The Rough Guide to Guitar

Classical Guitar Chops is a collection of famous classical excerpts and exercises designed to build, hone, and perfect your classical guitar technique. Acclaimed guitarist and teacher Evan Hirschelman guides you through challenging repertoire and exercises by Bach, Albéniz, Paganini, Giuliani, Sor, and more, covering many critical techniques. Music is provided in standard notation and tablature. Accompanying audio includes demonstrations of all the excerpts in the book. A must-have practice workbook for all classical guitarists! The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside. Includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. / Guitare

For all guitarists, the quest to finding the guitar tone you hear in your head and then recording it is a never-ending journey. The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook is your definitive guide to discovering that great, elusive guitar sound and making sure it\'s recorded well. This book features a series of interviews with expert players, guitar technicians, recording engineers, record producers, and gear manufacturers to give you an inside look into the business of guitar tone. The included DVD provides both audio and visual reference points to help you achieve the classic sounds you hear on records. / Guitare

Alfred's Kid's Electric Guitar Course is a fun method that teaches kids how to play songs on the electric guitar right away! Every lesson is explained in plain language that's easy to understand, and accompanying online audio demonstrations let them hear how the music should sound. Kids learn from three irresistible guitar experts---a clever classical dog, one cool jazz cat, and a friendly alligator who loves the blues. They keep their attention focused by pointing out what's important on each page and help them learn by making music fun. Parents can be effective guides in helping their kids through this course, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. A fun and exciting DVD, featuring expert performer and educator Jared Meeker, is also available. It takes a zany, fun approach that keeps everyone interested in learning---you never know what's going to happen next! The DVD also includes Alfred's TNT 2 software that lets you slow down songs so kids can practice at their own pace. The video and software are both accessible online with the DVD. This is the first and best step toward a lifetime of musical enjoyment! / Guitare

In volume 2 of this excellent series, Joe Bennett introduces you to guitar tablature and guides you through learning your first riffs and lead guitar lines. There are tips on how to change strings and use a capo, and at every stage ultra-clear demo photos and diagrams show you exactly what to do. You'll learn some great songs and important techniques in this clear, logical guide. / Guitare

Barre Chords/Best Bet Jazz Chords. Par BAY WILLIAM. This exhaustive yet compact (5 1/2'x8') QWIKGUIDE chord reference shows chords from simple triads through myriad extensions of the dominant seventh chord, all in grid format only. All voicings and variants of chords are shown chromatically from the root tone beginning with C, Cm, C6, C7, C diminished, C augmented, etc. Chords are further subdivided into categories including chords with individually fingered strings, barre chords, and rock power chords. A special segment of the book offers 'Best Bet Jazz Chords' - a selection of the most commonly used jazz forms. The book closes with a group of four 12-bar blues progressions. Note: A full-size version of this item is available as 21789 Modern Guitar Method, Grade 2, Essential Guitar Chords. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Chord Book / Etude / Guitare

Par BREWSTER DAVID. This breakthrough guide for guitarists will unlock some of the mystery behind playing over chords and progressions. Working through this material and these concepts will help any guitarist learn how to play the right notes, at the right time - all the time. Each chapter centers on a different chord type and progression and includes various soloing concepts, phrasing options, and melodic approaches to playing over chords in both major and minor keys. This includes playing over basic major and minor chords and eventually moves into 7th chords and their extensions. After the basic premise is introduced and various targeting concepts are explored, there's a section covering how to apply intervals melodically, in addition to sharing the Pentatonic Highway targeted soloing approach, which will help you navigate the fretboard using the famous Pentatonic-based shifting concept. This method encourages the use of looping and loop pedals, which will make practicing this material much easier on your own. Additionally, you can have other guitarists or musicians perform the static chords and progressions behind you as you practice these concepts and ideas. If you're searching for a method that will help you understand the options that are available when soloing and playing over individual chords and progressions - Target Tones is the key to helping you unlock these commonly misunderstood areas of melodic soloing and improvisation. Includes access to musical audio examples online./ Etude / Guitare

The bestselling guide now updated with video demonstrations and audio tracks online.The Guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians. Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition gives you everything a beginning or intermediate acoustic or electric guitarist needs: from buying a Guitar to tuning it, playing it, and caring for it. Fully revised and updated, with online video and audio clips that help you learn and play along, you'll explore everything from simple chords and melodies to more challenging exercises that are designed to satisfy players of all levels. Additionally, new players can dive into the basics of Guitar and accessory selection. Whether you prefer the cool sounds of the acoustic or the edgier tones of the electric, your Guitar will get a lot of use as you play your way through the lessons presented in this integral book. But your journey doesn't stop at the last page! With an updated multimedia component, you have access to more than 80 online videos and 35 audio tracks that help build your talent.Play along with online videos and audio tracks to develop and reinforce your new skills.Tune your Guitar, change strings, and make simple repairs to keep your instrument in working order.Choose the right Guitar and equipment for your needs.Explore numerous musical styles, including rock, blues, jazz, and country.Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition guides you in the development of your strumming talent-and who knows where that can take you! / Guitare

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Qwik Guide Series Number of pages : 64 This handy case-size QWIKGUIDE book offers a baker's dozen effective warm-up exercises plus 31 progressive Warm-Up Solos. The book is written in notation and tablature with above average backup chords suggested for the solos. While written with the flatpicking guitarist in mind, fingerstyle and classic players would also benefit from sightreading these pieces. The original solos present a wealth of bluegrass and swing material that can be played with a rhythm guitarist or the companion CD, which includes all of the tunes and exercises in the book. The solos are presented in the keys of C/Am (no sharps or flats), the sharp-bearing major and relative minor keys through E major/C# minor (4 sharps), and in the flat-bearing keys and their relative minor keys through E-flat major/C minor (3 flats). The tunes offer a great introduction to swing eighths, triplets, and syncopated rhythms. Author and company president William Bay's gift for writing engaging tunes that offer insight to the fretboard is clearly evident here, making this book an excellent sight-reading resource.

Learn to channel improvisational impulses into great solos with this amazing book and CD by outstanding jazz performer and educator, Mark Dziuba. Topics are thoroughly explained and organized into three main categories: instruction in the harmonic and melodic structures of jazz, discussions of practical application, and conceptual issues. Complex subjects are taught with an engaging and friendly style, so things like melodic and rhythmic motifs, phrasing, development, guide tones, chromaticism and functional harmony are easy and enjoyable to learn. This is a must-have book for all jazz guitarists that will be used for years to come. 144 pages. / Guitare

Description This in-depth blues rhythm guitar text is core curriculum of the University of Southern California's Studio Guitar Department, which is part of the prestigious Flora L. Thornton School of Music, located in Los Angeles, California. It features eighteen twelve-bar blues rhythm guitar accompaniments in the style of guitarists such as Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Nine of the songs use a shuffle feel and nine use a straight eighth note feel. The play along CD contains two versions of each of the eighteen songs in the book. The first version has the guitar part and the second version is without the guitar. This gives you the ability to play along with the guitar part as a guide and also to play along with the track as the only guitarist. The examples are written using traditional musical notation and tablature. Included for each song is a short description of the important points to consider when learning each example. The book presents songs that will expand the guitarist's vocabulary by presenting a variety of different ways a guitarist can play through the twelve bar blues. A number of different chord variations, keys and tempos are used in demonstrating these eighteen idiomatic rhythm guitar parts that have been used by the masters.

Par MANUS RON / HALL STEVE. A slimline guide to the scales and modes of the guitar fretboard - small enough to fit in your guitar case! Don't be decieved by the small size of this pocket guide, the 34 pages within are packed with shapes and patterns that detail the diatonic modes and where to find them on your guitar. An ideal purchase for the working improvisor needing a quick reference, and also a superb no-frills guide for guitar students wishing to expand their vocabulary without wading through tedious theory! / Méthode en anglais / Etude / Guitare Tablatures

A valuable reference for use at home or on the go, the compact Playbook: Guitar Chords contains 80 pages of handy chord information designed to be flicked through quickly and easily to find what you and rsquo - re looking for. The Playbook's pint-sized design allows you to flip to each chord easily, wherever you are. So keep a copy at home, at the studio, or just in your Guitar case so that you never forget a chord. This pocket-sized playbook includes all the essential Guitar chords, helpfully divided into open chords, barre chords and power chords. Each chord is displayed as a diagram, as well as in standard notation and photographs to ensure that every one is easy to understand and play. With this innovative structure, you'll be strumming the open chords, travelling up and down the fretboard with barre chords and rocking out with power chords in absolutely no time. Whether you want to learn them one at a time or use as a quick reference guide, make your practice perfect with the Playbook: Guitar Chords , the ideal companion for the Guitar player. We also offer a Playbook for learning to play the Guitar. Click here if you would like to view it. / Guitare

If you have ever been left feeling dazed and confused by the sheer volume and variety of guitar methods to choose from, or simply put off by the amount of text to wade through before you even start playing, then this book is exactly what you need. Using pictures and diagrams to show you the essentials, here is the most simple and direct way to start playing the guitar - immediately! Perfect for the absolute beginner, no prior musical knowledge or experience is required as you progress effortlessly from tuning and finger positions to basic chords and strumming. In fact, the Picture Guide To Playing Guitar will have you playing classic songs by the likes of Chuck Berry, The Beatles and T. Rex within minutes! There really is no easier way, without delay, to become a musician - today! Arthur Dick is a session guitarist, author and teacher with over twenty years' experience. He has worked with Cliff Richard, Selena Jones, Barbara Dickson, Helen Shapiro, Susan Maughan, Bernie Flint, Chris Rea and Davy Jones, amongst others, as well as performing in many West End stage shows. He currently lectures on jazz and contemporary guitar at Goldsmith's College, University of London. / Guitare