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

For any guitarist who wants to add some spice and speed to his or her metal playing this DVD is for you! Displaying dazzling technique Marty Friedman gives you an intensive lesson in exotic scales odd time signatures theory solo construction with actual demonstrations exercises for picking and the left hand Japanese-sounding scales exotic half-step bend scales playing out of time and the thought processes behind soloing.This video istruly unique and it's highly recommended for anyone looking to put more individuality in their playing. Jam-packed!Each Hot Licks Video lesson actually shows you the music and tablature on the screen as it's being played!This eliminates having to stop the DVD to look at a book and keeps the lesson moving along. Both right- and left-hand techniques are shown close-up so you can learn all of the subtleties the top players are knownfor!Marty Friedman hails from the San Francisco Bay area and is one of metal's most unique stars. He is a recording artist on Mike Varney's Shrapnel label and has done albums as one half of the Guitarteam Cacophony with Jason Becker. His records and performances have met with critical acclaim worldwide.