Format : DVD
SKU: BT.MUSPS11649
ISBN 9781847722683.
Easy Pickings Paul Simon lets you play some of this legendary artist’s greatest songs, finger picking style. It’s easier than you thought possible with Easy Pickings, the exciting new way to master the technique. The music in this book doesn’t use standard notation. Instead, a combination of chord boxes and crosses on the strings illustrate the picking pattern.
SKU: MB.WBM44M
ISBN 9780999698075. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
This collection of 47 favorite guitar picking tunes includes reels, jigs, waltzes, fiddle tunes and more, each presented in standard notation and tablature with backup chords. As these melodies lend themselves well to jamming, this collection is sure to bring any guitarist many hours of picking pleasure. Includes access to an online audio recording of the author performing each piece on a 12-string guitar.
SKU: MB.20743M
ISBN 9780786694471. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
Banjo Picking is the ultimate banjo method to develop tone, timing and rock solid rhythm for the picking hand, thorough in scope from the beginning level to the challenges of extreme banjo. With lots of exercises, tunes, photos and helpful text, tools for learning bluegrass, classical, jazz, folk, urban classic fingerstyle or other music, no finger picking banjoist should be without it. The online audio recording can equip banjoists with all they need to develop skills, repertoire and confidence. Includes access to online audio.
SKU: AP.56-44659
ISBN 9781470627096. UPC: 038081506715. English. With Michael Angelo Batio.
A comprehensive crash course in the art and science of sweep picking, as taught and brilliantly demonstrated by one of the world's most accomplished and respected virtuoso lead guitarists! DVD includes: *Proper sweep picking technique *Sweep-friendly fretboard shapes and patterns *Using sweep arpeggios to outline chord progressions *Combining sweeping with legato techniques *Using tapping to extend range *Adding tapped finger slides for extra tonal color.
SKU: MB.20595M
ISBN 9780786691296. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
Long-time banjo picking ace Alan Munde brings his considerable banjo arranging skills to some of the most played songs in the bluegrass tradition. In these stylistic revealing arrangements, running from straightforward roll approach to the delicately beautiful melodic fingerings, Munde lets the melody of each piece stand out to its fullest. Great Picking Tunes for Banjo includes all-time winners Red Wing, Turkey in the Straw, Arkansas Traveler, Down Yonder, and Home Sweet Home, bluegrass favorites Blackberry Blossom, Cumberland Gap, Black Mountain Rag, John Hardy, and Bury Me Beneath the Willow, fiddle favorites Whiskey Before Breakfast, Flop-Eared Mule, Boston Boy, St. Annes Reel, and 8th of January, plus a host of other jam session standards. In tablature only. Includes access to online audio.
SKU: AP.99-MB310
ISBN 9788863883046. English.
This book is based on the TAPI (The Alternate Picking Improver) course, which is a highly successful course on alternate picking, divided into eight fun lessons of increasing difficulty. The goal of the course is to develop your technique (speed, touch, precision, dynamics), musicality (timing, ear training, knowledge of licks from different musical styles), body positioning (limb and posture control), study method (to define a useful and personal study strategy), and emotional control (confidence in your performance).
SKU: MB.WBM45M
ISBN 9780999698082. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
This collection of 24 original fun-to-play compositions for guitar includes swing, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and even Latin jazz written in notation and tablature. Jumpin' Guitar Jam Tunes will enhance technique and enable the guitarist to develop a â??swinging picking style.â? The pieces are scored in differing keys in order to help explore the nuances of the guitar fingerboard. Includes access to online audio.
SKU: HL.49006477
ISBN 9790001070324. UPC: 073999966879. 7.5x10.75x0.051 inches.
SKU: MB.30818M
ISBN 9781513466606. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
Mandolin Picking Tunes: Early Music Gems by Dix Bruce is a collection of 34 wonderful songs from the 1200s to the 1600s especially arranged for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. The titles span the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras and the sounds of the individual songs reflect those years. The music includes standard notation, accompaniment chords, and tablature. Includes access to online audio recordings of each piece for listening and playing along.
