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For Guitar-100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Guitar the Beginner Series by musician educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or 'riffs' that make up Blues guitar playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced book series 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students.Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale in Andrew???s opinion the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as 'straight' and 'swing' rhythms.There are five sections to the riffs in the book section 1 contains basic Blues riffs section 2 contains Rhythm and Blues influenced riffs section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs recorded twice: first guitar melody piano guitar bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano bass and drums so you can play-a-long.

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Eb Alto Saxophone, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or ?riffs? that make up Blues sax playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Eb Alto Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different rhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew?s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as ?straight? and ?swing? rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm and Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, sax melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass and drums so you can play-a-long. 'Whether reading the 100 riffs or picking them up by ear, the book can have many uses. It is good for sightreading in the style, short improvisational work or developing the ear. The clean, well-laid out books should offer a springboard into further study of the blues and improvisation.' - saxshed.com

For Clarinet-100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Clarinet the Beginner Series by musician educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or riffs that make up Blues clarinet playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool forsight reading exercises with many different rhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale in Andrew's opinion the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as straight and swing rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book section 1 contains basic Blues riffs section 2 contains Rhythm and Blues influenced riffs section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book are audio files that contains all the riffs recorded twice: first clarinet melody piano guitar bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano guitar bass and drums so you can play-a-long. 

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards the Beginner Series by musician educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or riffs that make up Blues piano playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful toolfor sight reading exercises with many different left and right hand rhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale in Andrew s opinion the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as straight and swing rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book section 1 contains basic Blues riffs section 2 contains Rhythm and Blues influenced riffs section 3 contains Boogie Woogie riffs section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book are downloadable audio files that contains all the riffs recorded twice: first piano with bass and drums and second just bass and drums so you can play-a-long.   

Rev. Gary Davis was a musical giant. His ideas spanned a wide range of techniques and styles and his repertoire featured blues rags show instrumentals and gospel songs.Davis playedwith his thumb and index finger to pick out complex melodies rhythmic licks and lightning fast single-string runs. In this book seven of Rev. Davis's blues are presented. These arrangements have beenperformed and recorded by a host of great artists including Bob Dylan Taj Mahal Hot Tuna David Bromberg John Renbourn Bert Jansch and many others.These lessons are for the intermediate to advanced fingerstyleguitarist. The accompanying three CD lessons teach these arrangements phrase by phrase as well as presenting the original recordings.Lesson one highlights two of Rev. Davis's most popular bluesarrangements. Hesitation Blues is played in the key of C. Baby Let Me Follow You Down is played in the key of G.Lesson two explores the party tune Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From (madepopular by Hot Tuna). Rev. Davis used to joke that he could play Candyman in so many different ways that he would be able to play it nonstop for at least 8 hours without repeating himself. We look at twoversions of this very popular folk blues with the regular Candyman followed by the Two-Step Candyman.In lesson three all 14 verses from Raggin' the blues are transcribed and studied on how thisarrangement develops.

Rev. Gary Davis was a musical giant. His ideas spanned a wide range of techniques and styles. His repertoire featured blues, rags, show instrumentals and gospel songs. He played with his thumb and index finger to pick out complex melodies, rhythmic licks and lightning fast single-string runs. In this book, seven of Rev. Davis's blues are presented. These arrangements have been performed and recorded by a host of great artists including Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Hot Tuna, David Bromberg, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and many others. These lessons are for the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarist. The accompanying three CD lessons teach these arrangements phrase by phrase as well as presenting the original recordings. LESSON ONE: Our first lesson highlights two of Rev. Davis's most popular blues arrangements. Hesitation Blues is played in the key of C. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down is played in the key of G. LESSON TWO: The key of C was a favorite for Rev. Davis. In this lesson we explore the party tune Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From (made popular by Hot Tuna). Rev. Davis used to joke that he could play Candyman so many different ways that he would be able to play it nonstop for at least 8 hours without repeating himself! We look at two versions of this very popular folk blues with the regular Candyman followed by the Two-Step Candyman. LESSON THREE: 'Raggin' the blues' was a great part of Rev. Davis's repertoire. His Walkin' Dog Blues is a tour de force in a blues in C. All fourteen verses are transcribed here, and we study how this arrangement develops. Buck Rag is a fascinating rag played in the key of C. Single-string runs, counterpoint lines, rhythmic variations and syncopated bass patterns are featured. / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 40 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11,75 X 8,75

Rev. Gary Davis had an enormous repertoire that spanned from gospel to blues rags to fok tunes and old minstrel show songs. In this double DVD lesson Ernie Hawkins presents some of Rev. Davis's most requested rags and minstreltunes. These vary from Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From to the complex dance rhythms of Buck Dance and Twelve Sticks to Devil's Dream an instrumental played in the Key of F. These arearrangements that will challenge any Guitarists. Ernie Hawkins teaches each tune phrase and carefully shows you the right hand picking as well as the left hand fingerings that were unique to Rev. Davis's approach. Youwill be able to easily follow the instruction with the tab/music booklet. Also featured are split screen segments where each section is played slowly and you can study the movements of each hand. As a bonus we have includedvarious audio performances of Rev. Davis playing each song.

Ultimate Contemporary Rhythm Keyboard Grooves by Andrew D. Gordon will give you an insight into how keyboardists play rhythm Keyboard grooves in many different styles of contemporary music such as: Pop Rock Blues Jazz Funk R&B Latin Gospel New Age Reggae Calypso. Each of the 21 grooves is broken down into patterns ranging from 3 up to 16 with over 150 patterns in total. Each groove uses a chord progression that is commonly used for that style of music and generally starts off with a simplified pattern and as you progress through the groove the patterns become more complex both rhythmically and harmonically.The CD that accompaniesthis book contains all the patterns that are notated in the book. Each pattern is recorded twice 1st. with the Keyboard rhythm part playing along with a rhythm section of Organ Guitar Bass and Drums and in certain grooves percussion 2nd. the rhythm section without the piano rhythm part so you can practice along. Also there are extended 2-3 minute play-a-long mp3 files of all 21 grooves contained on the CD that can be accessed from a computer enabling you to practice each groove and pattern for an extended period of time. The play-a-long mp3 files gives you the ability to either practice the rhythm patterns notated in the book in whatever order you prefer as well as the possibility of creating your own rhythm patterns. MIDI files are also included on the CD.This book is being used by Andrew to teach Keyboard students in his 'Keyboard Groove Lab' at Cornel School of Contemporary Music in Los Angeles.

Beginner Series-Andrew D. Gordon has created 30: 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your own improvisational solos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards guitar bass and drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google Andrew D. Gordon has created 30: 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your own improvisational solos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards guitar bass and drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google

Anyone interested in playing blues guitar can pick up this well-paced, comprehensive method and get started right away. Beginning concepts include blues theory, left-hand technique, call-and-response phrasing, intros, turnarounds, improvisation, and the rhythmic styles of Texas swing, slow blues, and minor blues. Intermediate topics include phrasing, fills, non-scale tones, chord extensions, substitutions, and 'Licks of the Masters.' The book concludes with advanced techniques such as composite scales, the Mixolydian mode, arpeggio superimpositions, the eight-bar blues, gospel blues, minor blues, and techniques of great players like Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Freddie King, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, and many others. Whether you are just starting to learn guitar or are an advanced player looking to improve your playing, this is the one book on blues guitar you will ever need. This complete edition includes a full instructional video, available online via streaming or download, hosted by guitar virtuoso Jared Meeker for each book it includes, Beginning, Intermediate, and Mastering Blues Guitar. MP3 audio files for all three books are also available online. Includes: * Examples in easy-to-read TAB and standard music notation * Large chord and scale diagrams * Licks in the styles of blues masters * Eight- and twelve-bar solo examples * Techniques and theory for lead and rhythm guitar playing / Guitare