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The Reggae & Ska Guitar Book: Learn Authentic Rhythm & Lead Guitar Parts for Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady, Dub & More

by Daryl Kellie , Joseph Alexander , Tim Pettingale
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781789334111
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com
  • Publisher Imprint: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 100
  • Original Price: USD 19.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 254 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Genres & Styles / Reggae

Learn Authentic Rhythm & Lead Parts for Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady, Dub and More


It's no understatement to say that reggae music forever changed the world. A compelling mix of soul, jazz, R&B and Jamaican mento, it's the ultimate feel good music with its hypnotic, laidback grooves.


The Reggae & Ska Guitar Book is a one-of-a-kind guide to the guitar styles at the heart of reggae.


In fact, it's is a chronological guide to the development of reggae through the decades and shows how to play its many sub-genres with authentic, stylistically accurate guitar parts.


Your journey includes scheduled stops at:


  • Ska, the early years - how American R&B combined with elements of calypso and mento
  • Rocksteady - the bridge between the original ska and later reggae eras
  • Reggae - the emergence of seminal groups including Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Dub - how versions or "doubles" creatively expanded the sound of reggae
  • Ska revival - an offshoot of the punk/mod eras, explore the sounds of The Specials, Madness, The Selecter and more
  • The Third Wave - how ska burst upon the US from a California-based revival, with bands like Reel Big Fish, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Sublime
  • Lovers Rock - reggae surfaces again, this time combining the sweet melodic soul of Motown with laidback Jamaican grooves
  • Going Full Circle - how reggae influenced world music and artists such as Paul Simon, Eric Clapton and The Police
  • Dancehall and Beyond - fusing island musical sensibilities with hip-hop, dancehall adopted a new type of reggae drum groove that has influenced countless contemporary pop records ever since


Learn the Essential Techniques of Reggae Guitar


With each sub-genre of reggae and ska came refinements and changes to the role of the guitar. There is so much more to it than hitting chord stabs on the up-beats! You'll learn...


  • The skank groove that forms the backbone of the ska sound
  • Stylistically accurate major and minor chord voicings
  • How to introduce double-stops, triplet ideas and sliding articulations
  • Single-note pentatonic riffs and fills
  • How to play the chicken scratch technique pioneered by Hux Brown
  • Using delay pedal effects to expand your sonic arsenal
  • Adding jazz, rock 'n' roll licks, and even modal scales to spice up single-note accompaniments in the style of the greats
  • The rhythms and approach of the ska-punk movement of the Third Wave


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