The New Guitar Book

Flatpicking Guitar Trios is designed to bring guitarists together. Each arrangement includes a melody a harmony and a rhythm part. All parts are written in both standard notation and 6-line guitar tablature. The arrangementscontain multiple chord charts allowing all trio members to get a quick glance of the chord sequence at any time while playing the tune. For more versions of these tunes please refer to the author’s 50 Tunes Volume 1 forGuitar (99941BCD) published by Mel Bay Publications Inc. The 50 Tunes guitar book comes with three compact discs and is available at music stores throughout the U.S. and many countries outside of the U.S.

Since it first appeared in the 1930s the concise clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionised music-making in the classroom and the home.Now for the first time C Paul Herfurth'soriginal books have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest instrumental technique for a new generation of musicians. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical gentle pace and keen attention todetail but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of a DVD and an audio CD - with actual performances and backing tracks - will make practice even more fun and exciting and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will helpthe student to achieve the perfect technique and tone.This book contains:Advice on equipmentInstructions for an effective technique and a comfortable postureEasy-to-follow section on readingmusicDemonstration DVD introducing basic techniques and notationAudio CD with a virtuoso performance backing tracks and audio examplesGreat music including duetsTests to check progress and comprehensionUsefulpull-out chart giving note positions and common chords

C. Paul Herfurth's classic series of tutor books have now been completely revised and updated with a host of innovations to suit a new generation of musicians.A New Tune A Day features the same logical gentle pace andkeen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achieve the very best in tone technique and posture. Theselection of music is fresh and exciting including duets and rounds to inspire the student and ensure that those vital practice hours are never boring!The book includes:Advice on your instrument and the equipmentyou will needInstructions for effective technique and comfortable playingExplanatory pages on reading and understanding musicTests to check your own progress and comprehensionThe accompanying audio CD featuresa virtuoso performance and backing track for each pieces as well as recorded examples to support the lessons.

Destiné à devenir un classique, ce livre est le résultat naturel de non seulement des années de jouer de la guitare jazz mais aussi des associations longue de l'auteur avec de nombreux guitaristes de jazz novateurs. Ce guide complet est une des premières méthodes jazz se concentrer entièrement sur l'idiome de blues et de sa contribution à l'improvisation jazz. Il est conçu pour vous aider à jouer avec autorité dans un large éventail de paramètres guitare jazz big band aux petits combinés à un contexte solo. Cet ouvrage est divisé en 4 sections dont les adresses 12-bar blues progressions, accords de Freddie Green-type 3-note, couper fois, swing riff de compilation, échelles de corde, be-bop linéaire, compilation, concepts modales, triades sur notes bass et une richesse de voicings de la corde et des inversions. Inclut des exemples de musique plus de 110, 45 refrains complètes de 12-bar et un CD avec 30 titres. Il offre également un utile Glossaire de la terminologie de jazz. Ecrit en tablature et notation standard. / Guitare Flatpick Et Fingerpick / 92 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/Cd Set - Format: 12 X 9

This book is part of a series that forms an expertly structured and comprehensive method of studying acoustic guitar; it has been compiled by the Registry Of Guitar Tutors ? the world?s leading authority on guitar education. The book is very user-friendly as it is written in easy-to-read TAB as well as traditional notation and it comes with a free 16-track CD so you can ?listen and learn?. This book covers all the material needed for the London College of Music Grade Eight examination in acoustic guitar playing enabling you to study for an internationally recognised qualification. However even if you do not intend to takean exam this book will help you achieve your full potential as a guitarist by developing all aspects of your playing in a structured way. This volume includes fingerstyle/flatpick pieces in a range of styles ? from traditional to contemporary plus a comprehensive selection of chords scales and arpeggios. There are also chapters on musical knowledge and accompaniment playing plus aural exercises to help improve your musical abilities ? making it ideal for those who wish to extend their musical range and knowledge and improve their playing to the highest level. The book is cleverly designed so that it can be used by both fingerstyle and plectrum players.

Book 1-Charles Duncan. This multi-volume method was developed to allow students to study the art of classical guitar within a new more contemporary framework. For private class or self-instruction. Book One features an all-new formatthat incorporates chord frames and symbols as well as a record to assist in tuning and to provide accompaniments for at-home practise. Book One also introduces beginning finger-board technique and music theory. Book Two and Threebuild upon the techniques learned in Book One.

The purpose of Composer's Desk Reference For The Classic Guitar is to provide the non-guitarist composer with the fundamental tools needed to write idiomatically for the Guitar. The first of its kind for theGuitar the reference was written in consultation with dozens of composers and conceived with three types of end users in mind: Experienced composers with a concern for writing idiomatically for the guitar.Guitarists who are commissioning a work from a composer who has never written for the instrument. Libraries that wish to add this essential sourcebook to their music reference section. The very structureof the book reflects the composer's own intuition by addressing such questions as: How is the guitar constructed? What does successful guitar music look like? How is the guitar played? Howdoes the guitarist interpret music and express emotion? Which musical elements and gestures are most effective? How do these elements combine to create an effective pacing of idioms? By examiningthe parameters of successfully written pieces The Composer's Desk Reference For The Classic Guitar provides an expedient resource of ideas and illustrations contributing to the fluency of both first-time andseasoned Guitar composers.

A range of fabulous educational and concert Guitar music by the UK's top Guitar composers educators and performers. All of the music in the Real Guitar Book is suitable for both classical and plectrum style techniques.

In these lessons for the intermediate fingerstyle guitarist Dave Van Ronk presents his arrangements of blues and a classic rag. The book includes a conversation with Dave, a discography, 6 tunes in notation and tablature, and 3 CDs teaching each tune phrase by phrase. LESSON ONE: A blues in 12/8 with Leroy Carr's Midnight Hour Blues. Blood Red Moon follows played in a dropped D tuning. The lesson ends with Blind Lemon Jefferson's One Kind Favor. LESSON TWO: Sunday Street is an original Dave Van Ronk song and is an excellent example of Dave's arranging skills. Four choruses are taught demonstrating how this tune can develop. Bessie Smith's classic blues You've Been A Good Old Wagon is taught in the key of E. LESSON THREE: Dave's arrangement of St. Louis Tickle was the first great challenge for fingerpickers interested in classic ragtime. This four sectioned rag is played in the keys of C and F. It is an excellent example of contemporary ragtime guitar. / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 32 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11,75 X 8,75

The Complete Guitar Player Rock Songbook features a massive collection of 50 hard-rocking hits from the best of classic and contemporary rock music for Guitar. Each song includes full lyrics and Guitar chordsas well as strumming and picking patterns making this songbook great for the aspiring rock rhythm or lead Guitarist.   Each and every tune included in this Guitar songbook is a true rock classic perfectfor cranking the amp up to 10 or should that be 11?. Old favourites like All Day And All Of The Night by The Kinks and Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix are matched by modern classics such as Radiohead'sCreep and Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon. The rock songbook presents the best in music to plug in and rock out to. It's designed to be accessible and enjoyable showcasing the best songs by the best rockbands and songwriters like The Clash AC/DC Eric Clapton and David Bowie. Past and present tunes are included ensuring there's something for everyone in this complete rock songbook.   Each song hasbeen carefully arranged for Guitar and Voice including the melody in standard notation lyrics and Guitar chord shapes. Not only this but there are also suggested strumming and picking patterns to help you dial up the volume andnail the exact sound of the song straight away. This rock Guitar songbook is ideal for beginners and intermediate Guitarists looking to expand their repertoire with powerful songs new and old whereas absolute beginners new to theGuitar will find that the four books of the famous Complete Guitar Player series by Russ Shipton will help them out with the basics.    With these 50 rock Guitar songs you'll be singing strummingyour power chords and soloing your way through the best rock songs of the past half-century in no time at all. The Complete Guitar Player Rock Songbook would make a sterling addition to any guitarist's bookshelf

Eric Thompson teaches the exciting art of crosspicking, which is an exhilarating flatpicking technique that is an essential part of every bluegrass guitarist's arsenal. Utilizing repeated patterns on three-string groups, crosspicking captures the bounce of a fiddler's double shuffle and the drive of three-finger banjo Scruggs-style rolls. Eric instructs you on three full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction contained on the three companion CDs. The 32-page book contains 12 songs taught in three easy to understand lessons. Eric will help you hone your crosspicking technique in no time 'flat'! / Guitare (Flatpick) Et Plectre / 32 pages / niveau : Débutant/Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11,75 X 8,75