Book excerpt: In this book, New York-based studio musician and in-demand clinician Matt Smith opens his bag of tricks and tells all. Matt demystifies topics such as chord progressions, "cool notes" in solos, harp scales, harmonics, improvisation, alternate tunings, blues, rock, acoustic and much more. His unique and creative approaches to composition, soloing and mastering the fretboard will inspire and motivate you to reach new levels of musicianship and self-confidence in your playing. Matt Smith gives you the tools you need to improve your guitar chops in this fun-to-read and easy-to-use book---a must for all guitarists.