Learn how to play and sing nine classic Paul Simon tunes from start to finish. You will learn how to play instrumental solos and how to begin and end each song. While studying Fred's arrangements of these Paul Simon hits you willalso learn a lot about finger picking: backup patterns soloing ideas and various chord positions.

For this unique lesson Fernando Perez composed an instrumental piece titled Jazz Manouche which encompasses many gypsy jazz guitar techniques. Besides teaching you how to play this exciting instrumental Fernando will explain how to understand this style of music in order to create your own compositions in this style. You will learn: Different techniques i.e such as playing abanico - a flamenco technique very useful for fingerstyle guitar Playing ornaments on arpeggios Fingerpicking with your index middle and ring fingers Strumming a perfect groove for Jazz Manouche Strum variations Breaking down bass lines chords and melodies in order to know how they work Positionsfor harmonic movements Original ideas for turning your guitar into a Jazz band and taking solos for guitar bass or even drums For this unique lesson Fernando Perez composed an instrumental piece titled Jazz Manouche which encompasses many gypsy jazz guitar techniques. Besides teaching you how to play this exciting instrumental Fernando willexplain how to understand this style of music in order to create your own compositions in this style. You will learn: Different techniques i.e such as playing 'abanico' - a flamenco technique very useful forfingerstyle guitar Playing ornaments on arpeggios Fingerpicking with your index middle and ring fingers Strumming a perfect groove for Jazz Manouche Strum variations Breaking down basslines chords and melodies in order to know how they work Positions for harmonic movements Original ideas for turning your guitar into a Jazz band and taking solos for guitar bass or even drums

This book presents melodies lyrics and chord symbols for 22 songs to be enjoyed on the mandolin. Tuning and hand positions are briefly discussed. By the time you finish the book you will be comfortable playing 4/4 3/4 and 2/4 rhythm chord accompaniments in the three major keys - C G and D. All chords are shown in picture-diagram form. Easy to comprehend even for the absolute beginner. So pick up your mandolin and have fun! Includes access to online audio containing all the songs from the book in stereo play-along format and online video that teaches the material in the book. This book presents melodies lyrics and chord symbols for 22 songs to be enjoyed on the mandolin. Tuning and hand positions are briefly discussed. By the time you finish the book you will be comfortable playing 4/4 3/4 and 2/4rhythm chord accompaniments in the three major keys - C G and D. All chords are shown in picture-diagram form. Easy to comprehend even for the absolute beginner. So pick up your mandolin and have fun! Includes access to onlineaudio containing all the songs from the book in stereo play-along format and online video that teaches the material in the book.

Progressive Guitar Method: Lead covers scales and patterns over the entire fretboard so that you can improvise against major minor and blues progressions in any key. Learn the licks and techniques usedby all lead Guitarists such as hammer-ons slides bending vibrato pick tremolo double notes slurring and right hand tapping.

The golden age of African fingerpicking guitar was in the 1950s and 1960s. The great players and recording artists of that time included Jean Bosco Mwenda and Losta Abelo from Zaire and George Mukabi from Kenya. Guitaristsfrom other parts of the world have rarely if ever had a chance to learn their songs and playing techniques. On this DVD their arrangements are taught by John Low who has lived worked and studied with African musicians includingthose mentioned above. There are some interesting links with American guitar styles but there are just as many differences including rhythms borrowed from traditional African music and catchy up-beat patterns. Africanfingerstyle guitar is usually accompanied by rhythms played on a bottle. John Low is accompanied on this DVD by Frans Maathuis and Keith Jackman on bottles.

Ultimate Beginner-The first steps towards the fun of playing music. The Book/CD/DVD package will guide you through everything you need to know to begin playing the guitar. How to tune How to change strings Basic chordsand strumming techniques Reading music and tablature The blues progression Fingerpicking Using the Capo

The purpose of this book is to help the student answer the question 'What do I play?' It discusses elements of jazz seventh chords blues riffs vertical and horizontal improvisation playing through the changes rhythm patterns the scalar approach substitution and much more! The purpose of Arnie Berle: How To Create And Develop A Jazz Sax Solo is to help the student answer the question 'What do I play?'. It discusses elements of jazz seventh chords blues riffs vertical andhorizontal improvisation playing through the changes rhythm patterns the scalar approach substitution and much more.

Keyboard For Young Beginners- 10 Easy Lessons: Learn To Play Keyboard For Young Beginners introduces the younger student to the basics of Keyboard playing and reading music. 10 Easy Lessons: Learn To Play Keyboard For YoungBeginners is suitable for all types of Keyboards. 10 Easy Lessons: Learn To Play Keyboard For Young Beginners has been designed to provide the student with an extensive repertoire of well knownchildren's songs. The songs are carefully graded into an easy-to-follow lesson-by-lesson format which assumes no prior knowledge of music or the Keyboard from the student.

Very Young Pianist The-This clever and playful series provides ear training and composing activities which parallel the learning material presented in 'The Very Young Pianist'. Introduces numbers (1-5) letters (A-G) and basicrhythms. Presents short pre-staff notated pieces in the 5-finger positions of C and G. Introduces the block 1 chord for harmonisation of melodies.

This well-written ABC for Accordion is an initiation method by André Astier and Max Bonnay . Written in French it offers a descriptive method and a set of studies to work on Chromatic basses scales the Bellow Shake and a small concert repertoire. There are 23 studies and the concert pieces include some by: Haydn Mozart Corelli Telemann Diabelli Haendel among others. This is a must-have method for all Accordion upper-beginners. André Astier and Max Bonnay are both professional accordionists who have won numerous prizes.

In this lesson Tom Feldmann takes you to where it all began Dockery Plantation dubbed 'The Birthplace of the Blues' and highlights the earliest recording artists that gave Dockery its legendary status Charlie Patton Son House Willie Brown and Tommy Johnson. You will learn a few songs by each artist giving you a taste of the individuals themselves as well as the genre as a whole. The majority of the lesson is done out of standard tuning focusing on E C and A positions. From standard tuning you move to Drop D tuning for Tommy Johnson's Big Road Blues and then to Open G (Spanish tuning) for Willie Brown's Future Blues. Of course no lesson on Delta blues guitarwould be complete without a look at bottleneck slide and this lesson is no exception with Tom closing with two trailblazers of bottleneck slide Son House and Charlie Patton. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. In addition the original recordings of all the tunes are included. Titles include: STANDARD TUNING: M&O Blues Stone Pony Blues 34 Blues Morning Prayer Blues A Down The Staff Lonesome Home Blues DROP D TUNING: Big Road Blues SPANISH TUNING: Future Blues Levee Camp Moan It Won't Be Long In this lesson Tom Feldmann takes you to where it all began Dockery Plantation dubbed 'The Birthplace of the Blues' and highlights the earliest recording artists that gave Dockery its legendary status Charlie Patton Son House Willie Brown and Tommy Johnson. You will learn a few songs by each artist giving you a taste of the individuals themselves as well as the genre as a whole. The majority of the lesson is done out of standard tuning focusing on E C and A positions. From standard tuning you move to Drop D tuning for Tommy Johnson's Big Road Blues and then to Open G (Spanish tuning) for Willie Brown's Future Blues. Of course no lesson on Delta blues guitarwould be complete without a look at bottleneck slide and this lesson is no exception with Tom closing with two trailblazers of bottleneck slide Son House and Charlie Patton. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. In addition the original recordings of all the tunes are included. Titles include: STANDARD TUNING: M&O Blues Stone Pony Blues 34 Blues Morning Prayer Blues A Down The Staff Lonesome Home Blues DROP D TUNING: Big Road Blues SPANISH TUNING: Future Blues Levee Camp Moan It Won't Be Long

BB King Blues Master volumes 1-3 arranged for DVD. Special features include warm-ups B.B. King signature phrases playing cover changes harmonic concepts and much more.

Piano Accompaniment for Viola edition-This book contains the piano accompaniments for Viola Time Runners. Characterful and easy to play these piano parts provide stylish accompaniments to all of the pieces in the pupil book. Essential for teachers and musical parents these books will help motivate all young violists as they learn to play. This book contains the piano accompaniments for Viola Time Runners . Characterful and easy to play these piano parts provide stylish accompaniments to all of the pieces in the pupil book. Essential for teachers and musical parents these books will help motivate all young violists as they learn to play.

Violinworks in two volumes is a comprehensive method for older beginners and improvers taking students from the first steps to around Grade 3 standard. The accompanying CD in each book includes performance tracks with piano string quartet or band backings plus aural exercises and downloadable PDFs of piano accompaniments. Published in two volumes Violinworks is a comprehensive Violin method created specially for older beginners and improvers. Book 1 carefully guides beginners from the very first steps to around ABRSM Grade 1 standard and book 2 continues up to ABRSM Grade 3 standard. The Violinworks approach is well-suited to self-taught violinists as well as those who have teachers. This method emphasizes the importance of good habits from day one of using your ear and of always aiming for the best sound. Each volume contains a wide selection of repertoire plus detailed descriptions and photographs to illustrate correctplaying positions. The accompanying CD includes performance tracks with Piano String Quartet or Band backings plus aural exercises and downloadable PDFs of the Piano accompaniments. There are supporting video clips and additional resources on a dedicated website making Violinworks a complete resource for anyone learning or returning to the Violin.

Supplementary Songbook B- A carefully graded collection of 32 additional songs cross referenced to the lessons in Progressive Guitar Method for Young Beginners Book 3. This book is beautifully illustrated throughout in full colour. Songs include: A Bicycle Built For Two My Grandfather's Clock Under The Bamboo Tree Johnny Had A Little Dog Hickory Dickory Dock The Grand Old Duke of York and many more.

An invaluable reference book for the intermediate guitarist Introducing Bar Chords contains all the important bar chords that can be played all over the fretboard. Each chord is clearly shown on an easy to read diagram detailing exactly which strings must be depressed at which fret which fingers must be used and which strings should be strummed. Contents include: How to read this book how chords are formed chord diagrams chord progressions and appendices. An invaluable reference book for the intermediate guitarist Introducing Bar Chords contains all the important bar chords that can be played all over the fretboard. Each chord is clearly shown on an easy toread diagram detailing exactly which strings must be depressed at which fret which fingers must be used and which strings should be strummed. Contents include: How to read this book how chords are formed chord diagrams chord progressions and appendices.

An addition to the Viola Time series for young viola players this book provides viola accompaniments to all of the pieces in Viola Time Sprinters. The duet part is suitable for a teacher or more advanced student and this new duet book will enhance lessons by providing an alternative accompaniment option for these popular pieces. An addition to the Viola Time series for young viola players this book provides viola accompaniments to all of the pieces in Viola Time Sprinters . The duet part is suitable for a teacher or more advanced student and this new duet book will enhance lessons by providing an alternative accompaniment option for these popular pieces.

From The Golden Era Of American Pop Music-The music on this recording represents a pinnacle in the range of fingerstyle Guitar music. It contains some of the best tracks recorded by a superb musician at the exact moment of discovering his full powers of expression. The result is a feast for Guitar music lovers whose tastes run to substantial fare. This was Ton Van Bergeyk 's second solo recording. It was originally released in 1976. This enhanced CD release includes tab/music of all the tunes (except Jazz Me Blues) as PDF files. You will need Adobe Acrobat (a free download) to open and print this file from your computer. Song list: 1. Junk Man Rag 2.Mustard Swing3. Zither Melodies 4. From Soup To Nuts 5. Kansas City Stomp 6. Rondo Caprice 7. Ragtime Medley: Bantam Step & Springtime Rag 8. Notoriety Rag 9. Medley: If I Had You & Moonlight Serenade 10. Jazz Me Blues 11. Divertisement 12. Georgia Grind 13. Coconut Dance 14. Florida Rag

Guitarist educator and historian Stefan Grossman was a student of acoustic blues and gospel singer/guitarist Rev. Gary Davis. Beginning when he was 15 Stefan studied with Davis on weekends spending eight to ten hours at his house in Harlem absorbing all he could. While studying with Rev. Davis he met and studied with other country blues guitarists: Mississippi John Hurt Son House Skip James Mance Lipscomb and Fred McDowell. In the early 1960s Stefan formed the Even Dozen Jug Band (which also included such future luminaries as John Sebastian Steve Katz Maria Muldaur and David Grisman). In 1966 he worked with the alternate rock band the Fugs beforemoving to Great Britain in 1967. In 1969 he co-founded Kicking Mule Records with Ed Denson a label that showcased acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Many of these albums that Stefan produced during this period are finally being re-released on CD on his own label. From 1967 to 1987 Stefan Grossman lived in Great Britain and Italy and toured worldwide. He performed and recorded with John Renbourn for 15 years and they produced four albums together. Stefan's solo discography goes all the way back to 1966 when he recorded How to Play Blues Guitar with Rory Block (now released as Country Blues Guitar SGGW103). Since that time he has recorded over 30 solo albums and has written numerous books highlighting the playing of legendary bluesmen from the 1920s and 1930s. Nowadays Stefan divides his time between the USA and England. He continues to do concerts and workshops worldwide and remains one of the world's foremost authorities on acoustic blues guitar. The Guitar Artistry of Stefan Grossman brings together performances from 1965 to today. He performs solo with the Even Dozen Jog Band with John Renbourn as well as Duck Baker. In between the music Stefan weaves together the story behind his playing. An 87 page PDF booklet is included on the DVD. This details Guitarist educator and historian Stefan Grossman was a student of acoustic blues and gospel singer/guitarist Rev. Gary Davis. Beginning when he was 15 Stefan studied with Davis on weekends spending eight to ten hours at his house in Harlem absorbing all he could. While studying with Rev. Davis he met and studied with other country blues guitarists: Mississippi John Hurt Son House Skip James Mance Lipscomb and Fred McDowell. In the early 1960s Stefan formed the Even Dozen Jug Band (which also included such future luminaries as John Sebastian Steve Katz Maria Muldaur and David Grisman). In 1966 he worked with the alternate rock band the Fugs beforemoving to Great Britain in 1967. In 1969 he co-founded Kicking Mule Records with Ed Denson a label that showcased acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Many of these albums that Stefan produced during this period are finally being re-released on CD on his own label. From 1967 to 1987 Stefan Grossman liv

Though Buddy Holly's career was short he was a huge influence on the Beatles the Rolling Stones Bob Dylan and most of the rockers and songwriters of the 1960s 70s and beyond. Most of the songs in this collection have been hits many times over and they’re still covered today by rock pop and country bands. Fred makes Buddy's tunes accessible to fingerpicking guitarists in this instructional DVD that includes rockers like That’ll Be the Day It’s So Easy and Maybe Baby and pretty ballads like Raining In My Heart and Everyday . He explains the tricky parts of the arrangements and presents a split-screen slower version of each tune sothat you can back yourself up singing and can play instrumental versions of every song as well. His easy-going instructional style makes it easy to learn! Other Buddy Holly tunes in this set include Peggy Sue Lonesome Tears and It Doesn’t Matter Anymore . All the songs (backup and solos) are written out in tab and music in the accompanying booklet.