MASTERS OF ROCK GUITAR, Peter Fisher. CD TABLATURE
Mezzo secolo di musica rock, solo 20 uomini. 250 esempi di fraseggi, brevi e medio brevi di: Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Albert King, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Santana, Summers, Mark Knopfler, Steve Morse, Van Halen, Roads, Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Lukather, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai. Informazioni sul suono e la strumentazione. Tecniche usate: alternate picking, i legati, sweep picking o economy picking, tapping, tecnica a due mani, bending e vibrato, dive bomb, effetti armonici, wrench slide, mouse trap, harmonic dive (horse), cat purr, talk/off-pitch, whammy bar. 159 pagine.
TECHNIQUES AND CONCEPTS FROM 40 YEARS OF ROCK GUITAR with more than 250 licks in the styles of Chuck Berry, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and many more.
Product Description:
The aim of this book and CD is to document the development of rock guitar playing by thoroughly investigating the styles of twenty distinctive and influential guitar greats, including Chuck Berry, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Gary Moore, Eddie van Halen, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and others. The more than 250 licks selected for inclusion here serve as a reference for anyone in search of authentic sounding material. This book is more than a mere compilation of licks. By presenting detailed information about personal influences, identifiable elements, harmonic material, sound (preferred instruments, amps, effects, etc.) and discographies, the book provides the reader with a well-rounded picture of each individual guitarist. In addition, the level of technical difficulty increases parallel to the chronological sequence, so the book can also be used as a methodically constructed learning aid for beginning to advanced players. The accompanying CD is over 70 minutes in length. It will not only help readers play the licks, but gives them the ability to select each profiled guitarist's music individually. In notation and tablature. Format: Book/CD Set
Welcome to the Masters of Rock Guitar
Foreword
Taking a look at the stylistic variety of the preceding decades, the task of documenting the development of rock guitar playing seems more than difficult. The problems begin with choosing the guitarists. Countless players will have to be left out who could be considered most important.
Undoubtedly you'll miss one guitarist or another who in your opinion is an absolute master of the rock guitar.
In order to maintain a clear perspective, I've found it necessary to restrict myself to twenty guitar heroes. Even in this book, space is limited, so I've tried to select only those really influential guitarists who've been primary forces in the development of guitar techniques. So it's been necessary to leave out guitarists like Frank Zappa, Steve Howe, John Mclaughlin, Pete Townshend, George Lynch, and others, as well as the guitarists from important groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Although their playing is inseparably linked to their groundbreaking compositions, from a technical standpoint, they're not as revolutionary or innovative as the rest of the "club", those whose playing has been an influence on a large number of other guitarists. The names of the ones I've chosen call to mind certain sounds, concepts and performing techniques that are often demanded of musicians and teachers.
(" Play it like Hendrix / van Halen / Knopfler / Lukather ... " or "Play some of those Police chords ... ") One is seldom asked to playa solo in a Beatles style. The selections here have been made to meet these demands and to serve as a reference work for anyone who is looking for some authentic sounding material. Of course the danger in this sort of undertaking lies in reducing the concept of the book down to a mere compilation of guitar licks. Comprehending a guitarist's style takes more than just having a few licks down. Without the essential background information, such as personal influences, identifiable elements, harmonic material, sound and discography, all of which, along with the licks, give a well-rounded picture of each individual guitarist, you can't do justice to the Masters of the Rock Guitar.
Not that I'm promoting a star cult. Four decades of rock history are personified by these twenty" chosen players", with whose help the stylistically variable development of rock guitar playing can be seen in a clear light. For this reason our brief tour of rock history will begin with those definitive representatives of the blues guitar, B.B,King and Albert King, whose playing still has a lot to offer to the current generation of guitarists. And this, although for many young guitarists (my own age group, by the way) the Era of the Electric Guitar began with Eddie van Halen, and names like Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page often bring little more response than a shrug of the shoulders. Of course the level of technical difficulty increases parallel to the chronological sequence. So "Masters of Rock Guitar" not only serves as a reference work, but can also - as an extra, so to speak - be used as a methodically constructed learning aid for beginning and advanced players. The accompanying CD is over seventy minutes in length. It will not only help you to play the licks, but has also the major advantage over other recordings that each of the guitarists can be selected individually. However you choose to use this book, I do hope you'll have a lot of fun reading, playing, listening and working.
On working with this book, Tips & Tricks
Before we begin our tour through the history of rock guitar playing here are a few hints and ideas how to work with this book: Play each lick not only over the chord it appears with, but also over the harmonic extensions. (For example, if C 7 is indicated, play also over C 9 and C 11; if Cm is indicated, play also over Cm7, Cm9, Cm11, etc.) Try them over the diatonic chords of the key, as well. The licks sound somewhat different over every chord (sometimes better, sometimes worse), and you'll find that this way you have seven times as much material as you would have if you only practiced over the suggested chord. Look at my instructions for execution (hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, etc.) as suggestions. Play around with the licks and see how they sit best under your fingers. Same thing for the rhythm, the choice of octaves and the sound. I've found that you really have to listen (in the deeper sense of the word) to each guitarist before you can develop a true feeling for his style. To really get the feeling for Jimi Hendrix's style, for example, you've got to listen quite a bit. The licks on the CD are just a beginning. Sorry, but there's no way around listening to the original. The discography should help you get your bearings. There are basically two ways to make progress with this book. One way is to go straight through from beginning to end, thereby experiencing the different stages of development in the music. The other possibility is to pick out your heroes in whichever order you want. However you do it, have fun! I have purposely recorded the licks on the CD with relatively neutral backgrounds, so that the stylistic labels IImetal II or IIfusion II, or whatever, won't be stamped on them. You'll have to combine and mix styles if you want to develop your own creativity and find your own style. Don't hesitate to use freshly learned licks in your playing. This is the only way to make them a part of your own repertoire. As to the subject of III don't copy anyone! II, I found a good quotation from Steve lukather: "If you copy only one guitarist, it's stealing. But if you copy a lot of them, it's a science. I play, by the way, almost exclusively 'borrowed' licks.!" With this in mind: LET'S GET BUSY!
Contents:
Foreword
On working with this book
TIPS & TRICKS
Preparatory exercises
Alternate picking
Legato technique (Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs)
Sweep or economy picking
Two hand tapping
String bending and vibrato
BLUES AND EARLY ROCK PERIOD
B. B. King - THE KING OF BLUES
Albert King - BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN?
Chuck Berry -THE FATHER OF ROCK 'N ROLL
THE CLASSIC ROCK PERIOD
Jimi Hendrix - THE INVENTOR OF MODERN ROCK GUITAR
Eric Clapton - RESTLESS SLOWHAND
Jeff Beck - THE STRAT CAT
Jimmy Page -THE FOUNDING FATHER OF HEAVY ROCK
Ritchie Blackmore - HARD ROCK GOES CLASSICAL
Carlos Santana - SPIRITUAL LATIN BLUES
MODERN CLASSICS
Andy Summers - MUSIC NEEDS ROOM TO BREATHE
Mark Knopfler - THE SULTAN OF SWING
Steve Morse - MISTER VERSATILITY
Eddie van Halen - THE TAPPING GOD
Randy Roads - TRADEMARK LICKS FROM METAL AND CLASSICAL
THE NEW GUILD OR GUITAR HEROES WITHOUT END
Yngwie Malmsteen - NEO-CLASSICAL METAL WITH EGO PROBLEMS?
Gary Moore - STILL GOT THE BLUES
Steve Lukather - CONTROLLED ECSTASY
Joe Satriani - WORTH WAITING FOR
Steve Vai - HIS ROYAL DARKNESS
Paul Gilbert - FROM THE E MINOR TO THE HIP SCALE
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