Peter Penhallow presents fifteen American folk songs arranged to be accessible for the beginner guitarist complete with a glossary of terms a guide to music notation and a CD of examples. Get started by playing the music you love. Each of these wonderful folk and traditional favourites includes useful performance notes to help you develop the correct styles and techniques. Each song also boasts a variety of tracks on the CD featuring accompaniment patterns full performances and split rhythm/lead examples. Before you know it you'll be playing and singing such timeless songs as Down By The Riverside Will The Circle Be Unbroken and ThisLittle Light Of Mine.

Par HOWARD PAUL. For music lovers who've always wanted to play guitar but have been put off by traditional guitar methods, these books get you playing right away without having to pick through heavy theory and music-reading lessons first. Every book in the For Beginners series progresses from the very basics of buying your first instrument through the fundamentals of playing your favorite style of music. 48 pages each with enhanced CD. / Niveau : Débutant / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Guitare Tablatures

Par MARTIN JUAN / CAMPBELL PATRICK. The acclaimed first volume of this exciting series gave extensive insights into basic techniques of flamenco Guitar playing and the two important rhythmic forms (palos) of Solea and Alegrias. This second volume continues on with an exploration of further essential rhythmic palos. The first of these, occupying the whole of the first DVD, is the Bulerias. Juan Martin brings his many years of experience as an internationally renowned flamenco soloist and accompanist for singers and dancers to unravelling its mysteries, explaining and demonstrating very clearly the different elements of its rhythmic structure and the various ways it may be accented and counted. He uses traditional and more modern examples of the different kinds of rhythm and melodic passages (falsetas) to provide an invaluable understanding of this wonderful palo. The second DVD is devoted to the popular flamenco Rumba, then Tangos, Tientos and that most profound of all the palos, the deeply moving Seguiriyas. Martin's solo playing is complemented by demonstrations of the Guitar's role in accompanying the flamenco dance (baile) and song (cante) with the help of outstanding dancers Raquel de Luna and Miguel Infante and singers Amparo Heredia (La Repompilla) and Carlos Brias. The music for solo Guitar is transcribed in standard notation and tablature (cifra) and the two DVDs contain nearly three hours of explanation and demonstrations. The series is complemented by two other best-selling Juan Martin volumes published by Mel Bay, shown below. These provide progressively graded solo material to extend the repertoire, from beginner to concert level./ Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

More than just a handy reference book this book and CD set provides a complete guide to reading tablature for the beginner guitarist.Tablature offers an intuitive and coherent way of using printed music on the guitarwithout having to learn to read traditional notation - rather than seeing only the notes to be played tablature guides your fingers to exactly the right frets and strings! This comprehensive tutorialincludes:Easy-to-follow diagramsPhotos of correct fingeringsClear explanations of TAB notation with examplesAudio recordings of every example on the accompanying CDA host of hints and tips to helpyoualong the way

Guitar Basics is a landmark method for young guitarists. It starts at absolute beginner level and progresses to Initial/Preparatory Grade. The method is set out in fifteen stages and contains original pieces and traditional tunes in an array of styles including classical folk and world music as well as well-known favourite film and TV themes such as James Bond Batman and The Flintstones.There is a thorough introduction to standard notation with sections on chords and TAB whilst ensemble pieces are ideal for group teaching including ?Wider Opportunities?. The enhanced CD provides accompaniment parts teachers? notes and tipsfor parents which are easily downloaded or it can be simply used to play the fun backing tracks!

The Logic Of Fretboard-The ability to improvise and create variations within a song is the essence of the guitar work of the great traditional acoustic blues guitarists such as Blind Blake Robert Johnson Big Bill Broonzy Rev. Gary Davis and Blind Lemon Jefferson. By exploring the ways that chords melodies and rhythms work Woody Mann presents practical and simple ways to create variations in your playing. Woody teaches a new approach to seeing the fretboard and techniques for 'breaking down' chord blocks into smaller 'pieces' and connecting them throughout the fretboard. As he teaches the repertoire of the masters of acoustic blues he demonstrates how melodies andharmonies can be derived from simple moveable chord shapes. The Logic Of Fretboard is a method for relating the entire fretboard to the basic first position chord shapes that we all learn as beginners and using them to create new chords melodies and variations in your music. Studying the songs and concepts that Woody presents in this program will help students to break out of ruts and begin playing up-the-neck without relying on bar chords or scale patterns. Woody's approach to varying melody and bass lines against each other will also help students to develop a more syncopated and stronger picking technique. This simple and effective method allows students to increase their chord vocabulary by relying on logic instead of memorization.Woody Mann had his first schooling as a teenager in the living room of Rev. Gary Davis the now legendary gospel and ragtime guitarist. Mann soon went on to perform and record with blues masters Son House and Bukka White as well as contemporary innovators including John Fahey. He has recorded extensively performed throughout the world and is widely recognized as one of the world's leading teachers and transcribers of acoustic blues music having taught countless guitarists through his popular books and videos.

Discover the rich traditions, history, origins, and pioneering artists of exciting styles from around the globe. Learn the characteristic rhythms and techniques of some of the world's most remarkable music. All the music in this book is arranged for the guitar and will enlighten every guitarist---from beginners to advanced players. Volume 2 of this series features the diverse music from six distinct parts of the world. From the lively rhythms of Cuba to the exotic music of Russia, this book will give you all the tools you need to infuse your playing with a new and unique flavor. All the music is presented in standard notation and TAB. An MP3 CD, with over 3 hours of music, is included to demonstrate all the examples in the book. / Guitare