Teach Yourself to Play Blues Guitar

Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Ukulele fingerboard chart * Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying DVD provides live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, on-screen music and MP3 audio for every song and lessons hosted by performer and educator, Julia Jordan. This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

Teach yourself how to play blues Guitar with these easy lessons for beginners. Progressive Beginner Blues Guitar covers the essentials of both blues rhythm Guitar and blues lead Guitarplaying.Progressive Beginner Blues Guitar includes 110 blues Guitar exercises chord progressions riffs licks and solos used by today???s best blues and roots Guitarists. In full color throughout withphotos diagrams and easy-to-read music with chords and tab this book comes with 1 CD containing Guitar audio demonstrating all examples.No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the Guitar is required to teach yourselfto learn to play Guitar from this book which is suitable for all ages and all types of Guitars including electric Guitar and acoustic Guitar.

Teach Yourself To Play The Ukulele teaches you everything you need to about how to start playing the instrument. It has an easy to follow approach and makes the learning fun. There are different strumming techniques which help you to play in any style teaches you how to play by ear and includes great folk blues and country songs with lyrics. Suitable for players using A-D-F#-B tuning.

The exciting sound of the Blues born in America finds its way into all styles of music heard around the world. These days everyone hears that familiar colour in rock pop folk classical and other jazz styles. Thiseasy-to-follow and complete programmed course teaches you to create your own Blues music at the Piano.Explanations and examples are given and become even more advanced. This book will work more easily for you when youalready know a little about reading Piano music. Playing the Blues teaches you essential music theory in a fun hands-on way so a Piano teacher can include this as a part of regular lessons.All the elements of basic Bluesare here. This is a guide a textbook and a teacher. If you study music and want to know how to play the Blues style this is the book for you! The accompanying online audio contains 26 of the exercises and examples from thebook.

Teach Yourself Blues Guitar - DVD with Small Booklet-Learn to play blues rhythms and chord progressions. Also blues lead Guitar licks and solos using all the essential Blues lead Guitar scales and patterns.Includes 56 page book.For beginning bluesguitarists.Easy to follow lesson by lesson format.Suitable for all ages.Suitable for all types of guitars.Learn all the important blues chords and blues rhythm patters.Learn to playover 25 blues progressions using easy read rhythm notation.Learn popular blues rhythm techniques such as staccato and damping.Learn blues lead Guitar patterns licks and solos using easy read tab.Learntechniques such as the hammer-on pull-off slide bend and vibrato.

Teach Yourself Rock Bass - DVD with Small Booklet-Specifically designed for students who wish to play Rock Bass either in a group or for fun. The emphasis is on making music immediately. Introduces a system for playing all over the fretboard and creating lines fromany type of scale or arpeggio. Also features an introduction to slapping and popping. All techniques are demonstrated using lots of great sounding riffs.Includes 60 page book.Suitable for beginning RockBass players.Suitable for all ages.Easy to follow lesson by lesson format.Learn to read Bass Guitar music using standard music notation as well as easy read TAB notation.Learn Bass lines usingall of the common notes and rest values used in music.Learn scales riffs and arpeggios so you can create your own Bass lines.All exercises sound great and are fun to play.Learn to play Bass lines in avariety of music styles including Heavy Rock Pop Rock Funk Blues and R&B.

You Can Teach Yourself Blues Harp has been designed to allow the beginning student to gain maximum results in the shortest amount of time. This innovative book enables the student to play rhythm chordsimmediately to create exciting sounds on the Harmonica.The student is guided in improving their ability to hear blues progressions and styles. Upon completion of this method the student will have developed the abilityto handle the demands of most blues music. Written by a masterful teacher with years of studio classroom and workshop experience if you really want to play Blues Harp this book is for you.This package includes aninnovative video demonstrating selected examples from the book. Examples are clearly indicated so the student can find the corresponding exercise in the book. The accompanying recording contains a spoken introduction anddemonstration of each exercise in the book. The recording is split-track with solo Harmonica on one track and accompaniment on the other.

Scott A. Smith teaches you all the essential blues phrasing techniques and tricks. Learn simple concepts like solo construction, phrasing over a 12-bar blues, the blues scale, pentatonic box patterns, and playing multiple scales over a single chord. Also, learn practical, effective techniques like trills, slides, and rakes. In-depth lessons on bending teach you how to use target notes, initial and destination notes, pre-bends, and how to combine bends with box patterns. The included DVD is hosted by Smith and features live demonstrations of the examples in the book. About the Author For the past three decades, Scott A. Smith has remained a dedicated guitarist, musician, and educator. This native Texan started playing guitar in the late '70s and has worked in a variety of genres, including blues, rock, country, and jazz. Scott is a GIT graduate and was featured in the Mike Varney Spotlight column in Guitar Player magazine. No stranger to the road and stage, this veteran guitarist has traveled near and abroad, performing live, teaching, giving clinics, and spreading his love for the instrument. / Guitare

This book teaches you how to play the D-tuned ukulele with an easy-to-follow approach that will have you playing instantly. Different strumming techniques help you play in any style including folk, blues, and country. Great songs like This Land Is Your Land, When the Saints Go Marching In, St. Louis Blues, and many others are included with lyrics. A special section on playing by ear teaches how to figure out your own favorite songs, and a handy chart shows how to transpose any song to the key of your choice. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key.

The Alfred Handy Guides are all designed to be exactly that; a handy guide! They are packed with all the fundamental principals skills techniques useful information and guidance to start playing an instrument whilst being compact enough to fit into your gig bag on your stand or in your guitar case and used as a reference. Teach Yourself to play the Harmonica includes everything you need to know to get started on the Harmonica with a history of the instrument complete note chart chording single note playing and advanced techniques licks in the styles of your favourite performers across the Blues rock pop country and folk styles. Perhapsthe most significant feature is the special note-reading system that will have you playing instantly whether you have experience or not! With classic repertoire pieces photographs and a clear presentation this is a fabulous and successful self-taught Harmonica Method!

Learn to play bass and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about buying a bass guitar, tuning and holding it, fingering and picking styles, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation and tablature. You will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, and bass lines, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and TAB. You will learn to play in an array of musical styles, including rock, Heavy Metal, Blues, country, and jazz. Near the end of the book you will be introduced to the concept of playing from chord sheets, which will assist you in coloring your and others' musical creations with your own unique, rockin' style. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play from popular bass TAB folios and be ready to play in a band. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * TAB licks and bass lines * Bass fingerboard chart * Complete chord chart * Photos showing hand positions and more The accompanying DVD features educator Jared Meeker teaching every lesson and performing all the songs. The DVD also includes TNT 2 software that lets you customize audio tracks for practice. Use it to slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys. You may also stream the video and download the TNT 2 software from a browser. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Guitare Basse

This Alfred Tuition book will tell you everything you need to know to start playing the Harmonica now! For beginners of all ages this clearly presented and informative book for both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas is a complete method that teaches you how to play through an easy-to-understand step-by-step system. In fact using a special note-reading system you will be able to read and play instantly! This method also features a history and maintenance guide for the instrument complete note chart and chording single note-playing and more advanced techniques. Upon completion of this book you will be able to play the Harmonica in all styles from Blues rock pop country and folk styles; perform with a band know how to read music and understand the basics of improvising. Now there is no reason not to learn!

Media Type : Book CD DVD Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Blues Series : You Can Teach Yourself Number of pages : 80 An in-depth look at the basics of acoustic blues guitar. Learn the blues progression, blues chords, strum patterns, how to accompany a blues song, moveable chords, barre chords, the blues scale, turnarounds, fill-ins, the capo, double stops, blues licks, bass line accompaniments, blues techniques, how to build and play an improvised solo, and fingerpicking blues. Also included are dozens of blues solos and 9 great new blues songs! In notation and tablature. This package includes a CD and DVD.