Master modern fusion-blues guitar with virtuoso Allen Hinds Allen Hinds is respected internationally for his mastery of the fusion-blues genre. As the players’ teacher he has guided countless guitar students to success as the instructor and artist in residence at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood. His playing credits include Natalie Cole, The Crusaders, Eric Marienthal, James Ingram, Randy Crawford, Marc Antoine and many more. In Fusion Blues Guitar Soloing he passes his mastery on to you! Along with bespoke drills and technique building exercises, you’ll learn dozens of original licks as Allen solos over a selection of tracks created especially for this book. Fusion Blues Guitar Soloing will help you discover the theory, technique and lyrical melodic approach that makes Allen such a compelling, in-demand player. By the end of the book, you will have mastered his musical ideas and be using them fluently to create your own blazing solos. Three Essential Modes Allen explains his revolutionary approach to properly getting creative with the Ionian, Dorian and Mixolydian modes. When used properly, you’ll see that you don’t need a million exotic scales to sound exciting. In fact, you’ll discover how to apply any lick modally and make it work in a range of different harmonic situations How to Build Solos with Motifs Allen shares his secrets to developing motival ideas that start small and build in complexity. When you master this approach, all your solos will tell meaningful stories to your audience.

Learn how to take a simple motif and transpose it through a parent scale Apply motifs across string sets Discover more modern intervallic motifs Learn fantastic motif-driven licks and a full-length solo

Mastering Legato Technique Allen is constantly asked to teach the secrets of his iconic legato technique. In this section you’ll discover…

Core exercises to strengthen the fretting hand How to achieve beautiful, fluid legato phrasing Precise left and right-hand coordination
How to use legato as a creative force in your music

Create Innovative Solos with Major, Minor and Dominant Grooves In the final three chapters of the book, things get taken to a whole new level as Allen teaches some monster solos. Rocking, funky, and soulful blues tracks showcase dozens of fantastic, innovative licks you can add to your vocabulary. It’s masterclass in soloing and harmonic mastery and all broken down step-by-step!