Speed Soloing

Learn killer speed building and speed soloing techniques with Andy James. This superb DVD will teach you essential techniques to get your soloing up to warp speed! Lessons range from basic tips to advanced shredding techniques including alternate picking, snap picking, legato techniques, speed building and co-ordination techniques plus much more. Also includes a jam track to practice and perform with. / Guitare / Dvd

Arpeggios-A modern arpeggio handbook and comprehensive training manual for developing fast flowing arpeggio runs that connect the entire fretboard. Emphasis is on developing fluid non-shifting arpeggio patterns (across the neck) usinghammer-ons and pull-offs for speed and fluidity; and also on developing smooth position-shifting arpeggios (along the length of the neck) using slides. These two types of motion are then connected and combined in an extensivecollection of soloing etudes for full assimilation. The result is a complete system of arpeggio pathways that connects every part of the fretboard and facilitates maximum speed fluidity and range. Complete whole-neck connectionsare presented for major 7th dominant 7th minor 7th minor 6th half-diminished diminished 7th major triadic and minor triadic arpeggios.This book is for all guitarists who are serious about improving their ability tosolo over chord progressions using arpeggios in any style of music; including rock jazz fusion blues country or pop. Having the ability to instantly outline any chord in a song with a fluid arpeggio run (no matter where yourhand is on the neck) is immensely valuable for every guitarist. This book methodically teaches you the skills that make this possible. Loaded with melodic arpeggio passages that can be applied to your music immediately this isperhaps the most practical and powerful arpeggio book ever written. Standard notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Learn 12 great swing standards recorded by Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli and the Quintette of the Hot Club of France. Play along with a great Gypsy Swing Rhythm Section and learn chords comping and melodies then letthe band back you up as you practice chords and soloing. You play all the leads while the band backs you up. Beginners can practice basic skills while more advanced players can hone their improvisation chops each at their ownindividual learning pace. Includes standard notation tablature chord diagrams lyrics playing tips and more. Each song is presented on the CD at slow and regular speed. Firstyou'll hear the melody played on mandolin at a slow speed with just guitar backup then it's repeated at regular speed with the band. Split track mixing on the recording allows the student to hear just the melody (while readingalong in the book) or just the rhythm section or both for maximum flexibility and specific study. Finally the band plays several choruses and you play all the leads. Songs may be repeated at slow or regular speed as many timesas you wish in order to perfect phrases melodies and solos in a band context. Includes special section on how to play rhythm back up chords and get that swing pulse on mandolin. Potential forimprovement is unlimited. Guitar version also available. We'll jam all night long!

Learn 12 great swing standards recorded by Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli and the Quintette of the Hot Club of France. Play along with a great Gypsy Swing Rhythm Section and learn chords comping and melodies then letthe band back you up as you practice chords and soloing. You play all the leads while the band backs you up. Beginners can practice basic skills while more advanced players can hone their improvisation chops each at their ownindividual learning pace. Includes standard notation tablature chord diagrams lyrics playing tips and more. Each song is presented on the CD at slow and regular speed. First you'llhear the melody played at a slow speed with just guitar backup then it's repeated at regular speed with the band. Split track mixing on the recording allows the student to hear just the melody (while reading along in the book) orjust the rhythm section or both for maximum flexibility and specific study. Finally the band plays several choruses and you play all the leads. Songs may be repeated at slow or regular speed as many times as you wish in orderto perfect phrases melodies and solos in a band context. Includes special section on how to play rhythm back up chords and get that swing pulse on guitar. Potential for improvement isunlimited. Mandolin version also available. We'll jam all night long!

This tutorial comprises 50 top-class Guitar solos inspired by the world s greatest guitarists past and present. What is special about these easy solos' It is the fact that they are accessible to everyone. This tutorial comprises 50 top-class Guitar solos inspired by the world???s greatest guitarists ??? past and present. What is special about these ???easy??? solos' It is the fact that they are accessible to everyone. Here even the guitarist-to-be is offered the possibility to take over the lead Guitar part. But easiness doesn???t exclude diversity. To make this tour through the world of Guitar soloing instructive but also interesting and entertaining the solos included in this tutorial feature different keys modes (major and minor) and forms (binary and ternary) they differ in their density and in their richness of phrasing. The introductory chapteroutfits you with the tools (scales and articulation techniques) you need to know for thoroughly under- standing the 50 solos presented here; provided with this knowledge you will be able to extend and develop them and possibly even to create some of your own. The DVD attached to the tutorial offers you the possibility to mindfully observe all 50 Guitar solos ??? first at actual playing speed then at a slower speed. This again gives you the opportunity to closely follow up the movement of the hands to choose the right fingerings and keep in time(!) For its part the MP3 CD is composed of as many backing tracks as there are solos in the tutorial; the 50 backing tracks are recorded at two different tempi: the intended tempo (actual playing speed) and the rehearsal tempo (slower speed). The backing tracks provided here are of an appropriate length (about 4 to 5 minutes each which sums up to almost 7h of musical practice). This means that you have enough time at your disposal to practice under the best conditions.

Par CHRISTIANSEN MIKE. The most complete and thorough reference book on rock guitar. Contains detailed teaching on licks, breaks, and fills, playing rhythm patterns and styles, lead scales for soloing, and tricks for building speed and adding color to improvisation. In notation and tablature. The companion CD is a stereo play-along recording featuring the terrific guitar stylings of Mike Christiansen backed by a rock rhythm section. The CD is well over 60 minutes and features excerpts from most of the musical selections presented in the book. Also includes a DVD with 115 minutes of video. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Rock - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures Electrique

In addition to being one of the world's greatest bluegrass musicians Sam Bush is a clear and dynamic instructor. This terrific two-part series will help aspiring mandoling players improve their technical prowess build repertoire and develop formidable musicianship on their instrument. Teaching traditional fiddel tunes Bill Monroe-style instrumentals and his own compositions Sam provides detailed instruction in pick technique rhythm chopping speed building warm-up exercises tremolo improvised soloing and much more. You'll learn how to create variations on melodies use drone strings for fiddle-like effects employ crosspicking tecniques for a smoother sound and move upthe neck to play in higher positions. The songs and variations you'll be playing include: Ragtime Annie Bile Them Cabbage Down Blackberry Blossom Sally Goddin Big Mon Get Up John Brilliancy Whayasay and Big Rabbit. As a bonus Sam privides insight into his instruments and equipment his favourite strings pick gauges and the ways that his instruments have been set up to suit his exacting requirements.

Explore the world of jazz violin with one of America's finest jazz and swing violinists Jeremy Cohen. With this book/CD pack violinists can: practice soloing and improvising along with a recorded Hot-Club-style band · learn melodies and solos to 16 great jazz standards · build strength stamina focus and improvising skills by jamming with the band. Includes two audio CDs with variable-speed practice tracks and full-band accompaniment.

This DVD is the follow-up lesson to Fred Sokolow's Beginner's Fingerpicking Guitar. It presents six classic fingerpicking tunes including solos and accompaniments with a bluesy and country flavour. Fred playsand sings each arrangement up to speed and then slows them down explaining any unusual or difficult licks. Close-up views of both hands make it easy to learn the arrangements. You’ll Learn:How to fingerpick inseveral keys Soloing and accompaniment in standard dropped D and open D tunings Moveable chord formations Several major scales A fingerpicking scale exercise Includes 40 pagetab music booklet.

For many years Iron Maiden have represented the very peak of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement that swept the musical world in the mid 1970s. Their spectacular stage shows and thundering nightmarish metal anthems scored the band one of the most devoted followings in rock combining infamy and genuine musical thrills to devastating effect. The dual speed-metal soloing and shotgun riffs of Dave Murray Adrian Smith and later Janick Gers has long been a trademark of the Maiden sound and this DVD provides a note-for-note guide to five of their most characteristic and recognisable classics. Danny Gill shares the secrets and techniques so you can capture thesounds of these masters of metal for yourself. Includes the anthems Can I Play With Madness Run To The Hills and Number Of The Beast.

Level 2- Complete Blues Harmonica Lesson Series-The 'Exploring' series of books within the Harmonica Masterclass Lesson Series walks you through each of the most common played positions on the ten hole diatonic harmonica. This volume for 2nd position focuses on the basicprinciples of what makes 2nd Position work scales that help maneuverability and speed within 2nd Position deep study into blues phrasing and interactive jamming with David Barrett and the David Barrett Blues Band. The bookcontains an extensive catalog of 2nd Position blues licks and phrases that use common soloing scales. This book also goes into great depth studying blues phrasing and will help you start your journey into creating great solos.Written in notation and harmonica tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Great musical ideas need a solid foundation of strong chops to back them up. Fill the gaps in your technique with this unique approach to rock guitar. Build your finger strength, flexibility, and independence with exercises and examples written especially for rock players. This book explores all the important soloing techniques such as speed picking, sweeping, tapping, harmonics, scale sequencing, and more. Develop your chops while practicing exercises in the style of the music you enjoy. The Serious Guitarist: Rock Chops provides the tools you need to become a better guitar player, but more importantly, it will help you become a better musician. The included companion MP3 CD features demonstrations of the examples in the book. / Guitare

Soloing Strategies for Hand Drummers-This book is for advanced hand drummers who want to play complex solos using simple sequences of hand strokes. Whether you play Djembe conga or ashiko the practical hand-pattern strategies explained here will help you get themost out of your hands with the least amount of effort. And whether you want to solo in a traditional African or Afro-Cuban ensemble in a drum circle in a band or in your living room along with your favorite CDs Secrets of theHand will help you take your playing to the next level. The book is organized into two main sections. The first covers the five basic hand-pattern strategies and the second covers five strategies for creating the illusion ofspeed. Each new strategy builds on the ones before it. And while you're learning the strategies you'll also be learning over a hundred patterns that should be a fountain of ideas for you when you solo.