Mike Christiansen: Guitar Scale Wall Chart: Instrumental Reference

Par CHRISTIANSEN MIKE. Absolutely a landmark text! Author Mike Christiansen spent countless hours researching the scale forms used in all major musical idioms and also those found in other non-Western musical cultures. In addition to a myriad of scale forms (both conventional and rare) for major, minor, pentatonic, and blues, in-depth sections are contained on modes symmetrical altered scales, exotic scales and Japanese scales. Among the scale forms presented are Byzantine, Persian, East Indian Purvi, enigmatic, eight-tone Spanish, Prometheus, Gagaku, Zokugaku, In Sen Pou, Arabian and Balinese!! Scales are shown in notation, tablature, and diagram form. Also, rules are given for each scale showing construction and appropriate usage in relation to chordal structure and harmony. Companion DVD included featuring Mike and Corey Christiansen demonstrating improvisational applications of each scale. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / All Styles - Technic / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

Packed with information the Guitar Scale Wall Chart contains a complete fingerboard/notation diagram and shows fingering grid diagrams for major and minor scales (harmonic melodic and Hungarian) pentatonic andblues scales and modes.Size: 24' x 35'.

Par CHRISTIANSEN MIKE. The most complete and thorough reference book on rock guitar. Contains detailed teaching on licks, breaks, and fills, playing rhythm patterns and styles, lead scales for soloing, and tricks for building speed and adding color to improvisation. In notation and tablature. The companion CD is a stereo play-along recording featuring the terrific guitar stylings of Mike Christiansen backed by a rock rhythm section. The CD is well over 60 minutes and features excerpts from most of the musical selections presented in the book. Also includes a DVD with 115 minutes of video. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Rock - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures Electrique

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Intermediate Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Mastering Guitar Number of pages : 144 Mastering the Guitar is an innovative, comprehensive method for learning the guitar. Level 2 Book C includes a wealth of challenging and creative guitar solos, duets and studies in the keys of A-flat,F-minor, G-minor,D-flat, and B-flat minor. Special concepts presented in this volume include: basic improvisation, rhythmic variation, barre chords, key of A-flat/closed position, passing tone studies, harmonized scales, western swing, fingerstyle performance, chord progression studies, blues, chords, common rock and blues licks, bass string chords, Latin rhythms, and comping. Guitar solo material provided in rock, jazz, bluegrass, Latin, blues, Baroque, Renaissance, and from a wide variety of historical periods and contemporary musical styles. Mastering the Guitar 2C Double CD set is a recording to accompany the volume of the same title. These CDs contain most all of the solo and duet settings found in the book as performed by William Bay, Mike Christiansen, and John McClellan.

Par CHRISTIANSEN MIKE. A fabulous technique book for the rock guitarist, Rock Lead Scales for Guitar presents an assortment of rock scales, and combines them with solos studies to develop a sense of the proper usage of individual scale segments. / Niveau : Débutant / Rock - Technic / Etude / Guitare Electrique

Book With Online Audio and Video-Co-authored by William Bay and Michael Christiansen Mastering The Guitar is an innovative exciting new way to learn the Guitar. This extremely comprehensive method applies theinternationally acclaimed Mel Bay teaching concept to the vast array of musical styles and techniques found in today's music. Written in notation and tablature it covers Guitar solo and accompaniment styles ranging from Celtic toClassic to Cajun; from Flamenco to fiddle tunes to rock; from Baroque to blues to bluegrass; and from Latin to jazz to Reggae. A special feature of this method is that it teaches both flatpicking and fingerstyle solo andaccompaniment techniques.The two books in level 1 present essential foundational studies for contemporary Guitar performance. Book 1A covers the keys of C Am G and Em in great depth presenting over 155 solos andduets and more than 140 scale and picking studies chord etudes and accompaniment pieces. Book 1B covers the keys of D A E F Dm and Bf. In addition Book 1B has over 130 solos and duets and over 40 comprehensive scale andpicking studies. Numerous chord progression studies and chord accompaniment pieces and etudes are also included.A Technique Studies book is available which will bring an added level of flatpicking and fingerpickingexcellence to each key presented in Book 1A and Book 1B. The advanced levels of this method introduce a creative and unique approach to learning and mastering the higher positions on the Guitar fingerboard. Mastering The Guitar 1A comes with audio examples and videos to download online.

Par CHRISTIANSEN MIKE. Basics and more for the rhythm guitarist. Includes instruction in: strum patterns, bass notes, power chords and scales, barre chords, blues-rock comping, arpeggio accompaniment, doubling the bass line, single-string rhythms, and more. / Niveau : Débutant / Rock - Rhythm/Backup / Etude / Guitare Electrique

Par CHRISTIANSEN MIKE. Constructing a rock or pop solo could be compared to baking a cake. The solo consists of several elements or ingredients which combine to make the final product. The improvised solo may consist of such elements as: scales, sequences, arpeggios, double stops and licks. The material in this book will help you to master one of those elements, which is licks. Licks are a series of notes which have a catchy sound. They may be repeated over and over in the solo. They are so commonly used that they may be call rock clichés. When the licks (or rock clichés) in this book are combined with scales and other elements of a solo, they will give you solo an authentic, professional, classy sound. Audio available online. / Niveau : Débutant / Rock - Licks and Phrases / Etude / Guitare Electrique

Finally a method that gets students started on the essentials of guitar while focusing on the material every rock guitarist should know. Subjects include power chords rock scales rock soloing reading tab and standard notation open chords accompaniment strum patterns and rock licks. Designed to educate students about guitar essentials this lesson makes the learning fun. Chord progressions and melodies similar to rock classics make this text a mustfor aspiring rock guitarists. The accompanying CD and DVD gives students the opportunity and hear and play along with the pros. â?¢