12-String Guitar

With Online Audio-This beginner's method for 12-string Guitar by veteran guitarist Tommy Flint covers all of the basics for getting started. Topics include tuning and strings; reading chord diagrams notation and tablature; blues; triplets; slurs;slides; melody playing on the 1st and 2nd strings; two and three part harmony; movable chords; and rolls. Numerous solos give the student a chance to practice the skills being taught. The audio download available online is ahelpful audio tool for attaining the correct sound.

Morning Thunder-In The Guitar Artistry Of Chris Proctor the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship winner talks about his style and influences as well as giving dazzling performances on both 6- and 12- string guitars.Chris Proctor falls squarely into the ?New World? steel-string guitar style. Beginning with pop and rock music Chris was soon drawn to the country blues. After exploring that tradition he studied classical and jazz music the traditional music of the British Isles bluegrass and old-time Appalachian music and finally began to investigate the world of the 12-string guitar.In 1982 Chris won the U.S. National Fingerstyle GuitarChampionship and released his first recording ?Runoff.? That recording and the 8 that followed on the Flying Fish Rounder Windham Hill and Sugarhouse labels over the next 27 years elevated Chris to the top rank in the steel-string world. Chris also wrote articles and books filmed instructional videos of his transcriptions and techniques created the guitar workshop program for Taylor Guitars and designed the Taylor Chris Proctor Signature Model guitar.Beginning in the year 2000 Chris broadened his original focus on new music to include reinterpreting music of his diverse set of original influences. His performances today are a primer on the acoustic guitar music of the ?New World.? They feature original guitar techniques and devices invented and adapted by Chris and they convey a striking array of tones textures and moods.Titles include: Tap Room Hot Spot War Games Ozymandias Beppe Ladybug Stomp Nights in White Satin Bach to Ireland Late Again Interstate Morning Thunder The Last Steam Engine Train Revisiting the Sailor?s Grave Gecko Drive and Medley:A Scarce O? Tatties/The Lyndhurst Jig??? Review: Watching Taylor fingerstylist and original workshop clinician Chris Proctor in his new DVD Morning Thunder is an enlightening exercise. Proctor has

Par GILEWITZ RICHARD. Direct from the master of guitar clinics, this 96-page book contains a plethora of topics based on Richard Gilewitz\'s experience of conducting fingerstyle guitar and sound seminars for nearly a decade in a variety of settings worldwide. Sections are built around the most frequently asked questions from players of all ages and skill level, with topics supported by written explanations, exercises, original music tablature and notation pieces, charts, and photographs. Recommended for players and teachers of both 6 and 12-string guitar, this book provides encouragement and new avenues for growth for all students wishing to improve upon their life-long craft. The companion CD and 83-minute DVD provide a guide to discussion on learning slide, how to select a guitar, capos, metronomes, tuners, strings, composition, hand positions, practice methods, touring and recording tips, standard and open tunings, picking patterns, and more. Original compositions offered in tablature and notation include \'Dirt To Dust\' with the new \'Gypsy Minor\' introduction, \'Bilingual Fantasy\', \'Jamaicalina\', \'Pre Dawn Mourning\', \'Echoing Gilewitz\', \'Mrs. Firecracker\'s Place\', and \'The Maison Blanche Exit Song\' . - 96-page book contains topics based on author\'s experience of conducting fingerstyle guitar seminars for nearly a decade - Sections are built around the most frequently asked questions from students - Topics supported by companion CD, DVD, written explanations, exercises, original music tablature and notation pieces, and charts / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Acoustic Music - Technic / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

The life and music of Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter is the stuff of true legend and you can discover the secrets of his style and sound with Harry Lewman in this unique DVD tutorial.Widely regarded as one of the mostinfluential folk musicians in America's history Lead Belly's career spanned the era of minstrel shows the Blues explosion of the 1920s and the dawn of the singer/songwriter. His influence upon Woody Guthrie and Pete Seegerwould shape the way in which all American singer/songwriters write and play to this day.In this special DVD presentation Harry Lewman explores the stories behind the songs and explains in detail the unusual way in whichLead Belly tuned strung and played the 12-string guitar. Rare footage of Lead Belly is also featured in this lesson.

Jorge Cardoso is a recognized performer who has travelled the world over giving hundreds or concerts as a soloist, in duos, and with orchestras. There are innumerable recordings of his performances, and he is a prolific composer whose works have been recorded by other guitarists in more than thirty albums. Cardoso is also a master teacher with followers around the world. This DVD traces the historical path of the guitar, showing the instrument's ancestors and tracing its development to its current form. It includes a visit to the workshops of Manuel Contreras II and Ars Antiqva, Jose Angel Espejo's workshop, followed by a detailed analysis of the factors that contribute to the proper development of classical guitar technique. The DVD covers everything from the seat, the position of the body, and the devices used to improve it 'Aguado's machine', Sor's support system, the foot-rest, attachments, and an ingenious, simple and practical system created by the author, to the mechanical workings of the hand, its main ways of gripping, and the problems posed by the ring finger. All of these topics are approached through the scientific reasoning of the author, backed up by his knowledge as a doctor. As Jorge Cardoso says in the introduction, this course 'can be useful both to beginners and to more advanced players. . . it can be useful to anyone who plays a plucked stringed instrument.' It includes basic demonstrations and explanations about how the hands work from the moment they are placed on the guitar, as well as exercises and concert pieces of the highest level. There is a discussion of strumming technique, of 'toque mixto' and four complete pieces interpreted by the author. The course will also be useful for electric guitarists and others who have focused on the use of the pick and have neglected other essential guitar techniques. UK product number 8353412233. / Guitare Classique / 125 pages / niveau : Multiple Levels / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Direct from the master of guitar clinics this 96-page book contains a plethora of topics based on Richard Gilewitz's experience of conducting fingerstyle guitar and sound seminars for nearly a decade in a variety of settingsworldwide. Sections are built around the most frequently asked questions from players of all ages and skill level with topics supported by written explanations exercises original music tablature and notation pieces charts andphotographs. Recommended for players and teachers of both 6 and 12-string guitar this book provides encouragement and new avenues for growth for all students wishing to improve upon their life-long craft. The companion CDand 83-minute DVD provide a guide to discussion on learning slide how to select a guitar capos metronomes tuners strings composition hand positions practice methods touring and recording tips standard and open tunings picking patterns and more. Original compositions offered in tablature and notation include 'Dirt To Dust' with the new 'Gypsy Minor' introduction 'Bilingual Fantasy' 'Jamaicalina' 'Pre Dawn Mourning' 'Echoing Gilewitz' 'Mrs.Firecracker's Place' and 'The Maison Blanche Exit Song' . •

A choice of eight of the most beautiful and famous songs by Ludovico Einaudi arranged for Guitar by John Bailo with transcriptions in standard notation and tablature.Here are the titles: Beautiful Night Odd Days The Two Rivers Julia Waves Nefeli Password Morning Star.A CD is included containing the execution (by John Bailo) of the eight tracks plus a bonus track with a performance of 'The Waves' in version 12-string Guitar.

Complete Instruction in Fingerstyle Technique Tone Phrasing and Arranging-Hone your technique and deepen your understanding of contemporary fingerstyle guitar with this full method taught by one of the masters of the genre. From fundamentals like properly positioning the fretting and picking hands todeveloping a solid alternating thumb technique Alex de Grassi carefully guides beginning and intermediate players into the world of steel-string guitar. He then explores more advanced topics like cross-string playing alteringthe texture and weight of notes and chords slapping and tapping and developing ?depth of field? in your playing-techniques he has used in composing and arranging guitar music for over 30 years. This book includesstandard notation and tablature as well as links to online audio tracks.

Atlanta in the period 1920-1940 rivaled Memphis St. Louis Jackson and Chicago in the strength and vitality of its blues scene. It was home to a unique school of 12-string guitarists that included Blind Willie McTell BarbecueBob Charlie Lincoln Willie Baker and George Carter.Also on hand were the slick slide guitarist Fred McMullen the accompaniment king Curley Weaver and the spectacular up-and-comer Buddy Moss. The scene was rounded outby an earlier generation of players Peg Leg Howell foremost among them who kept alive musical traditions that were in the eclipse.Included on this DVD are transcriptions and teaching of recorded performances from theyouthful Buddy Moss a player who influenced generations of East Coast players that followed him George Carter a mysterious 12-string guitarist who recorded only four titles Curley Weaver a player's player widely acknowledgedto be among the finest accompanists in the blues Julius Daniels who came down from North Carolina to Atlanta to record early on and Peg Leg Howell a bootlegger-turned musician who busked in the streets of Atlanta both as asoloist and in a trio with the fiddler Eddie Anthony and guitarist Henry Williams.The songs presented in the lesson will expand both your right hand techniques and your knowledge of the neck with one song employing the almostnever encountered Open B flat tuning.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD and contains all of the songs' lyrics as well as transcriptions of the Guitar parts. Also included are the originalsource recordings from which the transcriptions taught in the lesson were taken.Titles include Curley Weaver: Ticket Agent George Carter: Rising River Blues Buddy Moss: New Lovin’ Blues andOh Lordy Mama Julius Daniels: 99 Year Blues Peg Leg Howell: Turtle Dove Blues and Low-Down Rounder Blues

Kim Perlak, Curator Developed by the Berklee Guitar Department Faculty. Par . Become a more musical guitar player! This book will help you learn and use chords, scales, and other building blocks of music from a guitarist's perspective. It applies concepts of music theory directly to your instrument, using the time-honored teaching approaches of the Berklee Guitar Department. These applications facilitate creative, expressive playing and writing in all styles and directly map to the Berklee Guitar Department proficiency evaluations. Players at all levels will find a clear, organized approach to the materials and musical examples in a variety of styles, provided by Berklee's guitar faculty. You'll learn to: Master the fingerboard by understanding how strings and frets relate to scales, intervals, and chords; Understand and use the most important types of scales and modes; Construct chords and voicing possibilities based on the essential building blocks of harmony; Choose chord voicings that are ergonomic, intuitive, and expressive for every unique playing situation; and more. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Etude / Guitare

Noted guitar builder and repair specialist Marty Lanham of The Nashville Guitar Company gives an inside look at the flattop, steel string guitar. Learn how the guitar creates its sound, and what each component contributes to the tone - plus what you need to know about common repair and maintenance of your guitar. / Guitare / 120 pages / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25