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'The strangest most complex and bizarre of all blues artists.' ? John Fahey Skip James is perhaps the most stylistically original of the blues performers from the Mississippi River Delta region with his unusual Dm (Crossnote) tuning haunting falsetto vocals and an intense variable marriage of music and text. James made a number of recordings for Paramount before the Depression carried him into obscurity but those recordings would form the basis of his reputation and secure him as one of the legends of that classic era of blues. In this 2 DVD set Tom Feldmann brings you through Skip's classic 1931 bluesrecordings as well as a few fan favorites from his rediscovery years Crow Jane Worried Blues Look Down the Road and All Night Long. Nearly all of the 1931 guitar recordings were played using Crossnote tuning and DVD One is dedicated to those songs with Feldmann teaching you every aspect of Skip's playing in this tuning. DVD Two continues with two more classics in Crossnote tuning and then turns to Standard tuning for songs in D and E positions and ends with Skip's lone Spanish tuning (Open G) recording Special Rider Blues. Tablature is included as a PDF file on each DVD. In addition the original 1931 recordings of the songs covered are included as well as live footage of Skip James from the 1966 Newport Folk Festival.

Start playing jazz Guitar. This book will help you understand and master the essential concepts and techniques of jazz whatever style you may already know. You'll learn jazz theory and harmony through learning and practicing scales diatonic seventh chords and harmonic tensions. You will also learn to use chord and tension substitutions in order to give a jazz feel to any existing song. Accompanying recordings demonstrate ideas and let you practice playing along with the author.?Jane Miller's Introduction to Jazz Guitar is a wonderful volume for beginning and intermediate level jazz guitarists. It's like a Swiss Army knife of melodic harmonic rhythmic anddynamic possibilities with an eye toward giving aspiring jazz guitarists just about everything they need to know in order to grow and improve. A well thought-out approach intelligently written with clear examples and explanations. Highly recommended!? Mick Goodrick Professor Berklee College of Music?This book is filled with great information accompanied by energetic explanations and musical examples. As a specialist in jazz guitar Jane Miller has covered most everything you will need to make great music and have confidence and knowledge to explore. This is a terrific work of art.? Jamie Glaser Anderson Ponty Band

Celtic Music For Flute And Guitar by Allan Alexander and Jessica Walsh contains 20 pieces transcribed for flute and guitar most of them originating from Ireland and Scotland. Five of them are charming original pieces written in the Celtic style by Allan and Jessica. The music is presented in both music notation and guitar tablature for people who do not read music.Take a musical journey with dances that were written more than 400 years ago and experience Celtic traditional music that is the mainstay of modern players. If you are learning and looking for great music this is one book that you will not be able to put down. If you are a performer looking for highquality material these great pieces expertly arranged will become part of your permanent repertoire.The accompanying CD gives the musician the advantage of being able to hear how these pieces should be played by experts in this genre of music and will make the learning process easier. Some of the pieces were written for the Lute; however Allan Alexander has found that they work very well on the guitar. Being an accomplished player of both lute and guitar he has the knowledge to make accurate musical transcriptions. Other pieces in this book are traditional tunes that have been arranged specifically for guitar. Many of the selections have variations on the original melodies. This adds another dimension to the music and enhances the performance.

The Music Medals series is designed for young/novice instrumentalists taught in a group situation offering an annual graded assessment beginning with the very basics. This set of ensemble pieces for guitarists is for the upper Gold level giving more difficult challenges in group performance. The pieces are specifically commissioned by the ABRSM to explore the skills needed to establish a strong start in ensemble playing.

The East Coast, from Florida up to Virginia, gave birth to a vibrant fingerstyle blues tradition, documented on recordings from the mid-1920s up into the 1970s and 1980s. In East Coast Fingerstyle Blues Guitar, author John Miller has selected some of the most interesting and exciting recorded performances from that period to present to you, with transcriptions of the performances in TAB and standard notation, lyrics to the songs provided, playing tips that will help you get the songs up and running as soon as possible, and links to the original recorded performances, so that your own playing can be informed by the playing of the masters.A particular focus of the book is the repertoire of three of the strongest practitioners of East Coast Blues?Buddy Moss, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller. You?ll also find two songs each by Luke Jordan and William Moore, a Blind Blake tune and a host of songs from artists who qualify for the designation talent deserving of wider recognition: Peg Leg Howell, Carl Martin, Floyd Council, Virgil Childers, Sonny Jones, Gabriel Brown, Ralph Willis, Willie Trice and Henry Johnson, many of whose songs are being made available for the first time.If you?re looking for fingerstyle guitar pieces with a great range of feeling, musical variety and depth of expression, you need look no further than East Coast Fingertyle Blues Guitar. It will give you the information and background you need for a total immersion in this exciting music. Includes access to online audio.

Classroom Pops!Classroom Pops! is a highly effective flexible new collection of classroom songs for children each complete with a lesson plan and backing track CD. Designed toinvolve the whole classroom and suitable for both class teachers and music specialists alike this new series is an exciting user-friendly approach to getting children singing!Lesson PlanEachClassroom Pops! song has been specially arranged for children's voices by Jane Sebba and Joanna Mangona and includes a lesson plan that can be followed over several sessions. Also included are rhythm games vocalwarm-ups and step-by-step guidance on how to teach the song. Ideas for continuation work are also included allowing the teacher to craft a rounded lesson plan.Accompaniment andSupportClassroom Pops! allows the teacher to formulate interesting and engaging classroom singing lessons without the necessity to read music. The accompanying CD includes backing and performancetracks as well as ideas for class percussion. However a complete PVG score is printed for Piano players and music readers. Downloadable instrumental parts in C B flat and E flat are also available should teachers wish to includeinstrumental work in their sessions.

The key of E shouts out: 'Play the blues.' It is the most popular setting for playing in the style of Lightnin' Hopkins. Chicago bluesmen love playing in E. But there are other approaches of fingerpicking blues in the key of E. In this lesson we will explore styles and techniques as played by some of the legendary bluesmen. Charley Jordan's unique approach will be taught with note-by-note transcriptions of his 1930's recordings of 'Keep It Clean' and 'Hunkie Tunkie Blues'. Big Joe Williams' classic 'Baby Please Don't Go' will combine a little of the old (with a Mance Lipscomb right hand technique) with a taste of the new (licks from Booker T. & the MGs).The perennial 'Careless Love' and 'I Shall Not Be Moved' have touches of Mississippi John Hurt while 'Crow Jane' takes its cues from the playing of Big Bill Broonzy and Brownie McGhee. 'Pigmeat Shuffle' combines the bass and licks of Rev. Gary Davis. And of course Lightnin' Hopkins' playing is included with an arrangement combining many of his trademark licks. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. The Bonus Audio section presents a wide assortment of bluesmen playing the tunes taught in various settings.  Titles include: 'Baby Please Don't Go' 'Pigmeat Shuffle' 'Crow Jane' 'I Shall Not Be Moved' 'Careless Love' 'Hunkie Tunkie Blues' 'Keep It Clean' and 'Texas Lightnin' Blues'. 107 minutes - Level 2/3 - Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD.