Modern Lead Guitar: Soloing Over Chords: Learn What to Play – and Why!

Easily learn which scales to play when you solo over chords with this lead guitar method book.

Whether you’re new to lead guitar or you’ve been playing solos for years, one topic that tends to confound even six-string veterans is scale choice. Which scale can I use over this progression? Do I play one scale over the entire progression, or do I play a different scale for each chord? If you’ve asked yourself any of these questions, don’t worry– we all have!

Learn which scales work best in which situations. Modern Lead Guitar is divided into several chapters- important music theory, then Rock & Metal Progressions, Blues Progressions, Country Progressions and Jazz progressions. 23 Progressions in all!

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What’s Inside:

Music theory for guitar

Guitar licks cover rock, metal, blues, country & jazz

Learn scales, 23 common chord progressions & major modes

Plenty of sample licks with easy-to-read tab

Download 90+ audio examples and backing tracks

Learn the basics of music theory:

•Major Scale

•Minor Scale

•Pentatonic Scales

•Chord Progressions

•Modes & Modal Progressions

•Key-Center Approach

•Chord-Scale Approach

Then, you'll learn how to apply the major and minor scales, as well as their modal and pentatonic counterparts so you can really soar over chords.

FREE access to audio downloads from TroyNelsonMusic.com include:

•Full-band audio examples

•Play-along guitar tracks

Scale and arpeggio reference guide and notes of the fretboard included.

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About Troy Nelson: Troy Nelson is the former Editor of top guitar magazines Guitar One (sister publication of Guitar World and Guitar Edge. After earning a degree in Occupational Music, Nelson launched his music editing career at Hal Leonard Corporation, the world's largest print music publisher. He's a life-long guitar player whose passion is helping others learn to love the guitar as much as he does.

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