Bücher von Joseph Alexander

Learn Authentic Rhythm & Lead Parts for Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady, Dub and MoreIt's no understatement to say that reggae music forever changed the world. A compelling mix of soul, jazz, R&B and Jamaican mento, it's the ultimate feel good music with its hypnotic, laidback grooves.The Reggae & Ska Guitar Book is a one-of-a-kind guide to the guitar styles at the heart of reggae. In fact, it's is a chronological guide to the development of reggae through the decades and shows how to play its many sub-genres with authentic, stylistically accurate guitar parts. Your journey includes scheduled stops at:Ska, the early years - how American R&B combined with elements of calypso and mentoRocksteady - the bridge between the original ska and later reggae erasReggae - the emergence of seminal groups including Bob Marley & The WailersDub - how versions or "doubles" creatively expanded the sound of reggaeSka revival - an offshoot of the punk/mod eras, explore the sounds of The Specials, Madness, The Selecter and moreThe Third Wave - how ska burst upon the US from a California-based revival, with bands like Reel Big Fish, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and SublimeLovers Rock - reggae surfaces again, this time combining the sweet melodic soul of Motown with laidback Jamaican groovesGoing Full Circle - how reggae influenced world music and artists such as Paul Simon, Eric Clapton and The PoliceDancehall and Beyond - fusing island musical sensibilities with hip-hop, dancehall adopted a new type of reggae drum groove that has influenced countless contemporary pop records ever sinceLearn the Essential Techniques of Reggae GuitarWith each sub-genre of reggae and ska came refinements and changes to the role of the guitar. There is so much more to it than hitting chord stabs on the up-beats! You'll learn...The skank groove that forms the backbone of the ska soundStylistically accurate major and minor chord voicingsHow to introduce double-stops, triplet ideas and sliding articulationsSingle-note pentatonic riffs and fillsHow to play the chicken scratch technique pioneered by Hux BrownUsing delay pedal effects to expand your sonic arsenalAdding jazz, rock 'n' roll licks, and even modal scales to spice up single-note accompaniments in the style of the greatsThe rhythms and approach of the ska-punk movement of the Third Wave

Learn Essential Piano Chords for Pop, Rock, Blues and more!· Do you want to master the basics of piano & keyboard in one simple method? · Ready to get down to the brass tacks of playing simple piano chords? The First 100 Piano Chords for Beginners is a complete guide that teaches you to play and combine piano chords to make meaningful music.You don't even need to read music - the clear diagrams show you exactly where to place your fingers, and examples include the note names, so you always know exactly what to play. Discover how to play every essential chord on pianoCombine chords into sequences and songsLearn beautiful accompaniment patterns to play with other musiciansMaster chord theory and construction in simple stepsThe First 100 Piano Chords for BeginnersThis book is powerful because not only does it teach you every chord you'll need to become a great keyboard player... it teaches you to move from chords to sequences to actual music immediately - all while teaching you the basics of perfect piano technique.For every set of chords, you'll be directed to hit songs that use the same sequence, so not only will you start playing along to your favourite songs, you'll learn to get creative and write your own music too. A Piano and Keyboard Chord Method That Grows With You This ground-breaking method is carefully structured to help you grow as a musician, and by the end of The First 100 Piano Chords for Beginners you'll be amazed at your progress.Here's what's you get...Easy tuition of every chord you'll ever needA complete guide to the most popular chord progressions that are the basis of thousands of hit recordsA simple path to master left-hand and right-hand independence - learn to play chords in both hands, then add basslines and accompaniment patterns to make stunning musicDiscover how to use these progressions to create your own songs

Discover Oscar Peterson's Piano Licks for Jazz guitarUnlock virtuoso jazz piano vocabulary for guitarVirtuoso guitarist Ulf Wakenius performed with jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson for a decade, and followed in the footsteps of Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis and Joe Pass. In Oscar Peterson Licks for Jazz Guitar, Ulf shares his unique insight into the jazz concepts of Oscar Peterson, and teaches how that language creates the perfect vocabulary for jazz guitar.What You'll LearnOscar Peterson was the complete musician and matched effortless technique and dexterity with perfect time, a huge melodic vocabulary, a deep level of harmony, and a unique energetic creativity that powered his music. In this book, Ulf teaches you how to combine these essential musical elements to create the language of a jazz piano icon, while teaching you to master dozens of jazz guitar licks that give you the perfect jazz guitar vocabulary.Among other things, you'll study…The Blues How to weave blues ideas seamlessly into your jazz guitar solos How to create lines with fluid vocal-phrasing Jaw-dropping pentatonic runs Outstanding double-stops and octave lines Call and response licks Masterful rhythmic variation techniquesThe art of building strong motif-based solos Learn to tell a story with your solo Create motif-based phrases in the style of Jim Hall and Wes Montgomery The secret to carrying motifs through chord changes Catchy ostinato and pedal-tone ideasThe techniques and concepts to 10x your bebop licks Learn to construct bebop guitar licks using chromatics and enclosures Play dozens of swinging licks over essential jazz chord sequences How to execute blisteringly fast runs! The modal licks and sequence-based lines that create a modern jazz soundDiscover The Secret to Perfect Solo Jazz Guitar ArrangingSoloing with block chords was another important feature of Oscar's playing. Here you'll learn the secret principles behind this technique. By learning several longer study pieces, you'll gain valuable insight into creating your own originalblock chord solos. Learn the three principles that underpin everyblock chord solo Discover lush Wes Montgomery, Johnny Smithand Barney Kesselstyle chord solos Learn advanced chord voicing and substitution ideas Study reharmonization ideas over famous jazz standardsFull-Length Jazz Guitar Pieces Bring Everything TogetherAs well as many long examples played over extended chord changes, the finale features three full-length performance solos that bring together all the techniques in the book. You'll learn two bebop blues solo studies, and a stunning guitar arrangement to consolidate your harmonic and chord substitution ideas.Hear it!Ulf Wakenius' Oscar Peterson Licks for Jazz Guitar contains over 1-hour of audio that's free to download from our dedicated website. You'll hear Ulf's original recordings so you can play the music right - every time.Buy it now and bring the iconic language of a jazz piano virtuoso home to your guitar

Take The Minor Pentatonic Scale Scale Beyond Blues & Classic Rock... The journey of virtually every guitar player begins with the pentatonic scale. No other scale has been used more to further the connection between the guitar and modern music. However, pentatonic shapes fall so easily under the fingers the same thing which helped us progress can end up holding us back.In Mastering Pentatonics, boring pentatonic clichés are blown out of the water with a wealth of fresh, creative ideas from a group of expert guitar players. Discover new pentatonic patterns, licks, and sequences Learn multiple ways to adapt pentatonic scales to play over any chord Explore hybrid and exotic pentatonic scale forms to transform your lick vocabulary You will master pentatonic guitar licks in the style of the greats: | Eric Clapton | Ace Frehley | Paul Gilbert | Joe Walsh | Brian May | Angus Young | | Richie Kotzen | Michael Schenker | Eric Johnson | Joe Bonamassa | Joe Satriani | | Carl Verheyen | Joe Diorio | B.B. King | Albert King | Buddy Guy | Robben Ford | But, this is more than simply a lick book. You'll also discover game-changing concepts that will help you progress as a musician for years to come. Here's what you get: A pentatonic "cram session" to fill any gaps in your knowledge Learn to build pentatonic scales from each of the major scale modes Break away from box shapes with our guide to re-visualizing the fretboard Mix major and minor pentatonics to create some killer blues licks Discover the essential shapes used by the great shred guitarists Build "pentatonic chords" to create intriguing new sounds Master exotic pentatonic scales to open up new harmonic ideas You'll learn to master the pentatonic scale with Premier Guitar's best tutors and take your rock guitar playing in a new creative direction...Buy it now!

Three Bestselling Shred Guitar Soloing Books in One Definitive EditionUltimate Shred Machine | Rock Guitar Mode Mastery | Shred Guitar ImprovisationLegendary YouTube teacher, Shred-Jedi and Metal-Meister Chris Zoupa brings together his three bestselling soloing guides in one phenomenal edition! 320-pages of mind-melting licks and over 300 audio tracks to download for FREE.Ultimate Shred MachineForget vanilla 'safe space' guides and make way for the Ultimate Shred Machine - the ultimate guide to shred guitar picking, tapping and sweeping! In this no-nonsense guide to shred guitar, Chris Zoupa cuts through the mystery and misinformation that shrouds guitar technique, and expertly guides you through the essential skills that'll super-charge your rock guitar playing.What you'll learn: How to play flawless shred guitar, taught in an easy-to-follow manner The secrets of fast alternate picking guitar technique How to sweep-pick arpeggios the right way and avoid common mistakes Legato guitar technique in the styles of Satriani, Govan and Gilbert Exotic scale runs in the styles of Malmsteen, Skolnick and Laiho Neo-classical metal guitar exercises and licks Simple to advanced guitar tapping techniques Over 100 exercises and guitar licks with FREE supporting audio to download Great tips on guitar tone and the use of distortionRock Guitar Mode MasteryA comprehensive guide to the modes that shows how to creatively apply them to rock and shred metal guitar. This book enables you to get right inside the music, understand how those rock and metal guitar parts are constructed, and begin to create your own. Chris Zoupa's no-nonsense, common sense guide shows us how to use each mode in its correct context. Throughout this book the focus is on making great music, not simply acquiring knowledge.What you'll learn: A clear guide that cuts through the confusion many have about modal guitar playing Scales, pentatonic patterns and arpeggios for each mode How the great rock and metal players use the modes to compose and improvise solos Licks in the style of Kirk Hammett, Michael Paget, Mark Tremonti, Alex Skolnick, Slash, Alexi Laiho, Paul Gilbert and many more! Creative ways of using modes so they don't sound like boring scales, along with numerous shred technique such as alternate picking, legato, sweep picking and tappingShred Guitar ImprovisationIn Shred Guitar Improvisation, you'll learn the essential knowledge you need to cover a huge variety of playing situations. You'll also build your shred guitar vocabulary with hundreds of creative licks! Chris Zoupa shows you tons of different ways of varying scales and shred sequences to keep them surprising, exciting and unpredictable.Creative Shred guitar techniques you'll learn: Essential harmony and chord theory Scale and arpeggio choices to play over diatonic chords Scale and arpeggio choices for non-diatonic chords Powerful licks for every scale/arpeggio in the book How to solo with chord fragments How to break away from clichéd box shape licks How to compose your own improvised solos

The Ultimate Guide to Blues Guitar SoloingAre you struggling to learn the authentic language of blues guitar soloing? Joseph Alexander has helped over 500,000 guitar players improve their skills with his practical, step-by-step guitar guides and his blues books are among his most popular. Finally, he's released his exclusive guide to learning authentic blues guitar soloing from scratch.Far more than a book of licks, this guitar method will help you learn the language of the blues soloing and speak it fluently. Beginner Blues Guitar SoloingThis book will teach you how to play meaningful blues guitar solos from the ground up, with the minimum of theory. Here's what you get:¿ An easy reference guide covering every aspect of blues soloing for beginners¿ Simple but effective lead guitar riffs you can use immediately¿ 160 musical examples, with studio quality audio FREE to download¿ Full-length solos to learn that demonstrate each technique and add to your arsenal of blues licksCan you speak blues?An entire chapter is dedicated to one of the most important aspects of blues vocabulary: question and answer phrasing. Guitar players are often guilty of noodling with scales - which demonstrates their knowledge but lacks real musicality. In this chapter you'll learn how to tell a story with your playing and master the art of phrasing. Great question and answer phrasing is making your music speak so that people will listen - and the techniques you learn here won't only help you play the blues, they'll make you a better all-round musician. As well as ensuring you have good phrasing, you'll also learn a host of expressive articulation techniques.

Sweep Picking Speed Strategies for 7-String Guitar takes Chris Brooks' highly successful book Sweep Picking Strategies for Guitar and applies it for the growing number of 7-string guitar players demanding a comprehensive and concise approach that will lead to mastery of the instrument. Many 7-string players are drawn to the creative possibilities the extended range provides, but have yet to tap the full potential of the instrument. Here you'll learn everything from pick grip and fundamental rudiments to the execution of perfect, large-scale arpeggio forms for every common chord type as you learn sweep picking on 7-string guitar. This book has been devised especially for players looking for a comprehensive sweep picking and arpeggio course dedicated to playing 7-string guitar in the style of Andy James, Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, Jason Becker and John Petrucci.

Learning how to play slide guitar is one of the few techniques can change your whole approach to the guitar, so much so that it becomes a whole new instrument. In this book, you will master the art and technique of modern electric slide guitar playing.

Walking Basslines for Jazz Guitar teaches you Martin Taylor's own secret method for building a rock solid walking bassline on any jazz standard. You'll become a one-instrument rhythm section and be perfectly placed to accompany singers and soloists in a duo setting.

100 Classic Blues Licks for Guitar is different to every other guitar lick book available. It's not simply a cold list of licks, it is a breakdown of the playing styles of the world's most important blues guitarists. You won't just copy lines verbatim, you'll internalize the language of the blues guitar masters and incorporate it into your everyday playing.

100 Classic Rock Licks for Guitar is different to every other guitar lick book available. It's not simply a cold list of licks, it is a breakdown of the playing styles of the world's most important rock guitarists. You won't just copy lines verbatim, you'll internalize the language of the rock guitar masters and incorporate it into your everyday playing.

The Beginner Lead Guitar Method isn't just a lick book; it's a guide for beginners that teaches you how to solo and build technique at the same time. From the most basic licks, right through to exciting techniques such as bends, slides, legato and vibrato, you are guided step by step towards lead guitar soloing greatness.

Complete Technique for Modern Guitar destroys the notion that aspiring players must spend all their practice time accelerating through progressively more difficult and obscure exercises. This book focuses on only the exercises that most quickly develop the fundamental four areas of guitar technique: Picking, Legato, Playing in time, and expression.

In Advanced Jazz Guitar Techniques jazz guitar virtuoso Jens Larsen provides more deep insights into the techniques and theory of contemporary jazz guitar. You'll discover a practical, no-nonsense guide to jazz guitar topics that have mystified even experienced jazz musicians - such as effective soloing with triad pairs, applying quartal harmony, how and when to use altered scales, and much more! Master the advanced guitar techniques and melodic concepts you've heard in the music of everyone from Charlie Parker and Wes Montgomery, to Kurt Rosenwinkel, Michael Brecker and Mike Moreno. Jens Larsen gets to the heart of modern jazz guitar playing to focus on the techniques and theory that will set your playing apart from the crowd. His new jazz guitar book teaches how to create quartal arpeggio licks that combine the old-school cool jazz vocabulary of McCoy Tyner and John Coltrane with the modern sounds of Gilad Hekselman, Jonathan Kriesberg and Mike Moreno.

Chord Tone Soloing for Bass Guitar teaches you to how to use arpeggios, extensions, chromatic ideas and substitutions over each of the thirteen essential jazz sequences, and how to combine these building blocks into authentic, melodic solos. Each progression is approached both logically and methodically to build articulate bass solos from the fundamental principles of jazz. By applying arpeggio-based techniques, and learning to decorate your solos with chromatic ideas, you will quickly learn how to 'play the changes' in a musical and creative way.

Break down the challenging yet rewarding genre of blues guitar step-by-step, from your first finger independence exercises right through to complete studies that seamlessly combine chords, bass lines and melodies into full pieces of music.

How the notes of these chords are arranged on the guitar has a massive effect on their sound and use in music. Every common arrangement (or 'drop' voicing) of these chords is covered in detail, along with advice on when they are best used, which ones are a priority to learn and how to musically incorporate them into your playing.

The Circle of Fifths for Guitarists shows how every key, scale, chord and modulation works in music. It''s essential knowledge of any aspiring musician. You will not only learn how The Circle works, but you will also learn to build it yourself and gain instant access to the deep inner core of theory that governs everything in music.

Move From Pentatonics to Modes - InstantlyAre you ready to expand your palette of musical sounds?Are you stuck playing pentatonics and looking for something new? Are you daunted by the prospect of learning modes and complicated theory? "Learn your modes" is one of the most common pieces of advice given to aspiring guitarists... but the question of how best to learn and play them is rarely addressed. All too often, students are given big grids of scale shapes and taught to run up and down boring patterns without much success. What's worse is that your phrasing often becomes dull and "un-guitar-like" when you learn modes in this way.A Better Way to Play Modes on GuitarBut there's a much better way to learn modes, especially when you can already play pentatonic scales. In fact, there's a "secret" trick that the world's greatest guitarists have been using for years to bring modal notes into their solos without losing their beautiful pentatonic phrasing. In From Pentatonic Scales to Modes, you'll learn how pentatonic shapes form the "skeletons" of literally any mode, and how by adding just two notes you can quickly bring modal colours into your playing while retaining classic pentatonic phrasing. This book teaches you the most important modes of Dorian, Aeolian, Mixolydian and Major anywhere on the neck and you'll learn hundreds of gorgeous licks along the way.The best thing is that by learning your modes in this way, you are fully in control of which colours you add to your solos, so you can avoid clichéd patterns and mindless runs.By the end of From Pentatonic Scales to Modes you will be playing modes with musical pentatonic phrasing and be highly selective about which notes you use in your solos.And when you get right down to it, being choosy about your notes is what makes you a better soloist.

Go Beyond Scales to Play More Exciting Guitar SolosTired of playing the same predictable notes, patterns and licks?Wondering what you can play that's not the same old scale? Are you ready to become a master of tension and release?Chromatic Lead Guitar Techniques is a brilliantly conceived, organic method that quickly teaches you to introduce, control, and resolve chromatic tension in your solos. In minutes you'll be playing notes you never thought you were allowed to in truly personal solos. In the expert hands of rock guitar legend and Guitar Institute founder Shaun Baxter, you'll develop mastery of chromatic passing notes to craft perfect solos that deliver tension, intensity and excitement.Go Deep with Chromatic Soloing Techniques - In Any Style Knowing which chromatic notes to use and when might seem like witchcraft right now, but Shaun introduces every option in an organised, step-by-step method.In Chromatic Lead Guitar Techniques you'll harness the power of these techniques, along with the how, why and when to play them to enhance your solos:Chromatic approach notes - Introduce chromatic notes above or below scale tones to create more powerful melodic phrases.Chromatic bridging - Use chromatic notes to link scale notes. Learn "enhanced" scale shapes, patterns and sequences that brighten your solos and take you in new directions.Chromatic enclosures - This essential soloing technique combines approach notes from above and below to highlight important melodic notes.Delayed resolution - Develop more musical control over tension and release in your playing by learning how to extend and "interrupt" phrases with added passing notes on adjacent strings.Twelve-tone rows - Not for the faint hearted! Here you'll go all out with chromaticism and play mind-blowing runs with all twelve notes of the chromatic scale.Mixed chromatic techniques - A masterclass on how to combine every chromatic technique to create musical, expressive solos that transcend scales and teach you total melodic freedom. These guitar soloing ideas can be used in any style and there are 100s of ideas to discover!Colouring Outside the LinesChromatic, or "outside" notes add colour and spice to your playing by offering you nearly twice as many notes to choose from. Crucially, they help you create advanced levels of musical tension and release, and help you move away from simple, predictable scale notes.Discover...A vast collection of over 160 chromatic phrasesLicks in different zones of the guitar with the CAGED systemHow to transpose chromatic phrases to different keysUnlimited chromatic soloing patterns and sequences to build your vocabularyA system that works in any style of music!Chromatic Lead Guitar Techniques is all about practical, musical application, and you don't need a degree in nuclear physics to use these beautiful melodic ideas.It's all about training yourself to see the opportunities to add chromatic ideas into the scale shapes you already know, and every concept is applied immediately in over 160 licks and solo studies.Also, our carefully annotated notation and TAB highlights every single chromatic note in musical context, so it's easy to understand what you're playing and why it works!

Meaningful Guitar Warmups That Improve Your Skills and Reduce Risk of InjuryGuitar Practice Warmup Routines teaches you the best skills to work on in your warmups in a safe, musical way - the ultimate rule being that your warmup should never be more difficult than your workload. The focus is on warming up the brain and body safely while developing complementary skills to enhance your main guitar practice routine. In this ground-breaking guitar warmup book, you'll focus on the following essentials to make you a better guitarist in double time...¿ Picking hand¿ Chords¿ Linear fretting hand coordination¿ Chromatic displacement picking¿ Major and minor scales¿ Arpeggios¿ Fingerpicking¿ Synchronisation¿ Fretting hand stretches¿ Wacky drills

Master the Harmonic & Melodic Minor Scales for Jazz GuitarAt last, a straightforward guide to using the often-confusing Harmonic and Melodic minor scales, designed especially for jazz guitarists!Harmonic & Melodic Minor Jazz Guitar Soloing teaches the why, how, when, and where of these powerful scales with a methodical approach that will develop your jazz guitar soloing as you go.¿Incredible Attention to Your Learning GoalsIn Harmonic & Melodic Minor Jazz Guitar Soloing,· Each substitution idea is explained in detail· Learn exactly which minor scale to reach for and when· Discover how to combine harmonic and melodic minor scales with Dorian and Lydian sounds· Master 128 creative jazz licks that expand your jazz guitar soloing vocabulary· Create structured jazz lines using motivic and rhythmic development

The Complete Advanced Guitar Practice MethodFrustrated with long-term plateaus?Feel like you're wasting time in the practice room?Don't know what to study to improve your guitar playing? If you already practice guitar but struggle with the what, when, and how, then this book is for you.Because what you need is a structured practice plan that yields positive short-term growth, and long-term guitar excellence.Guided Practice Routines for Guitar - Advanced Level is book three in Levi Clay's ground-breaking guitar practice series. Books one and two were both instant bestsellers, and now he's ready to take you on the ultimate guitar practice bootcamp!There's no fluff here, Levi's no-nonsense approach cuts to the heart of the skills you need to become a bulletproof guitar player. This serious set of routines will expose the areas in your playing that need development, but immediately set about fixing them.You'll learn by using carefully designed practice drills and play along with Levi himself on 128 exercises with accompanying audio tracks.Plus... everything is clearly illustrated with neck diagrams, standard notation and TAB.Advanced-Level Skills for Every Guitar Player!Whatever style of guitar you want to play, there are certain key skills you need to master regardless of genre - and this book covers them all.Each of the 10 routines in Guided Practice Routines for Guitar - Advanced Level lays the foundation for guitar mastery