Rock Guitar For Adults

This easy-to-use, thorough method is designed to help the baby-boomers get their rock chops up to speed. It covers all the chords and scales needed to play classic rock tunes. A must for "weekend warriors."

Chris Zoupa's straightforward guide to guitar modes for rock, shred and metal. Learn how to make great music with the modes and avoid cliched, boring scales. Learn licks in the style of Kirk Hammett, Michael Paget, Slash, Alexi Laiho, Paul Gilbert and many more!

This easy-to-use, thorough method is designed to help the baby-boomers get their rock chops up to speed. It covers all the chords and scales needed to play classsic rock tunes. A must for "weekend warriors."

(Guitar Method). Learn to play rhythm and lead rock guitar with the step-by-step lessons and 70 great rock songs in this book/CD pack! The Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning rock guitar. This book uses real rock songs no corny nursery rhymes here! to teach you the basics in the style of Eric Clapton, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and many other top artists. Lessons include power chords, riffs, scales, licks, string bending, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides, to name but a few topics covered. Each chapter ends with a jam session that enables you to play along to such rock classics as "Wild Thing," "Crossroads," and "Takin' Care of Business." The accompanying CD includes 9 full-band tracks to make learning easier.

(Guitar Educational). Total Rock Guitar is a unique and comprehensive source for learning rock guitar, designed to develop both lead and rhythm playing. This book/CD pack covers: getting a tone that rocks; open chords, power chords and barre chords; riffs, scales and licks; string bending, strumming, palm muting, harmonics and alternate picking; all rock styles; and much more. The examples in the book are in standard notation with chord grids and tablature, and the CD includes full-band backing for all 22 songs.

(Guitar Tab Method). This is the acoustic guitar method students and teachers have been waiting for. Learn chords with songs like "Eleanor Rigby" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," single notes with riffs and solos by Nirvana and Pink Floyd, arpeggios with classics by Eric Clapton and Boston, and much more. The method's unique, well-paced, and logical teaching sequence will get students playing more easily than ever before, and music from popular artists like the Eagles, Johnny Cash and Green Day will keep them playing and having fun. Book 1 includes: parts of the guitar, easy-to-follow guitar tablature, notes & riffs starting on the low E string, tempo & time signatures, strumming patterns and arpeggios, slides and slurs, hammer-ons and pull-offs, many music styles, nearly 100 riffs and songs, audio demos of every example, and more!

Rock Guitar for the Young Beginner was written with the young student in mind. This book provides information and etudes covering the basic essentials of rock guitar. the hip songs and etudes make the learning fun. Subjects such as Open Chords, Power Chords, Barre Chords, Rock Scales, Arpeggios, and Slash Chords are all presented with fun songs and graded learning. the accompanying CD, featuring a great rhythm section, is fun to jam with and allows students to hear how the etudes should be played.

Learn how to play chords, melodies and strums. Teaches both pick and fingerstyle technique.