Legends: How to Play and Compose Like the World's Greatest Guitarists (Techniques Series)

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Summary: Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Review: Adrian Clark, music editor of Guitarist Magazine, has provided an invaluable resource for every guitarist. From Scotty Moore and Charlie Christian to Steve Vai and Jimi Hendrix, Clark analyzes and writes out typical licks and solos from the greats. It's superb!

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Summary: Best combo of lessons/tab/history/music you'll ever find!
Review: If you love guitar, whether you are an aspiring beginning guitarist, or an advanced player, you must get this book!

Adrian Clark has created a wonderful book, providing a long and detailed lesson (with tablature, chords, personal history) in the style of each of more than two dozen "Legends of Guitar" (Hendrick, SRVaughn, Clapton, Chuck Berry, etc.)

This book is superior to other "how to play" books in that each lesson is a complete musical piece (intro,body,solo,ending), not a mere collection of riffs. This is the only guitar lesson book I have ever purchased where I will frequently just play the entire CD from beginning to end because the music is so enjoyable to listen to.

Clark takes pains to explain every detail of the introduction, the melody, the solo, and the ending. He includes scales, modes, and techniques used by each lesson (covering everything from basic Pentatonic to Myxolidian to Phrygian).

And the lessons are FUN!! For each "Legend", you get a terrific piece of music that is great to listen to, plus you get details of how to play every last note of it. The lessons cover early Rock (C. Berry), middle Rock (G.Harrison, Clapton), Blues (BB King, Albert King, Freddie King) and more recent guitar instrumental works. The most recent of the "Legends" take electronic guitar to the current edge of creativity. There is something here for the beginner, the intermediate, and the advanced player -- choose your Legend and you've pretty much determined the level of difficulty.