This collection of highlights is intended for guitarists who have already studied for one or two years. Advanced players can enjoy this book as well of course. Presented in both tablature and notation.Grade: 2-3

In this Musicians Institute Master Class edition David Oakes teaches both fundamental and advancing Classical and fingerstyle guitar techniques. Aimed at any guitarist who wants a quick thorough grounding in the essential techniques of fingerpicking and classical styles style guitar technique this book covers free stroke and rest stroke natural and artificial harmonics three-to-a-string patterns. Includes CD with demonstrations of all examples exercises and full demo tracks.

The World's Great Classical Music. Featuring intermediate to advanced solo classical guitar arrangements with tablature this collection contains pieces by composers including: Albéniz Bach Beethoven Besard Carcassi Dowland Giuliani Pachelbel Scarlatti Sor Tárrega Weiss and others.

Juan Martin's internationally-acclaimed series which reveals the art of playing the flamenco Guitar. A video series of six lessons is now presented on two DVDs with a total duration of three hours.Juan Martin explains and demonstrates the essential techniques and rhythmic forms of flamenco Guiar playing in six lessons designed for all players from beginning to advanced.The lessons show you in detail many varieties of basic rhythms which form the foundation of flamenco Guitar styles. They also give a wealth of traditional and modern flamenco solos accurately transcribed into music notation and easy-to-follow 'cifra' tablature all presented in a video series of sixlessons. In this way you learn not only how to play but also what to play as the lessons build into a substantial repertoire of flamenco music.Juan Martin is a Guitarist in the great tradition of flamenco. From early beginnings immersed in the flamenco culture of Andalucia he mastered the skills of accompanying flamenco singers and dancers before his emergence as an innovative soloist who is now an internationally-celebrated concert and recording artist with many albums to his credit.

Week five includes lessons on major and minor pentatonic motifs note placements major pentatonics for soloing using the open high E string using the E diminished chord and dominant arpeggios. Advanced blues in six weeks is the next step from the already classic 'Electric Blues In Six Weeks'. This series goes deep into the possibilities of blues soloing analysing the true diversity between between some of the best blues guitar players who have explored the genre. From the string bending and jazz concepts of BB King to the amazing fast blues rock runs of Joe Bonamassa. Concepts such as diminished scale usage made popular by Robben Ford are demonstrated and taughtfor practical application.Artists such as Larry Carlton also bring a jazz flavour to the blues and popular ideas such as playing off of the 'five chord' are discussed and utilized. For anyone trying to take their playing to the next level Advanced blues in six week will give you plenty of new ideas licks and inspiration to help you take a further step into better understanding and playing of blues guitar.

A sparkling collection of 12 classic American blues songs arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar. All arrangements are in notation and tablature and convey the exciting yet earthy moods found in this popular genre. Audio isavailable as a FREE download. Difficulty from 'easy-intermediate' to 'advanced.' Chord symbols are included for use in ensemble situations. Standard notation and tablature.

Classical music and DADGAD tuning prove to be a beautiful combination as Rob MacKillop's latest book shows. You will be surprised just how easy it can be to master classics from like likes of Beethoven Mozart Vivaldi Tchaikovsky and others with your guitar. Like the other books in MacKillop's DADGAD series the songs start off easy with tunes such as Ode to Joy and progress through intermediate and ontoadvanced where you will be able to play the entire Cello Suite No.1 by Bach.This collection of tunes each have their own downloadable audio tracks you can play along to providing you with techniques andexcercises to help you progress through this impressive selection of timeless classics.

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.

Albert Lee is a legendary guitarist whose speed phrasing feel and choice of notes has earned the reputation as the world's premier country guitarist. This Country Boy DVD combines two of his best-selling videos: Advanced Country Guitar and Virtuoso Techniques into one fantastic method. Advanced Country Guitar features Albert playing some of his all-time favourite tunes and analysing his baffling technique in depth! From his hybrid Travis-picking style chord voicings scalar ideas to analysis of his classic guitar parts. Virtuoso Techniques focuses on the components that make up Albert's style. Using dozens of practicalexamples he covers classic intros and endings; lines using thirds sixths and tenths; banjo-style picking; chord progressions using open-string rolls; pedal-steel-type bends; and voice-leading. Special Features include Interview with Albert about his experiences playing live. Bonus lesson on chicken pickin' and over 250 printable pages of note-for-note transcriptions.

Learn To Play Fingerpicking Guitar-10 Easy Lessons: Learn To Play Fingerpicking Guitar introduces you to right hand fingerpicking patterns that can be applied to any chord chord progression or song.Playing chord shapes with thesepatterns will allow you to provide accompaniment for any song.After completing this book you will have a solid understanding of fingerpicking and may wish to study more advanced styles such as Ragtime Classical andFlamenco.

Technique exercises for the intermediate to advanced guitarist compiled by Chad Johnson. Techniques featured include Alternate Picking, Economy Picking, Sweep Picking, Fingerstyle, Chicken Pickin', Classical, Legato and Tapping. / Guitare / 40 pages / Partition Cd

Best Traditional Folk Solos-Mel Bay Fingerstyle Curriculum: Best Traditional/Folk Solos is designed to provide intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarists with a wide variety of attractive solo pieces to add to theirrepertoires.The material contained in these volumes is ideal for performance at professional engagements - whether concerts cocktail parties or club dates. These solos can also be used for educational purposes and enjoyedby students and teachers alike. Mel Bay Fingerstyle Curriculum: Best Traditional/Folk Solos is a collection of beautiful arrangements of traditional folk tunes as well as a few contemporary pieces composedin the folk style.Both standard classical Guitar notation and tablature are provided throughout for the convenience of those who are more comfortable reading in one style or the other. All tunes in the book are included onthe CD.