The Guitar Style Resource
A Comprehensive Guide to Exploring New Techniques and Styles from Heavy Metal to Jazz
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A Comprehensive Guide to Exploring New Techniques and Styles from Heavy Metal to Jazz. Composed by Raleigh Green. Guitar Method or Supplement; Method/Instruction. Style Resource Series. Funk; Jazz; Metal; Rock. Book and CD. 96 pages. Alfred Music #00-39292. Published by Alfred Music (AP.39292).

ISBN 9780739089088. UPC: 038081439846. English.

You've learned the basics of guitar, so now it's time to explore new styles and techniques to help you become a well-rounded and more knowledgeable player. With The Guitar Style Resource, you will be exposed to a variety of musical influences that will help you create a unique, original, and exciting sound. Using examples based on actual songs, you will learn the essential elements of various styles. Learn about important players and understand what goes into creating a great guitar part. Dig in and explore new concepts that will unleash your inner musical potential. The included CD clearly demonstrates the musical examples in the book.

* Explore a wide variety of styles from rock and reggae to classical and funk
* Learn about the styles and recordings of pioneering players
* Master techniques such as fingerstyle, palm muting, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and bending
* Covers acoustic and electric guitar technique
* Includes sample licks and tips on soloing.

  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • Basic Notation and Theory
  • CHAPTER ONE: The Guitar Styles Toolbox
  • Lesson 1: Simplifying the Fretboard
  • Lesson 2: The Octave Pattern
  • Lesson 3: The CAGED System
  • Lesson 4: Simplifying the CAGED System
  • Lesson 5: Movable Fretboard Shapes
  • Lesson 6: Using Scale Degrees to Build Chords
  • CHAPTER TWO: Rock Guitar
  • Lesson 1: Palm Muting
  • Lesson 2: Rock Chords
  • Muting and Barring on the Fretboard
  • Lesson 3: Rock Chord Shapes
  • Lesson 4: Rock Chord Progressions
  • Voice-Leading Labyrinth
  • Three-String Strum
  • Sweet Molasses
  • Lesson 5: Rock Chord Embellishments
  • Frost
  • Lesson 6: Soloing in a Rock Style
  • CHAPTER THREE: Blues Guitar
  • Lesson 1: Roman Numerals
  • Lesson 2: The 12-Bar Blues
  • Basic 12-Bar Blues
  • The Chile's Gone
  • Lesson 3: The Blues Shuffle
  • The Troubled 8-Bar Shuffle
  • Stevie's Shuffle
  • Lesson 4: The 12/8 Blues
  • Cloudy Day Blues
  • Lesson 5: Soloing in a Blues Style
  • CHAPTER FOUR: Acoustic Guitar
  • Lesson 1: Slash Chords and the Bass/Strum
  • Afternoon Again
  • Absolutely
  • Lesson 2: The Quintessential Strum
  • Half a Strum to Play
  • A Twist of Lime
  • Lesson 3: The Muted Strum
  • Fret-Hand Mute
  • Take a Seat
  • Moments Like Those
  • Flap
  • Lesson 4: Tricky Strumming Simplified
  • Lesson 5: Acoustic Soloing
  • CHAPTER FIVE: Fingerstyle Guitar
  • Lesson 1: Pick Your Variation
  • Lesson 2: Fingerpicking Potential
  • Passenger Pigeon
  • Lesson 3: Travis Picking
  • Travis Rag
  • Lesson 4: Melodic Fingerpicking
  • Fingerpicking Paradise
  • CHAPTER SIX: Classical Guitar
  • Lesson 1: Posture and Positioning
  • Lesson 2: Classical Fingerpicking
  • Lesson 3: The Renaissance and Baroque Periods
  • Greensleeves
  • Cello Suite No. 1 (Prelude)
  • Minuet In G
  • Lesson 4: The Classical Period
  • Etude in A Minor
  • Allegro In G
  • Prelude in C
  • Lesson 5: Flamenco Guitar
  • Rapid Rasgueados
  • Flamenco Fingers Flying
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: Metal and Shred Guitar
  • Lesson 1: Metal Rhythm
  • Lesson 2: Tremolo Picking
  • Lesson 3: Drop D and Odd-Time Riffs
  • Lesson 4: Neo-Classical Metal
  • Malmsteen Madness
  • Lesson 5: Shredding Tricks
  • CHAPTER EIGHT: Reggae and Ska Guitar
  • Lesson 1: Reggae Chord Voicings
  • Lesson 2: Reggae Rhythm Chops
  • Lesson 3: Single-Note Syncopations
  • Rastafari Police
  • Lesson 4: Third Wave Ska
  • Don't Come Toasting
  • More Than Inspired
  • Dr. Bosstone
  • Sub-Lime
  • Reel Big Sale
  • CHAPTER NINE: Funk Guitar
  • Lesson 1: Single-Note Funk Lines
  • Funky Strut
  • Lesson 2: The Chicken Scratch
  • Feeling Funky
  • Lesson 3: Building Chord Extensions
  • Lesson 4: Funky Rhythm Guitar
  • Theme Park Funk
  • Bag of Potatoes
  • Funk Machine
  • Super Funky
  • CHAPTER TEN: Jazz Guitar
  • Lesson 1: Jazz Chord Progressions
  • How New the Key
  • Chords in the Afternoon
  • Some Keys You Play
  • Lesson 2: Soloing Over ii-V-I Progressions
  • Lesson 3: Jazz Blues & Walking Bass
  • Bop Blues Stroll
  • Lesson 4: Soloing Over a Jazz Blues
  • Bebop Blues Solo
  • Lesson 5: Jazz Chord Inversions
  • Fall Inversions
  • Lesson 6: Adding Color to Your Chords
  • Lesson 7: Latin Jazz
  • How Syncopated
  • Lesson 8: Modal Jazz
  • Modal Impression
  • Lesson 9: Modal Jazz Soloing
  • Tonal Modal
  • Lesson 10: Jazz Soloing Strategies
  • Maybe
  • Outward Inclination
  • Yellow Noon
  • Not Just Acquaintances
  • Conclusion
  • Guitar Fretboard Chart