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High Intensity Guitar Technique Book 1 : The Foundations of Proper Guitar Technique

Part of the High Intensity Guitar Technique series
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Do you want to be able to play any song or solo but don't know where to start?

The High-Intensity Guitar Technique series is the ultimate guide for guitarists wishing to expand their technical ability. The series aims to give a guitar player that feels bogged down the skills they need to be able to play any riff, run, solo or lick they should wish to from any genre of music. This first book in the series takes an in-depth look at how to perform the basic principles that make up all modern guitar playing. If you still need to get the basics right, you will always struggle to achieve your goals. You need to perfect the foundations of your playing to build up to the standards you wish to reach.


If you have perfect technique, you can play anything, and perfecting the foundations is your first step to guitar-playing mastery.

In Book 1, you will learn how to perform correctly:

  • Finger Independence Exercises - For warming up and general 'fitness' on the instrument.
  • Legato Techniques - focus on playing smooth licks with fretting hand hammer-ons and pull-offs.
  • Alternate Picking - How to correctly use the pick most efficiently.
  • Sweep Picking - A different approach to using the pick for fast arpeggio-based phrases.
  • Tapping - An ultra-smooth extension of legato phrases.
  • String Bending and Vibrato - Expressive techniques that make the guitar come alive.
  • Essential Fretboard Knowledge - The most important scales and arpeggios that allow you to perform the techniques all over the guitar neck.


How does the book deliver this insight?


High-Intensity Guitar Technique Book 1 contains over 130 exercises and examples using a combination of standard music notation, Tablature, fretboard diagrams, and detailed description so you will know exactly how to perform and practice them to achieve massive results in record time!


Get Your Copy of High-Intensity Guitar Technique Book 1 Now and Get These Bonuses for FREE!

High-Intensity Guitar Technique Book 1 comes bundled with a suite of digital products hosted at author Anthony George's all-in-one online learning platform Cutting Edge Guitar. The digital bonuses can all be accessed for FREE by following the included links inside the book and have been designed to help you progress further with rapid results.

Bonus 1 - Studio Quality Mp3 downloads - All 131 examples in the book have been recorded as studio-quality downloadable MP3s so learners can hear exactly how they should sound.

Bonus 2 - Supporting HD video lessons that show you exactly how to perform essential technical concepts with a deep dive, such as:

  1. Detailed training on how to perform hammer-ons correctly
  2. Thorough training on how to function Pull-offs correctly
  3. An in-depth overview of how to hold the pick for maximum results
  4. Close-up view of the perfect fretting hand and thumb positioning for effortless fretting
  5. The exact grip you need for ideal string bending
  6. How to execute vibrato correctly
  7. An introduction to sweep and economy picking
  8. The basic mechanics of picking hand tapping
  9. How to mute with both the fretting hand and picking hand for a clean technique
  10. The most efficient way to execute alternate picking
  11. How to use rhythmic displacement to iron out technical flaws
  12. How to incorporate the rolling process to use one finger to play adjacent strings
  13. And many more concepts!
Set your foundations for guitar playing mastery right now with High-Intensity Guitar Technique Book 1, and get ready to start your journey towards complete fretboard proficiency!

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Product Details
151476654X / 9781514766545
Paperback / softback
20/08/2015
118 pages
216 x 279 mm, 290 grams