SKU: AP.45055

ISBN 9781470632342. UPC: 038081515106. English.

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most-thorough guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 5 million beginners to playing guitar. Now, Alfred's Basic Rock Guitar Method provides a new approach to learning guitar for beginners who want to play rock.

Book 2 features new techniques like hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and teaches you barre chords, new scales, and how to improvise with pentatonic scales. There are many more licks and melodies in the styles of many of the greatest rock artists, and an authentic arrangement of the opening from Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven.

Companion audio tracks that can be downloaded or streamed online are included with the book, so you'll have everything you need in one place. The included DVD is newly updated and features video lessons, MP3 audio tracks, and you can also download the TNT 2 software which lets you slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys for customized practice.

Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with the Alfred's Basic Guitar series---the best choice for beginning guitarists.

About Alfred's Basic Guitar Library

Re cognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over five million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. The updated and expanded edition features a new layout, making it easier than ever to read and learn. The method features blues, country, folk, jazz, and rock styles, and now includes pop songs! Companion enhanced CDs and DVDs are available, along with correlating theory, chord, and pop books, to ensure you're getting everything you need from one single, complete method. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Guitar Method -- the first and best choice for today's beginning guitar students.

SKU: HL.393920

ISBN 9781705157589. UPC: 196288031789. 9.0x12.0x0.082 inches.

For the first time, the legendary HOT LICKS guitar instruction video series is being made available in book format with online access to all of the classic video footage. All of the guitar tab from the original video booklets has been re-transcribed and edited using modern-day technology to provide you with the most accurate transcriptions ever created for this series. Plus, we've included tab for examples that were previously not transcribed, providing you with the most comprehensive Hot Licks guitar lessons yet. Here's your chance to let the best make you better! One of the cleanest pickers around, Vinnie Moore's blazing chops made him one of the most celebrated players of the 80s, 90s, and beyond. In this book/video, Vinnie teaches scales and chord theory, picking techniques, arpeggios, and more! Each exampleis played both at tempo and slowly, so you won't miss a note! You'll learn: * Scale and chord theory * Fingerings for the major, minor, and harmonic minor scale * Scale exercises in 2nds, 3rds, and more * Pivot licks * Tapping licks * Picking exercises * How to get the most out of a phrase or lick * And much more!