Stepping Outside

MASTER THE ART OF PLAYING OUTSIDE with BEN KERRIGAN!

Stepping Outside is your complete guide to breaking free from stale boxes, predictable lines, and the fear of playing 'wrong' notes. If you’ve ever felt trapped inside scale shapes or worried your solos sound safe and uninspired, this book will teach you how to embrace tension and release through the powerful art of sidestepping.

Discover how modern jazz, blues, and fusion players create lines that surprise and captivate—by deliberately stepping outside the harmony, then resolving with confidence. Ben Kerrigan gives you the tools to develop a professional-level command of outside playing without getting lost in endless theory or confusing concepts.

Through a clear, practical system built around pentatonic shapes, chromatic movement, and visualization exercises, you’ll learn how to turn any scale into a launching pad for creative, modern, and truly personal soloing.

You’ll Learn How To:

• Transform simple pentatonic shapes into sophisticated outside lines
• Master sidestepping over static vamps and complex chord changes
• Visualize the fretboard for seamless key changes and modulations
• Develop advanced rhythmic phrasing that feels modern and natural
• Resolve tension effectively to sound deliberate and musical

Whether you're stuck in boxes, afraid to go 'out,' or just want to expand your soloing vocabulary with modern sounds, this book is your roadmap to fearless, creative improvisation.

This Book Includes:

• Dozens of musical examples with clear explanations
• Exercises in all five CAGED positions to develop real fretboard fluency
• Rhythmic and visualization drills for building outside phrasing
• Strategies for sidestepping over rock, contemporary, and fusion progressions
• Access to bonus audio and video content to hear and see it in action

Who Is This Book For?

Stepping Outside is perfect for guitarists who want to:

• Break out of scale-box habits and predictable lines
• Add sophisticated tension and release to solos
• Expand their harmonic vocabulary without overthinking theory
• Develop a modern, professional sound for jazz, blues, or fusion
• Build fretboard mastery through real-world musical exercises

Whether you're an intermediate player looking to get unstuck, an advanced guitarist seeking new colors, or a professional wanting to modernize your sound—this book will transform how you think and play.

Start Your Transformation Today

Stepping Outside is more than a lick book—it’s a complete method for mastering outside playing with confidence and musicality. Pick up your copy today and unlock the freedom to create lines that truly stand out.

Publisher - GuitarVivo

Language - English

Perfect Bound

Contributors

By author

Ben Kerrigan

Published Date - 2025-08-07

ISBN - 9798292014881

Dimensions - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm

Page Count - 163