Customer Reviews for Guitar Secrets
Tylor Wikstrom
Location: from Redding CA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
February 6, 2009
great book
This is a great book. From theroy to techniqe even ear training. If you set aside time for practice every day you will get better. For only 10$ you really can't go wrong.
11 of 24 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Plainview, NY
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
August 6, 2008
Satriani Teaches
I was very glad to receive this item as a gift as I knew that Joe Satriani used to write a regular column or guitar articles. I never got a chance to read them all.
9 of 24 people found this review helpful.
Chris98tex
Location: from Richmond, VA
Difficulty Level:
Not sure
February 21, 2008
Great Buy - period
This book is a complete collection of all the monthly columns that Satriani did for the mag Guitar for the Practicing Musician back in the late 80's. It offers great theory insight and lessons, especially for the cheap price of the book. Well worth it.
12 of 26 people found this review helpful.
Don Thompson
Location: from Vancouver Island, Canada
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
February 14, 2008
Short Lessons from Joe Satriani
Every guitarist seriously interested in improving should check out these short lessons originally written for a guitar magazine by Joe Satriani. If you absorb any of these lessons and put in the practice time you will definitely be a noticeably better guitarist.
13 of 24 people found this review helpful.
Aaron
Location: from Bad Axe Chapter BLS
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
March 22, 2005
A great book A look into the mind JS
This is a great book. It will take some time to learn the lessons from this book. But It will make you a better guitar player. Satch is one of the best. This book is a must if your a joe satraini fan. And if your not it will still help you. Also check out Dimebags riffer madness. And Steve vai
10 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Shelby Williford
Location: from Tampa FL
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
January 26, 2005
Great..Even if you're not a Satch fan!
I've got nothing against Satch. He's just not my cup of tea in terms of his music. This book however is BRILLIANT! If you have a good understanding of theory, this book will work wonders for you. He takes very advanced concepts..things I learned studying Jazz guitar in collage and breaks them down into simplistic terms(as much as can be done anyway). If you're looking for a good book on lead guitar that shows more than running up and down scales, then this book is for you. Most lead guitar books don't have a third of the info but are 3 times as much in price. Just make sure you have an understanding of music theory first.
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
The Rock God
Location: from Hampshire, England
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
December 26, 2004
Stick Satch in your pipe and smoke it...
Wow, what a book. If you cant afford to hire Mr Satriani to sit in your house and teach you to play.....this book is for you. Learn some very useful techniques and anything else you need to know. I picked it up thinking it would be hard to understand, but its not too bad if you dedicate yourself. Even rowan liked it!!!!! Buy it today.........
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Daniel
Location: from Portland, OR
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
June 16, 2004
not what i expected
when i looked over this book i was dissapointed. it is too short and i found most everything to be confusing and boring. there were no examples to help you understand and the explainations were not clear. I do not reccommend this book, instead check out Metal Lead Guitar by Troy Stetina, that book is alot better.
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Marc Bolger
Location: from Fresno California USA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
March 16, 2004
Superb Guitar Instruction.
If you can be disciplined enough to work through these teachings and are developed enough to comprehend whats being presented you will improve. Or I also think it would be a great book to have a teacher use for student lessons.
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Satchland
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
November 6, 2002
Satch's Secrets!
This book truly is an awesome instruction manual. Satch reveals many delightful info so that you (the developing guitarist) can play all the better. Each lesson is made so that you can use it in real-time situations and to better yourself- whether you want to increase speed, chord/scale vocab or even play more musically. This book is a must- Satch fan or not!
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Fabián M.O.
Location: from Culiacán Sinaloa México
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
December 10, 2001
Satch´s good.
Excellent excercises, there are lots of them, also, it are concise and fair well explicit... So, no problem if you are a beginner, your guitar abilities will you pretty far with this book
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Sumter, SC
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
November 17, 2001
Awesome...
This book is great. It has many helpful exercises and techniques that help increase your vocabulary and flexibility in your music style. Great for creating original music. It takes dedication and time to learn this book, but in the end...it all pays off. Rock on!!!
2 of 5 people found this review helpful.