Classic guitarist Andrew York of the renowned Los Angeles Guitar Quartet displays his extra- ordinary compositional skills in these three reflective solo guitar pieces entitled Wish; Into Dark; and Higher Ground. Written instandard notation only.

All 11 tracks from the 2004 follow-up album to this Arizona band's massive hit 'The Middle.' Transcribed by Steve Gorenberg this Play It Like It Is book features the complete guitar tab note-for-note.

Guitar Play-Along Volume 95-Guitar Play-Along Volume 95: Blues Classics will help you play your favourite blues songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD to hear how the Guitar should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so PC

Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit enormous musical intelligence technical brilliance an encyclopedic memory driving passion deep faith araunchy and gracious sense of humor. A mystic. He is an icon of the style of Guitar he was born into known today as the Piedmont blues. Through players of the first half of the twentieth century like Alfred Shultz MoseRanger Merle Travis and Chet Atkins this is the signature American fingerpicking style that would so deeply inform the country folk blues and even rock and roll of our day.Rev. Davis (1896-1972) was bornblack in deep poverty in South Carolina blind from an early age. He overcame these longest of odds to become world famous a giant of American music. He brought together black and white styles country gospel folk themes blues jazz ragtime minstrel songs dance tunes and popular song. He developed his own brilliant fingerpicking style that was deep economical and adaptable enough to easily cover all these genres. Supporting all hiscreativity was an unshakable faith that pulled him through the obscurity the bitter hard times and crushing poverty he would endure until the folk music awakening of the fifties and sixties caught up to him.In this bookand accompanying audio Ernie Hawkins has transcribed 18 of Rev. Davis' best known gospel arrangements. The playing of Rev. Davis has influenced generations of Guitar players from Blind Boy Fuller to Dave VanRonk David Bromberg Ry Cooder Jorma Kaukonen Bob Weir Stefan Grossman and Woody Mann. His tunes have been recorded by a host of today's finest rock musicians: The Grateful Dead Hot Tuna Bob Dylan Jackson Browne and others.

Countless musicians have been inspired upon hearing Charlie Christian for the first time. In this exciting book the author has compiled 39 precise solo transcriptions (in notation only) as well as a thorough analysisof each. There is also a complete 'how to' section that is a book in itself. The author has recorded each transcription in slow and fast versions. The book contains some of Charlie's best work including the Jam Sessions atMinton's John Hammond's Spirituals to Swing concert and the Celestial Express Blue Note Recordings.Charlie Christian was the first to popularise the use of the electric Guitar in jazz. He was the pioneer who ledthe way. Includes access to online audio.

Joe Satriani is one of the most respected and successful instrumental; guitarists in rock history. In a career spanning twenty years there is almost nothing this fretboard master hasn't done with a guitar! The combination of musical notation and guitar tablature in this book coupled with the backing tracks on the CD gives you the opportunity to learn eight of Joe Satriani's tracks note for note and then jam with a professional band.

Guitar Recorded Versions-This volume is the matching folio of Guitar transcriptions of all the songs from the 2003 Greatest Hits album that features the best tunes from the last four albums: Blood Sugar Sex Magik One Hot Minute Californication and By The Way; including hard tracks Soul To Squeeze and Save The Population. All songs are arranged with guitar tablature and standard notation plus the full lyrics and chords.

This book of hymns and popular sacred melodies is a note for note transcription of Rick Foster's award winning album. All solos were transcribed by Rick Foster and are in notation and tablature. The arrangements are intermediateto advanced and comprise some wonderful solo settings for use in a variety of church and concert settings.

This comprehensive edition brings together all of the standard pieces in the adopted Albeniz 'guitar repertoire' along with additional pieces that complete many of the suites and other groupings as published during the composer'slifetime. These solo arrangements were made while consulting the earliest editions of the piano originals and are faithful to Albeniz tempo indications dynamics phrasing slurs and other expression markings. The selectionsare: Pavana-Capriccio Op. 12 (1992); Suite espanola Op. 47 (1886); Recuerdos de viaje Op. 92 (1888); Doce piezas espanolas Op. 164 (1889); Espana seis hojas de album Op. 165 (1890); Serenata espanola (Cadiz cancion) Op.181 (1890); Mallorca barcarola Op. 202 (1890); Zambra granadina danse orientale WoO (1891); Cadiz-gaditana WoO (1891); and Chants d'Espagne Op. 232 (1891-1894). Carefully researched and meticulously fingered in thescholarly manner one would expect from Stanley Yates.

Essential Bach Arranged for Guitar provides guitarists with a new approach to many of Bach's masterpieces. The fingerings in the arrangements make the guitar sound rich and full as if the pieces were written for the instrument. Attention is given to the musical line by using cross-string fingerings ina consistent manner. This approach allows the harmonies to become more evident as well. By using a more musical approach for the fingerings playing Bach on the guitar no longer feels cumbersome. Suggested dynamics andarticulations are also included. Fingerings and slurs are notated close to the notes for easy reading.

Selections from The Elusive Light and Sound - Volume 1-Selections from The Elusive Light and Sound - Volume 1 contains 32 tunes from all of Vai's work for film and TV soundtracks - including transcriptions of the searing duel scene in Crossroads between Vai and Ry Cooder. This is definitely one selection that really demonstrates the breadth of his skill and the depth of his versatility a must for any serious Vai fan or guitar aficionado. Tracks include: Air Guitar Hell Amazing Grace The Battle The Dark Hallway Don't Sweat It Eugene's Trick Bag Fried Chicken Head Cuttin' Duel What! and more!

A timeless collection of fourteen of the very best bossa nova standards with standard notation chord symbols and chord diagrams. Complete with full lyrics.