Stop feeling lost with math rock and finally learn how this style really works, step by step, on your guitar. This 100+ page guide walks you through the core techniques (tapping, fingerpicking, hybrid picking), the exact chord types and progressions used in math rock & Midwest emo, practical music theory, alternate tunings like FACGCE and DAEAC#E, plus functional strumming patterns in common and odd meters. Example videos, fully notated exercises, and bonus PDF/Guitar Pro files mean you’re never left wondering how something is supposed to sound.
Instead of piecing things together from random tabs, you’ll have a focused, step-by-step path you can dip into from any section, whether your priority is cleaner tapping, more expressive chords, or writing your own mathy progressions that actually sound like the bands you love.
40+ focused math rock guitar exercises so you can quickly master the core techniques that define the style—without wasting hours hunting for random tabs and lessons online. (Pages 7–38)
Supplementary example videos that remove all the guesswork from “Am I playing this right?”, so you can confidently hear, see, and feel each idea, and spend more time playing instead of second-guessing.
Beginner-friendly, math-rock-focused music theory for guitarists so you finally understand what’s going on under your fingers without getting overwhelmed by unnecessary theory. (Pages 39–47)
100+ essential chords and 30 must-know progressions used in real math rock & Midwest emo songs, so you can stop recycling the same old shapes and start writing progressions that actually sound like the bands you love. (Pages 48–80)
A step-by-step intro to alternate tunings (FACGCE & DAEAC#E) so they stop feeling confusing and start feeling like creative playgrounds you can comfortably write in. (Pages 81–101)
Genre-defining strumming and picking patterns in multiple time signatures so you can finally break out of the same predictable rhythms and create grooves that sound interesting, mathy, and uniquely yours. (Pages 102–120)
