Fingerstyle Masterpieces

A varied collection of masterpieces respectfully arranged for solo jazz guitar. From the readily playable to the fiendishly virtuosic there are challenges for all ability levels including syncopation jazz chords and 'Lenny Breaustyle' cascading harmonics. • Selection of universally acknowledged masterpieces • Modern yet historically respectful arrangements • Challenges all ability levels • Arrangements feature syncopation jazz chordsand 'Lenny Breau style' arpeggios in harmonics • Playable both finger style and/or pick and finger combinations • Essential material for both study and performance • Enjoyable and rewarding pieces to play

Chet Atkins was a master in many aspects of the Guitar. One of his greatest skills was his uncanny talent of discovering songs which would 'work' as fingerstyle arrangements and then using his musical genius to forge theminto enduring masterpieces. National Fingerstyle Guitar champion Pat Kirtley has assembled a collection of favourites from Chet's 'Golden Era' -- some of the best of Chet Atkins' vintage classic tunes -- and teaches you thesecrets of how it's done and how to get the feel of the originals in this double DVD.Pat chose these tunes his own favourites from Chet's vast collection carefully dissecting them and then putting them back together stepby step so the guitarist can not only learn to play them but also gets a sense of the feel and history of each unique selection. Pat teaches you note by note and phrase by phrase six of Chet's greatest arrangements. Usingsplit-screen you can study both the left and right hands in detail. A printed tab/music booklet is included as well as a PDF file of the booklet on each DVD.Every tune here is a winner a true Chet Atkins classic and eachone is guaranteed to be a standout solo Guitar performance piece. These challenging arrangements will provide hours of pleasurable fingerstyle fun as you learn to 'pick it like Chet!'Tunes taught include: Rose Ann DownHome Somebody's Knockin' Trambone Drive In Alice Blue Gown. Bonus tracks: Chet Atkins performing The Poor People Of Paris Side By Side Makin' Believe Villa Say Si Si

Arranged For Fingerstyle Guitar-This DVD lesson could be titled The Music of Louis Armstrong for Finger-picking Guitar or Gary Davis Meets Louis Armstrong. Born in 1896 the brilliant Piedmont guitarist Gary Davis came of age in the teens and the twenties. Hewas in his prime during the Jazz Age and his playing shows it. His guitar style and techniques came out of the twenties. It enabled him to play like a band. His thumb playing the rhythmic sections of the band while his indexfinger soloed over this. Rev. Davis only used his thumb and index fingers to pick. When asked why he replied with a smile: ?That?s all I need!? In Rev. Davis?s playing you can hear the drive of Louis Armstrong as well as Louis?sbugle call riffs.Rev. Gary Davis's style is made to order to play Louis Armstrong tunes on guitar. As I learned most of what I know and do on the guitar from Rev. Gary Davis this is how I see it and how I have approachedarranging the tunes on this DVD lesson. Once you find the right key on the guitar these early jazz masterpieces seem to fall right into place. Putting Cornet Chop Suey into the key of C for instance enables you to play thepatented ?Gary Davis Slow Drag G form C run' throughout as the statement of the initial melody.This lesson is over 2 hours and forty minutes. The arrangements are for the intermediate to advance players. They aremulti-section compositions with lots of fingerpicking challenges. But all your hard work will be very worthwhile as these tunes are some of the greatest in the early jazz repertoire. Ernie teaches phrase by phrase and then usesthe split-screen so you can carefully study what each hand is doing. Detailed tab/music booklets are included as PDF files on both DVDs.

This comprehensive collection for all guitarists includes 100 songs in genres from jazz standards to pop/rock favorites Motown masterpieces and movie music to traditional tunes country numbers and classical pieces. Notation styles include: note-for-note transcriptions (Blue on Black · Give Me One Reason · Sweet Child O' Mine · Wild Thing); Easy Guitar with Notes and TAB (Building a Mystery · Circle of Life · Day Tripper · Für Elise · Misty · Torn · Walk This Way); Easy Guitar (Boot Scootin' Boogie · I Shot the Sheriff · My Favorite Things · Unchained Melody); Chord Melody Guitar (Alman · Bourrée · Estudio); Fingerstyle Guitar (Amazing Grace · Greensleeves · My Heart Will GoOn); and Guitar Riffs (Angie · Brown Eyed Girl · Here Comes the Sun · Layla · My Girl); and more!