As the cornestone for the innovative band Dream Theater, John Petrucci has rapidly become one of the most respected and talked about guitarists of the '90's. He has been featured in virtually every major guitar publication worldwide and was voted Best Guitarist for 1994 in Guitar magazine and Break Through Guitarist of the Year (1993) in Guitar For the Practicing Musician magazine.
This powerful and all encompassing book starts with a valuable segment on warm-ups followed by up-to-date practice concepts that address dealing with today's information explosion. John has provided detailed lessons concerning speed and accuracy using rhythmic subdivisions, chromatic exercises, dynamics and scale fragments. Other topics include picking through arpeggios, string skipping, sweep picking, legato technique and how to expand the color and texture of basic Power Chords.
Also included are detailed transcriptions and demonstrations of dozens of exercises, examples and special etudes ranging from easy-to-master to very challenging. All music examples are contained on the included recording and written in both standard notation and tablature.
This book/CD package may be used alone or in conjuction with Jon's REH video: Rock Discipline
This powerful and all encompassing book starts with a valuable segment on warm-ups followed by up-to-date practice concepts that address dealing with today's information explosion. John has provided detailed lessons concerning speed and accuracy using rhythmic subdivisions, chromatic exercises, dynamics and scale fragments. Other topics include picking through arpeggios, string skipping, sweep picking, legato technique and how to expand the color and texture of basic Power Chords.
Also included are detailed transcriptions and demonstrations of dozens of exercises, examples and special etudes ranging from easy-to-master to very challenging. All music examples are contained on the included recording and written in both standard notation and tablature.
This book/CD package may be used alone or in conjuction with Jon's REH video: Rock Discipline
| Arrangement | Guitar Tab |
| Year of publishing | 2002-09-12 00:00:00 |
| Format | Instrumental Tutor |
| Level | 4 |
| NumberOfPages | 83 |
| Media | Book(softcover, stapled), CD |
| Series | Video Transcription Series |
| Publisher | Alfred Publishing, I.M.P. |
| Contributors | Petrucci, John (Artist) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781576234747 |
| UPC | 029156218992 |