This money-saving pack features the 48-page FastTrack Guitar Method Book a 45-minute FastTrack audio CD complete with songs and lessons and the DVD Fender Presents Getting Started on Electric Guitar.

This book focuses on the key elements of Django Reinhardt's style of Gypsy jazz or 'jazz Manouche'. Author Stephane Wrembel gained his impressive knowledge of the style through years of experience jamming withFrench Gypsies and studying with masters of the style. Wrembel acquired his skills entirely by ear and has taught scores of musicians worldwide using the method that appears here in text and notation for the firsttime. Written in English German and French with all musical examples in standard notation and tablature Getting Into Gypsy Jazz Guitar shares the secrets of the style in a logical step by stepmanner exposing the reader to the authentic Manouche style as it continues to evolve in France and Holland. Intermediate to advanced in difficulty this method is designed for the guitarist who is already familiar withjazz harmony and note locations on the fretboard. Includes access to online audio.

Do you wonder why lots of practice on scales and arpeggios hasn't made you feel fluent and creative when soloing? If so, then this book is the missing link for you! Line Games is an organized series of practical studies for the development of single-note guitar technique and jazz vocabulary simultaneously. Many examples are transcribed from the recorded solos of great jazz guitarists (Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, etc.) and then the book gives you the tools to develop complete fluency in creating similar lines on your own! Randy Vincent's Line Games is a serious, well-conceived book on jazz guitar. It has a tremendous amount of useful information which can be truly helpful to guitarists seeking thorough knowledge and training in jazz music.? ? Kenny Burrell Topics Covered Include: Basic six-note scales commonly used by the jazz greats. How to use all of the chromatic notes to make playing inside the chord changes sound more interesting and melodic. Triad pairs for modern-sounding lines, as used by all the great players from Coltrane on. Exercises that will give you the tools to create many interesting chord extensions from a few simple arpeggios. How to build long lines across many chord changes. How to use thematic development for more cohesive solos. Fingerings often given to aid in getting these lines under your fingers. Plus much more! 156 pages. More Endorsements: This book is probably the most complete explanation of linear improvisation as applied to the guitar that I have come across. Randy Vincent goes into his subjects, which include a novel take on hexatonic applications, chromatic neighbor tones, and various scale forms and arpeggios, with unprecedented thoroughness. It is also refreshing to see the emphasis on thematic development, and I like how some of the great recorded guitar solos are often used as illustrative examples. I highly recommend it.? ? Ben Monder Randy has come up with another Winner. This is one of the most comprehensive studies I have ever encountered concerning single line improvisation!? ? Vic Juris With all the books on jazz improvisation available I didn't think it was possible to find one that offers a new perspective but Randy Vincent's Line Games does just that. It's a great book! There are many real- world examples of players using the archetypal bebop hexatonic sound and many examples of ways to practice and utilize the sound. In suggesting ways of practicing and using the scale Randy gets you started, but it's up to the reader to strike out on their own ? in my opinion the best way to really grasp a sound or concept. There is a whole lot of material here and I'm looking forward to working with it for a long time. Thanks, Randy!!? ? Bruce Saunders With the plethora jazz guitar books on the market today, one must sort through dozens to find one that yields the results of a tried and true method for learning to play jazz as applied to the guitar. I was pleasantly surprised to find a new book that I feel to have such qualities. This being the jazz guitar book written by Randy Vincent called Line Games for Sher Music Co. Inside, you'll find dozens of examples, explanations, techniques, and the application of the jazz language employed by all the great jazz guitarists we know and love. Great job, Randy!? ? Henry Johnson

Learning to play the Guitar is a great experience, but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you familiarise yourself with the instrument and then gets you playing - fast! Full-colour pictures, clear diagrams and really practical advice combine to make Start-Up Guitar do exactly what it says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track and that makes everything else come more easily. Contents include: Choosing a Guitar Holding the guitar Tuning your Guitar Tips on practice Playing chords Using a pick Finger picking Reading Guitar tablature Chord library A selection of timeless folk and blues songs. / Guitare

Dvd 1-If you think of the guitar fingerboard as unknown and remote territory full of mystery and confusion we have the road map and compass for you! The C-A-G-E-D system provides you with a complete understanding of the entire neck of the guitar so you can find your way around without ever getting lost again! Guitarist Ernie Hawkins calls it ‘The Magic Key ’ and on this DVD he lays out a clear and easy method for finding any chord note or lick in any key anywhere on the fingerboard. He shows you how five basic chord shapes moved up and down can reveal all the scales intervals and voicings you’ll need to play any kind of music. Ernie patiently andthoroughly provides hours worth of drills exercises practice tips and the basic theory necessary to help you understand the principles behind this important system. His amazing lesson teaches the fundamentals of how a guitar works in a clear step-by-step way that will open your eyes give you security and confidence and forever change your guitar playing life!

Learning to play Blues Guitar is a highly rewarding experience but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing -fast!Full colour pictures clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice combine to make Start-Up Blues Guitar do exactly what is says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track andthat makes everything else come more easily.Contents include:Blues ChordsBass Chord Strumming PatternsReading Guitar TablatureFills and TurnaroundsIntros andEndingsSolo TechniqueImprovising RiffsCountry and Jazz BluesBlues RockA selection of timeless Blues songs to playChord reference library

The Rockschool Guitar Method. The Rockschool Guitar Method will give you everything you need to know to get started playing the Guitar, learn the essentials so you can get seriously good, seriously fast. With over 100 audio tracks, quick guide videos and 12 lessons in 6 different styles, you?ll be playing before you know it. Book Features: Over 1 hour of downloadable video and audio content. Instrument quick guide ? what everything?s called, how it works and everything in-between! How to read music ? learn how to read music quickly and simply. 12x lessons in 6 different styles ? each lesson includes audio andvideo tuition. 6 pieces, 6 varying styles ? put your skills to the test with 6 kick ass pieces. Play - Rock, Pop, Indie, Metal, Hip Hop and Country. 120 audio tracks ? supporting audio for every musical example and piece. Video lessons ? on getting started and key techniques, Quiz ? put your skills to the test with the interactive quizzes. Dropcard ? instantly download the accompanying audio and video hassle free! What you?ll learn: The basics of music notation

An icon of the folk revival has recorded a unique and highly effective lesson that will get anyone playing in alternate thumb style. Jim Kweskin's DVD covers a wide range of Guitar techniques and a raft of fabulous folk country ragtime and early jazz/pop tunes. Unique on-screen charts and step-by-step instruction help novices learn exactly how the thumb and fingers coordinate to create bass patterns against syncopated melody notes. You'll use these to play traditional fingerpicking repertoire including Creole Bell Richland Woman Freight Train 99 Year Blues and other favourites. For those who've progressed beyond the basics Jim's licks chordshapes bass lines and ways of getting around the fingerboard will bring your Guitar technique into new spheres. Before long you'll have an amazing set list from the Kweskin repertoire: Guabi Guabi Papa's on the Housetop Rag Mama Eight More Miles to Louisville Buddy Bolden's Blues Lazy Bones You Took Advantage Of Me Dinah Alexander's Ragtime Band and more. With his irresistible high spirits great voice and signature Guitar sound Jim Kweskin will delight pickers at all levels.

Learning to play Rock Guitar is a highly rewarding experience but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing -fast!Full colour pictures clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice combine to make Start-Up Rock Guitar do exactly what is says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track andthat makes everything else come more easily.Contents include:Choosing equipmentTuningPlaying chordsThe 12-bar bluesBar chordsReading tablaturePlayinglead GuitarBlues scalesString-bendingPower chords

Get your first taste of the slide guitar and the blues tones of an open-tuning as you receive a private lesson from one of today's finest writers and guitar instructors.In this DVD Hamburger introduces you to the open G and open E tunings beginning with the basics of getting a good slide sound. You will learn slide scale patterns and riffs in open position and up the neck as well as how to create your own riffs solos and accompaniments in the styles of blues heroes Muddy Waters Elmore James and open-tuning masters Duane Allman and Ry Cooder.Includes a booklet with easy-to-follow notation and diagrams.

On this digitally-enhanced CD Tony Rice personally teaches intros licks and complete solos to some of his favorite songs. Taken mainly from his hit albums 'Cold On The Shoulder' and 'Church Street Blues ' theseexamples will give you a real taste of Tony's amazing Guitar style as he interprets songs by Gordon Lightfoot Bob Dylan Norman Blake Ian Tyson and other top songwriters. He provides invaluable tips that are sure to help youbuild your repertoire of licks improve your flatpicking technique and expand your overall musicianship. Tony teaches his inventive kickoffs to 'The Likes of Me ' 'Fare Thee Well ' 'Ten Degrees and Getting Colder' and 'TheSoul of Man.' He then breaks down in detail his complete solos to 'Annie Orphan Annie ' 'Wayfaring Stranger ' 'Blue Ridge Mountain Home' and the challenging finger-twister 'Fishscale.' His Guitar work on these songs combine hisdistinctive bluegrass picking with a pop-folk approach that make up on of the many high points in his long and successful musical career.

Description The Xtremist's resident unplugged finger-picking master guides you through ten highly entertaining and easy to follow lessons getting you fully up and running with the acoustic guitar. Frett covers everything, including open chords, strumming patterns, muting and finger-patterns, all in his own totally up-to-date style. This colourful book, with superb animations, comes complete with a demo CD, a guide to the best 10 acoustic players of all time, and the necessary know-how to become one of them!