Publisher's Synopsis
- Struggling to play smooth, connected solos over dominant chords?
- Do you find it challenging to instantly create dynamic solos?
Dive into the world of modern guitar improvisation with Dominant Pentatonic Scale Guitar Soloing, a cutting-edge guide by the renowned guitarist and educator, Shaun Baxter.
This book is a treasure trove for guitarists wanting to master the art of soloing, and the Dominant Pentatonic scale (derived from the Mixolydian Mode) is a powerful shortcut to outline any dominant chord articulately and musically.
The Dominant Pentatonic offers the opportunity to create advanced licks and concepts that can be added quickly into your playing, and this book takes you from your first simple lines, all the way through to some hair-raising advanced rock applications.
After a series of useful preparation exercises that help cement the sound and shape of the scale into your fingers, you'll be taken on a journey that enhances your soloing ability in a series of natural steps:
Comprehensive Guitar Soloing on Dominant Chords with The Dominant Pentatonic
- Vertical Motion: Techniques for playing within a single fret zone, enhancing soloing dynamics.
- Note-Groupings: Creating rhythmic variety and melodic interest using different note groupings.
- Lateral Motion: Strategies for playing along the neck, developing fluidity across the frets.
- Fast Sequences: Advanced exercises for speed and agility in soloing.
- Running the Changes: Techniques for seamlessly transitioning between different keys.
These detailed chapters teach you hundreds of advanced concepts, lines, and licks that you can use immediately before everything is combined musically into three longer solo studies that consolidate your skills and provide a basis to create your own improvisations.
Once you have studied Dominant Pentatonic Scale Guitar Soloing you will gain:
- Mastery of the Dominant Pentatonic Scale: Gain a comprehensive understanding and practical mastery of the Dominant Pentatonic Scale, crucial for modern guitar soloing.
- Advanced Soloing Techniques: Including vertical and lateral motion, note groupings, and fast sequences, all while enhancing your improvisation skills.
- Better Musical Expression: Solo with more emotionally impactful and harmonically rich approaches.
- Creative Solo Construction: Easily build engaging and dynamic guitar solos, using the Dominant Pentatonic scale to create unique and personal musical expressions.
Plus: hundreds of fresh modern Dominant Pentatonic lines, licks, sequences, and phrases you can use to play blinding solos immediately...
Dominant Pentatonic Scale Guitar Soloing contains over 140 supporting audio examples and 17 backing tracks to help you get inside the music and quickly apply each phrase expressively in your solos.
Buy it now to refresh your guitar language, bust out of the "minor pentatonic rut" and add advanced, modern sounds to your guitar soloing.
