Heavy Metal Lead Guitar Method 1.2

Author: (USA) Stetina, T. (Author), Liu Yongwei et al. (Translator)
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: A newly revised and upgraded textbook dedicated to the frontier players of modern heavy metal guitar; teaches heavy metal lead guitar techniques, theory, and musical concepts through a series of heavy metal phrases, runs, fast playing, and electric guitar solos. This book is a professional textbook that can take you to the level of lead guitar performance. The content is designed for guitar players at the beginner to intermediate/advanced level—those who have been learning and playing the guitar for one year or more. It can also serve as an introductory textbook for guitar beginners. The first book briefly outlines some basic knowledge. The book uses six complete band-backed solos as the main structure, with the lead guitar techniques to be learned distributed among them. The playing speed and difficulty of these solos gradually increase as the teaching content progresses.
Main Content:
- Using various minor pentatonic scales, blues scales, Dorian mode scales, and natural minor scales in phrases and solos.
- Various basic guitar techniques—including different forms of bends, vibrato, palm muting, and staccato.
- Basic concepts of phrases and rhythm.
- Developing a stable alternating picking technique.
- A series of speed exercises.
- Basic scale theory.
- Continuous scale patterns.
- Right-hand tapping techniques.
- Harmonics.
- Vibrato bar usage.
The second book continues to explore more advanced music theory and techniques:
- The concept of phrase rhythm.
- Speed exercises.
- The theory of keys.
- Modes and more exotic scales.
- Arpeggio patterns.
- Harmony.
- Chord resolution.
- Extended scale patterns.
- Strumming techniques.
- Right-hand arpeggio tapping techniques.