Tim Pettingale

Effortlessly Fuse Funk, RnB, Blues, Rock and Jazz GuitarLet's get this out of the way... Shane Theriot's Grammy Winning resume includes Beyonc , Hall & Oates, Willie Nelson, and The Neville Brothers - so you know he's the real deal And in Modern Funk Fusion Guitar he shows you how to combine the best elements of Funk, RnB, Blues and Jazz to create that cutting-edge style that you're already hearing on countless platinum tracks. A Modern Twist on Classic StylesYou'll learn all this by studying five gorgeous original tracks, each of which will hone the guitar techniques you need. First, you'll learn the fundamentals... How to create short, well-formed melodic motifs and build them in your solo How to nail your phrasing with ear catching dynamics and note placementHow to freshen up pentatonic scales by breaking out of standard patterns and adding ear-catching chromatic ideas-How to build and get creative with hybrid pentatonic scalesThen you'll master some real game changers... Discover how to superimpose arpeggios/scales to access the "secret" sounds of fusion. It's easier than you think The best way to add "outside" notes to shapes you already know and form those long, flowing lines you hear from the likes of Scott Henderson and Wayne KrantzHow to really ignite your solos up with the dominant-diminished concept. It's a killer You'll also gain sage advice on building solos that tell a story, and how to easily resolve any line... no matter how far "outside" you take it 5 Great Tunes from a Grammy Award WinnerDid we mention that Shane is also a Grammy-winning producer? In Modern Funk Fusion Guitar he shares 5 original tunes, which you'll learn to sharpen your skills. You'll learn killer solos over: A modal vampA slow-burning gospel-blues A New Orleans-style funk-bluesA Neville Brothers-style minor blues A Tower of Power-style high energy funk track Bonus: If all that's not enough, Shane also includes stunning rhythm guitar ideas you can immediately add to your arsenal of riffs Hear it, Play it, Own it... In Modern Funk Fusion Guitar Shane breaks down every single musical idea in detail. In fact, he explains not just what was played but why he played it... and passes on game-changing advice for every guitarist. You'll get the backing tracks and over 100 audio examples of every exercise as a free download so you can explore the music and get really deep into the groove. If you're ready to inject your guitar playing with fresh exciting ideas, then Modern Funk Fusion Guitar is the creative shot in the arm you've been waiting for. Buy it now...

Learn to Play Country Rock GuitarBorn from a collision of styles in the late '60s, Country Rock birthed bands such as The Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Since then, Country Rock has retained its mainstream popularity and spawned some of the world's best guitar players, including Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, and John 5. In The Country Rock Guitar Book, Stuart Ryan teaches you every exciting core technique and takes you on a path towards Country Rock mastery. Budding Country Rock guitar players will master: The basics of crosspicking, fingerpicking and hybrid picking styles and where to use themThe string-bending used in the most demanding Country Rock solosAuthentic bending licks that create the sounds of the pedal steel with pre-bends, double-stop and triple-stop bendsCountry Rock harmonised guitar parts with licks played in 3rds and 6thsDelve deep into the style of Country Rock guitar legendsNext, get ready for a deep dive into the guitar styles of some legendary guitar players, with dozens of licks and phrases. You'll learn the Southern Rock styles of... Allen Collins, Ed King, Gary Rossington, Duane Allman, and Dickey BettsNext, discover the Laurel Canyon sounds of... Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Joe Walsh, Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon and John Fogerty. Along with the Country Rock influences of Keith Richards and Mick Taylor. You'll learn how all these iconic guitarists: Wrote and played timeless Country Rock riffsUsed pentatonic phrasing and articulationEnhanced pentatonic scales with secret notesAdded modal scale ideas to enrich their solosRepurposed triads to create country licks and rhythm guitar partsUsed Miles Davis and John Coltrane arpeggios to fuse jazz lines into their playingMaster Country Rock Guitar PhrasingThis book is a masterclass in Country Rock guitar phrasing. You'll quickly learn to play better country guitar solos with exciting bends, double-stops, runs, hammer-ons and pull-offs. Finally, you'll bring it all together in four powerful, full-length performance pieces that combine every skill you've learned into exciting, musical language. Pieces played in the style of Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles and The Black Crowes / Sheryl CrowThe Ultimate Resource for Country Rock GuitarThe Country Rock Guitar Book includes 173 audio tracks you can download for free and includesEvery example demonstrated with studio quality audioBacking tracks for every lick and piece. If you're ready to master Country Rock guitar - buy it now

Learn Jazz Guitar Bebop Scales - Musically Struggling to play convincing jazz guitar solos? Bebop scales are at the heart of jazz guitar soloing and essential for developing your chops. However, they are greatly misunderstood and often poorly taught, making your jazz solos boring and uninspired. Enter Bebop Scales for Jazz Guitar It's a complete jazz guitar method packed with essential bebop guitar vocabulary - and it's taught by Eleonora Strino, who has taken the jazz guitar world by storm with her jaw-dropping solos. You'll learn these bebop guitar skills: How to form bebop scales to suit every chord in the songMajor, Minor and Dominant Bebop ScalesHow to solo with bebop scales over a Charlie Parker bluesHow to solo with bebop scales over other well-known jazz standardsYou'll be learning bebop guitar scales musically and discovering patterns that are beautiful phrases in their own right. The essential theory is taught with simple language and is followed by immediate musical application so can add these ideas to your playing instantly.

Learn how Write a Guitar Solo with Deep Purple Legend Steve MorseKnown for his intricate, original solos, innovative guitar techniques and musical versatility across several genres, Steve Morse is undoubtedly a legend of rock guitar. As founder of the Dixie Dregs, guitarist for Flying Colors, and Deep Purple's axe-man for over 25 years, his achievements in rock are unequalled. Now, Steve shares his secrets in the art of guitar soloing in Steve Morse: Melodic Rock Guitar Concepts. It's a phrasing masterclass... but so much more besides Steve Morse is a storyteller at heart, and when it comes to soloing, he thinks like a composer, which allows him to improvise with breathtaking musicality. This book teaches you to develop the mindset and skillset to play compositional, melodic rock guitar solos. Steve Morse First Teaches You These Guitar Techniques: How to create vocal, melodic phrasingHow to develop motifs to build guitar solos How to use diverse rhythms to create engaging guitar melodiesHow to create well-formed phrases with momentum and directionHow to use space to punctuate ideas and keep your listeners engagedThen Freshens Up Your Playing With These Rut-Busting Approaches: How to combine different rhythms in fast-picked passagesHow to sequence ideas to avoid clich d patternsHow to add passing notes to create fresh hybrid soloing shapesHow to use string skipping to create modern, unpredictable phrasesHow to use multiple bends to span the bar lineLifting the LidMelodic Rock Guitar Concepts shows you the influences that have shaped Steve's unique guitar style and he shares how he has adapted his favorite country licks into a rock context. You'll discover how Charlie Parker was a great influence, and how to recreate many of Steve's chromatic bebop inspired licks. You'll also learn how Morse visualizes scales and master a set of challenging picking drills to sharpen your technique. To conclude, Steve presents a guitar masterclass on how to create tension/resolution in your solos while adding some outside-inside interest.

Dominant Arpeggio Substitutions to Instantly Revolutionize Your Jazz SolosBored of playing the same old jazz guitar ideas? Ready to learn how Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jonathan Kreisberg, and Julian Lage solo on dominant chords? Want to use jazz arpeggio substitutions to instantly make your playing pop? Inject Your Jazz Guitar Soloing With Some New IdeasYou probably already know it's possible to play different arpeggios over one chord to create different tensions in your jazz guitar solos... ... but until now, there hasn't been a single comprehensive guide that describes and teaches every useful approach to all the colors you can play on a dominant chord to create altered tensions. Enter Jazz Guitar Dominant Chord Substitutions - a literal bible of creative arpeggio substitutions that sound great played over any V7 chord. In fact, you'll learn how to "layer" arpeggios you already know over dominant chords to access beautiful, interesting, and advanced note choices quickly and easily in your solos. The great news is that you'll use arpeggios you already know, like Maj7, Min7, Dom7 and m7b5 in ways you'd never have thought of, to build exciting dominant chord lines. In fact, you'll learn multiple substitution ideas for each arpeggio, so you can get dozens of dominant substitutions with each one - just by applying the shape in a different way. This is an intuitive, guitar-friendly "hack" that helps you play sophisticated, ear-catching lines instantly. Every idea is tested, nothing is taught that doesn't sound good, and every substitution idea is taught musically over a ii V I - there's no boring theory to worry about.

Discover Latin Jazz Rhythm Guitar with Martin TaylorReady to learn the art of Latin Jazz guitar? In Martin Taylor's Latin Jazz Rhythm Guitar, iconic guitar virtuoso Dr Martin Taylor shows you how to quickly master the basic bossa groove, then transform it into endless musical comping patterns. Part One - Boss Nova Guitar from the Ground UpFor those new to Latin Jazz, have no fear - this book begins with an easy-to-follow, practical guide to nailing the bossa nova groove and breaking it down beat by beat. Next, using the bossa groove as your foundation, you'll quickly learn to embellish the basic rhythm to add endless variations and nuances. Use compact chord grips to free up fingers to play embellishments and melodyAdd subtle chord accent variations to break free from boring patternsGet grooving by creating bassline and adding push / pull rhythmsEasily add melodies on the top two stringsPlay musical inner lines to add harmonic movementWith dozens of practical examples, you'll learn Martin's favourite musical decorations to common chord grips and quickly use them in your own playing. Part Two - A Masterclass in Chord EmbellishmentIn Part Two you'll learn Martin's stunning chord embellishments and how to apply them to the greatest Latin Jazz tunes ever written. You'll learn how Martin plays these Ant nio Carlos Jobim classics: The Girl from IpanemaWaveCorcovado (Quiet Nights)TristeHow InsensitivePlus, two classic standards often played in the Latin Jazz style: The Shadow of Your SmileNight and DayYou'll also discover Martin's original arrangement of the classic Keep the Home Fires Burning, and learn how any tune with a strong melody can be given the bossa nova guitar treatment.

Beginner Guitarists: Learn to Strum Every Song PerfectlyAre you ready for the ultimate course in guitar strumming for beginner to early-intermediate players? Confident rhythm and strumming is at the heart of everything you'll ever do on the guitar, so wouldn't it be great if you could get it right every time... without ever having to think about it? The First 100 Strumming Patterns for Guitar is the quickest way to develop the essential skills that let you play perfect rhythm guitar, every time. Unlike some books that take a "technical drill" approach, The First 100 Strumming Patterns for Guitar gets you playing real music quickly. Why practise boring exercises you'll never want to play again when you could immediately start to make music? This is a method that combines mastering strumming technique with the fun of playing music. Do you want to build a library of must-know rhythm patterns you'll turn to time and again? Do you want to avoid the bad habits that many self-taught beginners pick up? Learn the fundamental skills of rhythm guitar strumming, from a seasoned tutorJoseph Alexander is one of the most prolific writers of modern guitar tuition methods and has sold over 1,000,000 books that have inspired a generation of upcoming musicians. His uncomplicated tuition style is based around breaking down the barriers between theory and performance, making music accessible to all. With Joseph's expert guidance, you'll learn the following skills: The perfect strumming hand position and techniqueReading and understanding rhythmsMaster the most popular strumming patterns in pop, rock, soul, folk and countryHow to musically vary your strumming patterns to add power and emotion to your musicHow to change chords smoothly while nailing the grooveMaster beautiful chord combinations as you refine your skillsQuickly move from beginner to more advanced skillsWhen you can play rhythm guitar properly, you'll be a huge asset to any band, so next you'll take your skills further by learning... How to push and pull the beat to add feeling and groove to your musicHow to play the syncopated rhythms heard on hundreds of recordingsAdvanced 1/16th note strumming patterns used in rock and funkHow to master the triplet feel of the blues

Master Andy McKee's virtuoso Acoustic Guitar Techniques- Ready to level up your acoustic guitar playing? Andy McKee shot to fame when his tune Drifting went viral on YouTube. This jaw-dropping, groundbreaking performance has since seen a staggering 59 million views. He now sets the standard for advanced acoustic guitar after advancing the art with a new canon of essential techniques for modern fingerstyle players. In his Musicarium Guitar Songbook, Andy McKee demonstrates five of his classic original tunes and teaches, step by step, how to perform them. You'll master his iconic songs, DriftingEbon CoastHeather's SongFor My FatherRylynnA masterclass in advanced acoustic fingerstyle techniqueAndy breaks down each tune in detail and discusses his techniques and musical approach. Section by section, each tune is analyzed and explained. Special techniques, such as the percussion and over-the-neck power chords of Drifting and the breathtaking harmonics of Rylynn are given special attention as Andy teaches exactly how to play them. You'll learn... How to use percussive guitar techniques to expand your creative choicesHow to coordinate the left and right hands to play highly syncopated parts for spectacular effectsHow to get the most from altered tuningsHow to combine tapping and strumming with musical picking techniquesAndy's economical approach that makes each piece as easy to play as possibleRaise your fingerstyle game with this acoustic masterclassYou've heard him play, but you'll discover that Andy is also a consummate, patient teacher. No detail is glossed over as he shows exactly how he approaches his beautiful, original compositions where artistry and technical mastery collide. By learning these pieces you'll gain deep technical insights and inspirational ideas into: Perfectly executed slapped harmonicsMichael Hedges-style explosive pull-offsHammer-ons from nowhereEric Johnson-style runsStunning altered-tuning chord voicings...and much more

Discover Modern Saxophone Licks for Jazz GuitarReady to supercharge your jazz guitar playing with progressive modern saxophone lines? Want to play the jazz language of the post-bop modern sax masters? The saxophone has always been at the forefront of modern jazz and has blazed new pathways of melodic improvisation. So to be an authentic modern jazz guitarist, it's essential to learn the language of the saxophonists who broke new ground to the artform. Jazz guitar legend Ulf Wakenius had the privilege of playing with many of these outstanding saxophone innovators, including Michael Brecker and Joe Henderson. In this book, he presents a unique modern jazz guitar approach as he teaches how jazz guitarists can learn and apply the language of these legendary saxophonists to create burning licks and solos. Far more than a "just another lick book" - this is the most practical post-bop modern jazz masterclass you can buy. Deep Dive into the Saxophone Soloing Language of Coltrane, Brecker and more - All Written and Notated for Jazz GuitarYou'll learn the secrets of 5 iconic modern jazz innovators, along with hundreds of licks, phrases, solos and concepts to break away from clich d guitar language. You'll master the jazz saxophone language of... John Coltrane - a towering figure of bebop, post-bop and modal jazzJoe Henderson - the master of phrasing and rhythmic variationWayne Shorter - one of the most powerful and creative voices of modern jazzMichael Brecker - a master craftsman who makes simple ideas sound complex and excitingJoshua Redman - the most sublimely lyrical of the new generation of playersAs well as learning hundreds of great modern jazz licks for guitar, you'll get a detailed analysis of each player's style to understand the thinking behind their licks. What You'll LearnThis book teaches the central concepts of the post-bop modernist approach and shows hundreds of ways to apply these ideas. Over 100 authentic modern jazz saxophone licks written for guitar in notation and TABHow to create and apply cutting edge Coltrane patterns to break away from arpeggio soloingThe sophisticated substitution techniques of John Coltrane and Michael BreckerHow to combine enclosures, sequences and approach notes to create fresh soloing ideasThe easy guide to melodic side-steps and other creative ways to add tensionHow to play beautifully constructed phrases over popular standards, every time

Ready to turn essential arpeggios into exciting jazz guitar licks? Struggling to play meaningful jazz guitar solos? Not sure how to move from boring arpeggio patterns to exciting jazz solos? Want to create authentic jazz arpeggio licks, anywhere on the fretboard? Learn only the arpeggios you need and quickly turn them into blazing jazz guitar solos... A solid understanding of arpeggio shapes and how use them to create meaningful solos is a foundation of jazz guitar, but many players struggle to get musical with these important building blocks. Jazz Guitar Arpeggio Soloing quickly shows you how to bridge the gap between arpeggio shapes and the inventive arpeggio-based lines played by players like Joe Pass, Jim Hall and Wes Montgomery... right through to Jonathan Kreisberg, Julian Lage, Kurt Rosenwinkel and every modern jazz guitar player. It cuts to the chase to teach only the most usable arpeggios for the jazz guitar player. You'll find yourself turning to these ideas again and again as ammunition for solos, as you explore the sounds of: - Major 7- Minor 9- Dominant 7b9- Minor 7b5- Dominant 7#5b9With a chapter dedicated to each arpeggio, you'll discover a powerful mix of drills and melodic vocabulary: - Learn essential "box position" arpeggio shapes- Discover extended arpeggio shapes that use the full range of the neck- Expand your fretboard knowledge with melodic lines that link together arpeggio shapes across the fretboard- Learn to avoid the root, so arpeggios sound like music, not exercises Easily turn arpeggio patterns into useable authentic licksJazz Guitar Arpeggio Soloing places emphasis on visualizing arpeggio shapes and discovering how to create unlimited solo ideas by adding passing notes that target arpeggio tones. You'll learn to add extended and chromatic notes to your lines and discover unlimited jazz soloing potential.

Remi Harris' 100 Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarren-Licks Wenn du nach dem direktesten Weg suchst, um unglaubliche Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarrensoli zu lernen - hier ist er "Remi Harris ist einer der allerbesten und aufregendsten Vertreter der Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarre ... jetzt gibt er sein Wissen und seine Erfahrung an alle weiter, die diese wunderbare Musik spielen und entdecken wollen, wie unglaublich cool sie wirklich ist " - Dr. Martin Taylor MBE Mache dich bereit, authentische Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarrensoli mit ber 100 Gitarren-Licks zu meistern, die das Gef hl des klassischen Gypsy-Sounds perfekt wiedergeben. - M chtest du m helos Gitarrensoli im Hot-Club-Stil spielen?- Willst du ein Vokabular authentischer Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarren-Licks aufbauen, die jedes Mal perfekt funktionieren?- Willst du die Gitarrensprache von Django Reinhardt, Bir li Lagr ne und vielen anderen beherrschen? Gypsy Jazz (auch bekannt als Gypsy Swing, Jazz Manouche oder Hot Club Style) war eine der bahnbrechendsten und zug nglichsten Formen des fr hen Jazz und ist durch die "Modern Manouche"-Bewegung auch heute noch au erordentlich beliebt. Allerdings passt er normalerweise nicht zum musiktheoretischen Ansatz, die die meisten Gitarristen zu spielen gewohnt sind. 100 Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarren-Licks bringt es auf den Punkt, indem es einen berblick dar ber gibt, wie Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarristen denken, wenn sie ein Solo spielen, und taucht dann direkt ein, um jedes Konzept anhand von 100 legend ren Licks zu vermitteln. Du wirst k rzester Zeit wie ein authentischer Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarrist klingen. Das Buch ist in zwei gro e Abschnitte unterteilt: Teil eins deckt die Sprache ab, die du brauchst, um ber l ngere Abschnitte statischer Akkorde zu solieren. In diesem Teil lernst du, flie end ber Dur-, Moll- und Dominantakkorde in den g ngigsten Tonarten (G-Dur, D-Dur, A-Moll und D-Moll) zu solieren. Im zweiten Teil geht es um die klassische Sprache, die du f r das Solospiel ber wesentliche Akkordwechsel ben tigst, z. B. die Dur- und Moll-Sequenzen ii V I. Es ist an der Zeit, die komplexen Theorieb cher wegzuwerfen und die eigentlichen Gitarren-Licks zu meistern, die von den Gypsy-Jazz-Virtuosen gespielt werden 100 Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarren-Licks - Das bekommst du: - Eine organisierte Bibel mit Gypsy-Jazz-Gitarren-Licks f r jede Situation- ber 100 Jazz-Licks, die aus Generationen von virtuosem Gitarrenspiel destilliert wurden- Audiobeispiele, aufgenommen in Remi Harris' eigenem Studio- Audiobeispiele zu jedem Lick, die du kostenlos herunterladen kannst- Perfekt transkribierte Standardnotation und TAB

Remi Harris' 100 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Licks If you're looking for the most direct pathway to learn incredible gypsy jazz guitar soloing - here it is "Remi Harris is one of the very finest and most exciting exponents of gypsy jazz guitar ... now he is passing along his knowledge and experience to anyone who wants to play this wonderful music and discover just how incredibly cool it really is " - Dr Martin Taylor MBEGet ready to master authentic gypsy jazz guitar soloing with over 100 guitar licks that perfectly recreate the feel of the classic sound.- Would you like to play effortless hot club style guitar solos?- Want to build a vocabulary of authentic gypsy jazz guitar licks that work perfectly, every single time?- Do you want to master the language of guitar Django Reinhardt, Bir li Lagr ne, and many more? Gypsy Jazz (also known as gypsy swing, jazz manouche or the hot club style) was one of the most ground-breaking and accessible forms of early jazz, and is still incredibly popular today through the "modern manouche" movement. However, it typically doesn't lend itself to the kind of music theory that most guitarists are used to playing. 100 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Licks cuts right to the chase with an overview of how gypsy jazz guitarists think when they solo, then dives straight in to teach every concept via 100 iconic licks. You'll be sounding like an authentic gypsy jazz guitar player in no time at all.