Total Picking Control is a clear, proven guide for the intermediate to advanced player who wants nothing less than total guitar domination. Powered by 60 sequential lessons, each with it's own full song study, this course is packed with over 17 hours of video performance and instruction, along with 60 full-band audio play-along backing tracks. You've never seen a course like this!
 
60 LESSONS DIVIDED INTO 6 SECTIONS - EACH LESSON INCLUDES:
Musical Study: Full song written in standard notation and tablature, designed to work out specific techniques . Studies cover a wide range of musical stules (rock, metal, country, classical, blues, etc.) and many also include helpful preparation examles.
Video Lesson: Full Play-Thru and Walk-Thru of the musical study, plus advanced concepts.
Play-Along Audio Track: High quality, full band recording of the musical study with the featured guitar part removed for ideal play along experience.
Advanced Concept: "Extra credit" for advanced players to get the most out of each lesson.
 
Topics include: Tonality, melody, picking mechanics, the art of listening, understanding "big time" and how to play in the pocket, how to improvise dynamics for ideal control, the half-time/double-time riddle and how to feel time in different grooves, secrets to building speed, using "bottom-up" and "top-down" practice for best results, chords as colletions of individual tones rather than block shapes, essential string damping, how repetition and muscle memory actually work, what is integration and why you should care, bifucating muscle memory patterns, seeing hidden rhythms and handling polyrhythms, how to increase synchronization and smoothness, rules and rule-breaking, holding the listener's interest, expressing energy and intensity, steps to mastering any complex lick, string crossing density, picking anges and tone, legato note-cramming, what is the greatest exercise in the world? And more!
 
Guitarist, composer, producer, music educator TROY STETINA has created more than 50 book/audio/video guitar methods that have guided a generation of guitarists toward mastery, selling over a million copies worldwide. Total Picking Control represents a culmination of his years of teaching and playing experience, featuring well-crafted, progressive guitar lessons designed to improve and expand technique and musicianship.
 
Audio tracks includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, as well as set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. Available exclusively from Hal Leonard in the "MyLibrary" section of the halleonard.com website.