Creative Shred Guitar Exercises

<p>If you're stuck in a rut with your rock guitar soloing Shred legend Chris Zoupa is here to set you straight.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Creative Shred Guitar Exercises</strong> is an eccentric collection of Zoupa's most devilish shred guitar ideas - all lovingly crafted to sharpen every area of your modern rock guitar technical skills.</p><p><br></p><p>You'll discover 100 fun creative and outlandish exercises that will improve your abilities and equip you to tackle any soloing situation.</p><p><br></p><p>Every musical example is focused on the four essential areas of <em>picking</em> <em>legato</em> <em>sweeping</em> and <em>tapping</em>...  </p><p><br></p><p>... and each discipline is stretched to breaking point with exciting and left-field exercises to unleash your inner virtuoso. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Break Out of the Box and Break That Rut!</strong></p><p><br></p><p>If you're sick of playing the same old clichéd licks or have an over-reliance on pure technique Zoupa has the antidote with this set of 100 creative drills that isolate your technique and get you creative in any guitar soloing situation.</p><p><br></p><p>Chromatic and whole tone exercises to build clean execution</p><p>Ascending and descending diminished patterns that add tension to your playing</p><p>Finger independence workouts to help you play <em>anything</em> on guitar</p><p>Major 7th tritone and augmented combos to add unique depth to your solos</p><p>String skipping and odd-grouping drills to add exciting melodic leaps and rhythms</p><p>Pentatonic shred ideas that go way beyond the ordinary</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Go Way Beyond the Diatonic and Harmonic Concepts of the Masters</strong></p><p><br></p><p>You'll also get to drill shred sequences that take inspiration from iconic guitarists and quickly learn to create your own takes on... </p><p><br></p><p>Triplet and string-changing monster runs in the style of <em>Paul Gilber</em>t and <em>Buckethead</em></p><p>Epic Hirajoshi Pentatonic sequences in the style of <em>Trivium</em> and <em>Cacophony</em></p><p>No-nonsense Neo-classical picking workouts a la <em>Yngwie Malmsteen</em></p><p>Futuristic spacey intervallic lines reminiscent of <em>Steve Vai</em> and <em>Tosin Abasi</em></p><p><em>Joe Satriani</em> and <em>Guthrie Govan</em>-style licks to make diatonic legato sound cool and fresh</p><p><br></p><p>But there's more! You'll also discover:</p><p><br></p><p><em>Josh Middleton's</em> (Sylosis) astonishing legato arpeggio style</p><p><em>Greg Howe</em>-style arpeggio runs and hammer-ons from nowhere</p><p>Amazing sweep sequences in the style of <em>Jason Becker</em> and <em>Jason Richardson</em></p><p>The arpeggio chromatic and pentatonic tapping approaches of <em>Synyster Gates</em> and <em>Rusty Cooley</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Creative Guitar Technique You've Been Craving</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Creative Shred Guitar Exercises</strong> quickly helps you master the challenging techniques used by today's virtuoso guitarists and presents them all in Chris Zoupa's hilariously irreverent teaching style that's loved by millions on YouTube. </p><p><br></p><p>Open your ears to 100 incredible new possibilities in rock guitar soloing but be warned... don't forget your safe word!</p>