Note - Patterns

This book will help readers recognize and remember commonly used note patterns and sequences in fiddle tunes and string band music to make creating interesting variations easier. Author Joe Weidlich analyzes four traditional favorites - including The Wreck of the Old '97 - showing how guitarists can substitute notes and patterns painlessly!

Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns-This book is a condensed made-for-guitar version of Nicolas Slonimsky’s publication Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns - the book that musicians as diverse as John Coltrane and Frank Zappa used for ideasand inspiration. Musicians familiar with the original Thesaurus know that it contains a daunting amount of information crammed in it’s over 230 pages. But there is a definite symmetry and logic in these Slonimsky examples.What appear to be random patterns are actually mathematical combinations of some or all of the twelve notes in music. As the musician/student plays through the examples the patterns will unfold and become more obvious.

Par COROZINE VINCE. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 of the 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, and bass.Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass piano parts,making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues and pentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swing eighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context of accompanying a soloist (comping): in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazz soloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book.If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time you complete it! Includes access to online audio. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 ofthe 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, andbass. Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass pianoparts, making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues andpentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swingeighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context ofaccompanying a soloist (comping) - in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazzsoloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book. If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time youcomplete it! Includes access to online audio. / Jazz / Etude / Piano

With the help of this book Jim Ferguson who is one of the foremost names in jazz guitar instruction helps you unleash the improvisational power of the same fingerboard shapes that are utilized by many guitargreats.Material includes numerous major minor and dominant chord-based patterns and superimpositions along with a host of ideas and concepts to help you assemble them into dynamic solos. Four complete solos on commonsong forms/progressions are included along with a 28-track CD. Presented in standard notation and TAB.

Country Guitar Styles - 2nd Edition. Learn those beautiful hot licks and fingerpicking patterns of country music. You'll learn all about the various types of country music, from classic to current-from Western Swing to bluegrass and everywhere between. Get beyond the cowboy chords to more complex arrangements, signature opening licks, and solos that characterize today's country hits. Online audio tracks illustrate these licks and concepts in context, and the book shows you exactly how to play them. You will learn how to play: Single and double-note lead style: Rhythm guitar styles: String bending, including single-, double-, and triple-note bends: Triadic pedal steel styles: Fingerpicking technique: Western swingstyle: Bluegrass lead and rhythm style: Sound effects, to make your guitar sound like a marimba, Theremin, banjo, and more! Learn those beautiful hot licks and fingerpicking patterns of country music. You'll learn all about the various types of country music, from classic to current-from Western Swing to bluegrass and everywhere between. Get beyond the cowboy chords to more complex arrangements, signature opening licks, and solos that characterize today's country hits. Online audio tracks illustrate these licks and concepts in context, and the book shows you exactly how to play them. You will learn how to play: Single and double-note lead style: Rhythm guitar styles: String bending, including single-, double-, and triple-note bends: Triadic pedal steel styles: Fingerpicking technique: Western swingstyle: Bluegrass lead and rhythm style: Sound effects, to make your guitar sound like a marimba, Theremin, banjo, and more!

ASAP Bluegrass Guitar is designed for folks wishing to become highly proficient bluegrass players. You'll be able to combine sophisticated left-hand fingerings with both simple and intricate right-hand picking patterns.Appropriate for beginning guitar players or more experienced players wishing to learn specifics and songs in the bluegrass style. With this book and the accompanying 2 CDs you'll learn the basics single-note melodies how to embellish basic melodies embellish melodies by adding notes from the major scale embellishing melodies with added chords strums Carter-style playing shuffle rhythm patterns alternate bass strumming the bluesin bluegrass intros turnarounds and endings using the capo cross picking improvising a solo practising effectively and much more!Some of the more popular bluegrass songs you'll learn are: Billy in the Lowground • New River Train • Wildwood Flower • Foggy Mountain Blues • Clinch Mountain Blues • Red Haired Boy • Forked Deer • Bill Cheatham • All the Good Times Past and Gone • Blackberry Blossom • Temperance Reel • Salt Creek • Devil's Dream • June Apple • Black Mountain Rag • Saint Anne's Reel • Banks of the Ohio • Beaumont Rag • Salty Dog Blues • John Henry • and many more. Start playing bluegrass guitar... ASAP!

A valuable tutor which demonstrates the essential patterns that all great guitarists know and use. Learn how to play lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard in any key and in a variety of styles. Includes tuition onmoveable patterns double-note licks and sliding pentatonic scales with easy to follow diagrams. Includes online audio with full demo tracks for all the examples.

REH Book/Audio Pack. Learn blues comping patterns from the master! Robben Ford reveals the chords and driving rhythm patterns he used to create great blues back-ups: funky shuffle and slow blues rhythms; two- and three-notemoveable shapes; 'sliding sixths' patterns; intro/ending licks; seven different 7th chord voicings; and more 60-minute audio accompaniment.