Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar (Stylistic Method)
by Troy Stetina
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Author: Troy StetinaBrand: HAL LEONARD
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1992-06-01
ISBN: 0793509629
Number of pages: 80
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
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- 89-minute audio
Book Reviews of Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar (Stylistic Method)
Book Review: Just not right for Kindle...
Summary: 2 Stars
This is less about the book "Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar," than it is about this work as a Kindle Book. DON'T GET THIS as a Kindle Book. Buy the paperback and await delivery... WHY? Well, 1. This book is very technical and uses TAB notation to teach guitar left and right hand technique. Ok, so? Well the TAB lines and notes, and fingerings are all but invisible on the Kindle2 that I have. I solved this problem by reading it on my computer with Kindle PC, where the included graphics are much more visible. But on the Kindle?... forget it. Even if one maximizes the text size, this doesn't do much if anything for the TAB notations. How high tech is it to be looking at your Kindle with a thick magnifying lens? Not very. 2.(And this is equally important). Your Kindle version will come WITHOUT the CD that is part of the package when you buy paperback. I think that one can benefit from the book without the CD, but at about a 60% of max level. Who wants that? And I think that in music, listening to one's teacher play a passage that one is trying to learn is, if not essential, pretty close. Is there some way to get the CD as an add-on, or some other solution for books that come with CD? I don't know... but the Kindle front office should know, and come up with some option/solution for this and the gillion other books that come with CD(s).
Now... is this a good book? Too early for me to tell from personal experience since I haven't applied it daily yet, though I plan to (on my PC, not Kindle). My musical background is as a classically trained and performing violinist for the last 50 years or so. I have also now and then had the habit of beating up one of my guitars every so often for the past 30 years. So my goal was to refine both left and right hands with respect to technique that I never learned on guitar. I think this book can do that. I have studied it enough to suggest that the author has well selected his teaching program and knows his stuff. As with any technical method of study that is well prepared (there are many for the violin that have proven themselves over time), technical study of an instrument can be crushingly boring... but it is the essential difference between those who play an instrument and those who beat on it from time to time. I'm confident that if you purchase the (paperback) book, with its CD, and if (and only if) you slowly, methodically follow the author's program all the way through... you'll greatly improve your playing whether a beginner or more advanced. So... 4 stars or so for the author's work, and 1 star or so for the Kindle version.
Shame on Kindle for trying to get away with this.
Summary of Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar (Stylistic Method)
Take your playing to the stratosphere with the most advanced lead book by this proven heavy metal author. Speed Mechanics is the ultimate technique book for developing the kind of speed and precision in today's explosive playing styles. Learn the fastest ways to achieve speed and control, secrets to make your practice time really count, and how to open your ears and make your musical ideas more solid and tangible. Packed with over 200 vicious exercises including Troy's scorching version of 'Flight Of The Bumblebee.' Music and examples demonstrated on cassette or CD. 89-minute audio.Guitar Books
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