Guitar Books You Must Own - Fluid Soloing 1 - Arpeggios For Lead Rock Guitar

[@QuinnGuitar]

Thank you, Levi. I really appreciate your taking the time to check it out (especially while on holiday!) This book is the 'wizard's guide to arpeggios'. That does sound pompous, I know, but I would not say that if I did not know it to be true. There is no other book like it. However, it is not only for teachers, but very much for advanced PLAYERS in all styles of guitar playing. I wrote this book to document the nearly complete possibilities of arpeggio fingerings on the guitar, using hammer-ons and pull-offs to make them go fast in non-shifting fingerings, as well as diagonal motion fingerings incorporating slides to create musicality. I do, indeed, think that it should become a university text. So goes it for each of the other three books in the "Fluid Soloing" series. Book 3 is a manual to developing Hendrix-style double stop motion. It is the definitive book on this subject. There is no other book (that I am aware of) that documents and expounds upon Hendrix's double stop style playing. This book is the key to understanding the magic world of Hendrix's chord-lead style, as heard in "Little Wing", "Castles Made of Sand", and "Wind Cries Mary". Of course, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Steve Vai adopted this style, as well. Not from my book, of course. This book just shows you how its done. Book 2, "Fluid Pentatonics" teaches how to make every pentatonic box shape connect to the next, in so many different ways, with fast diagonally moving neck motion, ala Eric Johnson. This book is based on Eric Johnson's pentatonic playing. But, since most of us cannot pick as fast as he can, I incorporated string slides to make them work. Joe Bonamassa absorbed Eric's style, so the book applies to his style, as well as that of Robben Ford. Book 4, "String Skipping and Wide Interval Soloing" is a masterpiece. Not for the weak or pale of heart. But, if you want to understand how, say, Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, and Greg Howe can do this wide interval soloing, Book 4 is also a tome worthy of being a university text. Cheers! Tim ps...all examples are recorded and included with the accompanying downloadable audio, except for Book 4, because that book is so extensive (212 melodic examples). Also, it should be known that I sent Levi the original 1st Edition copies, which had a few tab errors in them. They have since been corrected, to my knowledge, as I collaborated with the publisher Mel Bay Publications, Inc., and insisted they fix the occasional errors. With so many examples being presented, it is difficult to get every note tabbed correctly. It is at least 99% correct.

[@JamesMurphyProducer]

Tim Quinn , i am very interested in this series of books you’ve done... hopefully will be able to pick them up soon. Even 30 year touring and recording veterans like myself can always shore up our knowledge/skills and learn something new 😎

[@trigmachine]

Great channel, thanks for making these videos mate

[@LeviClay]

you're very welcome dude! :)

[@mikemarabeas6575]

I studied with tim for years fantastic teacher great book too

[@netizentrotter514]

Hi, how about Al di meola's book "A guide to chords, scales and arpeggios"? If you could review it, that will be great.

[@supernothing77]

It doesn't have tab unless it was updated

[@NickLaytonGuitar]

I bought all of Tim's books a couple years back. I agree with your assessment that they are good books, especially if you are a teacher. I'll be honest and say that I've only taken a few of the concepts from the books, I've not learned everything by any means. But as a teacher I do find his approach pretty cool to help my students see things like arpeggios in new ways. Besides the arpeggio book I also really liked the chord soloing book...lots of cool Hendrix chordal type application there. Thanks for the review!

[@scottthompson850]

I've really been studying arpeggios lately, so I'm going to check this book out. Have you had a chance to check out Rusty Cooley's "Arpeggio Madness" video? I got it a while back and really learned a good bit from it. I don't think it's as in depth as this book as far as having so many shapes for one arpeggio, but it has a lot of different concepts to that I hadn't seen in other source material on the subject. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. Keep up the good work.

[@sheikhabrahim3463]

I have always loved the guitar and want to play same. Can you please tell what are the core beginner's guitar books/DVDs? I have no experience in playing the guitar. Do you have any learning materials of your own? Thanks.

[@LeviClay]

Hey Sheikh - fortunately there's a wealth of information out there on how to play guitar for beginners (some might argue too much!). I can recommend the Fundamental Changes books (I have 4 on country guitar if that's of interest), and if you're looking for video, then Danny Gill's Absolute Beginners series at LickLibrary are great (I also have a bunch of online lessons there). Outside of that, there are website from notable teachers like Justin Sandercoe who have a wealth of free resources on the subject.

[@markinthemix6055]

Thank you so much for the review I have a weakness toward music instruction books and DVDs. Keep up the good work and bring us more reviews on books and DVD guitar instruction.

[@aeksinsang932]

Tim’s are extremely comprehensive

[@MetaphysicalMusician]

Your using economy picking /sweep picking..I have the book he says to use exclusive strict alternate picking only..what you take on That.Also the examples dont feel very musical

[@LeviClay]

Its a great question! If you want to get good at economy picking... economy pick them. If you want to get good at alternate picking, alternate pick them. I'm glad I spent so many years working on economy picking.... I'm annoyed I didn't spend that same time on alternate picking haha

[@MetaphysicalMusician]

@@LeviClay When I got economy picking down..I never looked back.I can play horn lines that would have been impossible in the past.Really its alternate picking on one string and economy when crossing going down ir up

[@LeviClay]

@@MetaphysicalMusician your failure is never looking back. Look, I love economy picking. And I said EXACTLY what you said. I economy picked everything... because it was easier! Then one day I was playing Stern's Chromazone and economy picking it all and I was with Martin Miller... and he said "why does that sound weird?" and I panicked... because I knew I was going to have to confront something that I'd buried deep down... economy picking sounds different. When that's the way you play, that's cool, because you use that to make a sound. Gambale sounds the way he does because of how he plays. You can't economy pick bluegrass stuff... why? Because it doesn't sound right. It frustrates me that sometimes there's something I need that I don't quite have. So it either has to sound wrong, or I have to avoid playing it haha

[@MetaphysicalMusician]

@@LeviClay I agree .Musicality is the first goal.I think might know what it is.Its the accents. Iread this book that said all the Greats in Jazz ,Rock and Even Classical always accented the weak beats..in Classical compositions also.With economy picking thst is difficult

[@MetaphysicalMusician]

Its the up beats the need accenting.Very challenging in economy picking