Acoustic Guitar Fundamentals

If you have always wanted to explore the haunting sounds of acoustic slide guitar or are looking to brush up on your bottleneck basics this easy-to-follow CD lesson book will allow you to master the great style of American roots music. Learn the fundamentals of slide technique with Acoustic Guitar magazine's David Hamburger a master teacher sideman and solo performer specialising in slide and Dobro.

Par MUELLER MICHAEL. Do-It-Yourself Guitar is a fun way to get started playing on your own. Using over 90 well-known pop and rock tunes, you will be given step-by-step instructions on what you need to know to get started and sounding like a pro in no time. Includes over 150 audio tracks for demonstration and play-along, plus video instruction that covers all concepts within! Covers: Guitar fundamentals; reading guitar tablature; fret-hand and pick-hand techniques; chords

Learn to play rock-solid rhythm and expand your chord vocabulary.This 12-pack of lessons from Acoustic Guitar magazine offers all sorts of ways to improve rhythm playing.Learn the fundamentals then discover new chord positions bass lines muting techniques syncopated strums and more.Features exercises licks and full songs to play in notes tab and chord diagrams with all songs and examples on CD.

The Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar - The Basics. Whether your favourite blues guitarist is Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Blind Blake, John Lee Hooker, Big Bill Broonzy, or Mississippi John Hurt, studying the basic techniques presented in this program is the first step toward being able to capture the essence of their traditional styles. In this book, Woody Mann shows you practical ways to develop fundamental technique and offers you insights into the musical logic of blues guitar. Woody walks you through each song, explaining the chord positions and picking techniques. He teaches blues in the keys of D, G, C, E, and A, presenting a wide selection of classic blues songs and instrumentals from the masters of blues guitar. Included in this program are the basics of the Delta blues of Robert Johnson, the ragtime style of Blind Blake (the man with the piano-playing guitar), and the music of Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie, Willie Walker, and Willie Moore. Each song illustrates how solo players approach the guitar like a piano, playing melodies and bass lines simultaneously. Developing this independent two-line picking technique enables you to get the feel, syncopation, and subtleties of the music. The songs in themselves are studies in acoustic blues technique and present the authentic elements of the acoustic blues sound and style including blues technique and ways to play off of the chords and improvise within a song. This program is recommended for beginning acoustic blues guitarists as well as electric guitarists and acoustic fingerstyle guitarists of all levels who would like to go beyond pattern picking and develop a more dynamic and syncopated sound. 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.

Learn to play guitar and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of playing either acoustic or electric guitar. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about various guitar types and the sounds they create, how to care for your very own guitar, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation and tablature. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, 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, Jazz and Folk. Near the end of the book, you will be introduced to advanced tablature techniques such as bends, slides, and palm muting, which will help you color your musical creations with your own unique, rockin' style. The book features the following helpful resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Tablature licks * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Guitar note chart * Magic chord accompaniment guide * Guitar fingerboard chart The accompanying CD provides a helpful reference for play-along and practice. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way. / Guitare

Beginning Acoustic Guitar features Michael Thompson one of rock's most talented session players and Berklee College of Music graduate. Michael has performed with many popular musicians including Michael Jackson Michael Bolton Great White Dokken Reba McEntire Peter Cetera Ringo Starr and The All Starr Band Cher Celine Dion Hall and Oates Earth Wind and Fire and Bette Midler to name just a few. Michael also has his own album out under the Geffen label. Michael presents 30 minutes of solid acoustic guitar basics that are used by every popular musician today. Michael introduces the guitar by starting with the instrument and its parts followed by tuning. He shows youfundamental chords chord progressions and arpeggiated chords. Michael also demonstrtaes minor pentatonic scales strumming patterns finger picking and much more. This DVD covers all the basic fundamentals every guitarist needs to get started.

The Ultimate Beginner Xpress Series takes the fundamentals of the Number One instructional music video (Ultimate Beginner Series) and combines it with the most revolutionary way of learning great songs (SongXpress) in order to create a path of learning designed to get you up and playing in no time. There are certain concepts and fundamentals that are common to all contemporary songs in their genre. Whether it's blues hard rock latin or rock 'n' roll this DVD will teach you the elements of a basic song in each style so you can apply them to your playing and learn hundreds of songs just like them.