Power and Beyond: Guitar Solo: Instrumental Tutor

In this DVD session Rick gives his personal insights on achieving effective and powerful results in your slide playing. He covers a wide range of topics which include his invaluable tips on: Setting up your guitar correctly to achieve great slide toneSimple phrasing that produces dramatic resultsChanging your sound using different types of slides and ampsExpanding your playing using the slide in standard tuningTransferring blues foundations to rock & roll and beyondG/A tuning plus D/E tuning essentialsDeveloping your personal approach and feel.

Effortless Guitar Series-This DVD will introduce you to the world of octave playing in the style of Wes Montgomery George Benson Joe Pass and Pat Metheny. Learn how to dramatically musically and effortlessly expand your soloing using all of the touch taste tone time and above all tude as in ATTITUDE. Using octaves guitarists can kick-up the melodic possibilities of their soloing far beyond scales licks and chords – and give the player powerful new tools forimprovisation not just in jazz but blues pop and rock. Learn about octaves by learning easy to play contemporary jazz pieces in an effortless progression from the basics to some of the most advanced and expressive octave playingall in the course of one video! Sections include: Octave basics around the neck • using the thumb fingers and pick for maximum versatility • Chord solo concepts using octaves • blues licks scales and chromaticriffs in octaves • Play melodies expressively with octaves developing an awesome touch using right hand tonal techniques • developing a naturally expressive style using techniques such as expressive dynamic contouring• expressive devices such as slurs tremolo slides • additional harmony behond octaves • lots of solo ideas to develop and adapt into your own style.

Real Easy Book 2 - C Version. Following on from the great success of The Real Easy Book Volume 1, The Real Easy Book Volume 2 is perfect for students with a few years of playing experience, right up to working professionals. From jazz classics like Four, Scrapple From The Apple, and Dear Old Stockholm to contemporary tunes like George Benson's Mimosa and Donald Fagen's Walk Between Raindrops this selection of songs will keep you and your audience smiling. The Real Easy Book Volume 2 will save band directors countless hours of writing out scales for soloing, chord voicings, Guitar diagrams and Bass lines - they are all included with each tune. The educational material in this book has been developed in conjunction with Stanford Jazz Workshop. It works.