Shred Tech. Volume III: How to Play the Guitar Fast: Speed Primer

by Tim Scullion

This guitar instruction book is a speed primer that takes you through graduated techniques to play the guitar fast. Unlike other "exercise books," Shred Tech. addresses ways for any player, no matter the level, to achieve their own personal maximum speed of playing the guitar through proper technique and using the right pick. The various exercises help improve your playing both two and three-note-per-string scales as well as the legato style techniques of hammer-ons and pull-offs, string-skipping, two-hand tapping and a bonus section on how to train yourself to play a difficult part of any song. This is a must have for lead guitarists wanting to take their playing to the next level! Guitarist Tim Scullion, who has received accolades for his playing from Steely Dan's vanguard guitarist Elliot Randall, has a master's degree in education and has spent years teaching the guitar as well as playing, writing, and producing. The idea behind the book is to teach the fine motor skills of playing the guitar fast; but this book is more than a "book of exercises," it teaches the guitar student to really improvise melodically rather than get locked into the box of just playing scales. Scullion also encourages the creative aspect of learning music by encouraging students to create their own leads or exercises using the exercises given as a guideline not only to address the guitar student's own preferences and tastes, but also their weaknesses. With guided help through the various techniques, the guitar student can learn how to focus on his or her weaknesses and make them strengths. No matter what style of music you play (rock, metal, jazz, country, blues, classical), you can improve your playing dramatically by learning the fine motor skills of how to play fast. Watch jaws drop when you demonstrate an amazing technique on the guitar, and make it look easy. So put away the video games and learn the techniques to make you a real guitar hero!

108 pages, Paperback

First published July 22, 2013

About the author

A multiple genre author, photographer, and musician whose latest book is a first in the world of paranormal research: Scullion has completed a 2-year photographic study of Colonial Williamsburg—out of over 10,000 photographs, only the very best were chosen (230) to document ghosts and apparitions of all sizes, shapes, and colors for the book Haunted, Historic Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia: with Breakthrough Ghost Photography. He has unlocked techniques to consistently photograph residents of the “other side”, and has included historical background and the lore and legacy of the paranormal to accompany each building in America’s only living museum. The book is available at Amazon at this site http://amzn.com/0764350609

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Tim is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, with both a bachelor’s and master’s degree (cum laude)—both while working a full time job. Tim is a multi-instrumentalist musician and has written a series of books on lead guitar called Shred Tech. Tim has also written a very different Christmas novel titled Nick as well as writing and illustrating a children’s activity book titled the Kids Forever Club. (All of these books are available at Amazon.)


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