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How to Play Rock Guitar: The Basics and Beyond (Guitar Player Musician's Library) [Paperback]

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Series: Guitar Player Musician's Library | Publication Date: January 1, 2003

Offering lessons, licks and tricks drawn from rock guitar masters, this how-to guide boosts players' soloing technique, rhythm playing, and understanding of rock theory. Fully updated and expanded, it reveals secrets of nu-metal stars such as Rage Against the Machine, provides lessons on roots-rock legends including Carl Perkins, teaches riffs from rock gods such as Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen, and spotlights the latest in gear and recording. With 12 free online audio lessons bringing this instruction to life, players can pick apart the music by string, fret and finger while hearing exactly how it should sound. Whether you're learning the basics or beyond, you'll find page after page of essential advice and inspiration!

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Offering lessons, licks and tricks drawn from rock guitar masters, this how-to guide boosts players' soloing technique, rhythm playing, and understanding of rock theory. Fully updated and expanded, it reveals secrets of nu-metal stars such as Rage Against the Machine, provides lessons on roots-rock legends including Carl Perkins, teaches riffs from rock gods such as Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen, and spotlights the latest in gear and recording. With 12 free online audio lessons bringing this instruction to life, players can pick apart the music by string, fret and finger while hearing exactly how it should sound. Whether you're learning the basics or beyond, you'll find page after page of essential advice and inspiration!

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Product Details

Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Backbeat Books; Second Edition edition (January 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0879307404
ISBN-13: 978-0879307400
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,445,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Rock guitar god Eddie Van Halen gave Jim Ferguson these timeless tips in the July 1984 Guitar Player. Read the first page

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baritone tuning, neck pickup, bridge pickup, bar dips, lower neighbors, rock guitar, power chord, sixth string, pentatonic scale

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Van Halen, Sun Records, Audio Version Online, Dick Dale, Led Zeppelin, Brian May, Eric Clapton, Reinventing the Steel, Train Kept

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