This book was written by one of America's greatest studio guitarists, the late Tommy Tedesco. It details his approach to mastering the guitar and his reflections on his remarkable career playing for motion picture and television soundtracks. He includes solos, magazine articles he authored, his reflections on technical aspects of the guitar such as sight reading, and even several guitar scores from motion pictures. A wealth of knowledge and experience in the music industry is contained in thi...

• Anatomy of a Guitar Player
• Profile
• Anatomy Parts
• Picking Technique
• Economy Picking
• Picking Exercises
• Scales
• Major Scales
• Exercises Using Major Scales
• Minor Scales
• Pure Minor
• Harmonic Minor
• Melodic Minor
• Exercises Using Minor Scales
• Diminished
• Pentatonic
• Blues Scale
• Whole Tone Scale
• Miscellaneous and Ethnic Scales
• Modes
• Arpeggios
• Major
• Minor
• II - IV Patterns
• Chords
• Chord Turn-arounds
• Jazz Substitution
• Chords With Bass Lines
• Three Guitars -...