Heavy Metal Lead Guitar: An Introduction to Heavy Metal Soloing for Guitar (Learn How to Play Heavy Metal Guitar)

A pretty good coverage of metal guitar techniques. Not specific solos but "in the style of" examples. Covers a lot of different things, legato, tapping, etc. Might start out fairly basic but gets into some very fast stuff pretty quickly. Good book to spend time working through.

It’s a good book, I’ve bought a couple and plan on buying more. It’s great especially for the type of music I play

Breaks down what you need to know in order to advance your playing. Highly recommended addition to your music library!

For months, I have been contemplating to get this book. Finally I got the book just yesterday August 2, 2016. For years, I have been looking for a book that teaches guitar soloing. Most guitar soloing books out there made 8-10 years ago only teach you theory and technique. Those things are good, but they don't quite deliver when it comes to musicality. I went to different guitar lessons to learn guitar soloing, the teachers would end up telling me to transcribe licks. That seems to be the practical way to learn guitar soloing and improvisation, but with so many rock songs, where do I begin? Isn't life too short to transcribe an arsenal of licks? Then I had a game plan on my mind, I just need to know the essential licks, that's how I'll get started. In late 2015, I discovered this book and I end up purchasing it later.This book contains the essential or cliché metal licks used by the metal masters in different eras. I know, because I skimmed the book and listened to all the audio. Yesterday, I only learned Lick 1a or the first lick of the book and I was already making a coherent metal guitar solo. I have composed guitar solos before, but they don't sound like rock or metal, they rather sound like a poppy ballad and it sounds very cheesy. How much more when I learned all the licks of the book? I'll be a metal head soon. I'm not your conventional metal head, because I listen to The Carpenters too. Just type my Amazon Username on Youtube and you'll see a bunch of my videos.This book also teaches you licks beyond the book thru ear training. This book teaches you audiation as well or playing what you sing. So when I am done using this book, I can still learn more licks. The licks in the book also builds technique, the licks progress with steady difficulty. I know Fundamental Changes has more guitar soloing books. I will be getting them soon for self-study.I highly recommend Fundamental Changes books to every budding and aspiring guitarist, a guitarist who is frustrated in their musicality, or a guitarist stuck in a rut and don't know what the hell to do.Cheers!

Their book started off a little slowly, which could be helpful for beginners, I suppose. Once it got started on more advanced lessons, there were some good details on technique, but many of the examples were pretty basic, and told you to practice them in other ways, it didn’t detail that process very well, even once. There was some great information for me in the sweep picking and tremolo technique portions, though the author confused locking tremolo systems with floating ones, which was bothersome. Ultimately, I think I picked up a few useful tips, but shifted through some less useful material to get there, and am not actually sure I’m that much better at playing metal than I was before working through this book. It could have stood to be a lot more thorough, but made a decent introduction if you have some basic facility on the guitar already.

This is a really great resource for any guitar player looking to diversify and improve their skills. The lessons are broken down really well. I tend to be an over-thinker, which has intruded on my lead skills, but I feel like this book is perfect for people like me. I bought the Kindle version and am thinking the paperback might’ve been a better choice. I have a difficult time seeing some of the tabs on my devices and usually have to view full screen on my computer. I will probably buy my next book like this in papaerback form.

Lots of licks. Not specific really to any one song, but in general licks to get you in the mindset of soloing. If you like "heavy metal" this is a fun bit of guitar exploration.

This is an ideal guitar book to improve heavy metal lead guitar ability Without teaching so many unwanted things, this book clearly teaches how to improve playing. I studied the Heavy Metal guitar book as well. Both have a user friendly teaching methods. Good buy!

Good

Overall good, and has already proven to be helpful

It's a good book for those who leave their guitar on stand and enjoy reading :)Adding four more words

Great book good examples and sensible learning curve whilst retaining challenge

Come le pubblicazione della stessa serie lo ho trovato molto utile. Non proprio ideale per i principianti senza la guida di un insegnante. Fantastico per chi non è alle prime armi, da stimolo anche per chi è già ad un livello medio avanzato.