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Aspiring rock heroes have the answer to their prayers in this unique condensed guide to learning the essential tools and tricks that rock guitarists normally take years to perfect. It’s a crash course designed to take you from complete beginner to hot rock guitarist ready to take to the stage in record-breaking time. No longer do you have to struggle through endless exercises and infantile tunes – this six-week fun workout programme will soon get you riffing, soloing and rocking out like an experienced axe-man! Crucial basic aspects of playing are applied to fun musical examples in the styles of the greats such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, Led Zepplin, and Metallica. With the help of an accompanying CD, build up a solid repertoire of both classic and modern-day rock songs and become the next guitar idol. About the author Owen Edwards is a guitar teacher and performing musician. He has taught in schools as well as rock workshops and master classes throughout the UK. Owen is the editor of the renowned All Out Guitar online magazine. He is also one of the founders of the worldwide Guitar Idol competitions that have attracted the next generation of guitar idols. Owen lives in Cambridgeshire.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
"From Zero to Rock Hero" is aimed at beginners and intermediate players. It covers a huge range, from your first notes right through to arpeggios and tapping at upper Intermediate level. It is aimed squarely at electric rock guitar. The book also includes a CD, giving high-quality examples and backing tracks. It is serious value for money. If you are learning rock guitar, this is a no-brainer.
The book soon gets into alternate picking, basic hammer-ons and pull-offs, power chords, open chords and barre chords. It includes chapters of major rock riffs, using open chords, power chords and triads, based on rock classics and metal tracks. Each riff has proper tabs and chord diagrams on a twin-page spread, making it easy to use. Further chapters include pentatonic and blues scales, slides, bending, and vibrato, right through to double stops, arpeggios, tapping and whammy-bar tricks including dive-bombs.
For each riff in the book there is an example in tab and a recording on the CD with lead, followed by a backing track without the lead. The CD includes 98 tracks. Judging from the tone, it has clearly been played and recorded by professionals - real rock sounds.
This book is very well thought out and well made - a very solid hardback. This is a great electric guitar instruction book for beginners and intermediate players of electric rock guitar and is great value for money.
The book soon gets into alternate picking, basic hammer-ons and pull-offs, power chords, open chords and barre chords. It includes chapters of major rock riffs, using open chords, power chords and triads, based on rock classics and metal tracks. Each riff has proper tabs and chord diagrams on a twin-page spread, making it easy to use. Further chapters include pentatonic and blues scales, slides, bending, and vibrato, right through to double stops, arpeggios, tapping and whammy-bar tricks including dive-bombs.
For each riff in the book there is an example in tab and a recording on the CD with lead, followed by a backing track without the lead. The CD includes 98 tracks. Judging from the tone, it has clearly been played and recorded by professionals - real rock sounds.
This book is very well thought out and well made - a very solid hardback. This is a great electric guitar instruction book for beginners and intermediate players of electric rock guitar and is great value for money.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you're looking to learn how to play rock guitar, then this book is probably the best one available. While most of the others are fairly dry, classically oriented, and seemingly full of pointless exercises, this new title has a much brighter look and feel. It makes the whole thing seem a lot more like fun and less like a dusty classroom. Fairly honestly, the book doesn't claim to teach you how to play in a few weeks. You need to practice. And then practice a whole lot more. Where this books scores, is in telling you what (and how) you should be practicing and what the pitfalls are. That the author has been a pro instructor for years shines through because all the explanations of techniques and styles are very clear and easy to grasp.
The book takes you from a total beginner to advanced techniques in a series of well structured chapters, covering everything from what kind of guitar to go for, how to hold it, how to tune it, what kind of pick would be better to learn with, what sort of practice amp to look for, right up to harmonics, scale sequencing, tapping, whammy bars, and some pretty cool licks. It covers everything a budding guitar player needs to get started on what will be a long road. If you're looking for a book with which to learn how to play rock guitar, this is the perfect choice.
Finally, when you get tired of practicing, just reading this book is fun because the pages are full of colour and there are lots of sidebars about well-known guitarists and the techniques they use.
As they say... it goes to 11 !
The book takes you from a total beginner to advanced techniques in a series of well structured chapters, covering everything from what kind of guitar to go for, how to hold it, how to tune it, what kind of pick would be better to learn with, what sort of practice amp to look for, right up to harmonics, scale sequencing, tapping, whammy bars, and some pretty cool licks. It covers everything a budding guitar player needs to get started on what will be a long road. If you're looking for a book with which to learn how to play rock guitar, this is the perfect choice.
Finally, when you get tired of practicing, just reading this book is fun because the pages are full of colour and there are lots of sidebars about well-known guitarists and the techniques they use.
As they say... it goes to 11 !
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Excellent book ... Just to echo the comments in other reviews ... the author has cut straight to the chase and presented the essential elements of rock guitar playing in fantastic 'bite size' chapters/exercices. Covering all the key aspects from how to hold a guitar through scales, palm muting, rhythm, picking, slides, scales, chords, harmonics, whammy bar wildness ... etc ... etc. Every aspect is covered in a 'no nonsense' manner and the author has paid extra attention to highlight the techniques we all find difficult when learning ... barre chords, pull-offs and a classy vibrato to name but three!
The accompanying Cd is also excellent with lots of authentic sounding tracks (relating to the written excercices) in the style of classic rock artists, to play along too.
Can't recommend this book highly enough ... truly worthy of six stars!
The accompanying Cd is also excellent with lots of authentic sounding tracks (relating to the written excercices) in the style of classic rock artists, to play along too.
Can't recommend this book highly enough ... truly worthy of six stars!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Rock on!!!!
Had an acoustic and treat myself to a decent electric guitar for my 40th. Already had a couple of books and a few lessons prior to this but this is the best one by far!! Read more
Published 2 days ago by Dougie, nr Whitehaven, Cumbria
Sorry, I just don' get it...........
When you are a kid, your brain soaks new information like a sponge. Later in life this sponge does not work the same, well at least not in my case. Read more
Published 12 months ago by bluearsedfly
book review
Book is great for beginners like me and it says it's for electric guitar and rock tunes so don't expect acoustic lessons or jazz or even general guitar tips. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. R. Orourke
Fantastic buy!
I took up the guitar a few months ago, and have bought many books, most of which seemed to make the process incredibly complex, even when I go back and read them now I can play a... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Apache
Great book
From just starting the guitar to explaining some of the more difficult moves, this book does a good job descibing in detail just what you need to do to accomplish playing the... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by Blake A. Stroud
From Zero to Rock Hero
An entertaining read, does what it says on the box so to speak, quite usefull if you want to skip the usual laborious exercises and theory etc. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by S. Blandford
The Best Rock Guitar Tuition Book?
I have been playing for several years and all I can say is I wish this had been around when I started! Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by Jonny J
Great & Original Book
This book is excellent. it takes a completely different view in terms of the way in which it "teaches". Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2009 by Lord N. P. Whitehead
Fantastic
I have been playing at a high level for a while now so The book did'nt really help me massively, I just bought it as something to read and see if I had missed anything!! Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2009 by T. Travis
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