Kev's Learn and Play Series-This fun activity book is a great way to get your children excited about playing the Ukulele. Suitable for beginners this method by Kevin Rones has been carefully designed to introduce children to the Ukulele and some of the basic principles of playing music such as note reading and chords while encouraging them to have fun with lots of enjoyable exercises including colouring puzzles and games.

A special private lesson with Blues guitar tutor Kenny Sultan. Sultan introduces all aspects of the Blues guitar for the intermediate player. Although you will need some prior knowledge of basic chords the lessons are designed for the player with little or no previous experience of Blues playing.The tutorial concentrates on the Blues in three of the most popular keys and styles:Blues in the key of A with a monotone bassRagtime Blues in the key of G with alternating bassSlide Blues in an open D tuningEach style is demonstrated using some of the great Blues standards including Dust My Broom and soon you will be playing your own soloacoustic Blues songs with the aid of Sultan's clear and friendly expert teaching.

Know only 20 Banjo solo licks' How about 50' 100' 200' If that's all then you need this book designed to help you improvise bluegrass style Banjo solos. These 400 licks are played over standard chord progressions; the use of licks sometimes will take precedent over stating the melody. The progressions used are based primarily on common vocal numbers. Some of the licks included are: chromatic licks embellishing a fiddle tune high position licks Reno style pentatonic blues boogie licks swing phrasing sequential licks back-up licks and many more.Uses standard G tuning.

'As we are about the same age Charlie Watts and I probably discovered jazz at nearly the same time. It occured to me that the one topic Watts loved to discuss his favourite drummers would provide an insightful perspective that defines the approach and style of the drummer for the 'Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the world.' - Chez Falzerano. In this fascinating book Rolling Stones drummer and rock legend Charlie Watts shares his favourite drummers of all time from the artists who inspired him as a teenager to those he has worked alongside. Charlie Watts' Favorite Drummers features profiles on 18 of theworld's greatest drummers including Art Taylor Ginger Baker Jake Hanna Tony Williams Max Roach Joe Morello and more.  

A guide to over 75 tunings by Ron Middlebrook. Includes tunings used by artists such as Chet Atkins Michael Hedges Jimmy Page Joe Satriani and more. Features examples of songs styles and players that use each tuning.

Max Palermo's practical approach for playing scales over any chord progression to strengthen your bass lines groove patterns and solo ideas. For 4 and 5-string bass.

Swing rhythm never left but it's getting harder to find someone to teach it! Noted swing rhythm guitarist Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky takes you step-by-step through the process of expanding your technique on swing rhythm.Whether you play in a swing band a cowboy quartet like Riders in the Sky or gypsy jazz this DVD offers you an absolutely unique and up-close look at chord forms patterns right and left hand technique and insider tips by aswing rhythm master who has been playing this style for over 30 years. In addition two western classics ?Wah Hoo? and ?Tumbling Tumbleweed ? are not only broken down and explained in detail but areperformed by 2-time Grammy winners Riders in the Sky in a mini-concert so that the lesson on those two tunes is exemplified in live performance. Saddle up saddle pal and ride the Rhythm Range with Ranger Doug! Includestranscription booklet.

Martin the Guitar and his owner the famous folk singer Robert have been invited to perform at the most famous concert hall in the world. Joining them on stage will be Martin's new best friend Morgan and her father Archie the Archtop Guitar. Will Martin and Robert make great music? Will Archie finally accept Martin as a true friend? What if Martin breaks a string? Find out this and more in this Guitar-themed children's story by Harry Musselwhite with colorful illustrations by Brian Barr. Includes links to online audio through a special website provided with the book!

Instructional Techniques and Jazz Concert Performance-This DVD by sax master Steve Wilkerson features great concert segments plus hands-on instruction on: control; developing a powerful sound; jazz vibrato; mouth piece selection; playing fast; Stan Getz's style; phrasing; breathing techniques and more. Comes with a booklet featuring transcriptions to four of Steve's fantastic originals!

500 Smokin' Country Guitar Licks. If your country guitar picking lacks the twang of the great Tele and electric fat-bodied Gibson players of days gone by, then you've found the right book! 500 Smokin' Country Guitar Licks is designed to help you build the skills needed to crank out the honky tonk sound heard from Texas dance halls to the streets of Bakersfield. The licks are broken into stylistic categories, such as the country shuffle, honky tonk, boogie, steel guitar sounds, chicken pickin', cajun style, truck driving songs, train songs, the Bakersfield Sound, etc. Musical concepts, such as pentatonic scales, 3rds, 6ths, and adding chromatic and blue notes, are presented to enhance your enderstanding to the point of creating your own licks. Licks are strung together to create solos that play over 19 of the most commonly found chord progressions in country music. Each solo is performed with a full band on the accompanying audio tracks. Fancy kick-offs and endings are presented in addition to the licks and solos. You'll soon be picking in a way that would make Ernest, Hank, Buck and Merle proud!

This 256-page soft-cover book gives a complete and illustrated history of the development of Rickenbacker instruments from 1931 to the present. Ideal for guitar collectors.

on Pedal Steel Guitar-Tommy White is well-known as one of the foremost artists on pedal steel guitar. This steel guitarist for the Grand Ole Opry presents this DVD course for the E9th tuning – jam-packed with hot licks to keep your fingers twisted up for days. Learn how to play amazing speed picking runs and double stops get great tone play clear harmonics and develop new licks. 45 minutes.