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This is a book about improvisation on the guitar. It differs quite a bit from your typical "How to play rock (or jazz, blues, polka, whatever) lead guitar"- book.
First of all, "How To Make Your Guitar Talk" is not style specific. Techniques learned in this book can be applied to any playing style. Second, this book has something to offer to a variety of level of players. The ideas and exercises in this book will give you material to work on for years to come, no matter what level you're on.
But the main difference between this and any other book I have seen so far is that this book teaches a method for improvisation. It not only teaches you riffs and scale patterns, it shows you how to structure and build a good solo. Most other books might show you scales and licks, but come short when it comes to showing you how to use them. This is like giving you the tools to build a house, but no blue print. "How To Make Your Guitar Talk" provides this blue print. I also like comparing playing a guitar solo to telling a story. And this book teaches you how to make your guitar talk and tell your story. Scales, intervals, techniques are just tools to express yourself. They don't mean anything, if you don't know what to say.
No matter what your level of echnique and your vocabulary of scales might be, it will show you how to use what you've got to express yourself. After all, improvisation is an art of communication. It is also important to understand, that there are no absolute rules in music. Any rule or guideline given in this book (or any other book for that matter) can be broken to achieve the opposite effect.
This book is geared for the intermediate to advanced guitar player. The material ranges from fairly basic to pretty advanced. For beginning players I suggest to work through this book with your teacher. |
