Guitar World : 20 Essential Acoustic Rock Licks

This instructional guide presents you with everything you need to make the journey from a mediocre acoustic player to a solid one. It's perfect for anyone who feels that they may be in a rut a situation all too familiar to the advancing beginner.Packed with tons of examples and audio demonstrations this book/CD package breaks down the most common essential acoustic techniques with clear concise instruction and then applies them to real-world musical riffs licks and songs. You'll learn syncopation power chords arpeggios rhythm fills and much more.Songs include: House of the Rising Sun; Midnight Special; Amazing Grace; Scarborough Fair; Frankie andJohnny and more.

Acoustic Guitar Private Lessons Series. Delve deep into the world of jazz guitar with this book of 10 extended lessons from master guitarist Sean McGowan. You'll learn vocabulary for soloing over essential jazz forms like the 12-bar blues and rhythm changes, as well as virtually any chord progression you encounter. You'll acquire a broad palette of chord voicings, along with the rhythmic ideas for smart comping. And you'll absorb techniques for playing everything cleanly and efficiently - not just for jazz but any style. Lessons include audio downloads and videos, as well as standard notation and tablature, for all examples. Delve deep into the world of jazz Guitar with this book of 10 extended lessons from master guitarist Sean McGowan. You'll learn vocabulary for soloing over essential jazz forms like the 12-bar blues and rhythm changes, as well as virtually any chord progression you encounter. You'll acquire a broad palette of chord voicings, along with the rhythmic ideas for smart comping. And you'll absorb techniques for playing everything cleanly and efficiently - not just for jazz but any style. Lessons include audio downloads and videos, as well as standard notation and tablature, for all examples. / Pédagogie / Tablatures / Guitare

American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites-Learn to play twelve classic fingerstyle songs with one of the masters of the style Pat Donohue. With note-for-note transcriptions in both staff notation and Guitar tablature (tab) learn to play these great American folk songs exactly as they were intended.Drawing influences from blues legends like Robert Johnson and folk heroes like Bob Dylan Donohue takes the best of both worlds to produce an idiosyncratic blend of warm acoustic fingerpicking and traditional American travelling songs. With the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library you can learn every note and nuance from the cream of Pat Donohue?s backcatalogue with selections from his 2008 album Freewayman going way back to his 1989 album Big Blind Bluesy. Each song from American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites has been expertly transcribed into both staff notation and tablature making this book perfect for any fan of acoustic-folk music or somebody who wants to learn the essentials of fingerpicking. Whatever your background there is nobody better to learn from than Pat Donohue who has been called ?one of the greatest finger pickers in the world today? by none other than Chet Atkins. As if this wasn?t enough to convince you this edition of the book also comes with free audio access to Donohue himself playing the songs. All you have to do is enter the code provided on the Hal Leonard website to download digital versions of songs like Big Blind Bluesy and Maple Leaf Rag. To see the full list of songs included in this songbook please see below.With an unparalleled level of precise transcription the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library offers the best possible way for you to perfectly learn a dozen fingerstyle classics that come from the very hands of one of the greatest.

Designed by John McCarthy, this Master Edition combines all three levels of this award-winning series in a complete course!Learn all the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music for electric or acoustic guitar. Start with how to hold the guitar for comfortable playing and fast, effective learning. Next, learn picking and strumming techniques, chords, rhythm, timing, and how they are used to play popular songs. Learn melodies, scales and the basics of the blues. You will also learn lead techniques such as hammer ons, pull-offs and bends, and how to put them together to play leads and riffs! Level 2 guides you to learn and apply scales such as Natural Minor, Pentatonic, Major and Blues scales. Learn to play the most used chords and progressions that will have you playing hundreds of songs quickly.Level 3 gives you all the guitar knowledge to stand toe to toe with the best guitar players in the world! Learn advanced chords, scales, techniques and coordination building exercise that will have you tearing up the fretboard. As an added bonus, included are audio backing tracks and playing examples you can download that follow each lesson and let you apply them over full band backing tracks. / Guitare

Vintage Guitar Books-Since its introduction over two decades ago The Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide has been the essential handbook for Guitar collectors everywhere. This complete guide is the world's leading reference on the values of vintage and collectible instruments. Compiled using critical research and analysis it appraises electric and acoustic Guitars amps basses effects Mandolins steels and lap steels Ukuleles and even Banjos. The Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide contains information on more than 2 000 brands along with 1 300 photos. With more than 192 000 copies sold this guide remains theindustry's hands-down leading source of pricing information.

John Fahey transformed the world of the acoustic flat-top steel-string Guitar by bringing it to the concert stage as a respected solo instrument. Blind Joe Death: Volume 1 looks at theimportant people and genres that shaped him as a composer. This volume focuses on Side 1 of the original 1967 Blind Joe Death LP a collection of mostly traditional music that was adapted for solo Guitar. HintsofHints of Fahey's early influences endured throughout his career as a composer yet early on and in Blind Joe Death a unique voice is coming into focus one that is not afraid to explore theavant-garde with journeys into collage and expressionism.Six extensively edited solos from Blind Joe Death are included in Volume 1: 'On Doing an Evil Deed Blues ' 'St. Louis Blues ' 'Poor Boy a LongWays from Home ' 'Uncloudy Day ' 'John Henry' and 'In Christ There Is No East or West.' Within these transcriptions Andrew Lardner has provided admirers of John Fahey's body of work with theessential keys to launch their own journeys into replicating the sounds and style of Fahey's landmark solos from Blind Joe Death.

Unlock the secrets of playing and composing in alternate tunings with this unique comprehensive book/CD pack! Includes an introduction to alternate tunings and the players who have pioneered them (including tips from David Wilcox David Crosby Alex de Grassi Duncan Sheik and more) 12 in-depth lessons in 11 tunings 10 full songs to play a special section on how to create your own tunings an extensive list of 60 tunings to try - with artist songs and examples and accessible arrangements in standard notation and tab. The complete guide to a new world of playing by the master teachers at Acoustic Guitar magazine!