Centerstream - Guitar notes and tablatures

Kenny Sultan. Centerstream Publications. This book for intermediate-level players is a follow-up to Kenny's first book Introduction To Acoustic Blues. It covers blues in five different keys and positions and incorporatesslide or bottleneck playing in both open and standard tunings. All songs are primarily finger-style with a monotone bass used for most. The accompanying CD features performances of every example and song. Most songs are played atslow speed and at regular tempo to facilitate learning and nearly all tunes have a detailed explanation about the music and how best to play it. 67-minutes audio accompaniment. For intermediate-level players. A follow-up toIntroduction To Acoustic Blues. Covers five different keys and positions and incorporates slide or bottleneck playing in both open and standard tunings.

Derek Cornett. Centerstream Publications. An introduction to the most commonly used scales and techniques for the modern blues player complete with demonstration CD.

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!

25 Original Pieces Using Simple Melodies Basic Chords and Inversions. Written exclusively in easy-to-read tablature, this collection for teachers, students and all fun-loving guitar players features 25 original pieces. It includes a wide variety of finger-picking styles together with solo and accompaniment chords and diagrams. It also presents Finger Lakes sketches. Audio tracks are included for single note melodies and chord accompaniment, for listening, learning, and play-along enjoyment. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

Classical Favorites Played in Jazz Style-Musician teacher and composer J. Douglas Esmond reinterprets timeless classical melodies in the jazz style in this musical journey through some of the world's most revered musical pieces.Original scores from Beethoven Brahms Mozart and other greats are given new time signatures and chord voicings bringing them new life and expanding upon the emotion of each composition while retaining the touchstone of their original themes. Whether you're a fan of classical or jazz or just want to expand your musical taste and repertoire you'll find something here to love. The music is presented in both standard notation and easy-to-read tablature.

Although the cittern has a history spanning 500 years and several countries like its cousin the Irish bouzouki it is a relative newcomer to contemporary traditional music. Doc Rossi a well-known citternist in both traditionaland early music has created this book for intermediate to advanced players who want to improve their technique develop ideas and learn new repertoire. Guitarists can play all of the tunes in this book on the guitar by tuning C FC G C F low to high and putting a capo at the second fret. The lowest line in the tablature then corresponds to the fifth string. The CD features all the tunes played at a medium tempo.

22 Patriotic Guitar Solos for Fingerpickers and Flatpickers-This red white and cool collection contains 22 all-American guitar solos for fingerpickers and flatpickers masterfully arranged by Larry McCabe. Includes: America the Beautiful - The Battle Hymn of the Republic - The Marines' Hymn - The Star Spangled Banner - Yankee Doodle - and many more patriotic favorites in standard notation and tab. The accompanying CD includes demo tracks for all the tunes.

A dozen fantastic Latin originals by award winning Argentine guitarist Brian Chambouleyron for intermediate to advanced players. Each song is presented in notation and tablature and were composed to display the variety and differing styles characteristic of Latin American people. For each the CD features the lead part as well as an accompaniment-only rhythm track for play along.

Innovative and Diverse Ways of Playing Penatonic Scales in Blues Rock and Heavy Metal-Guitar instructor/host Dave Celentano teaches innovative and diverse ways of playing the pentatonic scale in rock and heavy metal. He covers: the five position patterns for the pentatonic scale; sequences string bending connecting the scale patterns; string skipping; two-hand tapping pentatonics; a complete pentatonic solo played over backing tracks; and rhythm backing tracks for the student to rehearse soloing over. All examples are notated intablature and included on the DVD as a printable PDF file. 60 min.

Ken Perlman teaches beginning or advanced guitarists how to master the basic musical skills of fingerpicking techniques needed to play folk blues fiddle tunes or ragtime on guitar. With the music for more than forty songs diagrams illustrations and photographs - this easy to understand guide will develop these new skills and help you apply them in your playing.

The 2 000 licks in this book are organized into 36 chapters. These chapters explore the different pitches rhythms techniques and methods of phrasing found in blues and blues-influenced guitar solos and fills. Use these licks to deliver heavy yet ear-catching riffs. These can be played along with the 43 backing tracks included on the 3 CDs that come with this book. They are all written in the key of a C blues while the backing tracks are played in the keys of E A D G C F and Bb. A handy table is included that shows how to transpose up or down from C to other blues keys. The backing tracks (performed by a live band in a studio) are all in the 12-bar bluesform but the licks do not necessarily have to be played over specific chords in the progression.

Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar. With this book/CD pack Ken Perlman presents a systematic approach to playing classic fiddle tunes fingerstyle on the guitar. Learn hoedowns reels set tunes marches hornpipes jigs strathspeys and airs from a pioneer of the style!