About the Book
Easily learn which scales to play when you solo over chords with this lead guitar method book.
Master lead guitar licks and build great technique and scale knowledge.
Whether you're new to lead guitar or you've been playing solos for years, one topic that tends to confound even six-string veterans is scale choice. Which scale can I use over this progression? Do I play one scale over the entire progression, or do I play a different scale for each chord? If you've asked yourself any of these questions, don't worry - we all have!
This lead guitar book will teach you which scales work best in which situations so you can master lead guitar licks and build techniques to solo over chords.This electric guitar book is divided into several chapters:
Important music theoryRock & Metal ProgressionsBlues ProgressionsCountry ProgressionsJazz progressionsScale and arpeggio reference guideNotes of the Fretboard
This lead guitar book includes 23 Progressions in all!
If you're ready to solo musically on guitar, then this book is for you! It's filled with important guitar scales, licks, and guitar solo examples to show you how to play great guitar solos like famous players. Perfect your guitar technique with this lick book and learn all of the important scales to play to solo over chords.
Learn the basics of music theory in this lead guitar method book, including:
The Major ScaleThe Minor ScalePentatonic ScalesChord Constructions and ProgressionsKey-Center ApproachChord/Scale ApproachThis guitar book includes plenty of sample licks with easy-to-read tab, across multiple styles of music. Modern Lead Guitar is packed full of how-tos for picking, bending, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides on the guitar.
In this complete guitar guide, you'll learn how to apply the major and minor scales, as well as their modal and pentatonic counterparts so you can really soar over chords.
FREE access to audio downloads from TroyNelsonMusic.com include:
Full-band audio examples Play-along jam tracks 2 Solos for each scaleScale and arpeggio reference guide Notes of the FretboardPerfect your guitar technique with cool licks and the ability to improvise. Learn essential scales and soloing approaches across multiple music genres. Build your guitar-lick chops with easy-to-follow soloing approaches for the creative guitarist.
Read it! Hear it! Play it!Music examples are presented in notes and tab. This practical, step-by-step guide to lead guitar solos for guitarists includes quick-and-easy access to audio tracks via download or streaming - right from TroyNelsonMusic.com. No signup required!
REMEMBER Free access to instant audio downloads from Troy's website included.
BONUS Includes customer support! Questions during practice? Email us from our website and we'll happily help you.
From the author of over 20 guitar lesson booksModern Lead Guitar is written how Troy would want to learn how to play lead guitar if he was starting from scratch, in his signature, tried-and-true, sound-great-right-away style. Troy has written more than 20 books for the guitar and edited more than 100 others.
Thanks for the 5-star reviewsAs an author, Troy Nelson has sold over 250,000 guitar books and received more than a 1,500 reviews. A 30-year guitar player, he's the former editor-in-chief of Guitar One magazine, holds a degree in music, and is the author of the #1 bestseller Guitar Aerobics.
Troy's passion is helping others learn to love the guitar as much as he does.
