Learn Country Guitar With 6 Great Masters

In his friendly, humorous style, Greg Horne makes learning acoustic guitar fun and easy. This revised edition features examples in TAB and standard music notation and a new DVD hosted by guitar virtuoso Jared Meeker. You'll learn how to hold the instrument, play with a pick, count time, read music, and play simple chords. After mastering the basics, you'll be introduced to fingerpicking, barre chords, improvisation, music theory, and a variety of styles including blues, rock, country, and folk. Beginning Acoustic Guitar is a must-have for anyone serious about starting to learn acoustic guitar. Second Edition Features: * Updated examples in the styles of acoustic guitar masters * New companion DVD demonstrating the examples in the book * Improved instruction on acoustic guitar techniques and theory, covering flatpicking, fingerstyle, and strumming / Guitare

Initial to Grade 2. Trinity?s new Acoustic Guitar syllabus reinvents the popular Plectrum Guitar syllabus, keeping it vital and relevant to today?s guitarist by giving teachers and learners the flexibility to develop fingerstyle and plectrum playing. A selection of the best-loved pieces from the previous syllabus has been retained at every grade for continuity. This book contains all the exam pieces for Initial to Grade 2, covering a wide range of styles at each grade ? folk, acoustic, rock and pop styles, jazz, blues, country ? allowing candidates to follow distinct stylistic pathways as they progress. All pieces are printed in both tablature and standard notation so are accessible for any learner.

Blues mention partout au Canada et de Tim William nom trouveront inévitablement. Il s'avère au-dessus de ce que dit magazine ' Living Blues ' et '...Tim Williams a la saveur, le panache et le style de s'en débarrasser. ' Tim est devenu un enseignant favori dans les camps de la musique partout au Canada et aux Etats-Unis, et il brille vraiment dans ses capacités d'enseignement claire de son style de guitare blues et de ragtime. Tout en apprenant ces grandes chansons originales et traditionnelles, vous découvrirez:--Open G et D Tuning--la ' basse constante ' thumb technique--Trilled 7ths astuces--Cool revirements--Funky main droite techniques--Slide Guitar Techniques--bass techniques--parler du choix de la guitare--Ragtime - Jugband guitare Styles--a diminué en alternance Runs--Major Dixieland mineures se déplace--Blue tierces--Country Blues Techniques--doigt pics--beaucoup de comparaisons et de conseils pour les styles des joueurs grand blues acoustique--Intro aux Notes de Drone--Double Stops / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 80 pages / niveau : Débutant/Intermédiaire / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Techniques Rhythm & Soloing for Nashville-Style Guitar 2-DVD Set-Some call it country Guitar with a dash of rock blues and jazz. Others call it modern Nashville-style guitar. We call it 'Big Twang' and no one's better qualified to help you get a grip on the style than bonafide master twanger Joe Dalton. Players like Albert Lee Arlen Roth Danny Gatton Johnny Hiland Ray Flacke Leon McAuliffe Brent Mason Chet Atkins Scotty Anderson Red Volkaert James Burton and Jimmy Bryant all have their own classic Big Twang signature sound and technique. But today contemporary players across all styles have incorporated twang influences in their signature sounds.In this DVD you will work through a wide variety of rhythm and soloingparts across five distinct Big Twang grooves that Dalton has prepared to illustrate the diversity of the style. Key learnings include mastering the many different attacks required with the picking hand along with the essential 'touches' required from the fretting hand. As you work with the material Dalton will cover hybrid picking chicken-picking pull-offs hammer-ons double-stops pedal steel emulation ending slides pluck 'n cluck staccato and legato effects tips for crafting a good solo syncopation vibrato and tons of other tricks of the twang trade.

Ultimate Guitar Lessons-Take your Guitar playing to the next level and learn some cutting edge licks to help you stand out from the crowd.This fantastic DVD features 50 licks covering a variety of styles from bebop influenced jazz licks to hot country licks soulful blues licks up tempo rock licks and finger twisting shred licks.World respected instructor Danny Gill takes you through each lick one note at a time to help you take your guitar playing versatility to the next level.Along with the high quality video instruction this DVD comes complete with an 11 page downloadable tab booklet containing all of the licks so you don't have to worry about getting lost.

Let Steve introduce you to his amazing world of Lap Style Slide Guitar in C tuning (CGCGCD) in this easily accessible lesson for the intermediate slide player. 'Steve has evolved into a musical chameleon, whether appearing with his group Zubot and Dawson, the avant-folk quartet The Great Uncles of the Revolution or blues legend Jim Byrnes, and now, he proves he's a great teacher too!? In this lesson, Steve focuses on his specialized style of playing lap-style slide in open C tuning. Using an original country blues to show how he plays in C major, Steve moves through the mixolydian mode ( flat 7ths) and into the C minor scale with a song demonstration on each while showing his unique techniques throughout. All licks are shown for the left and right hands with slow, easy to understand instruction and then played up to speed with lots of tips along the way. Steve will have you improvising in no time at all with this great lesson for the lap style slide player! NOTE: On this DVD Steve uses a variation of the CGCEGC tuning: CGCGCD. / Guitare (Lap Steel) / 99 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Music from the church always featured in the repertoires of Country Blues Guitarists. In this lesson we explore several styles of fingerpicking gospel tunes. We start with playing in the key of C and two well known songs played in the style of Mississippi John Hurt and Elizabeth Cotten. We then tackle I'll Fly Away which introduces a new right hand technique that combines fingerstyle with strumming. This technique will add a different texture to your playing. We then begin to explore playing in open tunings and Just a Closer Walk with Thee played in an Open G Tuning. We then go to an Open D tuning to learn Death Come Creeping and Will the Circle BeUnbroken.Two bonus sections are included. The first demonstrates how to change your Guitar strings so that they will not slip. The second is an audio section that features recordings showing variations and other approaches to the tunes taught.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen.Titles include: I Am A Pilgrim What a Friend We Have In Jesus I'll Fly Away Just A Closer Walk With Thee Death Come Creeping and Will The Circle Be Unbroken.

Basix is all you need to take off with your instrument. You can begin learning straight away with this easy-to-use comprehensive series. It won't frustrate you by moving too fast or let you get bored by moving too slow! You'll notice pictures of many great performers; they are added to fire your imagination and help you stay focused on becoming a star yourself! Features easy-to-understand tablature in addition to standard notation plus photos and chord diagrams. Includes rock blues country and folk styles. To top it off you can put what you learn to work when you play along with the companion CD. Set your sights high by beginning withBasix...it will get you there!

Essential patterns for all country guitarists. Play lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard in any key and learn a variety of styles. Easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for players of all standards. In standard notation and guitar tablature with an audio CD of full demo tracks for all the examples.

A complete guide for beginning guitarists with step-by-step lessons and 45 great acoustic songs to learn and play. The Hal Leonard Acoustic Guitar Method uses real songs to teach you all the basics of acoustic Guitar in the style of The Beatles Eric Clapton John Mellencamp the Indigo Girls Robert Johnson James Taylor and many others. Lessons include: strumming fingerpicking using a capo open tunings folk country and bluegrass styles acoustic blues acoustic rock and more. Songs include: Angie Barely Breathing Behind Blue Eyes Building a Mystery Change the World Dust in the Wind Fast Car Here Comes the Sun Jack and Diane Landslide Leaving on a Jet Plane Maggie May More Than Words Name You've Got a Friend Yesterday and more. This book is written in standard notation and tablature.

Learn to Play Using the Techniques & Songs of American Roots Music. A complete collection of all three Acoustic Guitar Method books and CDs in one volume! Learn how to play guitar with the only beginning method based on traditional American music that teaches you authentic techniques and songs. Beginning with a few basic chords and strums you'll start right in learning real music drawn from blues folk country and bluegrass traditions. You'll learn how to find notes on the fingerboard expand your collection of chords by learning songs in various keys and learn different kinds of picking patterns. When you're done with this method series you'll know dozens of thetunes that form the backbone of American music using a variety of flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques. Songs include: Bury Me Beneath the Willow · Delia · Frankie and Johnny · The Girl I Left Behind Me · House of the Rising Sun · Ida Red · In the Pines · Little Sadie · Man of Constant Sorrow · Sally Goodin · Scarborough Fair · Will the Circle Be Unbroken? · and many more.

Four original instrumentals all in standard tuning and in different keys are taught in this lesson. These are multipart compositions that should challenge the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarists. Stefan has brought together blues country and jazz ideas and themes to these solos.Bermuda Triangle Exit has three parts. It begins with a counterpoint section that then leads in to an alternating bass theme and resolves with an R