and Renaissance Music For Guitar-A collection of 28 fingerstyle guitar solos and duets by fingerstyle guitarist John Renbourn. These solos are drawn from Medieval and Renaissance lute dance tunes and solos. All solos are in notation and tablature. The onlineaudio contains 17 of the solos from the book.

For 'Flatpicking Guitar'. Includes TAB notation.An exciting and varied collection of 35 traditional tunes from around the world arranged for easy flatpicking guitar. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as guitar tablature. An accompanying CD contains all the tunes played at a manageable speed accompanied by a backing band of guitars bass mandolin fiddle and percussion.The tunes come from Africa North and South America Europe The Middle East Asia and Australia and are specially arranged by the author with the beginning/intermediate guitarist in mind. On the CD the tunes are played 2 or 3 times so you can really get into thefeel of the tune when playing along. The speed of the tunes is quite slow but not so slow as to take away from the essential feel of the music.There is a mine of great music to be discovered from around the world a sample of which can be found in this unusual and stimulating selection which may well prove to be a springboard to further studies of traditional styles.

The ancient Celtic repertoire offers the fingerstyle guitarist a tantalizingly wide range of moods and emotions from sad laments to lyrical ballads to vibrant dance rhythms. This collection presents a vast array offingerpicking Guitar solos settings on timeless airs hornpipes reels planxties set dances jigs slip jigs marches songs and compositions by the renowned 17th century blind Irish bard Turlough O'Carolan. The solos are invaried Guitar tunings and are presented in notation and tablature. Performance notes and suggested listening guides are also included. Comes with access to online audio with 27 songs from this book.

Paolo Bellinati presents his long-awaited solo Guitar arrangements of 10 of the 12 compositions featured on the companion online video. Written in standard notation only with brief performance notes for each piece these arrangements would best be approached by the intermediate to advanced classic Guitarist.In this collection masterful Brazilian Guitarist Paolo Bellinati has meticulously transcribed his solo Guitararrangements of ten melodies by his beloved countryman and pioneering bossa nova composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. Bellinati particularly laboured over his arrangements of Jobim's instrumentalcompositions i.e. songs without lyrics as these 'reveal a much more sophisticated Jobim closer to his favourite classical composers.The book also contains arrangements of lyrical songs of a more introspectiveand romantic character including 'Luiza' which Bellinati regards as 'The most beautiful and perfect Brazilian song ever written'. Includes access to online video.

Guitar Play-Along Volume 111-The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite 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 and also enhanced so PC & Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! 8 songs: Authority Song · Hurts So Good · I Need a Lover · Jack and Diane · Lonely Ol' Night · Pink Houses · R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock) · Small Town.

This collection of jazz etudes with accompanying CD gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The CD tracks provide a professional rhythm section (Piano Bass Drums) to play along with plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing each etude.The recordings help to provide a model for the student's stylistic development and an opportunity to play with a great band. Each of the 12 etudes providesa new challenge to master.

Be confident as you step up to the stage! This book provides 30 classic audition songs arranged for Voice and Piano with Guitar chords. The two accompanying CDs include backings to help you practice at home and 'wow' the audience with a truly professional performance! Now the boys can step up to the mic! Great songs in a variety of styles from Robbie Williams and Gnarls Barkley to Tom Jones and Nat King Cole all ideal for auditions. The songs are arranged for Piano Voice and Guitar and the stunning soundalike CD backings help the singer practice at home and wow the audience on stage.

12 classic melodies expertly arranged for the acoustic guitarist: Ain't Misbehavin' • Angel Eyes • Body and Soul • Brother Can You Spare a Dime? • Come Sunday • Georgia on My Mind • Here's That Rainy Day • I Left My Heart in San Francisco • In the Mood • Misty • Swinging on a Star • Take the 'A' Train.Grammy Award-winner Mark Hanson is a world-renowned acoustic guitarist as well as performer composer recording artist and author. The accompanying hour-long CD includes short full-tempo performances of the arrangements plus instruction and slow-tempo examples by Hanson himself!

New classical Guitar edition of the world leading Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method written by well-known concert guitarist and teacher Stanley Yates. The beginner classical guitarist will learn music reading handand sitting positions practice techniques arpeggio and scale technique chordal and melodic playing and solo and duet playing in the first position. Many of the exercises and study pieces include accompaniments that canbe played along with a teacher during lessons or with the included online audio (the student and teacher parts are presented on separate stereo channels allowing either part to be turned off if desired). The audio also containsall of the exercises studies and solos presented in the book. An instructional online video containing demonstrations practice tips and performances of many of the exercises studies and solos contained in the book isalso available. Includes access to online audio and video.

Written by a master of Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar this text teaches the history tunings and other techniques found in Slack-Key Guitar music. Because of the altered tunings in Slack-Key Guitar music all of the examples andexercises in this text have been written in tab only.Topics discussed are: right and left hand technique alternating bass slides pull-offs hammering harmonics and other Slack-Key related topics. Recordings of nineexercises from the book which demonstrates these techniques (with tunings) are provided on an accompanying audio online. Beautiful black and white photos of native Hawaiian musicians are scattered throughout the text.

The Ultimate Guitar Lesson Book-With the Play Like series you'll study the trademark styles of some of the world's greatest artists so that you can learn to replicate their unique sound. This volume focuses on blues Guitar royal Freddie King. Play Like Freddie King is a book/audio teaching method that provides a detailed analysis of King's gear tone techniques styles songs licks riffs and much more. You'll learn everything you need to know about King's legendary Guitar playing from his early '60s Guitar instrumental hits to his '70s blues-funk excursions and beyond. The book includes access to audio tracks online for download orstreaming using the unique code inside the book. It also includes Playback+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys pan left or right. Songs include: Going Down I'm Tore Down Remington Ride San-Ho-Zay The Stumble and more.

With Online Audio-This collection celebrates the pioneers of jazz music with 17 pieces composed between the turn of the last century and the end of the 1930s. There are classical ragtime numbers jazz band tunes stride Piano and blues.All are a part of an important musical legacy that shaped the beginnings of popular music. This book for fingerstyle Guitar is written in standard notation and tablature and includes access to online audio.

Technical Exercises for the Guitar to Be Done Each Day Before Practicing-Dozen a Day for Guitar takes the same approach to warm-up exercises as Edna Mae Burnam's acclaimed Dozen a Day series for piano. Examples are both challenging and entertaining which makes practicing fun! The included CD contains 61 audio tracks.

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.