Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar Book/Online Audio (Troy Stetina) Kindle Edition

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.

This book promises to make players faster, cleaner, and more technically adapt. It does just that. In the short hours I have had this book in my possession, I have already begun to see minor improvements to my general technique. If this can make an improvement (albeit minor) to my playing in such a short time, imagine what it can do to my playing over a longer, more dedicated time!The content is simply marvelous. The beginner may have frustrations trying to understand the concepts, and Troy doesn't waste too much time explaining some of the ideas, such as modes, chords, and general theory. However, if you've had your fair schooling of theory and guitar basics, and wish to advance your playing technique through serious work and study and practice, this book is perfect for you.The CD, as many have already noted, does not divide the exercises too well. However, it is still easy to find whatever exercise your heart desires, provided you're playing the CD over a computer. The sound quality is studio-worthy.The actual print quality is also very crisp and clear. No need to worry about whether that smudge is telling you to hammer on or slide! Some exercises' print is slightly small, leaving plenty of white space on the page, but it is all perfectly readable to even I, with horrid vision.Overall, it is a must for any guitarist stuck on that blasted speed plateau, or shredders wishing to go even faster and cleaner.

When I was 19, I could only strum chords on a guitar. Then I got this book (...and the others in the series)When I was 24, I was shredding the Phrygian-Dominant scale while my band was opening for Slash.This was before YouTube. Before the internet. I had no guitar player friend or instructor. Just the books in this method with the cassettes. I was going to school and working at the time, so I could only practice about an hour a day. Frequency is more important than practice time amount. Make good use of your time by setting up an efficient practice routine. Some mechanics took me a while to pick up speed, but others took me less than a month to alternate pick phrases at my top right hand speed.This whole Heavy Metal book series really work! They gave me a solid foundation and I grew on my own from there. Some famous players had less than this when they started. But like most things in life, if it's something you really want, and you're willing to put the effort, you just might get it.

Un libro per apprendere la meccanica delle dita perfetto. Gli esercizi sono mirati e aiuta ad aprire la mente nel girare con le mani sulla tastiera. Consigliato.

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

Lo tenia fotocopiado, pero es un libro que hay que tenerlo. Un clásico, con ejercicios muy valiosos para desarrollar una buena técnica y ganar velocidad progresivamente. Es uno de los libros mejor valorados de guitarra eléctrica.

work work and work!:;!:;

Small enough to read from cover to cover in 30 minutes. The diagrams are easy enough to understand with tab and numbering for fretting fingers. And it's pretty handy to download the audio tracks using the library to hear what an exercise is supposed to sound like