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Fluid Soloing – Book 1 Arpeggios for Lead Rock Guitar – Mel Bay

March 5th, 2010 No comments

Author: Tim Quinn

Something I need to work on more is my arpeggios. This book definitely is on my wish list for two reasons. Firstly I like the title, Fluid Soloing, if the book itself represents that simple title then I already think it’s worth a look. Secondly, I’m sold on the amazon reviews, this sounds like just what I’m looking for. Read more…

Speed Mechanics For Lead Guitar

February 28th, 2010 No comments

Author: Troy Stetina

Learning to play guitar at lightning speed doesn’t come naturally to most of us, it requires serious practice, dedication and effort. Most of us however are prepared to put in the work as long we see the benefit, unfortunately many don’t because most of what they practice is completely wasted and does little to help you build speed on the guitar. I could go into lengthy details here but there’s not really any need so I’ll just say this … Read more…

12-Bar Blues Solos

February 24th, 2010 No comments

25 Authentic Leads Arranged for Guitar in Standard Notation and Tablature

Author: Dave Rubin

This book doesn’t give away much info on the Amazon page other than it’s based around 25 authentic blues guitar solos for the beginner to intermediate guitarist with licks and arrangements. There’s no “look inside” so the only thing to go on is a single five star review but the reviewer mentions the CD comes with each example as the solo track as well as the play along jam track.

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Rock Lead Performance: Techniques, Scales and Soloing Concepts for Guitar

February 22nd, 2010 No comments

Authors: Danny Gill & Nick Nolan

I don’t own this one yet but looks like it’ll be interesting for the intermediate to advanced guitarist. It covers soloing over chord changes, modulation, diminished, harmonic minor scales, blues and more with over 70 full demo tracks on CD. There are only two reviews to date but both very much thumbs up and they’ve got me sold. All I need is another two life times to get through all of these books!

Chord Tone Soloing: A Guitarist’s Guide to Melodic Improvising in Any Style

February 20th, 2010 No comments

Author: Barrett Tagliarino

There are enough reviews on Amazon for this book to get a reasonable idea of what it’s about without seeing it first. Judging by the reviews there seems no doubt that it’s well written and contains valuable content, the only problem seems to be who it might be good for, beginner, intermediate or advanced as their are conflicting opinions here. What do I think? Read more…