The ultimate source for building chops while improving your technical facility and overcoming physical barriers. Covers: alternate, economy, hybrid, and sweep picking; symmetrical, chromatic, and scale exercises; arpeggios, tapping, legato, and bending sequences; and more - over 200 exercises in all! The CD includes full demonstrations of the exercises.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
i have been through numerous method and technique books and this one is by far the best. The books starts off with some good chromatic exercises. The next section contains 37 linear scalar sequences that can be applied to any style of music, especially hard rock. From there, Carl introduces some three-note-per string patterns including major 2nd, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, and 6ths intervals. There are several indepth pentatonic sequences as well as some alternate arpeggios. Carl goes over in detail the correct way to apply sweep picking arpeggios into your musical ideas. Hybrid picking, legato, one handed arpeggios, tapping and bending are also covered in this extensive guide to building chops. There are over 200 exercises that are all on the CD that comes with the book. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking to improve their technical facility and overcome physical barriers.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
This is the book all shredders dream off. It is well written and organised with an accompanying CD that demonstrates every exercise clearly without leaving you wondering what it is supposed to sound like.
The books will teach you how to build up your chops. Starts off with basic chromatic exercises and goes on to sweep picking, tapping and various other coveted shreddign techniques. I would highly recommend it for someone who is a fairly adept guitarist who wants to take his playing to the next level.
I've also had the opportunity to take lessons with Carl and believe me, this book couldn't have been written by a more accomplished guitarist. Imagine Van halen and Malmsteen rolled into one and you start to get the picture..
Carl is also a professional transcriber and has done tons of authorised guitar transcriptions for Hal Leonard, Warner Bros. and Cherry Lane.
Well done Carl on writing the perfect solo'ists guide and thanks for all your help.
Cheers.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The book itself will tell you this information, and its clearly in the title-this is all about technique, theory gets the boot.If thats what your looking for then from what Ive already got out of this book I can say you will enjoy this.
The early chapters will tread some familiar ground if you know some scales and basic finger strengthening exercises.But even early on t has some interesting ideas that might make you improve your dexterity so dont skip by them. The chapter on sweep picking is one Im currently working on and has some ways of picking that seem unlike what others would teach, and work very well for making you think in a different way.
Theres also chapters on linear scale movement, chicken picken,alternate picking arpeggios, tapping,bending and legato.Thats a great variety, and if I had been at a slightly lower level of playing, would have found this to be an even greater deal.I plan on going through the whole book regardless, it simply cant hurt.Right now Im just filling in the gaps of my technique.
Problems I encounter with this book include the cd and how its tracks are arranged.There are too many exercises per track- there are hundreds of exercises crammed into 18 tracks.If you are jumping back into the book and happen to be in the middle of a chapter, its a bit annoying to scan by ten or more tracks to get to what you need. Some of the exercises arent organized well either.One pattern is sometimes broken down into three different sections, which are the same pattern just repeated on tab for one or more bars.It seems like a waste of space when it could have simply said"now, repeat this bar".But thats just me nitpicking.
If any of the above mentioned skills are something you need help in,get the book.For the price you can grab it easily, and as long as you go at a good pace I cant see you not improving.
The early chapters will tread some familiar ground if you know some scales and basic finger strengthening exercises.But even early on t has some interesting ideas that might make you improve your dexterity so dont skip by them. The chapter on sweep picking is one Im currently working on and has some ways of picking that seem unlike what others would teach, and work very well for making you think in a different way.
Theres also chapters on linear scale movement, chicken picken,alternate picking arpeggios, tapping,bending and legato.Thats a great variety, and if I had been at a slightly lower level of playing, would have found this to be an even greater deal.I plan on going through the whole book regardless, it simply cant hurt.Right now Im just filling in the gaps of my technique.
Problems I encounter with this book include the cd and how its tracks are arranged.There are too many exercises per track- there are hundreds of exercises crammed into 18 tracks.If you are jumping back into the book and happen to be in the middle of a chapter, its a bit annoying to scan by ten or more tracks to get to what you need. Some of the exercises arent organized well either.One pattern is sometimes broken down into three different sections, which are the same pattern just repeated on tab for one or more bars.It seems like a waste of space when it could have simply said"now, repeat this bar".But thats just me nitpicking.
If any of the above mentioned skills are something you need help in,get the book.For the price you can grab it easily, and as long as you go at a good pace I cant see you not improving.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very Basic
This book is very, very basic. It's a handful of lame exercises that have nothing to do with playing music. Perhaps if you've never touched a guitar.... Read more
Published 1 month ago by String King
Eh....
I've bought quite a few books over the years, I would have to say this is one of the least useful. I'm pretty sure just about anyone could come up with the exercises in this book. Read more
Published 16 months ago by guitarguy116
Shoddy
There are multiple exercises per audio track. This makes it extremely difficult to get exercises up to speed as you cannot repeat exercises and have to constantly put down the... Read more
Published on October 4, 2009 by Jerry J. Hess
Great for any guitarist that wants to learn more exercises
First off, it's not that long of a book. It covers only a handful of techniques, but it is GREAT at delivering the proper lessons and exercises for those techniques so the student... Read more
Published on July 10, 2009 by spasmolytic
A Good Book
I have a lot of guitar books, and I find this one to be very practical. It's not your traditional way of learning guitar, and skips over some of the tedious things to get to the... Read more
Published on June 15, 2009 by B. Ross
Book is great, CD is a mess
If you are looking for lots of ideas on how to build chops then this book rates at 5 stars. It is really fantastic. Read more
Published on January 1, 2009 by M. Dix
Terrific Practice Material
I won't go into too much detail on the specific content of this book, you can find that looking through the other reviews and the description. Read more
Published on October 28, 2008 by Davio The One
Terrifying Technique
As the title reads "Terrifying Techique" it delivers. This is a great book to add to your daily guitar studies. Read more
Published on June 27, 2008 by L. Rahmaan
Shred bible
This book is everything it promises to be. The sequences and exercises will really build dexterity, speed and accuracy over time with lots of practice. Read more
Published on December 4, 2007 by stu pierce
Great book!
I have had this book for about a month now, and i have done nothing but improve my coordination and skill level on my guitar. Great buy!
Published on April 10, 2007 by Justin Roberts
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