Fingerstyle Essentials

In A Nuts and Bolts Approach To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar Rolly Brown teaches an organised approach to exploring and combining rhythm, melody and harmony to create fingerstyle Guitar arrangements.This instructional DVD includes numerous tips, tools and techniques, a look at approaching different musical styles and just enough theoretical knowledge to get you started at arranging your own versions of whatever sort of music you want to create on the Guitar. Numerous examples are shown and discussed.The topics covered include:Arpeggiated rolling rhythmArranging for constant alternate bassChord choice and substitutionThe essential tones conceptArranging with a walking bass lineBossa Nova rhythmRagtimeFingerstyle bluesOriginal compositions / Guitare

Gig Savers Complete Edition-Corey Christiansen: Jazz Guitar Essentials combines nine of the author's previous editions into a comprehensive book that explains the key concepts of jazz Guitar in an accessible approach. Each chapterincludes melodic/harmonic examples with fretboard diagrams standard notation and tablature. Part 1 includes lessons on jazz lines with chapters on digital patterns guide tones and targeting. Part 2 presents thebasics of chord construction and voicing techniques. Triads seventh chords and chords with tensions/embellishments are covered including their inversions drop and quartal voicings. Part 3 presents comprehensive warm-upand technical exercises. Studies begin at the most basic level and progress in difficulty. This chapter provides guitarists with tools for constructing their own technical exercises. Part 4 presents accompaniment patternsfor a wide variety of pop styles such as folk rock/blues country/bluegrass jazz and some Latin styles including bossa nova and samba. Basic fingerstyle accompaniment patterns are taught with rhythmic notation and stringnumbers. Part 5 presents alternate changes and substitutions for the blues that can be easily transposed. (Chapters 3 4 and 5 also are presented in Rock Guitar Essentials: Gig Savers Complete Edition). Part 6includes lessons on common jazz chord substitutions. Topics include chord embellishment alteration degree substitution (iii for I vi for I ii for V) tritone substitution and many other tricks for spicing up chordprogressions. Part 7 covers jazz Guitar comping an essential role in accompaniment. A number of chord shapes and rhythms are taught in the style of Freddie Green bebop and more modern styles. Blues progressions and anetude are included for practicing your comping. Part 8 presents a wealth of information about playing over the last two measures of jazz tunes. The method breaks down the harmonic structures frequently found at the end of

Gig Savers Complete Edition-Corey Christiansen: Rock Guitar Essentials combines the author's five previous pocket-sized editions. This comprehensive Gig Savers book contains everything the beginning guitarist needs to master the rockstyle. Part 1 of this guide gives aspiring rock guitarists a working knowledge of the most basic scales commonly used to improvise rock solos and write rock melodies. A discussion on how each scale can be used over a set ofchords is provided to help guitarists use these scales when performing. Charts provide the names of the notes on the fretboard and a section on sequencing scales makes it possible for guitarists to easily master rock scales.Part 2 teaches the rock guitarist how to play any barre chord providing insight on how to play them with ease and agility. Moveable chord shapes and practice etudes are especially useful for beginners. Part 3 presentscomprehensive warm-up and technical exercises. Studies begin at the most basic level and progress in difficulty. This chapter gives guitarists the information needed to continue constructing their own technical exercises.Part 4 presents accompaniment patterns for a wide variety of pop styles such as folk rock/blues country/bluegrass jazz and some Latin styles including bossa nova and samba. Basic fingerstyle accompaniment patterns aretaught in a simple manner presented with rhythmic notation and string numbers. This chapter pays special attention to the blues covering alternate changes and substitutions in a method that provides easy transposition.

Taught by Danny Gill Absolute Beginner Acoustic Fingerstyle includes a selection of easy to absorb lessons that are designed to teach the beginner guitarist some of the essential basics of Fingerstyle Acoustic guitar playing.These guitar lessons are designed to get the beginning guitarist playing fingerstyle guitar using a variety of patterns that can be applied to any style of music. The beauty of playing fingerstyle is that it allows the guitarist to play a melody and a bass line at the same time making the guitar sound like a complete instrument in much the way a piano does.Lessons includes: Essential acoustic fingerstyle techniques including;how to use a thumbpick • ‘inside-out’ picking • ‘outside in’ picking • the chord ‘pinch’ • syncopation • chord progressions and picking patterns • applying patterns to blues playing • using a capo • choosing a guitar that is right for you and much more!

Intermediate Fingerstyle Guitar is the perfect continuation of Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar. This book is great for fingerstyle guitarists who already know the basics and are ready to proceed to the next level. Along with alternate tunings topics include fingerpicking patterns bass lines modes barre chords diatonic harmony special techniques and an exploration of different music styles. These range from Country Blues Celtic to contemporary new age styles. There is also a essential section on arranging with a clever step-by-step approach. Intermediate Fingerstyle Guitar comes complete with an accompanying CD to help with the learning process.

The Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Method introduces you to the most essential fingerstyle approaches for playing American roots music: Travis picking and steady-bass style. In each of the 18 in-depth lessons you'll learn new techniques concepts and chord voicings and ways to practice and get them under your fingers. Then you'll use what you've just learned to play a classic song or solo break from the blues ragtime folk country and ragtime traditions. Whether you are a teacher or on your own let The Acoustic Guitar Method be your guide to the joys and pleasures of playing Guitar. This comprehensive approach with graded lessons and supplementarysongs is the one tool you'll need to get started. On the companion CDs you'll hear clear performances off all the music in the book.

Based on his popular book published by Acoustic Guitar magazine David Hamburger's DVD lessons provide a comprehensive examination of the two most essential fingerstyle approaches: Travis picking and steady-bass blues style. He teaches each concept and follows it up with a classic song or instrumental from the blues country folk and ragtime traditions: John Henry • Delia • Alberta • St. James Infirmary • St. Louis Blues • and more. LEVEL 2 • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB .PDF • 2 HRS. AND 30 MIN.