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Guitar Revolution:  Change Your Playing Forever

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Guitar Revolution: Change Your Playing Forever is an original guitar instruction book written by Kevin Welch. Conventional guitar books are often written with a bare-bones approach to teaching the material, which has created a consistent need in the guitar playing community for a resource that provides a thorough explanation of music as it applies to the guitar in practical application. As a result many guitarists have struggled to develop their playing to their full potential. The purpose of Guitar Revolution: Change Your Playing Forever is to equip beginning and intermediate guitarists with a thorough understanding of music structure and its application to the guitar through an abundance of examples, drills, practice tips, step-by-step demonstrations of each idea, and practical applications of the material.



This book will help guitar players learn to:


• Develop the techniques that will project their guitar playing abilities to a higher skill level by learning various patterns, sequences, and motifs that can be applied to their playing.

• Learn how music is structured, and how that structure can be used as a practical and efficient mechanism for playing songs, melodies, improvisation, and songwriting.

• Be inspired to create their own unique playing style by working through the drills and exercises, while simultaneously employing the concepts discussed in the book.



The book will:


• Provide thorough explanations of the ideas that will propel the knowledge and abilities of the reader to a higher skill level.

• Cover the vital elements of music and the unique ways in which the guitar can be used to create music.

• Discuss how the notes of the guitar, intervals, scales, modes, stylistic techniques, chord structure, keys, transposition, modulation, arpeggios, and soloing can be effectively employed by the reader.




"I spent years searching for a book that contained the information I desperately needed. I never found it. So I decided to write it."

                                -Author, Kevin Welch



Some of the unique features of this book include:


• Each section contains in-depth explanations, examples that effectively demonstrate the idea, musical situations in which the theory is applied, and various methods on how to practice the content so that it develops better playing and musical skills for the reader.

• There is an abundance of charts, tables, graphs, sheet music, and tablature that visually display how the theory is applied specifically to the guitar.

• There are tips and explanations describing finger positions and techniques to ensure the proper execution of the material.

• The book contains a way in which the reader can test his/her understanding of the topic; it poses questions, and lists examples for the reader to answer on his/her own. The answers to the questions are provided in the back of the book in a section called “Test Yourself”.

• Definitions of words are provided within the text, and a comprehensive glossary is in the back of the book.

• A notation legend is included in the front of the book to explain how to read the charts, graphs, and notation in the book.



People who are interested in learning to develop their playing abilities and who want to understand the unique nature of the guitar and various methods for creating music will find that this book meets their needs. Players who feel that their skills have reached a plateau will find this book inspiring and helpful in pushing their abilities beyond their current limits.



ORDERING is easy and safe through a secure PayPal account. The book is available as a downloadable PDF file for $12.00, and in a hard copy for $22.00 plus shipping and handling (the book can only be shipped within the 48 contiguous United States).



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If you are interested in ordering the hard copy of the book for the price of $22.00 plus shipping (the book can only be shipped within the 48 contiguous United States), please click on the "Buy Now" button directly below to take you to PayPal. Make sure that you include your shipping address!