Solos Sound Spectacular

Method for Alto Saxophone-A unique learning method for Alto Saxophone complete with two supporting CDs that assumes no previous musical knowledge and will teach you all you need to play hot rock solos and other exciting music! Ruud Chermin's tutorial starts at the very beginning with your first notes and blowing techniques before carefully introducing music-reading more rhythms and a host of great little pieces. Every example is supported on the accompanying CD so you always know how things should sound. At every stage you are encouraged to improvise and experiment and the CDs also feature a clutch of specially recorded backing tracks to help boost your confidence as your abilitiesprogress.Before you know it you'll be playing some spectacular rock solos!

Instructional DVD-Steve Lukather the Grammy Award-winning lead guitarist with the super group Toto is considered one of the foremost rock guitarists of today. Steve has performed or recorded with a plethora of top artists like Carlos Santana Larry Carlton Les Paul Elton John Paul McCartney and Michael McDonald to name a few. He has won several Grammy Awards as a songwriter producer and guitarist. On this DVD Steve takes you step by step through a spectacularassortment of his best licks and solos in this video session recorded in 1985. You'll learn the licks and leads to such hits as “Rosanna ” “Carmen ” “Hold the Line ” and “Lovers in theNight.” He also shares important tips and techniques in speed picking position shifting traveling scales false harmonics and melodic phrasing as well as equipment and effects demonstrations. You're carefully takenthrough every lick which you can follow in the accompanying instructional booklet. However there's no need to read music because the booklet comes with fretboard diagrams. This is truly a unique opportunity to receive a privateguitar lesson from one of the most influential and versatile guitarists today whose musical compositions have helped shape the sound of popular music. 36 minutes.