Alternate Tunings for Guitar: Guitar Solo

To Alternate Tunings-Discover the secrets of four alternative tunings with Kirtley's accessible arrangements and make your first steps into this exciting and contemporary approach to the Guitar. By straying from the standard EADGBE tuning system aworld of new harmonic possibilities open up some of which are explored through Kirtley's exciting solo pieces. You will learn:How to tune your guitar in four new waysHow to find the tunings without an electronictunerThe pros and cons of alternate tuningsFull on-screen instruction for each song including split-screen detailHarmonic 'chime' techniquesRight-hand fingerstyle techniques

Teach yourself how to play Guitar with Progressive Open Tunings For Guitar.The book covers popular alternative tunings including dropped-D dropped-G and many open chord tunings. Progressive OpenTunings For Guitar also covers the important techniques required to learn to play the Guitar including hammer-ons pull-offs slides bends harmonics and string muting.Suitable for all ages and all types ofGuitars including acoustic Guitars and electric Guitars.Includes 81 Guitar exercises Guitar chord progressions Guitar riffs Guitar licks Guitar solos and popular easy Guitar music in blues Guitar folk Guitar jazzGuitar and rock Guitar styles. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read Guitar music Guitar chords and easy Guitar tabs.Progressive Open Tunings For Guitar comes with 1 DVD and 1DVD-ROM containing Guitar videos and audio demonstrating all examples. Basic knowledge of how to read music and playing Guitar is required to teach yourself to learn to play Guitar from this book.Includes free Guitar chordposter.

Par BAUGHMAN STEVE. This book is devoted to introducing guitarists to the basics of playing in alternate tunings. This book provides an in-depth look at four popular tunings, Open C, Open G, DADGAD and Orkney Tuning. Chord charts are provided for each tuning, along with tab and notation for blues and textural riffs, song arrangements, and exercises for using the tunings as vocal accompaniment - a valuable tool for demystifying this exciting way of playing guitar. Companion CD included. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Guitare

Hawaiian slack key Guitar (Ki Ho'alu) is one of the world's great acoustic Guitar traditions. This tradition includes virtuoso Guitar pieces but the majority of songs played slack key are classic Hawaiian melodies eitherplayed as instrumentals or as accompaniment to vocals with instrumental breaks between the verses. The term ''slack key'' does not refer to a type of Guitar but rather to any Guitar played in the slack key style that is in alternate tunings with ''slacked'' strings and fingerstyle technique. Acknowledged slack key master Keola Beamer is a member of a family known for its musical artistry for generations. We are fortunate to have him writing inconjunction with veteran Mel Bay author educator and multi-instrumentalist Mark Nelson who simply followed his love of the music to the Islands. Written in standard notation and tablature to accommodate numerous alternatetunings this book is presented in four sections: 1) The most common tuning introduced by fairly easy songs2) Illustrations of how to build your own arrangements3) A presentation of various slackkey tunings4) A selection of duets in the slack key style.Historical and cultural insights are offered throughout in the spirit of aloha producing an informative musically enlightening book with souland humor. The companion audio download available online features tuning tracks and informal introductions of the audio content by the authors plus some beautiful slack key music.

This method is aimed at those looking to explore all the facets and techniques of beautiful folk Guitar or simply acoustic Guitar in general. This book provides advice on techniques like fingerpicking and flatpicking as well as arpeggio and chord accompaniment. The use of the capo an essential part of folk Guitar is covered in a separate chapter along with alternate tunings. Finally techniques like slide hammer-ons pull-offs are covered along with basic percussive techniques. All this is illustrated with a number of acoustic tunes in the style of great artists like Bob Dylan Tracy Chapman Cat Stevens Simon

Matt Smith. Introduces you to fifty essential tunings needed for rock acoustic blues alternative and metal styles. Features tunings accompanied by typical progressions and grooves of each as well as performance notes.

Steve Baughman (Taught). Par BAUGHMAN STEVE. This DVD showcases guitarist Steve Baughman demonstrating his incredible fingerstyle creativity while he performs guitar solo settings on 14 Celtic and traditional compositions. Of special interest is Steve's analysis of alternate tunings and innovative new fingerstyle performance techniques. In addition to well-known Celtic compositions, Steve performs a number of his original guitar solo settings and his own arrangements of several tunes written by the famed Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan. Included on this video are: Lord Inchiquin, John Kelley's Reel, St. Anne's Reel, Planxty Bongwater, Lady Gethin, Planxty George Brabazon, Greensleeves, Frailing, Misses McCloud's Reel, Liberty, Planxty Pegeen, and more. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Celtic/Irish - Concert/Documentary / Accessoire / Guitare

Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar Volume 2-The challenge for those who attempt to translate Celtic traditional music for fingerstyle guitar is to preserve the unique qualities which are the essence of the style. This has been achieved by taking a minimalist approach in arranging and by using alternate tunings. The minimalist direction is characterized by the thought that most of this music consists of but two elements: melody and rhythm. Harmonization in the classical sense tends to sound out of place. With this standard musical device unavailable successful approaches are found in fiddle-and-pipe-like embellishment of melody and rhythmic bass patterns.

Mark Hanson. Includes hundreds of guitar tunings all styles - folk to Celtic to rock - and comprehensive artist listings.