Flatpick guitar is the name given to the style of playing simple melodies on the upper strings whilst strumming an accompaniment on the lower strings and Dix Bruce's DVD will show you how. Developed by Mother Maybelle Carter this self-accomopaniment method is the foundation upon which all traditional folk bluegrass and country techniques have been built. Bruce uses nine great country classics and bluegrass standards to give you the chance to masterthis special skill. He demonstrates the bass note/strum technique and shows how melodies can easily be integrated into known chord patterns. There are also sections that will help you transpose tunes into almost any other keydesired - a very important and useful skill especially in group-playing situations.

A revised edition in the popular Enjoy Playing Guitar series Tutor Book 1 introduces the basics of classical guitar playing and develops the all-round musician. The CD recorded by the author provides interactive support in addition to demos for each of the solo/ensemble pieces. The perfect book for today's aspiring player. Accommodates one-to-one or group teaching Over 70 pieces in a range of styles including originals plus arrangements of well-known tunes Supporting creative activities covering improvisation playing by ear and accompanying using basic chords and ostinatos Detailed illustrations showing best posture and hand/finger positions CD of play-alongs for school performance or practising at home This revised edition of Enjoy Playing Guitar: Tutor Book 1 is the ultimate resource for all beginner guitarists. It introduces the basics of classical guitar playing and musical concepts through an approach that is clear progressive and carefully paced. It includes tailored solos duets and trios in a range of styles and it develops musicianship through activities in improvisation playing by ear and the art of accompanying. To consolidate learning there are helpful reminders and quizzes covering musical knowledge plus a CD with over 70 play-along tracks. Encouraging self-directed learning outside as well as during lessons this is the perfect book for today's aspiring player. About The Author Debbie Cracknell studied guitar and piano at Trinity College of Music in London and graduated with licentiate diplomas in both instruments. Since then she has been teaching as a peripatetic guitar teacher for Buckinghamshire County Council. Her very successful series Enjoy Playing Guitar has been followed by many solo and ensemble works aimed mainly at beginners and those in the early grades.

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Absolutely a landmark text! Author Mike Christiansen spent countless hours researching the scale forms used in all major musical idioms and also those found in other non-Western musical cultures. In addition to a myriad of scale forms (both conventional and rare) for major minor pentatonic and blues in-depth sections are contained on modes symmetrical altered scales exotic scales and Japanese scales. Among the scale forms presented are Byzantine Persian East Indian Purvi enigmatic eight-tone Spanish Prometheus Gagaku Zokugaku In Sen Pou Arabian and Balinese!! Scales are shown in notation tablature and diagram form. Also rules are given for each scale showingconstruction and appropriate usage in relation to chordal structure and harmony. Companion online video features Mike and Corey Christiansen demonstrating improvisational applications of each scale. Includes access to online video. Complete Guitar Scale Dictionary is an absolutely landmark text by Author Mike Christiansen . Chrisriansen has spent countless hours researching the scale forms used in all major musicalidioms and also those found in other non-Western musical cultures. In addition to a myriad of scale forms (both conventional and rare) for major minor pentatonic and blues in-depth sections are contained on modes symmetricalaltered scales exotic scales and Japanese scales. Among the scale forms presented are Byzantine Persian East Indian Purvi enigmatic eight-tone Spanish Prometheus Gagaku Zokugaku In Sen Pou Arabian andBalinese!! Scales are shown in notation tablature and diagram form. Also rules are given for each scale showing construction and appropriate usage in relation to chordal structure and harmony. Companion online videofeatures Mike and Corey Christiansen demonstrating improvisational applications of each scale. Includes access to online video.

Learn improvisation on the Piano with this comprehensive book by Hernan Rios . If a group of musicians were confined to a desert island (and provided with musical instruments) and they could only have accessto one book they should choose one that besides being a manual allowing a gradual learning of improvisation can also be used to generate an infinite amount of music . - Leo Maslíah Learn improvisation on the Piano with this comprehensive book by Hernan Rios . If a group of musicians were confined to a desert island (and provided with musical instruments) and they could only have accessto one book they should choose one that besides being a manual allowing a gradual learning of improvisation can also be used to generate an infinite amount of music . - Leo Maslíah

Blues And Ragtime Guitar-For many years Ernie Hawkins has been playing concerts clubs festivals colleges and museums in the United States Canada Europe and Japan. He has played with blues greats such as Son House Mance Lipscomb Fred McDowell Jim Brewer and Rev. Gary Davis. In this DVD Ernie talks about his influences and performs a wide range of blues ragtime and gospel tunes. Titles include: What You Gonna Do Railroad Blues Chump Man Blues Rev. Davis Medley Police Dog Blues Slow Drag Fast Fox Trot Twelve Sticks Florida Blues Penitentiary Blues Potato Head Blues Hawkins Rag If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down That Road Call Up China Lightnin's Hideaway Elm Street Blues Masanga Riding On A Moonbeam and Blue Belle. For many years Ernie Hawkins has been playing concerts clubs festivals colleges and museums in the United States Canada Europe and Japan. He has played with blues greats such as Son House Mance Lipscomb Fred McDowell Jim Brewer and Rev. Gary Davis. In this DVD Ernie talks about his influences and performs a wide range of blues ragtime and gospel tunes. Titles include: What You Gonna Do Railroad Blues Chump Man Blues Rev. Davis Medley Police Dog Blues Slow Drag Fast Fox Trot Twelve Sticks Florida Blues Penitentiary Blues Potato Head Blues Hawkins Rag If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down That Road Call Up China Lightnin's Hideaway Elm Street Blues Masanga Riding On A Moonbeam and Blue Belle.

A third book of pieces for cello-Cello Time Sprinters is the third book in this hugely successful series building on the firm technical and stylistic foundations of Joggers and Runners by featuring extended pieces in first position and fourth position pieces. The book includes original pieces in different styles pieces by a range of composers and duets with parts of equal difficulty together with CDs of performances and backings. Straightforward piano accompaniments are available in a separate volume. Cello Time is a great series for young Cellists. Packed with lively original tunes easy duets and traditional pieces the books are carefully paced and organised to build confidence every step of the way. Cello Time Sprinters includes: Extended pieces in first position. Fourth position using the finger patterns 1-34 12-4 and 1234. A Range of techniques including hooked bowing string crossing and double-stops. Scales and arpeggios to suit the pieces and at the level of Grade 3. 2 CDs with performances andbackings for all of the pieces many with Drums and Bass added as well as tuning tracks.

The city of St. Louis played host in the 1920s and 1930s to one of the most distinctive and vital blues scenes ever documented on record. Like Memphis and Atlanta St. Louis served as a sort of magnet attracting musicians from the surrounding hinterlands and providing performance opportunities that were not available out in the country. Many of the St. Louis musicians were transplanted Mississippians like Charley Jordan while others like Clifford Gibson and Teddy Darby originally hailed from Kentucky. The various early influences that the music of these players displayed ended up coalescing into something that might be called the 'St. Louis sound'. Included on thisDVD are transcriptions and teaching of the songs of Teddy Darby where the guitar and voice track each other closely Clifford Gibson with his distinctive approach to playing in Spanish tuning and the mysterious low cross-note sound Charley Jordan with his acrobatic thumbwork and occasionally raggy sound and the enigmatic Lane Hardin who only recorded two titles under his own name. The songs selected for inclusion in the lesson have been chosen to introduce you to a variety of different tunings and playing positions and employ different right hand approaches that will expand your ability to utilize techniques like thumb lead and brush strokes. A PDF file is included on the DVD which can be printed out into an easily readable 8.5” by 11” booklet including not only detailed transcriptions of the songs but the songs’ lyrics as well. As well all of the original recordings from which the transcriptions were made are included on the DVD.

Teach Yourself Bass - DVD with Small Booklet-Learn to read and play Bass music using standard music notation and Easy Read Tab. Also scales riffs and arpeggios so you can create your own Bass lines. Includes 48 page book. No previous musical knowledge or experience necessary. Suitable for all ages. Suitable for all types of bass. Learn to read and play bass music using standard music notation and EASY READ TAB. Learn to play the notes on all four strings including sharps and flats. Learn all the important Scales Riffs and Arpeggios. Learn how to create your own bass lines. Learn about types of basses available and the different styles of playing. Learn to read and play Bass music using standard music notation and Easy Read Tab. Also scales riffs and arpeggios so you can create your own Bass lines. Includes 48 page book. No previous musicalknowledge or experience necessary. Suitable for all ages. Suitable for all types of bass. Learn to read and play bass music using standard music notation and EASY READ TAB. Learn to play the noteson all four strings including sharps and flats. Learn all the important Scales Riffs and Arpeggios. Learn how to create your own bass lines. Learn about types of basses available and the different stylesof playing.

Understanding Implementing and Overcoming The Caged System-In this instructional DVD renowned Guitar tutor Rolly Brown discusses the strengths and weaknesses of one of the most popular methods for navigating the Guitar fingerboard the caged system. In Uncaged & Free Brown discusses how to use the system in order to get the maximum result with the least effort and explains how to transcend its weaknesses by becoming able to move up and down the neck in the most fluid and fluent fashion. This DVD explains: The five neck positions and their chord structures. The five most effortless major scale fingerings. Superimposition of scales and chords. Understanding chord movement in each position. Blues scale fingerings o Minor scales.Horizontal and vertical concepts of navigation. Overcoming CAGED with interval scales horizontal scales sliding pentatonic scales and arpeggios. In this instructional DVD renowned Guitar tutor Rolly Brown discusses the strengths and weaknesses of one of the most popular methods for navigating the Guitar fingerboard the caged system. In Uncaged & Free Brown discusses how to use the system in order to get the maximum result with the least effort and explains how to transcend its weaknesses by becoming able to move up and down the neck in the most fluid and fluent fashion. This DVD explains: The five neck positions and their chord structures. The five most effortless major scale fingerings. Superimposition of scales andchords. Understanding chord movement in each position. Blues scale fingerings o Minor scales. Horizontal and vertical concepts of navigation. Overcoming CAGED with interval scales horizontal scales sliding pentatonic scales and arpeggios.

Improvisation is the art of real-time composition. This book will guide you through exploring some of the many possible scale choices that can be used with chords and chord progressions giving you a greater range of expression.Topics include the basics of chord-scale theory modes and how to use them the blues scale symmetrical scales and more. The accompanying CD features demonstration and play-along tracks to really drive each lesson home.Improvisation is the art of real-time composition. This book will guide you through exploring some of the many possible scale choices that can be used with chords and chord progressions giving you a greater range of expression.Topics include the basics of chord-scale theory modes and how to use them the blues scale symmetrical scales and more. The accompanying CD features demonstration and play-along tracks to really drive each lesson home.

In the 1920s and 30s Bessie Smith was 'empress of the blues.' Her passionate singing and performing style and her songwriting influenced all the blues and jazz singers that followed. Many of the songs she popularized both blues and “tin pan alley” tunes have become standards in blues jazz rock and pop music. Songs in this collection have been recorded by artists as diverse as Eric Clapton Leadbelly Billie Holiday Chet Atkins Bing Crosby David Lee Roth Big Bill Broonzy B. B. King and Sam Cooke. They’re great tunes for guitar pickers and Fred shows you how to back yourself up singing them and how to fingerpick instrumental versions of six classics. With hisexplanations of the arrangements split-screen slowed-down versions of the songs and with the tab and music in the accompanying booklet you’ll learn how to play St. Louis Blues Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out Backwater Blues After You’ve Gone I Ain’t Got Nobody and the sensational Send Me To the Electric Chair . The songs sound terrific on guitar and with Fred's instruction the arrangements are easy to follow. A 1920s film of Bessie Smith singing St. Louis Blues is featured at the end of the lesson. A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. In the 1920s and 30s Bessie Smith was 'empress of the blues.' Her passionate singing and performing style and her songwriting influenced all the blues and jazz singers that followed. Many of the songs she popularized both blues and “tin pan alley” tunes have become standards in blues jazz rock and pop music. Songs in this collection have been recorded by artists as diverse as Eric Clapton Leadbelly Billie Holiday Chet Atkins Bing Crosby David Lee Roth Big Bill Broonzy B. B. King and Sam Cooke. They’re great tunes for guitar pickers and Fred shows you how to back yourself up singing them and how to fingerpick instrumental versions of six classics. With hisexplanations of the arrangements split-screen slowed-down versions of the songs and with the tab and music in the accompanying booklet you’ll learn how to play St. Louis Blues Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out Backwater Blues After You’ve Gone I Ain’t Got Nobody and the sensational Send Me To the Electric Chair . The songs sound terrific on guitar and with Fred's instruction the arrangements are easy to follow. A 1920s film of Bessie Smith singing St. Louis Blues is featured at the end of the lesson. A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.

The second in a two-volume series based on over 40 years of music theory instruction at Berklee College of Music. This volume focuses on harmony including triads seventh chords inversions and voice leading for jazz blues andpopular music styles. You'll develop the tools needed to write melodies and create effective harmonic accompaniments from a lead sheet. This revised edition includes an answer key for all exercises and lessons to check yourprogress.The second in a two-volume series based on over 40 years of music theory instruction at Berklee College of Music. This volume focuses on harmony including triads seventh chords inversions and voice leading for jazz blues andpopular music styles. You'll develop the tools needed to write melodies and create effective harmonic accompaniments from a lead sheet. This revised edition includes an answer key for all exercises and lessons to check yourprogress.

Pickin? With The Book-A DVD of the artistry of Roy Book Binder. No book included. It was 40 years ago that I first recorded for Stefan Grossman’s Kicking Mule record label! Much has changed over the years and much has pretty much stayed the same. I still love the music that caught my attention back in the old days and I still play it. Many of my old pals are gone but they are still a part of my life and they come alive every time I take the stage to tell my story. After 40 years ‘in the game’ I consider myself to be a very lucky man. When your heroes end up becoming your pals life is sweet.you can’t really ask for more than that!” - Roy Book BinderA DVD of the artistry of Roy Book Binder. No book included. It was 40 years ago that I first recorded for Stefan Grossman’s Kicking Mule record label! Much has changed over the years and much has pretty much stayed the same. I still love the music that caught my attention back in the old days and I still play it. Many of my old pals are gone but they are still a part of my life and they come alive every time I take the stage to tell my story. After 40 years ‘in the game’ I consider myself to be a very lucky man. When your heroes end up becoming your pals life is sweet.you can’t really ask for more than that!” - Roy Book Binder

This is a very comprehensive text that combines theory harmony and voicing material with emphasis placed on voice leading. Although this book's primary focus is on four-note chord voicings on the middle strings of the guitar much of the knowledge conveyed here can be appreciated and used by all jazz musicians not only guitarists. Topics covered include: Tensions Voice Leading Chord Scales Enharmonic Chordal Substitutions Fourth Voicings Chromatic Guide Lines Triad Over Bass Voicings and much more! The best part of this book however is the unique and practical way the author takes modern harmonic concepts and shows you how to apply them in real music situations! Writtenfor the intermediate to advanced music theory enthusiast who wishes to master this facet of music. This is a very comprehensive text that combines theory harmony and voicing material with emphasis placed on voice leading. Although this book's primary focus is on four-note chord voicings on the middle strings of the guitar much of the knowledge conveyed here can be appreciated and used by all jazz musicians not only guitarists. Topics covered include: Tensions Voice Leading Chord Scales Enharmonic Chordal Substitutions Fourth Voicings ChromaticGuide Lines Triad Over Bass Voicings and much more! The best part of this book however is the unique and practical way the author takes modern harmonic concepts and shows you how to apply them in real music situations! Writtenfor the intermediate to advanced music theory enthusiast who wishes to master this facet of music.

Jimmy Hendrix Eddie Van Halen Kurt Cobain - all pioneers in the world of rock guitar creating individual yet highly influential styles seemingly effortlessly and crafting some of the best rock music ever written. But how did they get their sounds and what can you do to recreate them? Giants Of Rock gives the lowdown on 20 of the world's biggest rock acts from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to U2 breaking down their technique equipment and playing style so that the budding guitarist can sound like their axe-wielding hero. Complete with two CDs containing 22 backing tracks and 20 lead tracks in the styles of the artists featured inside as well as fulltab and notation for each song Giants Of Rock is all you need to become a Strat-wielding distortion-soaked windmilling maniac! A regular Guitar Techniques contributor and demonstrator Jamie Humphries has written and transcribed several books and CDs in Totatl Accuracy's Jam With... series while by day he teaches at the UK's Academy of Contemporary Music. He has written and contributed to a number of publications including Giants Of Metal also published by Sanctuary. Aerosmith The Black Crowes Bon Jovi Creed The Eagles Extreme Jimi Hendrix Incubus Lenny Kravitz Nirvana Pearl Jam Pink Floyd Puddle Of Mud Queen Red Hot Chilli Peppers Santana The Rolling Stones Thin Lizzy U2 Van Halen All levels. Jimmy Hendrix Eddie Van Halen Kurt Cobain - all pioneers in the world of rock guitar creating individual yet highly influential styles seemingly effortlessly and crafting some of the best rock music ever written. But how did they get their sounds and what can you do to recreate them? Giants Of Rock gives the lowdown on 20 of the world's biggest rock acts from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to U2 breaking down their technique equipment and playing style so that the budding guitarist can sound like their axe-wielding hero. Complete with two CDs containing 22 backing tracks and 20 lead tracks in the styles of the artists featured inside as well as fulltab and notation for each song Giants Of Rock is all you need to become a Strat-wielding distortion-soaked windmilling maniac! A regular Guitar Techniques contributor and demonstrator Jamie Humphries has written and transcribed several books and CDs in Totatl Accuracy's Jam With... series while by day he teaches at the UK's Academy of Contemporary Music. He has written and contributed to a number of publications including Giants Of Metal also published by Sanctuary. Aerosmith The Black Crowes Bon Jovi Creed The Eagles Extreme

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