Hey, i m looking for some books or dvds with backing tracks that can help me improve my improvisation and scale knowledge. Does anyone know any that are good and that will help?

i ve been looking at http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/011419/details.html
as it looks pretty good.

many thanks

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I bought the book "Mastering Modes for Guitar - Ed Lozano and Joe Dineen" some time ago, it's pretty fucking good, comes with a CD aswell.

Exerpt from the cover:
"The mystery of modes lies in learning where and how to use them. The purpose of the Mastering Modes method is to help you develop a comprehensive understanding of modes, advanced and ethnic scales, and their usage. A primary feature of this book is the "Scale Overviw" that precedes each mode. This provides you witha quick reference guide that can be applied to any key"

I'd say it fits that description pretty well. I spent half and hour in a guitar bookshop checking out all the books on modes etc. and this came out to be the best by far.


Oh and for backing tracks, you could just get someone to just play a bunch of powerchords and send them to ya via MSN.

cheers, that sounds pretty good, as for the power chord backing tracks, i'd rather have somet more technical, but tis not a bad idea. What you think of the book thats in the link?

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Hmm I dunno, it's only 48 pages long, and on amazon a reviewer say's it's a "great book for beginners". You could just learn modes (paying attention to the root notes) - that would a solid foundation for improvising.

terry syrek's 'shred is not dead'
covers a lot of material and everything is explained well. a bunch of play along tracks.... the book was my bible for a while.

I have a guitar grimoire book of scales and modes like many of the other thousands of guitarists. I tried to learn from the book but it has an odd way of explaining things. I've been taking lessons for about a month and a half and know all my basic chord progressions, major and minor scales and how to use them when jamming or improvising. I think that the best way to learn your theory is from another person because they can help you find a way to relate to the material and can explain things better. Hope this helps dude!

"Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar" by Troy Stetina <--- Very very good book, I highly recommend it. It has three sections: Mechanical Ability, which has the basic hand motions, building speed (cyclic patterns etc), and Sweep Picking. Then follows Rhythmic Ability, with 12 bar stuff, offbeat rhythms, and other misc rhythms. Lastly there is Creativity, where he talks about what goes into creating good solid music (i.e. phraseing, fretboard recognition, etc). Overall this book is VERY helpful if you want to learn the proper technique for soloing - it consists of mostly alot of exercises, and they are very very powerful for learning the right way to shred up the guitar.

Hope this helps

hey dudes, cheers for the suggestions, i m gonna look into them

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A real good book for this is the Mel Vay book "Advanced Modern Rock Guitar Improvisation". It covers alot of crap on modes and scales and Improv...obviously.