In this addition to Mel Bay's popular 'Getting Into' series Flatpicking Guitar Magazine columnist Joe Carr presents an overview of the exciting flatpicking style in tablature and in music notation. Beginning withbasic chords and strum patterns this book/online audio combination covers Carter style fiddle tunes crosspicking floating improvisation and much more! Special sections address pick direction pentatonic scales dropped D tuning and how to read standard music on the guitar. Included are the 'Top Ten' flatpicking favorites and a section on Irish ornamentation. Access to online audio provided.

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.

Getting a great guitar sound in your headphones, or in your bedroom or garage is one thing. Getting killer sound on stage is something else altogether! In this one-of-a-kind guidebook, veteran guitarist and teacher Sandy Williams shares tips and techniques learned over decades of playing in every type of live environment and teaches you how to get the best sound possible in a wide variety of venues, styles, and gig situations. Playing live is one of the most rewarding aspects of being a musician, but guitarists need to be ready for the many challenges that live performance can pose. Meeting the challenge starts with gear and technical choices, but it also involves personalities---learning to work smoothly with bandmates, venue managers, and sound mixers. Live Sound for Guitar lays it all out for you, showing you how to get the best from your gear in every situation and deliver audience-pleasing results every time. / Guitare

As editor of Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine I have had the good fortune to meet some of the finest guitar players in the world. Today the scope of the players out there keeps growing and the level of musicianship keeps gettinghigher. It is an honor to present Vol. 1 of what promises to be a long series of DVDs presenting some of the finest fingerstyle players the world has to offer.' - Bill Piburn

The Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds, Updated Edition brings fresh information to the table to help guitarists understand everything about what makes their amps tick and how to use them to sound better than ever. It builds on the popular original edition of the book, first published in 2005.Central to the book's success is the way it walks musicians through the significance of each crucial circuit stage and component of a great number of classic and modern tube amp designs, helping guitarists get the most from the amps they already own or choose new amps that are best suited to their needs.The Guitar Amp Handbook reveals many of the tips and tricks used by today's top designers and builders, and it debunks the hype used by the marketing departments at large manufacturers keen on selling specific amps that might not be right for particular players. The book is designed to help guitarists understand what really goes on inside tube amps and where the tone comes from. This new updated and expanded edition adds further knowledge to the foundation, ensuring it continues as the most thorough and authoritative publication on the subject to be found anywhere. / Guitare

This superb DVD?includes a selection of easy to absorb lessons that are designed to teach the beginner guitarist some of the essential basics of metal lead Guitar playing.In this DVD course Danny Gill walks you through a collection of 35 licks and associated techniques to get you wailing like Kirk Hammett or Dave Mustaine in no time at all.Featuring everything from unison bends, alternate picking, legato, tapping and more, Danny also takes you through scale choices and even getting a good tone so you can go from zero to hero in no time at all, but all handled in a manner that players of limited experience will have no trouble keeping up. / Guitare

Par BOUCHARD JOE. Written by a former member of legendary rock band, Blue Oyster Cult, this book will make getting started on rock guitar easy and fun for anyone. You will begin playing right away, without having to get through pages and pages of theoretical material first. Learn the basic chords, power chords and basic lead guitar techniques- exercises for both the right and left hands- as well as basic music reading and guitar TAB. Loaded with fun, original rock songs written by a real rock musician and committed educator! / Niveau : Débutant / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Guitare

Guitar virtuoso Frederic Hand teaches exquisite classical guitar arrangements of four widely known and much-beloved American folk songs: The Water is Wide Wayfaring Stranger Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair and We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder. He shows you how by using lush chords rich harmonies and inventive improvisational elements you can make each one a beautiful and compelling performance piece. Fred teaches full concert arrangements as well as easier alternate versions for novice players who are just getting into this style of music. Learning either (or both) of these will be deeply satisfying for anyone who loves the sound of classicalguitar. Fred Hand makes this a complete learning experience by carefully explaining chord extensions and substitutions harmonic voicings up and down the neck of the guitar and elements of music theory. He shows how to use improvisational techniques and ways to enhance these as well as other songs so that you can make them truly your own.

Bill Bay asked me to write a follow up book to my last book ”The Bluegrass Pickers Tune Book (20233).' If you like Bluegrass music (232 songs) I'd recommend getting that book to add to your collection. The focus of this book 'The Acoustic Source Book' is on roots and old-time music. The book is focused on the time period from late 1800's until 1940's. There are a few songs from The Bluegrass Book that were too important to be left out. I decided notto use any patriotic and Christmas songs and came up with a list of about 400 songs which eventually was cut down to over 200. During the late 1800's and early 1900's there was an important evolution in American music; the birthof jazz ragtime and blues. This was also the period of the phonograph and early commercial recordings. Music from the Minstrel period as well as traditional songs were used as staple for the roots musicians. In the early 1900'sthere were rags blues gospel Tin-Pan Alley jug band spiritual old-time country and popular songs. I've tried to include some of the well-known songs from every genre to give you a big slice of Americana. There are some greatsongs that are popular roots bluegrass and old-time songs today that have never been published. There are also great songs that are not well known that should be played and enjoyed.

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.

You need only minimal playing skills and three chords--G C and D7--to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started or if you are a 'casual' player on a chording instrument this is theperfect book for you. The book is absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time bluegrass gospel Christmas children's tunes Stephen Foster British and Celtic cowboy blues and more. Because melody and lyricsare provided with every song singers will also enjoy this wonderful collection of the world's favorite songs. Truly a book of outstanding arrangements made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. (Some of thesesongs like 'Dark Hollow' and 'Way Downtown ' are hard to find in print.) Guitar uke and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords along with tips on strumming and transposing tips for singers. An invaluablereference book for teachers and pros too!

Swing rhythm never left but it's getting harder to find someone to teach it! Noted swing rhythm guitarist Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky takes you step-by-step through the process of expanding your technique on swing rhythm.Whether you play in a swing band a cowboy quartet like Riders in the Sky or gypsy jazz this DVD offers you an absolutely unique and up-close look at chord forms patterns right and left hand technique and insider tips by aswing rhythm master who has been playing this style for over 30 years. In addition two western classics ?Wah Hoo? and ?Tumbling Tumbleweed ? are not only broken down and explained in detail but areperformed by 2-time Grammy winners Riders in the Sky in a mini-concert so that the lesson on those two tunes is exemplified in live performance. Saddle up saddle pal and ride the Rhythm Range with Ranger Doug! Includestranscription booklet.

Media Type : Book DVD Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : Jazz Number of pages : 40 The purpose of Jazz Mastery is to give the serious student an entry into the creative process as quickly as possible. Presented here is the necessary information, stated clearly and simply as possible, in the hope that motivation and inspiration will soon follow on the heels of comprehension. The responsibility of a teacher lies in getting students excited, as well as presenting the theory to them in an easily assimilated form. Jazz Mastery will certainly serve up equal portions of the requisite information and inspiration. Companion DVD included, 2 hour 47 minutes; all in standard notation.

Whether you’re a seasoned traveler or making your first trip to Europe to study or work as a musician this book will simplify your life. The Handbook For American Musicians Overseas describes details ofunderstanding the different European music school systems finding and getting into a school and adjusting to a new country.A dictionary of contemporary music terms gives you the musical vocabulary that you’ll need inFrench German and Italian on a daily basis. Whether you’re going to work or study music in Europe this book is going to make life easier.