The complete course of Rock/Metal Tutors offers the guitarist forty projects,
twenty backing tracks and one hundred line ideas; not including comparison
licks and scales. All major techniques used by todays contemporary guitarists
are included, as well as the less orthodox tricks that are now an essential
part of any rockers vocabulary.The Rock/Metal Primers are unique to the
Fastline range as they include a large amount of comparison lines that
let the novice hear exactly how a technique, when applied, alters the
sound of a line. A large library of Fastlines are also included in these
tutors and would provide the more experienced players with a useful resource
pool of ideas that could be altered and played at faster tempos.
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Rock/Metal No. 4. Introductory package Covers all fundamental techniques including:- String bends (full and half-tone), vibrato technique, slurring onto open and fretted strings a library of great licks ideas. Five position pentatonic scale patterns in music and TAB notation.
Projects include:
Dynamics, line interpretation, transposition, scalar movement on one string, positional playing. Backtrack section contains notated riff and chordal ideas in the keys of C major, G major, A major (1), A major (2) and twelve bar in E (metal style).
Intermediate package Continues technique development with examples of:- Quarter-tone and prelrelease bends, pinch and natural harmonics, palm-muting, unison bends, rakes, double-stops, tremolo picking and major scale lines.
Projects include:
Scalar movement on two strings, playing in fourths, accelerated picking, string raking and palm-muting. Backtrack section contains notated riff and chordal ideas in the keys of A, E, G and D.
Intermediate/Advanced Tutor brings together and expands upon the techniques outlined in Primers 1 and 2, as well as introducing new concepts. Lines include the following techniques:- Right hand tapping, up tempo three note per string scales, tap harmonics, string skipping, quintuplet groupings and sequential patterns.
Projects include:
Right hand tapping, slurring, movable physical shapes, sequential patterns and combining unison bends with scales. Backtrack section includes notated riff and chordal ideas in the keys of E minor, E major and B flat major.
Advanced tutor will mainly be of use to the guitarist who is already proficient in a multitude of different metal techniques, and is not for the aspiring beginner. Some of the areas covered are:- Sweep picking, harmonic minor and diminished lines, combining techniques with tapping, chromatic harmony, advanced slurring techniques, multi finger tapping plus much more.
Projects include:
Chord superimposition, trem melodies, substitute pentatonics, combining scale forms. Backtrack section contains notated riff and chordal ideas in the keys of F, E, A, B and A minor.
