SKU: AP.32650
ISBN 9780739060117. UPC: 038081354811. English.
Take a trip through the history of blues with The Blues Guitar Experience. Designed for intermediate to advanced guitarists, this concise, comprehensive overview of important styles, techniques, and artists covers every era of the genre---from early and classic blues of the 1920s to electric blues, British blues rock, and modern-day blues. You will also learn how other styles have influenced this music along the way. Exploring the history of blues will give you a greater understanding of the blues music of today, and you'll learn to apply many practical skills to your playing for completely authentic performances. The included CD demonstrates all the music examples in the book, making it easier for you to become a more versatile and well-rounded guitarist. So break out of your comfort zone and experiment with the groundbreaking styles of The Blues Guitar Experience.
SKU: BT.RSK200071
ISBN 9781789360073. English.
Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals. Rockschool Classics Guitar Grade 3 contains eight of thebiggest rock tracks from the past five decades arranged for you to play in your Grade 3 Exam. You can choose two pieces from Rockschool Classics to play in your Grade Exam or three to play in your Peformance Certificate.
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SKU: MB.30105M
ISBN 9780786691692. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
The Art Of Lutherie offers a glimpse into the mind and craft of luthier Tom Bills, whom many consider to be one of the most talented luthiers today. In this beautifully written and enjoyable read, Tom elegantly and clearly shares his best-kept secrets and methods of custom guitar making - those which make his guitars favorites among top collectors and players. Toms unique approach to The Art Of Lutherie will empower and inspire you to create more than just a guitar, but a truly unique work of art. The information that is generously shared within this insightful and timeless work is both practical and applicable. It contains the same hard-won wisdom that only comes from years of experience and experimentation that Tom uses in creating his inspiring instruments. Over the years, he has produced instruments considered to be some of the best sounding guitars ever made. Learning the steps of how to build a guitar is important, but understanding why master luthiers take those steps and make those decisions can empower you to make your own educated choices. This will allow you to create unique guitars, and the world needs your art, your guitars - your important contribution. The Art Of Lutherie, a truly unique and inspiring guide, can prepare you to reach new heights when designing and creating unique guitars.It is not often I heap such lavish praise on people; however, Tom is in this case more than deserving: I know of no other luthier whose work I respect more. Tom knows his craft inside and out; he pours his soul into every guitar he makes; he uses cutting-edge science to guide his work, and it shows...as head of Artist Relations and Product Development at Mel Bay, it gives me great pleasure to publish Toms work, which will no doubt take the art of lutherie to a new level. I hope youll spend some time soaking in this book - it will certainly augment your musicality - Collin Bay. Includes access to online video.
SKU: M7.PPV-20046102
ISBN 9783937841328. German.
Im New Rock sind heute viele Gitarren tiefer gestimmt als üblich. Das klingt aggressiver und ist auch einfacher zu spielen. Drop-D-Tuning ist dabei die angesagteste Variante. guitar action - downtunings zeigt Dir was Du tun musst, um so zu klingen wie die Helden von Nickelback, Papa Roach, Creed & Co. Mit diesem Buch kannst Du sofort losrocken. Dafür sorgen nicht zuletzt die satt eingespielten Tracks auf der CD, die sich auch hervorragend zum Jammen eignen. Der erfahrene Gitarrenlehrer und Bühnenprofi Hansi Tietgen geht von den Grundlagen des Drop-D schnell zu den damit verbundenen neuen Möglichkeiten über: Hammerings, Bendings, Pentatonik Licks, Tritonus, Obertöne. Da merkst Du sofort: Hier steckt mehr drin als nur eine verstimmte Gitarre. Darauf aufbauend werden dann auch noch andere Stimmungen gezeigt und Du bekommst zahlreiche Anregungen für eigene Experimente.
SKU: BT.VOLMB272
ISBN 9788863882667. French.
With this clear and comprehensible book, you will find pleasure in discovering and approaching finger picking. It is equally well adapted for experimental guitarists, looking to fill gaps and enrich their knowledge. All subjectsare discussed; basic chords, open-tuning, patterns with bass melodies and much more. Containing plenty of attractive examples, the last chapter consists of a large selection of pieces in an extensive variety of styles.
SKU: HL.403259
ISBN 9781705160626. UPC: 196288058496. 9.0x12.0 inches.
Bert Transcribed - The Bert Jansch Songbook, Volume 2 presents 30 more songs by the legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter, Bert Jansch. Each song has been meticulously transcribed and annotated by an international team of leading Jansch experts to detail every aspect of Bert's ground-breaking style and technique. For this volume, they have also been fortunate to reference some of Bert's own newly discovered tentative work in this field, experimenting with software in the 1980s. This book therefore presents the most accurate and definitive transcriptions of Bert's music that have ever been published. Song highlights include: Come Back Baby â?¢ Courting Blues â?¢ Go Your Way My Love â?¢ I Am Lonely â?¢ It Don't Bother Me â?¢ One for Jo â?¢ Tell Me What Is True Love â?¢ A Woman Like You â?¢ and more!
About Hal Leonard Guitar Recorded Versions
Guitar Recorded Versions are note-for-note transcriptions of guitar music taken directly off recordings. This series, one of the most popular in print today, features some of the greatest guitar players and groups from blues, rock, and heavy metal. Guitar Recorded Versions are transcribed by the best transcribers in the business. Every book contains notes and tablature.
SKU: HL.14047453
ISBN 9788850725205. English-Italian.
This book is made up of the fundamentals for beginner flatpicking guitar. I have been experimenting teaching in different ways for over 20 years, and in this book you will find the program I now use with my students who are looking to get into this style. Throughout the years, I have greatly changed the contents of this book to suit who I can only guess will be the readers. I have spent a lot of time arranging the tunes so as to match the skill level of the drills, exercises, and theory. I havetried hard to include all of the fundamental elements that you will need to begin flatpicking.
SKU: HL.350568
ISBN 9781705105214. UPC: 840126935059. 9.0x12.0x0.125 inches.
The Hal Leonard Clssical Guitar for Kids Method is perfect for young beginners interested in learning how to play classical guitar. Created by esteemed classical guitarist and educator Paul Henry, this fun, easy-to-use, and thorough method covers all the basics. While the method is easy to follow, guidance from a teacher will make the learning experience even better, especially for the youngest of students. All examples in the book include accompanying audio for demonstration and play-along to help strengthen the learning experience. Includes pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, Francesco Bathioli, Ferdinando Carulli, Joseph Kuffner, Fernando Sor, and Paul Henry, plus many traditional pieces! Includes lessons on: ⢠Parts of the Guitar ⢠Names of the Strings ⢠Finger Names ⢠String Position ⢠Hand Position ⢠Reading Music Notation ⢠Playing Rhythms ⢠Fretting the Strings ⢠Plucking the Strings ⢠Notes in First Position ⢠Alternating Fingers ⢠One-Part Music ⢠Two-Part Music ⢠Time Signatures ⢠Playing with Dynamics ⢠Arpeggios.
About Hal Leonard Guitar Method
The world-famous Hal Leonard Guitar Method is preferred by teachers because it makes them more effective while making their job easier. Students enjoy its easy-to-follow format that gives them a solid music education while letting them play songs right away. The Hal Leonard Guitar Method provides a complete system to playing success which includes three levels of instruction and a myriad of play-along supplemental songbooks that let students play great songs while they're still learning to play.
SKU: PE.40784
ISBN 9780739094839. UPC: 038081456867. English.
Aaron Shearer's Classic Guitar Technique is used by serious guitarists all over the world and has long been one of the definitive classic guitar methods. The Shearer Method: Classic Guitar Foundations, Shearer's final work, is the first in a series that encapsulates his lifetime experience as America's premier classic guitar pedagogue. This work is a step-by-step curriculum based on Aaron's innovative and common sense approach that incorporates all the advantages of modern technology. The method includes 63 videos for up-close aural and visual learning, 74 new solo and duet compositions and arrangements (made exclusively for this method by Dr. Alan Hirsh), as well as works by Sor, Carcassi, Giuliani, and more. Plus, recorded tracks masterfully illustrate nuance, tone, and musicality. The book even includes Alfred Music's exclusive TNT 2 software that allows you to slow down and loop tracks for careful practice. In addition, a complete online supplement is available for teachers and students that want a deeper understanding of Shearer's work. The book does not replace Shearer's original classic. It augments and expands on it in ways not imaginable in the early '60s when the original was published. It's a must-have to complete the library of any classic or fingerstyle guitarist! The Shearer Method Classic Guitar Foundations is not just a book but a media experience.
SKU: DZ.DZ-4308
ISBN 9782898522253.
Following a recent experience on the jury of a guitar competition, I noted with great pleasure that Giorgio Mirto, with whom I had shared the role of juror, wanted to celebrate the experience of the competition - during from which we discovered that we had had a great affinity of thought - with something which could endure over time and not evaporate as often happens in short and occasional meetings between musicians. He did it as a true composer, which he is, and dedicated to me a very beautifully crafted Suite to which I allowed myself to collaborate at least formally, by suggesting titles for the four movements. This is how Suite n.1 was born, a piece that does not strictly respect the formal rules of the Baroque era, but reinterprets and reuses them in a new key. The work's obvious late Baroque inspiration led me to find titles that invited the performer to delve deeper into the work's aesthetic inspiration. So I suggested to Giorgio that he title the four movements with something that linked their content to four greats of the 18th century. German masters. The prelude has thus become from Eisenach because of its sometimes improvised Bach-like atmosphere, the second movement, vaguely toccata, speaks an organ language in the manner of Buxtehude (who lived in Lübeck), the slow movement has a Handelian quality - and Handel was born in Halle - and the last movement, far from being a true Chaconne, undoubtedly has the latter's taste for variation and ostinato, typical traits of Telemann who lived in Magdeburg. The cities that appear in the titles are therefore indelible to the authors cited. Furthermore, one should not think that the style of the work is in any way German, given that Giorgio Mirto expresses himself in a very joyful language that synthesizes modality with minimalism, all seasoned with a a nod to Pink's progressive rock Floyd. or a Mike Oldfield... The result of this mixture of ideas, inspirations and styles is a work that personally I never tire of reading and rereading, for the freshness that emanates from it and for the climate expressive which rises, nourishing itself with full efficiency. We ultimately cannot ignore that the note B, the one which marks in a minor way some of the most expressive works of the guitar repertoire, from the study of Sor which made generations of students fall in love with the guitar, until to that of Frank Martin's Four Pieces via La Catedral di Barrios, is the modal fulcrum of the entire Suite: it is true that the Prelude begins with a clear chord in E minor and lingers on an open ending in A minor , but it almost seems that the initial E serves as a launching pad for a continuation of the work in which the dominant, that is to say the B, is the true musical North, the pole star which guides us in the other three movements until the end of the Chaconne de Magdebourg. I wish Giorgio and our Suite great longevity and a favorable destiny in the complex and complex world of contemporary guitar composition. And I thank him again, flattered by his very kind dedication.FRANCESCO BIRAGHIAu lendemain d'une récente expérience au sein du jury d'un concours de guitare, j'ai constaté avec grand plaisir que Giorgio Mirto, avec qui j'avais partagé le rôle de juré, souhaitait célébrer l'expérience du concours - au cours de laquelle nous avons découvert que nous avions eu un grand affinité de pensée - avec quelque chose qui pourrait perdurer dans le temps et ne pas s'évaporer comme cela arrive souvent lors de rencontres courtes et occasionnelles entre musiciens. Il l'a fait en véritable compositeur, ce qu'il est, et m'a dédié une Suite d'une très belle facture àlaquelle je me suis permis de collaborer au moins formellement, en suggérant des titres pour les quatre mouvements. C'est ainsi qu'est née la Suite n.1, une pièce qui ne respecte pas strictement les règles formelles de l'époque baroque, mais les réinterprète et les réutilise dans une nouvelle tonalité. L'inspiration évidente du baroque tardif de l'à Âuvre m'a amené àtrouver des titres qui invitaient l'interprète àapprofondir l'inspiration esthétique de l'à Âuvre. J'ai donc suggéré àGiorgio de titrer les quatre mouvements avec quelque chose qui reliait leur contenu àquatre grands du XVIIIe siècle. Maîtres allemands. Le prélude est ainsi devenu d'Eisenach en raison de son atmosphère parfois improvisée àla Bach, le deuxième mouvement, vaguement toccata, parle un langage d'orgue àla manière de Buxtehude (qui vivait àLübeck), le mouvement lent a un Qualité haendélienne - et Haendel est né àHalle - et le dernier mouvement, loin d'être une véritable Chaconne, a sans doute le goût de cette dernière pour la variation et l'ostinato, traits typiques de Telemann qui vivait àMagdebourg. Les villes qui apparaissent dans les titres sont donc indélébiles aux auteurs cités. De plus, il ne faut pas penser que le style de l'à Âuvre soit en aucune façon allemand, étant donné que Giorgio Mirto s'exprime dans un langage très joyeux qui synthétise la modalité avec le minimalisme, le tout assaisonné d'un clin d'à Âil au rock progressif Floyd de Pink. ou un Mike Oldfield... Le résultat de ce mélange d'idées, d'inspirations et de styles est un ouvrage que personnellement je ne me lasse pas de lire et de relire, pour la fraîcheur qui s'en dégage et pour le climat expressif qui monte, se nourrissant de plein efficacité. On ne peut finalement pas ignorer que la note B, celle qui marque de manière mineure certaines des à Âuvres les plus expressives du répertoire de guitare, depuis l'étude de Sor qui a fait tomber amoureux de la guitare des générations d'étudiants, jusqu'àcelle de Frank Martin Quatre Pièces via La Catedral di Barrios, est le point d'appui modal de toute la Suite : il est vrai que le Prélude commence par un accord clair en mi mineur et s'attarde sur une fin ouverte en la mineur, mais il semble presque que le mi initial sert de une rampe de lancement pour une suite de l'à Âuvre dans laquelle la dominante, c'est-à-dire le B, est le véritable Nord musical, l'étoile polaire qui nous guide dans les trois autres mouvements jusqu'àla fin de la Chaconne de Magdebourg. Je souhaite àGiorgio et àë notre û Suite une grande longévité et un destin favorable dans le monde complexe et complexe de la composition contemporaine pour guitare. Et je le remercie encore, flatté de son très aimable dévouement.FRANCESCO BIRAGHI.
SKU: HL.50489495
ISBN 9790080084182. Bach (23 x 30,2 cm) inches. Hungarian, English, German.
This publication is a completely revised edition of our five-volume guitar tutor. In the decades since the first edition, the musical interests of our students and their practice possibilities have changed. To adapt to this, we have partly expanded and partly reduced the musical and technical material of the tutor. We have increased the number of recital pieces at all levels of difficulty, so that our students can spend longer on a varied repertoire at their respective level. We have first of all selected works from the Viennese classics for this purpose but have also enriched the repertoire of the tutor with numerous pieces from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. In volumes I and II of the tutor we have given Hungarian folk songs and children's songs a significant amount of space. In the course of revision, we have expanded the material of these two volumes with simple arrangements of folk songs, nursery rhymes and flower songs, and we have provided very easy, but valuable material for instrumental study in particular for children aged between 6 and 10. We have also expanded the chamber music material to be found at the end of the volumes, because we believe that playing music together is the best way to make instrumental study a lasting experience for our students. The parts are relatively simple, sothe works provide a musical experience almost immediately.
SKU: MB.20133
ISBN 9780786666805. UPC: 796279087247. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. By Elias Barreiro.
The result of decades of experience in teaching the classical guitar, this method introduces the student to the earliest stages of learning how to play the classical guitar, from learning how to read music to becoming an accomplished player. This gradually progressing approach covers scales, including scales in thirds, sixths and octaves in all major and minor keys, arpeggios, chords, slurs, harmonics, and more. The technical aspects in this book are supplemented with a vast number of exercises and solos, from easy to more advanced, including repertoire music to make the process of learning to play the guitar a most enjoyable experience. Written in standard notation only.
SKU: UT.CH-403
ISBN 9790215328631. 9 x 12 inches.
This short introductory text to the practice of figured bass for guitarists certainly has no claim to discuss the topic thoroughly. It arose both from the desire to share practical experience gained in the field and from a pedagogical concern towards young guitar students.As can be seen from the Introduction, an initial practical knowledge of the figured bass performed on the guitar can help the student to develop a greater awareness of the harmonic possibilities of the instrument and to fill that gap which is too often visible between the theoretical-harmonic knowledge acquired in the theory courses and instrumental practice.The practical examples provided in this text also arise from the authorsâ didactic experience gained from teaching this subject in the conservatories of Bologna and Rovigo.
