Troy Stetina's Guitar Lessons: Funk Rock
Book/CD - $14.95
by Troy Stetina

at ModRock.com (homepage)
 

Songs:
"Cult of Personality"
"Bombtrack"
"Suck My Kiss"

Summary:
The Troy Stetina's Guitar Lessons book/CDs each take 3 important songs by various artists and break them down into a number of detailed lessons. These lessons prepare you for every aspect of that song as well as teach the hidden principles at work in the music. Full staff-TAB notation and full transcriptions of the songs are included.

Troy's approach makes learning songs easier than ever. And you're also be learning more than just the songs. You're learning the theory behind the music as well as how to practice more efficiently, and how to approach difficult licks. The concepts are all cross-referenced with Troy's core guitar methods, so you will know just where to look should you want more information on any subject. This series offers essentially 'private' guitar lessons with one of the world's leading guitar educators!

Funk Rock includes: "Cult of Personality," by Living Colour, "Bombtrack," by Rage Against the Machine, and "Suck My Kiss," by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Some of the specific concepts uncovered include:

• Tone and effects
• Rhythmic displacement
• Riff spin-offs
• Dominant 7th-Mixolydian relationship
• Tonal analysis
• Unusual song structuring tricks
• Root movement (bIII-bVII-I and bIII-IV-I)
• Using higher-register triad shapes
• Minor pentatonic/blues/Dorian scales
• Lick isolation-repetition-variation practice techniques
• How to practice odd rhythmic phrases in licks

And that's just in the first song! Backing tracks feature full-band accompaniment, mixed first with the featured guitar part and then a second time with backing instruments only so you can play along. Check out the soundclips!