Stock your musical toolbox with Cool Open String Licks! Whether you're just learning how to play guitar or you're a more seasoned player who wants to expand your vocabulary of open-position licks this book is for you! You'll find 76 licks in rock blues country R&B funk jazz and bluegrass styles. Each lick is partnered with detailed instructions on how it should be played as well as a demonstration track on the enclosed CD. There's no better way to build your arsenal of licks and lay the foundation for your soloing chops - today!

All the scales you'll ever need... NOW! Compact format... Easy diagrams... The ultimate instant reference...Easy Scales; Pentatonic Scales; Major & Minor Scales; Modes; Weird & Wonderful Scales!. They're all in here!So forget bulky encyclopedias and start discovering the scales that matter... All you need is Guitar Scales... To Go!

The Flatpicking Sourcebook is a comprehensive collection that teaches the fundamental techniques involved in this important playing method. Written by Italian virtuoso Beppe Gambetta this weighty bookcovers all the essentials along with examples in standard notation tab and downloadable demonstrations. Flatpicking is a Guitar technique that involves playing with a plectrum as opposed to the fingers. Amaster of this technique and many styles of music Beppe Gambetta is your guide in this newly-translated edition of his definitive guide to playing in this style.  From the fundamentals- left and right hand techniques plectrum grip - all the way to solo pieces duets and ensemble arrangements this is both a fantastic introduction to Flatpicking Guitar and a useful resource for moreexperienced players looking for a reference work. Other essential topics in The Flatpicking Sourcebook are warm-ups strumming crosspicking scales improvisation open tunings anddifferent arrangements. Not only will Gambetta teach you how to flatpick you will get important practice with the 75 exercises licks solo pieces and other arrangements also demonstrating the full extent of thisfascinating and rich style. The accompanying download card includes demonstrations of all the material by Beppe Gambetta himself letting you hear a true master show you how it'sdone. This thorough and authoritative Flatpicking Sourcebook is a detailed guide to the techniques and fundamentals of an inimitable style passed down through generations ofgenius musicians.

The Hal Leonard Bluegrass Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning bluegrass guitar. This book uses popular bluegrass songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead playing in the styles of Doc Watson Tony Rice Maybelle Carter Lester Flatt and many others.Lessons include Carter strumming alternating bass waltz strums using the capo hammer-ons pull-offs slides crosspicking and much more. The accompanying online audio includes 43 tracks for demonstration and play-along.

Play Guitar with the CD backing tracks and the matching music booklet (DVD insert sized) included in the case. This pack includes five great songs by The Police.On the CD: Two specially recorded 'soundalike'backing tracks of each song:Full demo with Guitar showing you how the song should sound.Backing track without Guitar for you to play along with on your own Guitar.In the Musicbooklet:Music chords and lyrics. Learn the Guitar part from the tab or the standard notation.

Essential Guitar: The Modes Series-Learn to improvise compose and recognize modal music. Also includes a guitar jam track and licks in the style of Joe Satriani. Lessons by Danny Gill. The modes of the major scale have been used for centuries as a compositional tool and as a source for improvisation. This excellent DVD series will to take you through each of the 7 modes step by step so that you will be able to improvise compose and recognize modal music. Each DVD includes licks in the style of a featured artist and a guitar jam track. The Locrian Mode turotials include: Locrian scale patterns · finding the relative major scale · recognizing and creating Locrian chord progressions · Locrian arpeggios · Locrianlicks including legato technique · pick tapping and open string licks · and three licks in the style of Joe Satriani. Danny Gill is a former pupil of Joe Satriani and co-author of the Musicians Institute Rock Lead Guitar series. His songs have appeared on numerous TV shows including 'The Osbournes' as well as motion picture soundtracks such as 'Insomnia' and 'Under Siege.'

Learn five Avenged Sevenfold tracks note for note with Andy James. This superb DVD teaches you some of the best riffs and solos from this modern American rock band! Tracks include: Bat Country The Beast And The Harlot Almost Easy Afterlife Trashed And Scattered The DVD includes over 2 hours of lessons plus guitar jam tracks to practise and perform with.

By offering you the possibility to practice rock improvisations this coursebook teaches you how to solo in this particular style letting you perform in a musical environment which simulates actual group situations. The enclosed CD contains 12 complete backing tracks (Drums Bass and Guitar) to which as a beginning and intermediate guitarist you can learn to play the numerous solos proposed in this coursebook contextually appropriately and as an advanced intermediate or advanced guitarist you will be able to play personal versions freely in many different styles. Thus while some of you will simply discover the pleasure of playing superb rock solos others will use theideas presented in this coursebook to further their personal style and improvisational skills. The songs in this coursebook feature varying difficulties and cover diverse rock directions such as classic rock pop-rock southern rock slow rock blues rock...armed with this level of knowledge you are fully prepared to meet all foreseeable future challenges. By offering you the possibility to practice rock improvisations this coursebook teaches you how to solo in this particular style letting you perform in a musical environment which simulates actual group situations.The enclosed CD contains 12 complete backing tracks (Drums Bass and Guitar) to which as a beginning and intermediate guitarist you can learn to play the numerous solos proposed in this coursebook contextually appropriately and as an advanced intermediate or advanced guitarist you will be able to play personal versions freely in many different styles.Thus while some of you will simply discover the pleasure of playing superb rock solos others willuse the ideas presented in this coursebook to further their personal style and improvisational skills.The songs in this coursebook feature varying difficulties and cover diverse rock directions such as classic rock pop-rock southern rock slow rock blues rock...armed with this level of knowledge you are fully prepared to meet all foreseeable future challenges.

Guitar Play-Along DVD Volume 29-The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick and fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know!

Robben Ford is simply one of the most emulated modern blues players of our time. In this DVD his impeccable soloing techniques and tasty phrasing are brought to the forefront. You'll learn dozens of Robben's favorite phrases as he plays several tunes loaded with classic Ford riffs. Robben also answers questions about theory style recording technique influences and using altered scales. The video features a live performance of Robben's ???Cannonball Shuffle??? where you can cop every lick as his burning solo is shown in real time and in slow motion. Includes a 50-page printable PDF file with solos and examples. All songs aretranscribed in music and tab. Running time: 1 hour 48 minutes.