Big Ballad Soloing

Flip the shred coin and lean into the emotive side of ballads with Al Joseph. Here he’ll show you how he weaves emotion into his melodies, and when exactly to call on his arsenal of shred tricks.

This release, part of the The Dynamic Soloist Collection, sees Al pick up a six string guitar, and lay down the aptly named 007 inspired, “Licence to Kill,” a ballad that moves in waves and gives you a real-time lesson in phrasing.

Within the track, and across the ten practice licks, Al develops concepts based on sweep picking, legato, a vast palette of vibrato, dirty double stop bends and all manner of ascending and descending arpeggios that will help give your playing an eyebrow-raising edge.

Each release in the Dynamic Soloist Collection is available as part of the box set or individually and includes:

- A full solo performance

- A full slow version to click

- An overview lesson

- 10 practice licks

- 10 slow versions

- An overview lesson for each lick

- 2 backing tracks

- Full tab/notation in PDF and GP format

Packed with lyricism and phrasing that will make the hairs stand on the back of your neck, but balanced with technical shred licks, this is a chance to build on Al’s approach to the ballad, and develop an angle of your own. Available individually or as part of the full Dynamic Soloist Collection.