Learn To Play: Into The Wild

Jan Cyrka is the creative mind behind Zakk Wylde’s “Farewell Ballad” and Andy James’ “The Wind That Shakes the Heart”. Now he returns with “Into The Wild”, a ballad full of sweet melodies, ample whammy work and some massive gnarly bends.

From the sombre beginnings to the hope-filled crescendo, Jan uses one of his trademark customised guitars to explore all manner of emotions. Laying down high paced licks and whammy infused lead lines, he delivers a lesson in eliciting feeling and shows how the pay-off is often worth the wait.

The forever morphing hook combines dynamics and articulation to create a beautiful guitar ballad filled with interesting playing ideas. Vibrato, slides, economy picking, a whole load of whammy and a bucket load of bends; just part of what you’ll make use of while learning this track.

This pack comes with the full playthrough video, backing track and complete tab/notation so you have everything you need to really nail Jan’s fantastic soloing. As a bonus, he’s also included four slow versions of some of the more challenging key licks to help you get them under your fingers.

From the sweetest of lonely notes to blazing eruptions of emotion, the “Sensei of Ballads” creates another sensational track filled with compositional and technical lessons for players of all levels to master.