Shredding Paganini: Heavy Metal Guitar Meets 9 Masterpieces by Niccolo Paganini, Book & Online Audio (Shredding Styles) Paperback – August 1, 2011

I just stumbled upon this title here on Amazon. I was looking for a book to improve my sweep picking and other shred techniqes. I got this book about two weeks ago and it's a superb addition to any guitarist's collection!The book looks good and is well written. It starts off with the usual stuff like dedications and contents. Then there's a brief history of Paganini. The rest of the book is divided into various songs. Each song has a forward that explains the techniqes and musical theory used in each song. The writing style is easy to follow and understand. The music is written in both tab and standard notation.The CD that comes along with the book has each song played with a full band. The song is then followed by a backing track at slow and regular speed. The recording sounds professional and is music album quality.The skill level of this book is probably intermediate to advanced. I've been playing about 6 years now and I usually play heavy metal type stuff like Megadeth, Pantera, and other thrash metal bands. You do not have to be a shredder to get value out of this book. I've been playing the first few songs now I can already tell that my technique has improved. I especially notice that my sweep and alternate picking has improved drastically. Don't be thrown off by the title; this isn't your great grandma's Paganini tape. Classical music sounds killer with a distorted guitar ripping away. I could easily throw some of these Paganini licks into a metal song and it would sound cool.I will definitely buy German Schauss' other book, Shredding Bach, once I finish with this title. Buy this book! You will not regret it! I've bought a lot of shred books and they pale in comparison. I would recommend this book without hesitation to anyone wanting to improve their technique or become a better guitarist!

Germann Schauss takes you through the works of Niccolo Paganini, master violinist of the romantic era. This is probably one of the best books I've seen on guitar. Concise and accurate, Germann arranges the songs in ways that are wonderful to play on guitar. The difficulty can be intense, but that's what makes the book so great. Most books on shred guitar are just mindless exercises, but Germann takes you through the techniques in a musical context that makes learning new techniques exciting. After purchasing this book, I will be sure to pick up the other products by Germann Schauss (Shredding Bach and Total Shred Guitar.) Highly Reccomended!

I learned the solos from Crossroads (movie) when I was a teen. Was pleasantly surprised to find it was more or less or less a direct rip from Paganini. This book has the "original" plus many more tracks worthy of learning. Shred on :)

IT is ajoy to play.Exercise first song and is is easy to follow. BUT YOU HAVE TO FINISH FIRST HIS TOTAL SHRED BOOK.To have a good synchronisation between left and right handat hogh speed. IT

Item was well packed. Would not have gotten wet if left out in the rain A+++ Many Thanks

Exactly what I was looking for Thanks.

Great book with a lot of interesting melodies. I use it as good practice book for stretching and worm-ups. Well arranged and very easy to read and play.

Great!

I bought this book after seeing Tina S playing a jaw dropping version of the 5th Caprice and thinking now THAT’S a challenge. The book and cd are well thought out, I really like the way the author breaks down the music and explains the pieces more in-depth. Not for the faint hearted but if you nail one of these in a performance the opposite sex will swoon at your feet as was probably Paganini's intention.

This book has a great selection of Paganini's work all tabbed for playing on the electric guitar. This is not easy. It will challenge you but in the long run make you a better guitarist for having learned these pieces of classic music.

Great book in general, but there is some errata on page 51. The last 4 bars of the Caprice No. 24 theme are printed asa repeat of the 1st 4 bars instead of what they should be.

I'm shocked at how stupid this book is. Caprice 5 starts on E for a guitar! Wasted frets, not to mention that the 'analysis' is infantile. I can understand fretting positions not being to everybody's liking, everybody plays things differently, but what is most unforgiving is nothing is complete or true to the original!

I like this book, I've only learned a few pieces of music. The music tracks are muddy and sound horrible.