This book features ten exciting arrangements of favorite gospel classics by virtuoso Todd Banjoman Taylor. Just follow the easy tab listen to the audio and play along with Todd quickly and easily! Songs include: Amazing Grace · How Great Thou Art · Uncloudy Day · What a Friend We Have in Jesus · When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder · I'll Fly Away · and more. The audio is accessed online using…
Kev's Learn and Play Series-This fun activity book is a great way to get your children excited about playing the Ukulele. Suitable for beginners this method by Kevin Rones has been carefully designed to introduce children to the Ukulele and some of the basic principles of playing music such as note reading and chords while encouraging them to have fun with lots of enjoyable exercises including…
Ron Middlebrook's Scales And Modes In The Beginning is one of the most comprehensive and complete scale books written especially for the guitar. It is divided into four main sections: 1) Fretboard Visualization the breaking down of the whole into parts 2) Scale Terminology - a thorough understanding of whole and half steps scale degrees intervals etc. 3) Scales And Modes - the rear of the book…
A special private lesson with Blues guitar tutor Kenny Sultan. Sultan introduces all aspects of the Blues guitar for the intermediate player. Although you will need some prior knowledge of basic chords the lessons are designed for the player with little or no previous experience of Blues playing.The tutorial concentrates on the Blues in three of the most popular keys and styles:Blues in the key o…
A Step-by-Step Guide for Understanding Basic Rhythms-Designed for band choir orchestras or private study this book teaches how to read basic rhythms from the printed page. This practical daily step-by-step guide is suitable for all instruments and levels of musical abilities. It clearly explains: beats time signatures and tempo note shapes and their time values: and ties rests and dots. Oth…
Know only 20 Banjo solo licks' How about 50' 100' 200' If that's all then you need this book designed to help you improvise bluegrass style Banjo solos. These 400 licks are played over standard chord progressions; the use of licks sometimes will take precedent over stating the melody. The progressions used are based primarily on common vocal numbers. Some of the licks included are: chromatic lic…
Increase your lick repertoire. 400 Smokin' Bluegrass Mandolin Licks utilizes 24 common bluegrass chord progressions to teach you over 400 licks which will allow you to create solos to literally hundreds of bluegrass tunes. Licks are developed from major pentatonic and blues scales. Mandolin-specific techniques such as tremolo double stops drone strings and cross picking are included in man…
'As we are about the same age Charlie Watts and I probably discovered jazz at nearly the same time. It occured to me that the one topic Watts loved to discuss his favourite drummers would provide an insightful perspective that defines the approach and style of the drummer for the 'Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the world.' - Chez Falzerano. In this fascinating book Rolling Stones drummer and roc…
For Non-Classical Players: A Practical Approach-The focus of this book is on American mandolin music that was published circa 1900 during the ?Golden Age of the Mandolin? in the United States (1885-1920) referred to by Mark Twain as The Gilded Age. After a brief overview of period mandolin techniques a variety of popular social ballroom dances are then presented in both staff notation and mandol…
A guide to over 75 tunings by Ron Middlebrook. Includes tunings used by artists such as Chet Atkins Michael Hedges Jimmy Page Joe Satriani and more. Features examples of songs styles and players that use each tuning.
This book and CD pack contains 12 original pieces by Jorge Polanuer in a number of different styles including rock salsa reggae chorinho chamane funk soul and gospel.All pieces notated for alto sax and tenor sax.
Max Palermo's practical approach for playing scales over any chord progression to strengthen your bass lines groove patterns and solo ideas. For 4 and 5-string bass.
A choice selection of Foster's most famous and enduring songs arranged specifically for the uke but suitable for all chord instruments. Songs include: Oh! Susanna ? Beautiful Dreamer ? Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair ? Camptown Races ? Massa's in the Cold Ground ? Ring the Banjo ? Nelly Bly ? and more. Melodies are presented in standard notation and tab with large easy-to-read chord diagrams a…
Swing rhythm never left but it's getting harder to find someone to teach it! Noted swing rhythm guitarist Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky takes you step-by-step through the process of expanding your technique on swing rhythm.Whether you play in a swing band a cowboy quartet like Riders in the Sky or gypsy jazz this DVD offers you an absolutely unique and up-close look at chord forms patterns…
In the mid '50s Ted McCarty Gibson's new president set out to further set Gibson apart from Fender. He wanted to create new designs that did not conform to the basic guitar shape. He wanted something new something different. Together with a local artist McCarty worked on guitars that were made up of straight lines and three new guitars were born - the Moderne the Flying V and the Explorer. …
Martin the Guitar and his owner the famous folk singer Robert have been invited to perform at the most famous concert hall in the world. Joining them on stage will be Martin's new best friend Morgan and her father Archie the Archtop Guitar. Will Martin and Robert make great music? Will Archie finally accept Martin as a true friend? What if Martin breaks a string? Find out this and more in this …
The best book for any beginner bass players. Teaches students how to sight-read and to acquire a musical vocabulary. Includes string studies enharmonic studies chords and arpeggios.
Instructional Techniques and Jazz Concert Performance-This DVD by sax master Steve Wilkerson features great concert segments plus hands-on instruction on: control; developing a powerful sound; jazz vibrato; mouth piece selection; playing fast; Stan Getz's style; phrasing; breathing techniques and more. Comes with a booklet featuring transcriptions to four of Steve's fantastic originals!
Laying down that solid groove for the rest of the band is a joy! In this book 26 tunes are transcribed in varying levels of difficulty: a basic rhythm approach for the newcomers then more adventurous and different approaches. Songs are included from styles spanning western swing fiddle tunes ballads jazz standards and a polka. Playing tips are included for each song plus you'll learn rhythm …
500 Smokin' Country Guitar Licks. If your country guitar picking lacks the twang of the great Tele and electric fat-bodied Gibson players of days gone by, then you've found the right book! 500 Smokin' Country Guitar Licks is designed to help you build the skills needed to crank out the honky tonk sound heard from Texas dance halls to the streets of Bakersfield. The licks are broken into stylistic …
Wayne Charvel has been designing and building guitars for 49 years working for B.C. Rich and Gibson and for Fender in the 1970s. Wayne has built guitars for some of the world's most famous guitarists including Eddie Van Halen Billy Gibbons John Kay Paul Gilbert Pete Townsend Warren Haynes Hank Williams Jr. Jim Root Joe Perry and many others. The Charvel name on the headstock of a solid-…
This 256-page soft-cover book gives a complete and illustrated history of the development of Rickenbacker instruments from 1931 to the present. Ideal for guitar collectors.
Eighteen favourites each presented in two versions: a simple lead sheet arrangment with melody lyrics and chords; and an advanced solo arrangement that combines the melody and accompaniment. Arranged by Eric Cutshall.
on Pedal Steel Guitar-Tommy White is well-known as one of the foremost artists on pedal steel guitar. This steel guitarist for the Grand Ole Opry presents this DVD course for the E9th tuning – jam-packed with hot licks to keep your fingers twisted up for days. Learn how to play amazing speed picking runs and double stops get great tone play clear harmonics and develop new licks. 45 minute…
Power Rhythm Guitar is an awesome resource for guitarists. It contains thirty-one lessons for rhythm guitar that you can play by yourself in a band or as a back-up musician. With first chords basic strumming and exercises in many musical styles including: basic rock country hard rock heavy metal reggae blues funk and more; Ron Middlebrook with Dave Celentano???s book with be valuable and…
This book features ten exciting arrangements of favorite gospel classics by virtuoso Todd Banjoman Taylor. Just follow the easy tab listen to the audio and play along with Todd quickly and easily! Songs include: Amazing Grace · How Great Thou Art · Uncloudy Day · What a Friend We Have in Jesus · When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder · I'll Fly Away · and more. The audio is accessed online using…
