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Play Christmas Ukulele Hawaiian Style with ukulele expert Chika Nagata. Included on the CD are twelve songs each played three times the first and the third time with the melody the second time with the melody left out for you to play or sing with just the rhythm. Songs include Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas To You) We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Jingle Bells (with Hawaiian words) Silent Night We Three Kings and many more!

When you hear ?gospel banjo ? you might think about tunes heard at every bluegrass festival played in the Southern gospel tradition. But author Eddie Collins breaks new ground with this collection of the 40 popular songs included nearly 20 of them have not been previously arranged for banjo!Lyrics are below each melody note to give the player a sense of where to stress notes to bring out the melody above the fill-notes of the rolls. Each song is played on the CD!

Learn How to Play the Right Way!. This book is designed to teach you correctly how to sight-read and at the same time acquire a musical vocabulary with the associated terms. The exercises contained in this book are presented in a progressive format: it starts out very easy and gets progressively harder, improving your bass playing skills as you work through the book. Topics covered include: 1st-4th string studies - the rhythm gallery - enharmonic studies - chords and arpeggios - blues progressions - chord charts - and more.

For 6 & 7 String Guitars-There are numerous publications on the art of flamenco Guitar and on the so-called “gypsy jazz” (the style of Django Reinhardt) Guitar. Associated mainly with the Russian seven-string Guitar the art of the Russian-Romany guitarists is barely known in the west and unfortunately is almost lost in Russia itself. This book is designed to introduce guitarists to this specific gypsy style. Follow along as the masters of Russian Gypsy Guitar lead you through exercises and traditional songs transcribed for both 6 and 7-string Guitars. It includes access to audio files online to help you understand and play each piece with proper timing and inflection.

5-String Banjo Tablatures-Published by popular demand this long-awaited songbook contains exact transcriptions in banjo tablature that capture the unique playing style of Douglas Dillard. This fantastic collection includes all of his best-loved tunes from the Andy Griffith Show from his many great years of recording as the original Dillards and from his solo banjo albums and his releases with The Doug Dillard Band. Features more than 20 tunes in G tuning C tuning amd G modal tuning including classics such as: Cripple Creek · Hickory Hollow · Jamboree · John Henry · Old Joe Clark · Buckin' Mule · and more. A must-have for all banjo players!

After the Civil War the ?up picking? finger style of playing the 5-string banjo came into vogue ? eventually finding its way into the Victorian parlor and later college glee and music clubs. The original down picking style didn't entirely die out because throughout the reaminder of the 19th Century new methods for the banjo often included a number of songs in the older two-finger banjo style of performance. Perhaps the most intricate set of songs to appear in the ?original? banjo style were these 34 progressive pieces found in Frank B. Converse's Analytical Banjo Method from 1887. Those songs presentedin this book for clawhammer banjo offer a nice mix of banjo characteristic pieces medleys and new compositions from Converse.

Jake joins the band at school to play clarinet. He continually refuses to play the clarinet correctly as demanded by his band director and private music teacher. Jake is stubborn. All Jake wants to do is play the clarinet his own way until he receives a mysterious letter in the mail from the Clarinet Wizard. The Wizard warns Jake that if he doesn't play his clarinet correctly and folllow his teacher's instructions his clarinet will shrink until he is unable to play it anymore. Jake discovers the secret to keeping his clarinet from shrinking by changing his attitude. Jake begins to follow his teacher's instruction and become really good on the clarinet. (Recommended for ages4-9)

After originating in Buenos Aires at the beginning of the 20th century the Tango has become a characteristic familiar and widely loved dance form that captures the exoticism and passion of Latin America. Jorge Polanuer and Brian Chambouleyron present thirteen accessible solos for the early-intermediate guitar student accompanied by a CD with examples and play-along tracks. The music ranges from single-line melodies to full chordal solos - you'll find Waltzes Milangos Tangos and even a duet.

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.

Compiled by Ron Middlebrook. Cowboys have always held a special place in the hearts and imaginations of Americans. Images of riding bravely and happily into the sunset fending off dangerous enemies and singing around the campfire evoke a sense of pride and respect for a lifestyle nearly forgotten in this age of progress. Relive the days of the cowboys bringing the herds home in this interesting compilation of facts and music. 53 songs celebrate the life and times on the range by such noted writers as Doc Denning Chris LeDoux Rusty Richards Roy Rogers Jr. and others. Their music is an actual view into their daily adventures tribulations and entertainment. This uniquepublication also features articles on black cowboys cowgirls cowboys' Spanish ancestry and more.

This instructional book uses commercial recordings from 70 different sides from the 1920s and early 1930s as its basis to learn the principal guitar backup techniques commonly used in old-time country music. Topics covered include: boom-chick patterns - bass runs - uses of the pentatonic scale - rhythmic variations - minor chromatic nuances - the use of chromatic passing tones - licks based on chords or chord progressions - and more.

This breakthrough guide for guitarists will unlock some of the mystery behind playing over chords and progressions. Working through this material and these concepts will help any guitarist learn how to play the right notes at the right time all the time. Each chapter centers around a different chord type and progression and includes various soloing concepts phrasing options and melodic approaches to playing over chords in both major and minor keys. This includes playing over basic major and minor chords and eventually moves into 7th chords and their extensions.After the basic premise is introduced and various targeting concepts are explored there's a section coveringhow to apply intervals melodically in addition to sharing the ?Pentatonic Highway? targeted soloing approach which will help you navigate the fretboard using the famous Pentatonic-based shifting concept.This method encourages the use of looping and loop pedals which will make practicing this material much easier on your own. Additionally you can have other guitarists or musicians perform the static chords and progressions behind you as you practice these concepts and ideas.If you're searching for a method that will help you understand the options that are available when soloing and playing over individual chords and progressions Target Tones is the key to helping you unlock these commonly misunderstood areas of melodic soloing and improvisation. Includes access to musical audio examples online.

Concentrating on the melody or harmony of a piece is a great exercise for when you have to do both. For this book author James Douglas Esmond has chosen a dozen pieces out of the classical domain which are not found in the standard guitar repertoire. The pieces in this book start off fairly easy and progress to more challenging ones for intermediate guitarists. One guitar is great but two is twice as nice and working with other musicians is great fun. So get together with another guitarist and have a wonderful time discovering these guitar duet pieces! The accompanying CD features 24 tracks.

Part of a universal repertoire familiar to all traditional jazz musicians the 35 standards in this collection are arranged for the tenor banjo but chord symbols make playing suitable for all banjo tunings as well as other chord instruments. Popular keys have been chosen with melodies in notes and tab plus large easy-to-read chord diagrams lyrics commentary and more. Includes: Margie ? Wabash Blues ? Tishmingo Blues ? Avalon ? Back Home Again in Indiana ? Shimmy Like My Sister Kate ? St. Louis Blues ? Jazz Me Blues ? Old Green River ? By and By ? and more.