"A brief and musically oriented introduction to key music theory concepts"--

Master the mechanics of single-string technique with this clear concise book and feel the creative freedom that comes when your fingers easily express any musical idea you conceive. Includes: Alternate, economy, sweep, outside, and inside picking - Precise string damping and muting for clear punchy tone - Anticipating and preventing fingering glitches - Scales, modes, triad and 7th arpeggios with inversions - CAGED system fretboard navigation - Intervallic exercises from 3rds through 7ths, with sequencing permutations to keep your fingers and brain working for years to come - Developing natural phrasing senses - Breaking down the learning and memorization process - Making sure practice time produces results - Sprint training regimen for efficiently building speed - Examples notated and tabbed with exact picking and fingering - Password to download audio of all 114 examples.

If you have ever heard a piece of guitar music and wish you could play it but were baffled when you tried to figure it out, Learn How to Transcribe for Guitar is for you. You'll be able to choose any guitar tune and learn how to play it without books, magazines or help from a teacher! Transcribing rhythms, single-note lines and chords is explained along with music theory, ear training, alternate tunings, types of equipment and much more. A CD is included giving you practical transcribing experience.

Learn modern jazz guitar and theory with virtuoso Jens Larsen