The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world which is why it's so appealing to musicians. Guitar For Dummies 4th Edition gives you everything a beginning or intermediate acoustic or electric guitarist needs: from buying a guitar to tuning it playing it and caring for it. Fully revised and updated with online video and audio clips that help you learn and play along you'll explore everything from simple chords and melodies to more challenging exercises that are designed to satisfy players of all levels. Additionally new players can dive into the basics of guitar and accessory selection. Whether you prefer the cool sounds of the acoustic or the edgiertones of the electric your guitar will get a lot of use as you play your way through the lessons presented in this integral book. But your journey doesn't stop at the last page! With an updated multimedia component you have access to more than 80 online videos and 35 audio tracks that help build your talent.   Play along with online videos and audio tracks to develop and reinforce your new skills Tune your guitar change strings and make simple repairs to keep your instrument in working order Choose the right guitar and equipment for your needs Explore numerous musical styles including rock blues jazz and country

A comprehensive acoustic guitar tutorial program that is packed full of all the techniques and tunes you need to master the instrument. Take your playing from beginner to intermediate level in no time at all. McCarthy introducessome more advanced fingerpicking styles and more harmonically complex chords and progressions. You will also discover the characteristic rhythms of the blues. The lessons feature full band backing tracks to give you your firstexperiences of playing with other musicians. There is also full online support allowing you to ask questions and download further tab or backing tracks as you require. Soon you will be attempting your own songs solos and muchmore!

Start playing the blues and jam like the all-time greats! This addition to the bestselling 'For Dummies' series lets you recreate the sounds of the blues masters - without reading music! Covering a variety of blues styles from acoustic to electric from Mississippi Delta and Chicago to blues rock it shows step by step how to play blues scales chords riffs progressions and solos. Filled with charts photos musical examples from blues masters and tips on equipment selection and care the book also features a companion CD with play-along exercises songs riffs chords and MP3 files. Discover how to:Select the right guitar and accessoriesDevelop correct hand position and posture Explore acoustic and electric styles Tune your axe Play like a pro and improvise leads.

The Beginner Basics Guitar set is a 128 page self-teaching learning and reference manual for the beginning guitarist.Featuring 27 easy-to-follow lessons this set comes complete with 2CDs 2DVDs and 2DVD-ROMs containing over 85 audio and video files to download to PC Mac iPod or MP3 player. A free chord chart is also included containing chords a note summary and more.No prior knowledge of music or the Guitar isnecessary to learn using this set. The 'easy read tab' means that you don't even need to be able to read music.Beginner Basics Guitar covers both melody and chord playing using standard notation andtablature. The essential techniques and fundamentals of Guitar playing are introduced and the chords and melodies for many well known songs are included.This set can be used for learning any type of Guitar - Electric Acoustic or Classical. It also contains all that a guitarist needs to know to be able to play with a band.

The GCSE Performance Pieces series provides an exciting contemporary repertoire levelled specifically for GCSE performance examinations accompanied by expert commentary to help your students prepare and achieve their potential with material they really want to play. This book is for the Guitar. Each book in the GCSE Performance Pieces series has been compiled by an experienced instrumental teacher/examiner and overseen by our Series Editor Andrew Coxon who is a senior GCSE examiner and an experienced classroom teacher. The songs have been carefully chosen to provide students with the best opportunityto show off their instrument and skills with a broad range of artists and styles to choose from. This Guitar book includes: Pieces that are suitable for all exam boards Ten songs from a range of genres and styles with differing difficulties that are appropriate for GCSE level A CD accompaniment of professionally recorded backing tracks so you can hear how each song should sound.  A great selection of songs is included in this book with some old favourites some contemporary classics and tunes that will work really well on acoustic or electric Guitars. Featuring Don't Look Back In Anger by Oasis Back In Black by AC/DC Pinball Wizard by The Who as well as The Pretender by Foo Fighters and many more. The songs included in the book correspond roughly to Grades 3 to 6 allowing you to select a piece that you are familiar with but also that you will be able to play well and comfortably. Each tune features a useful page of essential information giving you performance tips and recommended listening. Helpfully a  YouTube playlist has been created containing all the songs in the book along with additional suggested

A Complete 4-Part Learning System-COMPLETE ACOUSTIC ESSENTIALS! We begin with acoustic techniques like strumming finger picking acoustic slapping and soloing. The instructor introduces you to the world of song writing by showing you how to put chords together toform progressions. By the end of the program you'll be ready to play and perform like a pro.Each Rock House product includes free lifetime membership to Rock House's online lesson support system. Enhance your learningexperience links with instructors download backing tracks access message boards and much more. You'll connect with a community of musicians around the world learning to play music using The Rock House Method.

Guitar Play-Along Volume 13-Folk Rock music combines the elements of acoustic folk and country styles with the blues and rhythmic syncopations of rock. This fantastic volume from the Guitar Play-Along series enables you to play eight of your favourite Folk Rock numbers quickly and easily. This fantastic package features clearly presented pages with Tablature Chord symbols and chord boxes complete with the full lyrics for each song. The accompanying CD has sound-alike performances by professional musicians of all eight songs allowing you to hear how the guitar should sound. Then you can follow the tab and play along using the seperate backing tracks.

Robert Johnson Signature Licks and Rory Block Teaches the Guitar of Robert JohnsoN-This budget-saving bundle pack includes:Robert Johnson – Signature Licks (Book/CD Pack)Explore the music of one of the greatest acoustic bluesmen of all time with this book/CD pack. Blues expert Dave Rubin provides an introduction on Johnson's place in musical history and extensive notes on his tunings arrangements fingerstyle technique and guitars. Features in-depth lessons and audio examples of 15 of his most famous songs: Come On In My Kitchen • Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) • Hell Hound On My Trail • I Believe I'll Dust My Broom • I'm a Steady Rollin' Man (Steady Rollin' Man) • If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day• Kind Hearted Woman Blues • Love In Vain Blues • Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) • Ramblin' On My Mind • Stop Breakin' Down Blues • Sweet Home Chicago • Terraplane Blues • 32-20 Blues • Walkin' Blues.The Guitar Styles of Robert Johnson (DVD)Robert Johnson's unearthly singing and intricate Mississippi Delta style slide guitar have inspired innumerable players in the decades since his untimely death in 1938. On this jam-packed DVD lesson the award-winning contemporary blues singer and guitarist Rory Block completely demystifies the licks runs strums bass lines turnarounds and other important guitar elements that combine to make up the unique Robert Johnson sound. Includes music and tab. Early intermediate level. 1 hr 53 min.

The third volume of the ever popular Lick Library Learn To Play Easy Acoustic Rock series from renowned guitar tutor Jamie Humphries. This DVD will take you step by step through each of the featured tracks with a clear tutorial that allows you to learn each song at your own pace.

Keith Wyatt one of the country's foremost blues and rock educators takes you through all aspects of acoustic slide playing including choosing the right slide open tunings use of a capo fingerboard patterns vibrato special intonations and muting techniques. Keith also shows you how to mix slide with standard guitar technique for fills and self accompaniment.

2 - Essentials Of Fingerstyle Blues-The second in Happy Traum's tutorial series for the novice guitarist introduces you to the world of fingerstyle blues guitar. Building upon the basics established in the first DVD (Catalogue No. HL00641834) Traum's lessons will give you the skills to create bass pulses with your thumb whilst picking out the tunes and syncopations on the upper strings. The result is a rich self-accompanying sound full of groove and swing!Traum's Easy Steps method reduces these key techniques into smaller modules that can be digested quickly and easily. Through carefully constructed exercises these techniques become gradually more complex and advanced allowing your playing to growat your own pace.You will learn how to break up your chords as well as the funky 'Lightnin' Hopkins Lick'. There are shuffle and boogie-woogie basslines solo riffs scales and chord progressions all just waiting to be absorbed into your playing to develop your own unique country-blues sound.