The Complete Rock Guitar Method: Intermediate Rock Guitar (2nd Edition): Guitar Book & DVD-ROM

Moving from learning songs to understanding how they're built. You'll discover why certain chords work together, how to fill space with confident improvisation, and how the players you admire actually approach their solos.

Guitarists comfortable with major and minor scales, basic chord shapes, and rhythm playing who are ready to explore harmonic depth and improvisation. This is the logical next step after completing a beginning method or equivalent self-teaching.

• Use the DVD-ROM to watch Meeker demonstrate the examples before attempting them yourself. Seeing the technique and hearing the sound together locks in both the physical and musical goal.
• Work through the triad harmonization section methodically. Build each shape on different strings before attempting to comp over a backing track.
• Record yourself improvising over the provided audio examples. Playing back what you recorded reveals rhythmic clarity and phrasing choices you might miss in the moment.
• Practice the modal scales in different positions on the neck. Familiarity across the fretboard removes the fear of getting lost during improvisation.

Assign sections sequentially in a private lesson series or group class structure, using the DVD demonstrations to reinforce concepts between meetings. The scale fingerings and embellishment techniques work well alongside teaching contemporary repertoire students want to learn.

• Triad harmonization across the fretboard
• Chord embellishment and extension voicings
• Composite and modal scale construction
• Improvisation using the Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian modes
• Fingering options for scales in multiple positions
• Contemporary rock guitar phrasing and technique