TREASURE LAND Guitarist To Issue Instructional Book
October 13, 2007, 17 years ago
TREASURE LAND guitarist Jonas Hörnqvist has issued the following update:
"I'm pleased to announce that my instructional book series which covers the topic of Guitar Technique will be released by one of Scandinavia's largest music publishers. The goal of these books is to improve a player's speed and accuracy, and also how to use his or her technical ability in a musical context. I will mainly cover techniques derived from classical, jazz, and rock music. There will be a full band accompanying me on the exercises in the books so that the student can hear how the technique sounds in relation to actual music, instead of just a metronome.My books include tablature as well as fingering charts for all of the exercises.
The first book will include over 187 exercises that help to improve picking technique and left hand strength. Here is a list of some of the topics I will cover in my first book:
* Warm-up exercises for both hands
* Stretching exercises
* Muting techniques
* Single string exercises with open strings, slides, and various combinations
* Two, three, and four strings exercises
* Inside/outside picking
* How to use the chromatic scale in a more musical context
* Pivoting
* The Harmonic Minor scale
* Diminished licks
* Sweep picking
* Exotic scales
The books will debut in Swedish and be available for the Scandinavian market initially, but an English version is expected to be released at a later date."
