The modes of the major scale have been used for centuries as a compositional tool and as a source for improvisation. This excellent DVD series will to take you through each of the 7 modes step by step so that you will be able to improvise compose and recognize modal music. Each DVD includes licks in the style of a featured artist and a guitar jam track. The Lydian Mode tutorials include; Lydian Scale Patterns finding the relative major scale recognizing and creating Lydian chord progressions lydian arpeggios lydian mode licks including tremolo bar techniques and harmonics 3 licks in the style of Steve Vai. The modes of the major scale have been used for centuries as a compositional tool and as a source for improvisation. This excellent DVD series will to take you through each of the 7 modes step by step so that you will be able to improvise compose and recognize modal music. Each DVD includes licks in the style of a featured artist and a guitar jam track. The Lydian Mode tutorials include; Lydian Scale Patterns finding the relative major scale recognizing and creating Lydian chord progressions lydian arpeggios lydian mode licks including tremolo bar techniques and harmonics 3 licks in the style of Steve Vai.

Learn five Van Halen tracks note for note guitar lessons by Jamie Humphries and Andy James. This excellent 2 DVD set will teach you the groundbreaking soloing techniques and killer riffs that defined Eddie Van Halen as one of the greatest guitarists of all time! Learn five Van Halen tracks note for note guitar lessons by Jamie Humphries and Andy James. This excellent 2 DVD set will teach you the groundbreaking soloing techniques and killer riffs that defined Eddie Van Halen as one of the greatest guitarists of all time!

This superb DVD is a new and unique way to have fun study and jam all at the same time. The DVD contains three top quality backing tracks and can be approached in two ways first you can JAM with the tracks flying solo experimenting with different ideas licks and solos. Alternatively you can trade solos with Sam drawing inspiration from the ideas and techniques used in his solos. Each track has three performances from Sam working across three levels of difficulty. Although the solos are improvised he has taken care to go for a basic intermediate and advanced level for each track. All the solos are transcribed and are available in PDF form along with the lessons. Onscreen graphics with chords and scales are provided when it's your turn to jam. This tutorial is an exciting way to interact with Sam while learning new licks and phrases performed in a real musical environment. This DVD is designed to be an enjoyable musical experience for everyone. Whether your style you will find this tutorial fun and inspiring. Enjoy! Features • 3 unique backing tracks • Interactive jamming • On screen scale diagrams • Chord charts • Transcriptions of 27 solos • Technique lessons This superb DVD is a new and unique way to have fun study and jam all at the same time. The DVD contains three top quality backing tracks and can be approached in two ways first you can 'JAM' with the tracks flying solo experimenting with different ideas licks and solos. Alternatively you can trade solos with Sam drawing inspiration from the ideas and techniques used in his solos. Each track has three performances from Sam working across three levels of difficulty. Although the solos are improvised he has taken care to go for a basic intermediate and advanced level for each track. All the solos are transcribed and are available in PDF form along with the lessons.On screen graphics with chords and scales are provided when it's your turn to jam. This tutorial is an exciting way to interact with Sam while learning new licks and phrases performed in a real musical environment. This DVD is designed to be an enjoyable musical experience for everyone. Whether your style you will find this tutorial fun and inspiring. Enjoy! Features • 3 unique backing tracks • Interactive jamming • On screen scale diagrams • Chord charts • Transcriptions of 27 solos • Technique lessons

Supplementary Songbook B- Designed to be used in conjunction with Introducing Guitar Book 2 Introducing Guitar - Supplementary Songbook B contains more than 50 additional songs which are cross referenced to the lessons in thebook. The songs in this volume include: Sweet Betsy From Pike Buffalo Gals Goodnight Ladies Mama Don't Low Old KIng Cole Mexican Dance Leap Frog Skye Boat Song Ode To Joy The Ash Grove Santa Lucia We ShallOvercome Botany Bay and The Yellow Rose Of Texas .

Thrash superheroes Metallica have long been acknowledged as the band that set the standard for the very best in speed metal combining thunderous slicing riffs with fret-melting leads and solos. Through his work in Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has inspired thousands of metal kids the world over with a terrifying technique and some truly ear-bending tonalities. In this two-hour DVD tutorial Danny Gill provides you with an arsenal of metal style licks that you can incorporate into your own solos including two handed techniques hammer on and pull off techniques legato phrases picking licks and much more! Both Hammett and Gill are former students of axe-master JoeSatriani and the techniques on display here will not only help you play your favourite Metallica classics but promise to transform all aspects of your guitar playing. Thrash superheroes Metallica have long been acknowledged as the band that set the standard for the very best in speed metal combining thunderous slicing riffs with fret-melting leads and solos. Through his work in Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has inspired thousands of metal kids the world over with a terrifying technique and some truly ear-bending tonalities. In this two-hour DVD tutorial Danny Gill provides you with an arsenal of metal style licks that you can incorporate into your own solos including two handed techniques hammer on and pull off techniques legato phrases picking licks and much more! Both Hammett and Gill are former students of axe-master JoeSatriani and the techniques on display here will not only help you play your favourite Metallica classics but promise to transform all aspects of your guitar playing.

Expert guitarist Stuart Bull gives you the tools you need to construct your own showstopping guitar solos. This groundbreaking DVD begins from the simplest point guiding you right through to extended and complicated licks and phrases. Bull shows you how to take your own existing ideas and transform them into the solos you've dreamed of playing and you will discover a whole new bag of tricks and riffs to add to your vocabulary along the way! Bull's refreshingly relaxed delivery will help you get the best from the tutorial and soon you will be experimenting with an arsenal of techniques and executing those solo ideas you've always wanted to master.Expert guitarist Stuart Bull gives you the tools you need to construct your own showstopping guitar solos. This groundbreaking DVD begins from the simplest point guiding you right through to extended and complicated licks and phrases. Bull shows you how to take your own existing ideas and transform them into the solos you've dreamed of playing and you will discover a whole new bag of tricks and riffs to add to your vocabulary along the way! Bull's refreshingly relaxed delivery will help you get the best from the tutorial and soon you will be experimenting with an arsenal of techniques and executing those solo ideas you've always wanted to master.

Il Corso per Principianti è stato progettato per insegnarvi tutte le nozioni di base per suonare il vostro strumento. Le immagini vi accompagneranno passo dopo passo e fin dal primo giorno di studio suonerete assieme a una base musicale! Una collana di corsi facile da capire ricci di consigli pratici e di istruzioni illustrate. Suonerete con basi professionali prima di quanto possiate immaginare! Nel corso degli anni la collana Corso per Principianti ha insegnato a suonare a milioni di persone. Ora è il vostro turno! Un approccio da manuale di istruzioni per il vostro strumento che renderàl'apprendimento più facile che mai! I metodi della collana Corso per principianti sono corredati dalla speciale download Card che vi permetterà di scaricare le tracce audio MP3 per poterle utilizzare su PC Tablet e Smartphones.

As the original kings of thrash metal Metallica have dominated the global metal scene since the 1980s with some of the biggest riffs ever to fill a stadium. In Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield the band have the best of both worlds - a virtuoso technician and a razor-sharp rhythm machine. Their songs have defined the metal sound and paved the way for countless imitators. Jamie Humphries provides a note-by-note guide to five Metallica favourites from across the band's career including Battery Sad But True and Enter Sandman .As the original kings of thrash metal Metallica have dominated the global metal scene since the 1980s with some of the biggest riffs ever to fill a stadium. In Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield the band have the best of both worlds - a virtuoso technician and a razor-sharp rhythm machine. Their songs have defined the metal sound and paved the way for countless imitators. Jamie Humphries provides a note-by-note guide to five Metallica favourites from across the band's career including Battery Sad But True and Enter Sandman .

In this DVD drummer Colin Woolway looks at the ideas from Drumsense: Volume One and takes them to a more advanced level. Subjects covered include: Advanced phrasing concepts Rolls Rudiments Twin bass pedal Rudiments and their contemporary application have never been better explained! The concepts of how simple phrases become rolls and how paradiddles represent a 'gear shift' are explained in detail. The twin pedal section will help beginners get started while also providing material for those who already use two pedals. A must for any drummer looking to move to a more advanced level!In this DVD drummer Colin Woolway looks at the ideas from Drumsense: Volume One and takes them to a more advanced level. Subjects covered include: Advanced phrasing concepts Rolls Rudiments Twin bass pedal Rudiments and their contemporary application have never been better explained! The concepts of how simple phrases become rolls and how paradiddles represent a 'gear shift' are explained in detail. The twin pedal section will help beginners get started while also providing material for those who already use two pedals. A must for any drummer looking to move to a more advanced level!

A bumper book of 30 songs written out in guitar tab with the lyrics including 'Smoke On The Water' and 'Flying Without Wings'

The Beginner Basics: Guitar Bible is an indispensable self-teaching learning and reference manual for the beginning guitarist. This set includes a hardcover glossy full-colour 332-page manual as wellas 5 DVDs and 1 DVD-ROM with over 570 audio and 350 video files to download to PC Mac iPod or MP3 player. The Beginner Basics: Guitar Bible features 90 lessons covering lead rhythm and fingerpickingstyles of playing the Guitar. No prior knowledge of music or the Guitar is required to learn using this method and you will be shown how to play in any style including pop rock folk country and blues. This book canbe used for any type of Guitar: Electric Acoustic or Classical and contains all guitarists need to know to be able to play in a band. A free color chart including chords note summary fingerpicking patterns and more is alsoincluded.

Are you a complete beginner? Or maybe you had some lessons once and got discouraged because you found it too difficult? If so this is the DVD for you! It shows you the easiest possible way of playing guitar with no pointless exercises or inane nursery rhyme type tunes just good inspirational music. Although aimed at the complete beginner players of all levels can gain from these valuable insights and approaches including tuning moveable chord shapes cool strumming patterns and much much more.Are you a complete beginner? Or maybe you had some lessons once and got discouraged because you found it too difficult? If so this is the DVD for you! It shows you the easiest possible way of playing guitar with no pointless exercises or inane nursery rhyme type tunes just good inspirational music. Although aimed at the complete beginner players of all levels can gain from these valuable insights and approaches including tuning moveable chord shapes cool strumming patterns and much much more.

Scales and arpeggios for Grades 1 and 2 transformed into 30 imaginative pieces guaranteed to make learning quicker and lessons more fun! Also ideal for developing rhythmic skills. Each scale and arpeggio can be accompanied by a cello duet part (for the teacher of Grade 4-5 standard pupil) or a simple piano accompaniment.

The CD contains audio and printable PDFs of the piano accomapaniments for play-along. It also contains audio of performances with violin and piano. Rob Bethel is a critically acclaimed classical and improvisational cellist who plays The ABCs of Cello Book 1 CD with passion sensitivity and gusto! Janice Tucker Rhoda 's phenomenally successful series The ABCS Of Cello owes much of its success to the wonderful original material and to the sensitive arrangements of classical folk fiddle and other popular melodies. After many years of teaching children and adults the author has developed a simple and enjoyable approach for studying the Cello. The ABCs of Cello for the Absolute Beginner (Book 1) contains 29 Melodies Finger Graphs Warm-ups Scales Easy Duets a worksheet for note-recognition a glossary of music terms and symbols (page 41) and practice chart. The special CD insert consists of threecomponents: 29 performance pieces of Cello with Piano accompaniments Piano accompaniment tracks by themselves for play-along and a printable pdf file of the Piano accompaniments. Rob Bethel is a critically acclaimed classical and improvisational cellist who plays The ABCs of Cello Book 1 CD with passion sensitivity and gusto.

Here are 27 easy-intermediate arrangements of familiar melodies in classical folk and jazz styles. Each tune is presented as a trio but these ingenious arrangements work equally well as solos or duets - with or without accompaniment. You can even invite other instrumentalists to play along using the Clarinet Saxophone Brass and Violin editions in Junior Book B of this series. This highly flexible series of coordinated instrumental books has been designed to give young people the chance to play together in various combinations of numbers and instruments. Perfect for one two or three flutes - with or without accompaniment May also be usedwith matching arrangements in Junior Book B editions of this series for Clarinet Saxophone Brass or Violin Optional Piano Accompaniment book with guitar chord symbols available Ideal for individual or classroom use Here are 27 easy-intermediate arrangements of familiar melodies in classical folk and jazz styles. Each tune is presented as a trio but these ingenious arrangements work equally well as solos or duets - with or without accompaniment. You can even invite other instrumentalists to play along using the Clarinet Saxophone Brass and Violin editions in Junior Book B of this series. This highly flexible series of coordinated instrumental books has been designed to give young people the chance to play together in various combinations of numbers and instruments. Perfect for one two or three flutes - with or without accompaniment May also be usedwith matching arrangements in Junior Book B editions of this series for Clarinet Saxophone Brass or Violin Optional Piano Accompaniment book with guitar chord symbols available Ideal for individual or classroom use

A complete beginner's warm-up routine and Fretboard Fitness Workout for Guitarists presented by Danny Gill. This warm-up and work-out DVD will guide you through 3 complete routines: the 10 minute 20 minute and 30 minute drills! PLay along with danny as he coaches you through scales string bending picking exercises sequences stretches and much more to give your hands a challenge. Once you've mastered the basic exercises this DVD can become a aprt of your daily practice routine whether you're playing rock blues jazz country or anything in-between!A complete beginner's warm-up routine and Fretboard Fitness Workout for Guitarists presented by Danny Gill. This warm-up and work-out DVD will guide you through 3 complete routines: the 10 minute 20 minute and 30 minute drills! PLay along with danny as he coaches you through scales string bending picking exercises sequences stretches and much more to give your hands a challenge. Once you've mastered the basic exercises this DVD can become a aprt of your daily practice routine whether you're playing rock blues jazz country or anything in-between!

Queen came to popularity during the mid-1970s and amassed an enormous worldwide fan base that continues to exist to this day. Writing some of the most memorable and best loved songs such as Bohemian Rhapsody Queen despite being traditionally panned by critics never failed to entertain their audiences and are certainly one of the greatest live performing bands in history. Presented by Phil Williams this fantastic instructional DVD will teach you some of the classic bass licks from Queen’s diverse rock and pop repertoire as originally recorded and played by bassist John Deacon. This DVD also offers bass technique tutorials as well as complete tutorials for five of Queen’s songs including Bohemian Rhapsody Tie Your Mother Down and Crazy Little Thing Called Love . Queen came to popularity during the mid-1970s and amassed an enormous worldwide fan base that continues to exist to this day. Writing some of the most memorable and best loved songs such as Bohemian Rhapsody Queen despite being traditionally panned by critics never failed to entertain their audiences and are certainly one of the greatest live performing bands in history. Presented by Phil Williams this fantastic instructional DVD will teach you some of the classic bass licks from Queen’s diverse rock and pop repertoire as originally recorded and played by bassist John Deacon. This DVD also offers bass technique tutorials as well as complete tutorials for fiveof Queen’s songs including Bohemian Rhapsody Tie Your Mother Down and Crazy Little Thing Called Love .

A CD of well-known themes from cinema and television performed by the Yorkshire Building Society Brass Band conducted by David King.

With a career spanning over 40 years Joe Walsh 's music has gone from edgy blues and southern rock to classic rock to timeless works of art worth of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This DVD looks back at some of Walsh 's most loved material from his work with James Gang and Eagles to his own solo material there's never been a better way to get into the mind of this rock and roll icon. Songs include: Rocky Mountain Way Life's Been Good Funk #49 Help Me Through The Night Turn To Stone

AC/DC guitarist Angus Young defines the hard rock Blues-inspired guitar style that has since inspired players the world over and spawned countless bands to keep things heavy hard and rockin'! In this DVD tutorial Stuart Bull shows you the riffs licks and scorching Blues solos that create the legendary AC/DC sound by examining five of their biggest anthems. Bull's expert approach and warm delivery will have you mastering such hits as Back In Black and Highway To Hell in no time and give you the opportunity to add Young's best guitar moves to your own arsenal of riffs and techniques. Let There Be Rock!!