The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History

The Complete Idiot's Guide songbooks are designed to get novice guitarists playing immediately, and playing the songs that inspired them to pick up a guitar in the first place. Each song in The Complete Idiot's Guide books is preceded by a lesson that focuses on the most important technical and musical features. Fingerings, patterns, and techniques are discussed and broken down to help make learning smooth and simple. Most guitar songs are relatively easy to play, and the arrangements in these books are simplified just enough to show those core, natural guitar parts without being overcomplicated, just the way a friend might show another how to play a song one-on-one. Learning is made even simpler with each song written in standard music notation plus TAB and guitar chord diagrams. Learning hit rock songs was never so easy! Pick up The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rock Guitar Songs and learn all 30 tunes from acclaimed artists like Cream, AC ,DC, Guns N' Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Green Day and many more. After Midnight; All Along The Watchtower; American Idiot; Back In Black; Bad Company; Bad To The Bone; Boulevard Of Broken Dreams; Casey Jones; China Grove; Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap; Dr. Feelgood; Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile); For What It's Worth; Gimme Some Lovin'; The House Of The Rising Sun; How You Remind Me; In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida; Jump; Layla; Long Train Runnin'; Mama Told Me Not To Come; Panama; Peter Gunn; The Reason; Sunshine Of Your Love; Sweet Child O' Mine; Truckin'; Welcome To The Jungle; When I Come Around; Wild Night.

This book and two CD combo is like having a friend show you all your favorite bluegrass songs. Bluegrass virtuoso Dennis Caplinger teaches you the techniques and concepts you need to start playing some smokin' mandolin right away---all in the context of 16 bluegrass standards. The included CDs feature full explanations of all techniques and songs, and demonstrations of all the music examples. For each song there is a slow tempo demonstration, a complete demo track featuring a world-class bluegrass band, and a complete band track without mandolin for you to play along with. Plus, with the included TNT software, you can slow tracks down, loop sections, and even change keys for ultimate usability. We've even included a short refresher course on music theory, and a mandolin chord dictionary in the back of the book. / Mandoline