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Want to be a classical guitarist but never had a lesson' No problem ? this hands-on guide teaches you all the fundamental techniques you need to play scales melodies and full-length pieces in the classical style.  You get plenty of practice exercises to stretch your skills selections from the classical repertoire and a bonus audio CD that helps you play along with the music pieces from the book!   Get acquainted with your guitar ? familiarize yourself with the unique make-up and parts of a classical guitar Start making some music ? play melodies on individual strings move on to arpeggios and getyour fingers in shape with scales Ramp up your technique ? play barres slurs and trills; handle harmonics; master right-hand tremolo; and venture up the neck to play in the higher positions Build yourclassical repertoire ? from Renaissance and Baroque to Classical Romantic and Modern play pieces from the major eras in classical music Practice makes perfect ? improve your performance with expert guidancethrough each exercise and piece in the book Open the book and find: Tips and techniques for playing beautiful pieces How to read music notation andtablature Basic finger and thumb strokes Right- and left-hand techniques Musical examples charts and photos Music pieces from the guitar greats The best ways to care for yourguitar A step-by-step tutorial on changing your strings Bonus CD Includes More than 140 recorded performances of the exercises and pieces featured in thebook Pieces performed using a count-off allowing you to play along in time with the music Tuning notes to help you tune up your guitar

Anyone with a knowledge of basic chords and guitar scales can dig right in and learn to play jazz right away. This well-paced, comprehensive method covers everything, from basic to advanced techniques. The clearly organized lessons add up to a step-by-step, enjoyable method supplemented by full-length etudes or songs with every new concept. Beginning concepts span from major scale and basic triad theory all the way to extended chords and the modes. For the intermediate player, this book can help with the ii-V-I progression, creating solo lines, altered chord formulas, and comping in such jazz feels such as Latin, swing, ballad, and even funk. You will then master the art of playing harmony, melody, rhythm, and bass parts of a song simultaneously, making your guitar the ultimate jazz solo instrument. The book concludes with advanced techniques for improvisation. Whether you are starting to learn jazz guitar or are an advanced player looking to give your playing more nuance, Jazz Guitar Method Complete is all you'll ever need. An MP3 CD demonstrating examples in the book is included. / Guitare

Scott A. Smith teaches you all the essential blues phrasing techniques and tricks. Learn simple concepts like solo construction, phrasing over a 12-bar blues, the blues scale, pentatonic box patterns, and playing multiple scales over a single chord. Also, learn practical, effective techniques like trills, slides, and rakes. In-depth lessons on bending teach you how to use target notes, initial and destination notes, pre-bends, and how to combine bends with box patterns. The included DVD is hosted by Smith and features live demonstrations of the examples in the book. About the Author For the past three decades, Scott A. Smith has remained a dedicated guitarist, musician, and educator. This native Texan started playing guitar in the late '70s and has worked in a variety of genres, including blues, rock, country, and jazz. Scott is a GIT graduate and was featured in the Mike Varney Spotlight column in Guitar Player magazine. No stranger to the road and stage, this veteran guitarist has traveled near and abroad, performing live, teaching, giving clinics, and spreading his love for the instrument. / Guitare

Learn to play rhythm and lead rock Guitar with the step-by-step lessons and 70 great rock songs in this book with online audio!  The Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning rock Guitar. This book uses real rock songs ? no corny rock arrangements of nursery rhymes here! ? to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead rock Guitar in the style of Eric Clapton the Beatles the Rolling Stones and many others. Lessons include power chords riffs scales licks string bending vibrato hammer-ons and pull-offs and slides to name a few. Each chapter concludes with a jam session which enables you to jam along tosuch rock classics as: 'Wild Thing' 'Crossroads' 'Takin' Care of Business' and more. Online audio is accessed using the unique code in each book and includes PLAYBACK features such as tempo adjustment and looping capabilities.

A plain-English easy-to-follow course-Play Guitar! is a friendly step-by-step Guitar method which makes learning fun. No previous musical experience is required and as you progress through each chapter you will develop a broad range ofskills essential to the contemporary guitarist including: tuning up music reading single note technique chord vocabulary rhythm Guitar techniques scales improvisation music theory. These skills are consolidated throughclassic Guitar repertoire and specially written traditional and new pieces. A free CD featuring superb backing tracks enables you to sound like a guitarist in a professional band. The tracks are recorded in stereo with themelody panned to the left and rhythm Guitar to the right. This enables you to hear the complete track before playing either the lead or rhythm part.

This comprehensive approach to basic guitar skills includes varied repertoire, theory, detailed instruction about seating and hand position, standard music notation, an introduction to tablature, basic improvisation, and teaches both the pickstyle and fingerstyle techniques. Great for college non-music majors, continuing education classes, music dealer in-store programs, and group guitar classes at the middle and high school levels. Book 1 contains 16 units, each with a variety of repertoire, exercises, and timed tests at the end. Unit 16 provides instructions for playing 11 hit songs. Students can cut out flashcards provided at the back of the book to use for home study. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. / Guitare

The Ultimate-Guitar Scale Decoder is aimed at guitarists who are mystified by scales and modes. It displays only the most essential scales in practical and useful fingerings, along with an easy-to-understand primer on how to create scales. Each of the scales is accompanied by a musical example on the included CD. Featured topics include: reading tab, the chromatic scale, half steps and whole steps, constructing the major scale, playing in position, modes, parent-scale approach, the parallel method, step construction, constructing minor scales, constructing pentatonic scales, constructing blues scales, and much more! / Guitare

House of Blues Learn to Play Series-House of Blues and The Rock House Method® join together to bring you this unique and comprehensive beginner Metal method. Jam-packed with the fundemental techniques you need to develop the skills to play any style of metal.World renowned instructor/guitarist John McCarthy guides you step-by-step through easy to learn metal power chords complete classic and modern metal rhythms his very own speed demon exercises pentatonic death scales and thedemonic half step. You will learn bends pull-offs and hammer-ons all key components of effective lead playing. It is a must have for aspiring metal guitar players!Each Rock House product includes free lifetime membershipto Rock House's online lesson support system. Enhance your learning experience links with instructors download backing tracks access message boards and much more. You'll connect with a community of musicians around the worldlearning to play music using The Rock House Method.