Shred Guitar: A Complete System for the Rock Guitar Improviser (Contemporary Guitar Series)

A carefully planned and systematic approach to fretboard mastery, SHRED GUITAR is actually two books in one. The first half of the book book, SHRED GUITAR, is based around 10 popular rock chord progressions with full play-along tracks included on the accompanying CD. The second half of the book, The Practical Guide to Harmony and Theory, is a guitar theory reference that contains 17 units of detailed information that will be useful to all guitarists. more

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Posted: Mar-09-2009

Outstanding Hard Rock Guitar Solo Lesson

First of all, let me say I have been playing the guitar and bass guitar for around 2 and 1/2 years now. I played piano for 3 and 1/2 (way back when I was a teenager some 30 years ago), so I already had a good musical foundation on which to build. I don't have a lot of free time, and chose to go...

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Posted: Feb-17-2009

Making practice interesting

Referring to the "SLOW DOWN" review, yes, I understand what you are saying about the examples on the CD. Most are played as 160 bpm. I cannot play 16th notes that fast either. What I did was to create a guitar pro tab file from the tablature in the book and then exported the MIDI to "Band in a...

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Posted: Jun-02-2008

Excellent for Intermediate Guitarists

I thoroughly benefit from this book, as an exercise book, improvisation backing track CD, and reference. As an the intermediate guitarist (looking primarily to solo or shred), at its price this is probably the best thing you can do for yourself.At the heart of my fondness for Paul Hanson's lesson...

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Posted: Aug-28-2007

Great Book & CD!

Unlike many of the other guitar books out there, this book contains both an exercise and theory section. Both are very clear and informative.The book is organized well into comapct lessons that build on each other. If you put the time into it, this book will deliver. I am halfway through now,...

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Posted: Aug-21-2007

SLOW DOWN

I've been playing for like 5 years now, 20 previous to that on Bass. This dude doesn't play ONE Exercise at NORMAL tempo until like exercise 12 or so.The CD is almost worthless because of his heavy distortion, even delay !!!Finally he plays something "Slow" and I can make it out.. I read music...

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Posted: Jul-14-2007

Shredders' Bible

Hanson more than delivers what he promises. Shred Guitar is appropriate for all levels of players from beginning to far advanced, although some background and chord knowledge would be a good prerequisite. He provides a catalog of licks spanning neo-classical to bluesy to Eric Johnson-type...

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Posted: Jun-12-2007

Scales, scales, scales...

When I was younger I thought "who needs scales?". Just play as fast as you can. Well, I was wrong. You do need scales and that's what this book is about. Actually it's better. It combines scales (theory) and technique to show you how real guitarists think and play. Probably not for...

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Posted: Feb-01-2007

NEARLY PERFECT

I've played for 20 years and have never really been able to shred. I studied briefly with Paul when I was at GIT, but my focus was on jazz/fusion. If you just grab a few of the licks from each chapter you'll have tons of true shred vocabulary to work with. I wish the cd had a sample solo of...

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Posted: Feb-16-2006

Not just for the spandex set!

Highly recommended for intermediate guitaristists of all stripes. Simply put, a great guide to improvisation posing as a book on heavy metal guitar technique. The Practical Guide to Music Theory and Scale Dictionary at the back of the book are both excellent reference guides. Emphasize the...

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Posted: May-04-2005

Excellent value

This book and its accompanying CD are superb. The 10 progressions take you through different modes/scales and offer several ideas and examples for soloing. All along, the theory behind the soling ideas and chord progressions is explained in detail. The advice about how to practice must be...

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