending hammer on and pull off sliding vibratoHow to play simple phrases and licksThe pentatonic scaleThe blues scaleExtended scalesGetting a greatsoundNote positions on the fretboardEffect pedals overview including; distortion compression reverb delay and octaveDanny Gill is a former pupil of Joe Satriani and co-author of the Musicians Institute Rock Lead Guitar series. His songs have appeared on numerous TV shows including 'The Osbournes' as well as motion picture soundtracks such as 'Insomnia' and 'Under Siege'.

This superb DVD includes a selection of easy to absorb lessons that are designed to teach the beginner guitarist some of the essential basics of blues guitar playing.Over the course of this DVD you will learn some essential lead guitar techniques such as string bending hammer on and pull off sliding and vibrato that can also be other styles of guitar playing from jazz to metal.This DVD includes: Essential blues techniques including 12 bar blues rhythm patterns • Triplet shuffle rhythm patterns • The pentatonic minor scale • Barre chords • Major pentatonic scale • 12 bar soloing • Blues bends • Complimentaryguitar parts • fills and phrases • Copying licks • Call and response • Blues phrasing

Rock Licks For Absolute Beginners includes a selection of easy to absorb lessons that are designed to teach the beginner guitarist some of the essential basics of Rock Guitar playing.Over the course of this DVD you will learn some essential lead Guitar techniques such as string bending hammer on and pull off sliding and vibrato that can also be other styles of guitar playing from jazz to metal.Rock Licks For Absolute Beginners includes: Essential rock guitar techniques including Hammer-on and pull-off techniquesString bendingSlidesThe blues scaleThe natural minorscaleThe minor pentatonic scaleConnecting these patterns on the fretboardNatural harmonicsPinched harmonics and much more

Introducing New T3N Harmonic Chimes-The definitive text on playing harmonics (chimes) on the 5-string banjo in G tuning! In addition to traditional chiming methods the author’s new T3N technique for creating banjo harmonics will add new dimensions to yourplaying. While particularly useful in the three-finger style T3N can be used in other banjo styles and on other stringed instruments. Most banjo players are familiar with playing open-string harmonics on the 5-string banjoover the 12th 7th and 5th frets or perhaps the 4th and 9th frets so that in typical G-tuning the open G-chord D-chord octave G-chord and B-chord notes are chimed. With the T3N technique presented in this book entire scalescan be chimed with other harmonic effects including choking and sliding possibilities! The first part of this book provides a review of traditional banjo harmonic chiming techniques while the second part explores theexciting new T3Napproach. Written in tablature only for 5-string banjo in GDGBD tuning.

In Book 4A of this outstanding series Helen Marlais and Kevin Olson provide students with creative structured lessons and activities to further develop their sight reading abilities. New concepts include: sliding the thumb under the third finger; reading intervals that include ledger lines; the beginning of playing one octave scales; further study of intervals cadences chord progressions and keys; to name a few.

A valuable tutor which demonstrates the essential patterns that all great guitarists know and use. Learn how to play lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard in any key and in a variety of styles. Includes tuition onmoveable patterns double-note licks and sliding pentatonic scales with easy to follow diagrams. Includes online audio with full demo tracks for all the examples.

This superb DVD includes a selection of easy to absorb lessons that are designed to teach the beginner guitarist some of the essential basics of rock guitar playing. You will learn some essential guitar techniques such as string bending hammer on and pull off sliding and vibrato that can also be used in other styles of guitar playing like jazz and metal. This DVD includes: essential rock techniques (including rock rhythm patterns) · power chords and chord inversions · lead guitar licks and sequences · pentatonic blues and natural minor scales · dynamics · accenting · string bending · getting a rock sound clean sound and distortion sound · palm muting · hammer-ons andpull-offs · tremolo bar effects.

This superb DVD includes a selection of easy-to-absorb lessons that are designed to teach the beginner guitarist some of the essential basics of blues guitar playing. You'll learn some essential lead guitar techniques such as string bending hammer-on and pull-off sliding and vibrato that can be used in styles of guitar playing from jazz to metal. Topics covered include: 12-bar blues in E (dominant 7th chords) · fingerstyle blues · chord embellishments · 8-bar blues · quick change blues and shuffle rhythms · 12-bar blues in A (6th and 9th chords) · blues bends · soloing over a blues progression (licks double stops turnaround licks) · scales arpeggios and muchmore!

String Skipping and Wide Interval Soloing For Guitar-String Skipping and Wide Interval Soloing: 212 Melodic Studies and Patterns for Guitar is a much-needed guitarist's guide to mastering wide interval soloing.This collection of repeating continuous motion studies shows theguitarist how to develop melodic patterns that are characterized by large intervallic jumps in pitch from one note to the next in constant succession. This book presents four unique approaches to developing wide intervalsoloing all of which utilize string skipping: 1) double pentatonic scales which are three-note-per-string pentatonic scale patterns; 2) octave sliding which uses sliding octave shapes in a variety of ways; 3) stacked fifths which are wide interval shapes derived from pentatonic scales; and 4) wide interval arpeggios derived from the diatonic major scale.The sound that results from these techniques is exciting and unpredictable because it issuch a departure from conventional melodic flow which tends to be scalar moving stepwise from one note in a scale to the next. By contrast wide interval soloing is angular and skewed with big skips and sudden directionalchanges creating a complex and fascinating sound. All of the studies in this book are designed as melodic etudes that can be applied directly to soloing in rock jazz fusion and blues music.This book is ideal for seriousguitarists in any style who want to break out of typical soloing patterns and create a more explosive radical sound! Includes access to online audio.

Stu's exciting follow-up to his #1-selling Hot Licks DVD Slap Pop and Tap for the Bass takes you further into the creative and technical mastery of this incredible musician.This DVD is packed withvaluable instruction. Topics covered include:Hand and finger warm-upsOpen-note arpeggiosHarmonic Scales and chordsFalse and pinched harmonicsSliding harmonicsPopping twonotes togetherMetronome practicingRaking and flamenco techniques... plus exciting solo performances of Stu's compositions Sexually Active Terminal Beach Count Zero and Lone Star.Also included is his now-famous rendition of The Star Spangled Banner!Stuart Hamm is one of America's most respected and sought-after modern bass player/teachers and gives clinics all over theworld. He has toured and recorded with Steve Vai Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani and his solo albums for have brought widespread critical acclaim.