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Dynamic Guitar : More Tools to Go Beyond Strumming Includes Video Downloads

Roots & Blues Fingerstyle Guitar

Acoustic Guitar Private Lessons. Steve James presents a treasure trove of traditional American guitar styles in this unique book/CD pack. Guitarists will learn fingerpicking and slide techniques not through dry exercises but by playing 25 songs from James' own repertoire and from such masters as Furry Lewis, Blind Willie McTell, Sam McGee, and Mance Lipscomb. Drawing on his extensive research and first-hand experience with these guitar pioneers, James tells the stories behind the songs, too. Features authentic arrangements in notes & TAB, vocal melodies and lyrics, historic photos, and more. Songs: Take Me Back · Sugar Babe · Milwaukee Blues · Sebastopol· John Henry · more!

David Hamburger: The Acoustic Guitar Method - Book 2

In this second volume of The Acoustic Guitar Method series for beginning guitarists, you'll expand on Book 1 and continue to learn traditional American music using authentic techniques and songs! Learn how to play alternating bass notes in a country backup pattern, how to combine chords and classic bass runs, and how to play your first fingerpicking patterns. You'll find out what makes a major scale work and what blues notes do to a melody, all while learning more notes on the fingerboard and more great songs from the American roots repertoire. Whether you are studying with a teacher or on your own, this comprehensive approach with graded lessons and supplementary songs is the tool you need to get started!

Fiddle Traditions

Learn more about your favorite fiddle styles and techniques through the writings of experts in bluegrass, country, Irish, Cajun and swing traditions. This volume covers the difference between classical violin playing and fiddling, 'chopping' technique, bariolage, double-stop playing, and alternate tunings, plus lots of info on fiddle tunes from around the world.

The Acoustic Guitar Method - Chord Book

David Hamburger's supplementary chord book for the Acoustic Guitar Method is a must-have resource for guitarists who want to build their chord vocabulary!Starting with a user-friendly explanation of what chords are and how they are named, this book presents chords by key in all 12 keys, offering both open-position and closed-position voicings for each common chord type. Also includes info on barre chords, using a capo and much more.

Andrew DuBrock: Acoustic Rock Guitar Basics

Learn the basics of acoustic rock guitar in these 12 easy-to-follow lessons. Featuring instruction on simple chord embellishments; creative uses of major, minor & pentatonic scales; and versatile techniques for playing rhythm, riffs & backup, this book is your guide to sounding like Neil Young, Dave Matthews, the Eagles, and many more of your favourite acoustic rock artists. Features exercises, riffs and full songs to play, with audio downloads for all. In standard notation and tab, with chord diagrams.

Holiday Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar : Acoustic Guitar Private Lessons Series Audio & Video Downloads Included

In this collection of Christmas and Thanksgiving songs, expert jazz guitarist and educator Sean McGowan presents 18 sophisticated solo guitar arrangements in standard notation and tab that are satisfying to play any time of year. Throughout, McGowan shares song histories and offers his sharp insights in terms of guitar technique and interpretation. Songs include: Auld Lang Syne · Deck the Halls · Go Tell It on the Mountain · The Holly and the Ivy · It Came Upon a Midnight Clear · Jingle Bells · Over the River and Through the Woods · Silent Night · We Gather Together · and more. Includes online video demonstrations for all songs.In this collection of Christmas and Thanksgiving songs, expert jazz guitarist and educator Sean McGowan presents 18 sophisticated solo guitar arrangements in standard notation and tab that are satisfying to play any time of year. Throughout, McGowan shares song histories and offers his sharp insights in terms of guitar technique and interpretation. Songs include: Auld Lang Syne · Deck the Halls · Go Tell It on the Mountain · The Holly and the Ivy · It Came Upon a Midnight Clear · Jingle Bells · Over the River and Through the Woods · Silent Night · We Gather Together · and more. Includes online video demonstrations for all songs.

Succeed As A String Player: Teen Strings Shows You How

Succeed as a string player with this great collection of hip tips from the readers and experts at Teen Strings Magazine. Teen Strings has been providing teen string players with advice and inspiration for two years. This anthology in the new Teen Strings Shows You How series is packed with expert advice on practice, performance, keeping healthy, and getting ahead; teen quotes and player profiles; and much more. Itzhak Perlman, Hilary Hahn, Joshua Bell, and Nicola Benedetti are among those offering advice. Keep teen musicians informed and excited about playing a stringed instrument.

Alternate Tunings Guitar Essentials

Unlock the secrets of playing and composing in alternate tunings with this unique, comprehensive book/CD pack! Includes an introduction to alternate tunings and the players who have pioneered them (including tips from David Wilcox, David Crosby, Alex de Grassi, Duncan Sheik and more), 12 in-depth lessons in 11 tunings, 10 full songs to play, a special section on how to create your own tunings, an extensive list of 60 tunings to try - with artist songs and examples, and accessible arrangements in standard notation and tab. The complete guide to a new world of playing by the master teachers at Acoustic Guitar magazine!

Inside Blues Guitar

Boost your blues I.Q. with this lively, comprehensive introduction to one of America's most vital musical legacies - from the origins of the blues in the rural South and early masters like Charley Patton and Blind Lemon Jefferson, to the guitars and techniques used by acoustic blues players, then and now. Leading roots-music performer and recording artist Steve James answers 50 key questions for contemporary blues guitarists and fans alike and provides invaluable reference information on essential recordings, books, websites, workshops and more. With Inside Blues Guitar, you'll find the right gear, repertoire and resources to play the blues and truly appreciate America's most accessible and enduring musical tradition.

Alternate Tunings Guitar Collection

Number 7 in a Series. Join some of today's greatest guitar players and explore the new world outside of standard tuning! This unique CD/songbook lets you hear and play 12 songs in 10 different tunings: David Wilcox - Eye of the Hurricane · David Crosby with CPR - That House · Sonny Chillingworth - Moe 'Uhane (Dream Slack Key) · John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - John Henry · Ani DiFranco - Cradle and All · Alex de Grassi - The Water Garden · Dougie MacLean - Caledonia · Ledward Kaapana - Whee Ha Swing · Trian - The Death of Queen Jane · Peter Finger - 101 South · Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Moon and St. Christopher · Paul Brady - Arthur McBride. Features the original artists' recordings, accurate transcriptions in notes and tab, bios and photos, detailed performance notes with tips from the artists, and more!

The Way Music Works : A Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Fundamentals of Music to Unlock the Fretboard & Your Creativity

Includes 12 basic lessons + 3 hours of video! Acoustic Guitar contributing writer Getchen Menn teaches twelve lessons on the basics of music theory. You'll find everything guitarists need to know to identify the notes on the staff and where they fall on the fretboard, understand rhythmic notation, build scales and chords, and more - the tools that make it easier to learn and understand music! Melodically Speaking: · Name the pitches on the fretboard and staff · Build and play major and minor scales · Understand key signatures Rhythmic Concepts: · Interpret basic note and rest values · Decode time signatures · Feel triplets · Play rhythms in context · Harmonic Concepts: · Identifyintervals · Build triads · Construct seventh chords · Create chord progressions. Videos are accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded.

The Complete Acoustic Guitar Method

Learn to Play Using the Techniques & Songs of American Roots Music. A complete collection of all three Acoustic Guitar Method books and CDs in one volume! Learn how to play guitar with the only beginning method based on traditional American music that teaches you authentic techniques and songs. Beginning with a few basic chords and strums, you'll start right in learning real music drawn from blues, folk, country and bluegrass traditions. You'll learn how to find notes on the fingerboard, expand your collection of chords by learning songs in various keys, and learn different kinds of picking patterns. When you're done with this method series, you'll know dozens of the tunes that form the backbone of American music, using a variety of flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques. Songs include: Bury Me Beneath the Willow · Delia · Frankie and Johnny · The Girl I Left Behind Me · House of the Rising Sun · Ida Red · In the Pines · Little Sadie · Man of Constant Sorrow · Sally Goodin · Scarborough Fair · Will the Circle Be Unbroken? · and many more.