Heavy Metal Guitar Tricks [Paperback]

Hal Leonard Corporation (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1992

Learn 'every trick in the book' including virtually every whammy bar and two-handed fretting technique conceivable as well as all types of harmonics, sound effects, and other techniques. All of the techniques are applied to a variety of licks. Also inclu

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation; 1 edition (March 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793509637
• ISBN-13: 978-0793509638
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest source of amazing tricks for modern electric guitar, March 15, 2006

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Ivan R. Hernandez Diaz (Mexico City, Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heavy Metal Guitar Tricks (Paperback)

Troy Stetina and Tony Burton made a great job with this book. First, "Heavy Metal Guitar Tricks" is divided in five parts: The left hand, Sound Effects, Two handed Techniques, The Whammy Bar and the last one is called Picking techniques and other tricks.

The great thing is at the end of each chapter, there's one solo which uses the techniques you just learn in that section. So that way you can apply your kwowledge in a stand alone solo.

The authors say this is a book for players of all levels, but I guess is more apropiated for guitarist who have a previous experience with the instrument. So, there are techniques like Hammer-on or Pull-off that I'm sure you play them fairly well, but is great to take some time to play perfect, so it's not a waste of time.

The two sections that surprised me were "Two Handed techniques" and "The Whammy bar". If you want to know how Randy Rhoads played the "Crazy train" and "Over the mountain" solos, you really have to check the "Reverse right hand Bending" it's amazing! Also, if you want to know how Satriani, EVH and Vai do those great sounds with the bar, you have to read this chapter. All you need is a guitar equiped with a locking tremolo system (F.Rose, Ibanez, Khaler, etc)

One of the things I really liked is that you have to use the CD included because you need to hear the examples before and then play them on the guitar. That's a great way of ear training.

I know this book will take your playing to other level, and there are some techniques that I haven't seen in other book or magazine. So I can tell you this is a great book !!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for tricks, but that's about it!, August 25, 2006

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Guitar Man "Shredder" (LA, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heavy Metal Guitar Tricks (Paperback)

The title of this book is perfect. It is about squeals, whammy bar moves, two-handed tapping, and more. Starting out basic, it covers metal techniques from hammer-ons and pull-offs all the way to tremolo flutters and more. The example solos do not have a backing band, so they are a bit empty; I think that a little more time could have been put into showing useful examples of the tricks, but it's good enough (especially for the price!)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Call it "Metal Tricks 101", June 20, 2008

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JennyPlaysGuitar - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heavy Metal Guitar Tricks (Paperback)

This book is more a survey of guitar tricks than anything. You'll receive a very basic overview of several different tricks like raking, harmonics and whammy bar use, but you won't find a lot of details or depth to the material presented.
The teaching material is very brief, generally only few sentences for each trick. Having worked through Stetina's "Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar," I was also accustomed to having lots of examples to practice along with to really drive home the new material. Unfortunately, you'll only find an example or two for each new idea presented.
Overall, this will wet your pallete to dig a little deeper into the tricks presented here, but it will by no means give you more than a "101" level understanding.