Progressive COMPLETE LEARN TO PLAY LEAD GUITAR MANUAL is the ultimate Lead guitar manual. It assumes you have no prior knowledge of music, and will take you from beginner to professional level. In the course of the book you will learn all the essential techniques of Lead Guitar along with how to read traditional music notation, guitar TAB, and rhythm notation. By the end of the book you will be ready to play Lead guitar in a band and be competent in a variety of musical styles. The book is divided into sections, the first covering the basics of left and right hand technique, basic rhythms, picking, slurring, slides and note bending The later sections deal with using the whole fretboard, more advanced rhythms, scales, modes and arpeggios along with techniques such as harmonics and right hand tapping. The examples and solos demonstrate a variety of styles including Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country, Metal, Fusion and Funk. The accompanying CDs contain all the examples in the book so you can play along with them. At the end of the book, there are also several Jam-Along tracks on the CD for you to practice your improvising with.