El McMeen has painstakingly compiled and presented a stunning collection of fingerstyle guitar arrangements of his favorite Celtic songs airs and dance tunes from his 30 years of recording. These gems of the repertoire range from aching laments and gorgeous songs to lively dance tunes. 27 pieces are included in this monumental folio. A 77-minute recording of the tunes is available for download to help the reader access and enjoy the magical CGDGAD guitar tuning. Includes access to online audio.

This collection presents the genius of Jimmy Wyble's solo guitar compositions. Presented in standard notation and tab each written piece with an accompanying audio track represents the guitar mastery of Jimmy Wyble. Lyricallywritten eloquently harmonized and thoughtfully played these pieces are sure to add depth and originality to any solo guitarist's repertoire. Includes access to online audio.

Guitar Lesson Goldmine Series-Expand your guitar knowledge with the Guitar Lesson Goldmine series! Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics each lesson in this Country volume includes detailed instruction with playing examples presented in standard noation and tablature. You'll also get extremely useful tips scale diagrams chord grids photos and more to reinforce your learning experience plus audio tracks featuring performance demos of all the examples in the book! A huge variety of country guitar styles and techniques are covered including: open-chord licks rhythm techniques pentatonic scales arpeggios double-stop licks triple-stop licks standard bends pedal-steel bends Travis picking hybrid picking fingerstyle country chord embellishments and more! The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include 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.

Etudes and Familiar Chord Progressions for Two Guitars-Jazz Guitar Duets will take you on a journey through the entire range of the fretboard with 10 great jazz duets. Each duet is written in standard notation and is accompanied by audio recordings and in-depthanalysis. Read through the etudes alone or together with a friend to strengthen your sight-reading skills and develop your ability to read one part against a contrasting part. The accompanying online audio featurestracks of the authors playing each duet together along with additional tracks that isolate each part. Play along with one track to learn the nuances of jazz phrasing and articulation or play along with the other to create avirtual duet. Study the lines and read the analysis to develop stylistically authentic jazz vocabulary while increasing your awareness of two-part counterpoint in the context of jazz harmony.

This book by Butch Baldassari and John Mock fills a void in the all too often hard to find category of music for Mandolin and classical Guitar expanding the repertoire for the intimate combination of these two instruments. Piecesrange from Renaissance and Baroque to the more Classical music of Handel and Beethoven to contemporary and Romantic compositions from Satie Calace and Tarrega. This book should work well for both students and professionals.Standard notation only. Includes an online 24-page PDF download file for Mandolin insert part.

With Online Audio-This unique and effective method will help beginners and more experienced players develop both pick-style and fingerstyle accompaniment abilities with the Guitar. The streamlined approach is unique in its efficiency andcomprehensiveness. The material encompasses a wide range of strumming and fingerpicking patterns that apply to an infinite number of songs in the rock folk and country music styles along with ethnic spiritual and children'smusic. Also included is a section on moveable chord forms that provides the means for a repertoire that embodies jazz standards show tunes and beyond. Written using strum notation standard notation chord diagrams and tablature.Audio download available.

The late Lenny Breau was admired throughout the world for his complex fingerstyle jazz stylings. The first part contains Breau's Guitar workshop dealing with Building the Blues; Three Against Two and Harmonicsat Work. Section 2 presents three great Lenny Breau solos (Five O'Clock Bells; Little Blues and Freight Train). Written in notation and tablature. Contains Breau's 'master class' on fingerstylejazz Guitar. 3 songs from book are not included on the audio files. Includes access to online audio.

A new collection by Argentine guitar virtuoso and composer Jorge Morel. This collection features solos by three renowned Latin composers plus two original solo guitar compositions by the author/compiler. All works are in thetango/milonga dance form and are presented in notation and tablature. Selections include: Don Agustin Bardi by Horacio Salgan; Gallo Ciego by Agustin Bardi; El Choclo by Angel Villoldo; and Milonga del Viento and Otro Tango;Buenos Aires by Jorge Morel. Includes access to a companion online audio featuring Mr. Morel's performance of each solo.

Rob MacKillop presents 24 superb solo guitar works by Belgian composer Gilbert Isbin one of the most interesting dynamic and poetic composers writing for the guitar today. All 24 pieces have been recorded by RobMacKillop–a magnificent solo recording in itself. The book contains standard notation and tablature and an interview with the composer. The music ranges from student pieces to advanced concert solos. Although composed witha plectrum in mind they can also be played fingerstyle. Includes access to online audio.

Guitar Play-Along Volume 167-The Guitar Play-Along series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the audio to hear how the Guitar should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Now including 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. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along.This volume features ten songs by Dream Theater.

The character and variety of Chinese music combined with the sounds found in instruments like the Pipa or Guqin lend themselves perfectly to the Guitar bringing exciting new techniques textures and sounds for the instrument. In this book with online videos author Fernando Pérez teaches how to play several Chinese melodies arranged for solo Guitar. You'll learn about Chinese traditional music history and meaning and notation systems. You'll also learn Pipa and Guqin style Guitar techniques. The songs include: 'Chai Tou Feng' 'The Grand Hujia' 'Heroic Little Sisters' 'Moonlight Over the River in Spring'. You can access the online videos ofPérez demonstrating these melodies and other video lessons using the unique code found inside each book.

Fingerstyle Guitar is extremely popular today. This is because it lends itself to very personal and lyrical solo and accompaniment styles. This method is one of the very best at teaching the basics of fingerpicking. Written byNashville's fine guitarist Tommy Flint you will learn chording Travis picking soloing scales and accompaniment patterns playing over the entire fingerboard barre-chords two-string harmony combining hammer and slide three-against four roll contrary motion crosspicking harmonics right and left hand agility studies and much more. A bonus is the inclusion of over 50 great original Tommy Flint fingerpicking guitar solos which reflecta rich diversity of styles. This volume includes material previously published in two volumes as Mel Bay's Deluxe Fingerstyle Guitar Method. Written in notation and tablature. This package includes an audiodownload available online which provides play-along demonstrations of many of the exercises and solos in the book starting with page 41. The solo Guitar is on the right with accompaniment Guitar on the left so you can eliminatethe solo part or accompaniment by adjusting the balance control of your player.

Fiddle Tunes in DADGAD shows how fingerstyle guitarists can use DADGAD tuning to play traditional tunes including twenty-four complete arrangements of common American Irish and Scottish ballads airs jigs and reels. The bookexplores techniques and patterns for playing melodies across the strings producing a harp-like effect that adds a distinctive and beautiful character to traditional melodies. In addition to building repertoire the materialdemonstrates ways to arrange your own melodies or even write your own tunes based on the techniques provided. This is a perfect follow-up for guitarists who have studied Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar and arelooking for tunes to learn or for those who want to go deeper into harp-style playing. It is also an excellent introduction for those who prefer to just dive head-first into DADGAD by learning some classic tunes.

Nestor Ausqui hails from the picturesque Argentinian city of Santa Fe: a robust and vibrant city catering to the arts and culture, most notably music. Definitive de Falla is Ausqui's second book from Mel Bay Publications, following the release of the Nestor Ausqui Collection (MB99894EB). This book and accompanying audio represent an important collection in the classical guitar genre. Guitarists from around the world will enjoy Ausqui's faithful attention to detail in the transcriptions, making this book an excellent addition to any guitarist's library. Includes access to online audio.

Guitar Play-Along Volume 157-The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! 8 songs including The Chain Don't Stop Dreams Go Your Own Way Gold Dust Woman Never Going Back Again Rhiannon and You Make Lovin' Fun.