Modern Lead Guitar

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 youÕre new to lead guitar or youÕve 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 youÕve asked yourself any of these questions, donÕt worryÑwe all have!

This lead guitar book will teach you which scales work best in every situation so you can master lead guitar licks and build techniques to solo over chords.

This book is divided into several chapters:

• Important music theory
• Rock & Metal Progressions
• Blues Progressions
• Country Progressions
• Jazz progressions
• Scale and arpeggio reference guide
• Notes of the Fretboard

This lead guitar book includes 23 chord 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.

Learn the basics of music theory in this lead guitar method book, including:

• The Major Scale
• The Minor Scale
• Pentatonic Scales
• Chord Constructions and Progressions
• Key-Center Approach
• Chord/Scale Approach

This guitar book includes plenty of sample licks in easy-to-read guitar 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 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 audio downloads at TroyNelsonMusic.com include:

• Full-band audio examples
• Play-along jam tracks
• Two solos for each scale

Learn essential scales and soloing approaches across multiple music genres. Build your guitar-lick library with easy-to-follow soloing approaches for the creative guitarist.

Read it! Hear it! Play it!

Music examples are presented in notes and guitar tab. This practical, step-by-step guide to lead guitar solos for guitarists includes quick-and-easy access to audio tracks via download or streamingÑright from TroyNelsonMusic.com. No signup required!

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BONUS: Includes customer support! Questions during practice? Email us from our website, and we'll happily help you.

From the author of 30+ guitar lesson books

Modern Lead Guitar is written in Troy's signature, tried-and-true, sound-great-right-away style. Troy has written 30+ books for the guitar and edited more than 200 others.

Thanks for the 5-star reviews

As an author, Troy Nelson has sold over 250,000 guitar books and received more than a 1,500 reviews. A 35-year guitar player, he's the former Editor-in-Chief of Guitar One magazine, holds degrees in Music and Education, 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.