Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar (Troy Stetina) (Includes Online Access Code)

I have a few of Troy Stetina's books. They are all very methodically laid out and as long as you follow the authors advice, you WILL improve. This book is excellent in terms of the amount of information given on each section, very in depth and almost as good as having your own personal tutor! I will be adding the others in the series to my collection as time (and money) allow. I would also recommend this book to anyone not necessarily into playing Metal guitar. Use the advice and exercises to generally improve the speed and precision of your playing. The only criticism of this and the other Troy Stetina books I have is that the CD is copied from an earlier edition which obviously used tape and is not broken down into small enough "chunks". This makes accessing certain licks etc sometimes a bit tedious. However, as the accompanying text is that good, the book would be very useful even without a CD.

This is truly a great book. I have loads of instructional books on lead guitar playing, and this is the very best when it comes to developin speed and technique. It's got great tips on how to practice, and tons of great exercises. If you stick with it, your speed is definitely going to improve quite quickly. The licks and runs provided for practicing can also be used for your own solos, and to develop your own ideas. I personally really enjoyed the fact that the book contains the song 'flight of the bumblebee' in tab notation, as it is something different from the usual rock/metal I normall play. In short, this book really really helped me, if you want to improve your speed, buy this and work through it. This has worked way better for me than any instructional dvd/book (apart from maybe paul gilbert instructional dvds - they are awesome, too!).

Really does what it says on the tin. Focuses very heavily on the mechanical-ability side of playing guitar, there are some interesting study pieces in it and lessons that are beneficial from lower level players to advanced players. It does touch on music theory in places, but doesn't really reinforce it. The title is Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar though, so it is not to be expected really. It is probably most beneficial to players who want excel with the more technical guitar styles, but the exercises are such that they'll increase dexterity. I play mainly classic rock and blues, and I've found them useful. This is not a one stop shop for all you need to know about music, but if you want to become a more technical guitar player, this is the book for you.

A fantastic collection of licks, riffs and lead breaks which will transform your shred playing - many of the exercises you can simply take verbatim and incorporate into solos as they are. On the downside, you will need considerable time and commitment to master these licks - some riffs have taken me months to learn. but well worth it in the end. minus one star for perhaps, lack of variety - after a while the licks do get a bit samey but this really is a minor quibble. fantastic book for those who can put the time in.

Hi there. This book is good if you need a bit of speed in your play. I was gonna say it's not for the country player etc but that would be wrong. It teaches you what to play and how to play it and then on the CD you hear that it is possible. You will realise how honest and simple the book is after you have read it from the start and tried a few excercises. He brings it down to the bare basics, you have 4 fingers on one hand and a pick in the other and here's how to open them up! It's designed for the guitarist who hates to learn... the man who looks at written music and is blind to it will work out Ok with this book. It's simple tabs, and it's all explained at the start... Easy Peasy!! By the time you get to the end of the book (4-5 weeks) you'll kick ass!! If you want to solo then this is the obvious choice but if your clever then you'll use this in all rhytm sets. Better to know it than not too if you're serious about playing guitar, whatever style. Kind regards to you and appreciation to Troy Stetina for putting this lesson together.

This book is almost perfect! It inspired me a lot, changed the way I practise and after a month of just doing exercises 1-5 and exercise 25, my technique improved considerably. If you stick to this, you will become much better player, and this applies not only to metal, but to any genre really. Really recommend any book by Stetina, he is great teacher.

A quality resource in speeding up lead guitar. The exercises start from simple and build up to more elaborate patterns. Practice makes perfect and if you practice enough, the exercises really do help. stretching and articulating the fingers and distance from fretboard are three primary factors covered. Recomened!

If you are serious about learning to be a shredder then this is the book for you. It is not easy, and it will push you.

Ottimo libro, molto tecnico. Non si parla di teoria musicale, ma di pura tecnica ed esercizio. Per me non è molto adatto ai principianti in quanto richiede già una certa scioltezza delle dita. Indispensabile un metronomo.

El autor no es pretencioso y te invita desde 0 a seguir desarrollando tus habilidades en la guitarra. Los ejercicios los acompaña con ilustraciones de cómo recomienda él acomodar la mano del mástil y en ocasiones la mano con la púa. Además, agrega en los tab, con cuál dedo tocar, idealmente, cada nota. En los ejercicios, dice el autor: "The key is accuracy and control, not speed!" No tuve problemas para acceder a los audios. Lo recomiendo para cualquier nivel.

This is a book about developing speed. Thus it is classified as "technique". I expect no music theory from this sort of book, and as expected, there isn't much. I did find the comments on how to practice for speed, comments about understanding what you are trying to get from an exercise, and concentration on those things for each exercise to be especially vital practice tips. It sounds like common sense but I am sure many guitars just try to play without much real focus on exactly what a particular exercise is trying to accomplish, and almost certainly too fast. I have purchased a lot of guitar books - I think this is a very good one, and I recommend it. But...I rated it 4 because it needs some updates to the audio tracks. Rather than having 1 audio track per exercise, which allows you to load that into a looper and practice that one exercise, it lumps several exercises into a 10 minutes track called "right hand" and another into another 10 min track. You can still set markers and loop between those points if you have the right software (something like Amazing Slow-Downer), but you shouldn't have to do that. I think the format of the audio is just left over from the fact that maybe it was originally produced for a cassette tape format and they didn't take the time to reformat each exercise as its own track when they produced the CD. I originally dinged it 1 star, but I have moved it back up to 5 stars because the content is just that good. It really is an essential book in your guitar library...in fact, if you spend a year with this book you'll see some nice gains in speed and technique. I've not used the whole book but I've looked it over and read a lot of it, and I've spent a couple of 2 month periods doing exercises. I've developed better speed and dexterity from the exercises on the first few pages. Like all guitar activity it comes down to volume of practice time and effective practice methods. I think this book provides good exercises and very good tips on effective practice if you take them to heart. It's one of the best books I have purchased (and I have a LOT), but took me a while to fully appreciate it. If you are a beginner or even intermediate, I'd recommend you first start with Steve Stine's free video on you tube titled "Steve Stine Guitar Lesson - Everyday Practice Techniques for the Intermediate guitarist". Doing these 3 exercises every day first as a warm-up, then again faster when fully warmed up, and possibly several times a day - will do a lot for your technique. But I think this book is probably one of the top 2-3 on technical exercises & technique development. Do *not* buy the kindle version it is useless with no audio and bad graphics. Buy the paper book version with a CD of the audio tracks.

but if you are unfaint of heart and willing to take things slow and steady, there is a lot to learn here.

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