Guitar Play Along Vol.163 Book

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch. / Guitare

The Guitar Jazz Stylings of Howard Roberts consists of transcriptions of melody solo comping examples and ensemble passages from Howard's extensive solo albums spanning from the '50's to the'70's in accurate detail. Also included is a bio of HR> (as he was affectionately known to all of his acquaintances and fans) with personal comments from Pete Jolly well known LA jazz and studio pianistwho was best friends with Howard going back to their early days in Phoenix.An extensive section covers the history and development of the Epiphone and Gibson signatureguitars that Howard created along with the Benson amp story which is told by Howard's original partner Ron Benson the first of the 'boutique' amplifier companies so commontoday.Along the way Howard's involvement with Guitar education and publishing is described culminating in the opening of the Guitar Institute of Technology (now the Musicians Institute) in1977. A discography of Howard's solo albums as well as the key hit records he played on and a list of the major motion picture soundtracks he participated in as a studio musician in Los Angeles are alsoincluded.

Drums-Sittin??? In with the Big Band: Jazz Ensemble Play-Along is written at the easy to medium-easy level. It provides an opportunity to play along with a professional jazz ensemble to improve your playing 24/7. As you play along and listen to the outstanding players in the band you???ll learn about blend style phrasing tone dynamics technique articulation and playing in time as well as a variety of Latin swing ballad and rock styles. Performance tips and suggestions are included in each book. Books are available for alto saxophone tenor saxophone trumpet trombone piano bass guitar and drums.