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Thelonious Sphere Monk was a towering figure in the story of modern jazz. He was also one of the great originals in all of jazz history with a unique piano style perfectly suited to his visionary approach to composition andimprovisation. He is even better remembered as the composer of some of the classics of jazz: 'Round About Midnight and Blue Monk. For years regarded as a far-out eccentric Monk has now taken his rightful place in the pantheon ofjazz greats. Monk's music is a challenge on any instrument and particularly for fingerstyle guitar. Duck Baker draws on his experience performing and arranging many jazz styles from ragtime to free jazz in attempting tocapture Monk's bittersweet harmonic feeling on the six strings of the guitar. Duck teaches arrangements of Blue Monk Lulu's Back in Town 'Round About Midnight and Light Blue. As a bonus rare footage of Monk performing the firstthree tunes is included from a 1966 concert with his great quartet featuring Charlie Rouse. Duck Baker's ability to clearly explain and demonstrate his arrangements in an engaging fashion has been noted by both critics andstudents of his instructional videos as have his exceptional talents as a guitarist and arranger. The Music of Thelonious Monk Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar is a unique DVD lesson that only Duck Baker could have put together.

In these three audio lessons Duck Baker Stefan Grossman and John Renbourn teach six Celtic fingerstyle guitar solos. The three compact discs offer three full hours of note-by-note phrase-by-phrase instruction and all of the arrangements appear in the book in notation and tablature. Lesson One by Duck Baker teaches Planxty Irwin in Drop D tuning and Hewlett in standard tuning. Lesson Two by Stefan Grossman introduces Open G minor tuning for Logan Water and Captain Magan. Lesson Three by John Renbourn continues G minor tuning with arrangements of Mist Covered Mountains and The Orphan. This lesson concludes with five bonus tracks featuring performances by Davey Graham andDave Evans.

Celtic Music offers the fingerstyle guitarist many beautiful and haunting melodies as well as intriguing dance rhythms and exciting tunes. Duck Baker is one of the leading fingerstyle guitarists arranging melodies from thevast Celtic repertoire. In this DVD Duck explores the possibilities of playing a wide variety of Celtic music on your guitar. The character and feel of the Celtic style is expertly conveyed here and with a selection ofpieces to learn and practice the skills you will soon be adding melodic picking and arpeggios to your own playing. With a 24 page PDF music booklet.

To Fingerstyle Swing Guitar-Duck Baker is considered to be one of today???s finest fingerstyle guitarists. In this lesson he teaches the basics of how to put that ???swing??? in to your playing. This is not a lesson for beginners and it is assumed you will alreadyhave some knowledge of this style. Duck shows you how to expand and take your playing to a different level so that you can fingerpick swing tunes. Along the way he explains and explores rhythm chords and changes that you will needto incorporate into your playing. Four familiar tunes from the swing repertoire are taught and the arrangements are fully explained phrase by phrase. This DVD format has each arrangement on split-screen that clearly show whateach hand is performing. This lesson will help you develop your own individual technique for playing fingerstyle swing guitar.

The 1970 Pop Hit by Ernie of Sesame Street gets an over-the-top novelty treatment in this arrangement by Roger Emerson. Featuring an optional kazoo and squeeze duck section your audience will be falling out of their chairs! Available: 2-Part and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30.

Duck Baker's experience as a teacher is evident in thie DVD. His understanding of the technical difficulties that a student might encounter with this repertoire help this lesson to be so successful. A detailed 24 page tab/musicPDF booklet is included.

A fantasic album of jazz folk bluegrass and rag fingerpicking solos played by some of the finest contemporary guitarists. This international collaboration features England's Dave Evans Canadian Jim McLennan Duck Baker and Leo Wijnkamp Jr. from Holland. 13 of the 15 tunes are featured in the tab/music PDF booklet included as an extra on the CD.

Description arranged for Fingerstyle Guitr. In this set of audio lessons, Duck Baker presents several approaches for the intermediate guitarist on six fingerstyle guitar solos. The three compact discs feature note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction, and all of the music is in the book in notation and tablature. In addition to an explanation of the tab system, Lesson One includes Gusty's Frolics and Humors of Whiskey in Drop D tuning. Lesson Two teaches The Wicklow Hornpipe in Drop D tuning and Bantry Bay in Drop G tuning. Lesson Three presents Jenny Picking Cockles and The Wise Maid, both in Drop D tuning.

Arranged For Fingerstyle Guitar-Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar. This set of audio lessons contains three compact discs featuring note-by-note phrase-by-phrase instruction. All the music is presented in notations and tablature. Lessons are taught in Drop Dtuning (DADGBE). As a special bonus this book includes an interview with Duck Baker and an explanation of the tab system.

The evolution of Fingerstyle jazz Guitar continues today with Martin Yalor Tomy Crook Jim Nichols Duck Baker and Woody Mann. Each player has developed a distinctly different approach to interpreting and writing jazz solo Guitar by listening intently to numerous other musicians and composers - Pianists Horn players Bassists and singers as well as many Guitarists in jazz blues and other styles. What distinguishes them from more traditional jazz Guitarists (who more or less function as a linear voice in an ensemble) is their ability to play (or imply) all aspects of the music - rhythm chords bass and melody - without accompaniment. Records by Charlie Byrd Lenny Breau George Van Eps Laurindo Almmieda and Joe Pass have set a very high standard for solo fingerstyle jazz Guitar and it is from this vantage point that the solo flights of Taylor Crooks Nichols Baker and Mann take wing. Their performances not only demonstrate their technical brilliance and imagination they are a testament to the enduring power and beauty of jazz Guitar in its current evolution as a major instrumental force in American music.

Also known as the ?Duckworth Chant ? this familiar military cadence call has been popular since its creation in 1944 by Private Duckworth of the U.S. Army. Scott Watson's clever arrangement for beginning players uses call and response between sections and includes an optional vocal chant introduction extolling the virtues of playing in band. Great fun!

Composed for the YAMAHA-BläserKlassen-Kong ress 2015-Attention drivers and cyclists theres something happening on the road - the ducks are on the move! Quacking and waddling along the street they dominate the traffic scene. To the left to the right in their own good time! Its not so far to thenext pond after all...As entertaining as its story is this new piece by the renown Swiss composer Gilbert Tinner that he dedicated to the 2015 YAMAHA BläserKlassenkongress. Designed for the needs of a German BläserKlasse it is suitable for any youth concert band. Therock style and some funny special effects make this grade 1 5 composition attractive to any audience!