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Modern Lead Guitar

Absolute Beginner Guitar Method Book

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A modern approach to lead guitar from life-long guitar player and educator Troy Nelson

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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 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

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Meet Author Troy Nelson

Since 2005, Troy has been publishing music lesson books and sheet music songbooks for every popular instrument, tapping into the talents of many authors and musicians. Troy, himself, is an author as well, writing more than 50 music lesson books and songbooks.

His philosophy on writing his books is simple: Give the reader what they want, which is music instruction that is both fun and easy to understand. This will keep them engaged and, in turn, make them a better guitarist in the shortest amount of time.

The former Editor-in-Chief of the popular Guitar One magazine, Nelson wrote his first book, Guitar Aerobics, shortly after leaving the publication in 2005. The title, which has become a #1 bestseller, has sold more than 250,000 copies worldwide and, for over a decade, has remained one of Amazon's top picks for Guitar.

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