Red Hot Country Guitar
September 6, 2010 in Local Music by stagemaster
- ISBN13: 9780634076404
- Condition: New
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Product Description
The complete guide to playing lead guitar in the styles of Pete Anderson, Ray Flacke, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, and more! This book and CD pack will take your country guitar playing to the next level with loads of red-hot licks, techniques, solos, theory, and more! You’ll learn: hybrid picking, single-note soloing, open chord licks, double stops, bending, open-string licks, licks in the style of the masters, CAGED system, chord and scale diagrams, and m… More >>
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This is a really good guitar book. It’s short and definitely to the point. It covers licks, bends, and theory and harmony with no added distractions. If you are playing major scale music and need some more ideas, this is the book. I’ve played through it twice and it’s influenced my playing each time. Recommended for intermediate major key players.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve been playing guitar for about 10 years, and this is by far the best book I’ve seen (and I’ve bought a lot over the years). I wish I’d had it from the beginning.
It starts pretty simple with major and minor pentatonic scales in various CAGED positions, the major and minor pentatonic scales with blues notes (b3 and b5) added in, and sliding scales. From there it moves to lessons on how to use these scales to develop single note lines and ultimately full solos. The next chapters are lessons on harmonizing thirds and sixth, and bends. Finally there’s a nice (and very practical) chapter on how to move these principles and licks through different chords/keys.
This book starts simple and progresses though some pretty tough material. There’s plenty here for beginner and intermediate players. The reason I like it so much though is that all the licks and lessons are ones that I’d actually want to memorize and use in my playing. They are not boring or lame, and they don’t come across like exercises, which is what I dislike about so many of the book I’ve bought over the years.
Anyway, like I said in the title, do yourself a favor and get this book. You won’t regret it.
Rating: 5 / 5
First, I’d have to agree to the Brent Mason style reference in the first review. I’ve been studying Johnny Hiland, Brent Mason, and Albert Lee since Decemember and this book is most definitely the ticket to help out with mastering these types of styles.
Still mushing my way through the lessons but what I’ve gotten from this book/cd is outstanding.
Starting off like a standard lick book, this book slowly begins to open you up to an understanding of chicken picken, twang bending, etc and how this all mixes with guitar theory so you can eventually breakout with what you’ve learned and start coming up with your own stuff.
Not sure if this would be good for the beginner, but since good country guitar lesson material is so hard to come by these days (noting that Red Dog appears to be off the market among others)… I say grab it and hold on to it until you’re ready.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is great! Michael Hawley really does a great job teaching you the basic and advance techniques of country guitar. I am a guitar teacher and I use it for students who express interest in starting country guitar. Hawley starts off with a basic intro to chickin pickin. He then explains the scales used in country music from minor and major pentatonic to a country composite scale (which is a major pentatonic with a b3). Then he proceeds into open chord licks (uses the CAGED method)and focuses on different licks involving the open chord forms. The chapter concludes with 2 solos that are great in that they incorporate the licks previously presented in the chapter into a cohesive solo(I still use the Doc Watson solo to impress people). He moves on to movable barre chord licks (nice solo). He shows you the open chord licks applied to movable barre chord forms. They are similar yet distinct from the open chord licks. I would have preferred a little more explanation on the note choices when moving between forms (explaining the use of the b5 when moving between the 4th and 5th scale degree) but the point gets across. The chapter on double stops has a lot of information and ideas to get you playing and creating. He does the typical major 6th double stops but also a harmonizing of a hexatonic major scale (major scale with no 7th scale degree)and harmonizing using parallel major and minor pentatonics (really cool!)with well composed licks to get the sound and point across. Bending and Open string licks are the next two chapters. The bending chapter has some of the best examples to illustrate how bending in country is different from rock and blues guitar. Hawley does a great job explaining oblique bends, scale bends, chord bends, and behind the nut bends. The examples he presents I like and I always find myself playing. The bending chapter concludes with possibly my favorite solo called faux steel (which is a bunch of pedal steel licks put together). The open string chapter is another great chapter that really starts to bring the advanced technique in. He goes over some scales for open strings and gives another round of nuts and bolts examples of how these can fit into country music. This chapter doesn’t really have a solo though. The final chapter is a look at all the master licks from many country guitarist. It includes two licks each in the style of Danny Gatton, Pete Anderson, Albert Lee, Reggie Young, Ray Flacke, Brent Mason, and Johnny Hiland. The appendix is not to be overlook! There is a wealth of information there from theory, how to practice, how to get a country sound through your rig, and a selected listening which I still use. Overall, this book is solid and one you will not blow through in a week. The examples are well composed and illustrate the point that Hawley wants to get across. There are a descent amount of licks in the book that can be used in practical playing situations (most are in the bending and open string lick chapters). I have had mine for a couple of years and still like to look through it for some new ideas. Granted I have not checked out any other book on the market in this genre but with this one you will be set. Get it and have fun!
Rating: 5 / 5