RGT Bass Guitar Playing Intermediate Grades 3-5

Anyone interested in learning to play acoustic guitar can pick up this well-paced, comprehensive method and get started right away. Beginning concepts include right- and left-hand technique, reading music, basic improvisation, barre chords, picking technique, playing bass lines, and basic arranging. Intermediate topics include alternate tunings, scales, how to play in upper positions of the fingerboard, and a rundown of styles like acoustic funk, New Orleans, gypsy swing, Celtic, bluegrass, Cajun, and more. This comprehensive book concludes with more advanced techniques, including 'machine gun strums,' right-hand muting, slapping, tapping, slap harmonics, and tremolo---as well as styles like reggae, African/Brazilian, norteño, and conjunto. Whether you are starting to learn acoustic guitar or an advanced player looking to improve your playing, this is the one book on acoustic guitar you will ever need. An MP3 CD for demonstration and play-along is included. / Guitare

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-This two DVD set is for beginner and intermediate guitarists who want to start fingerpicking. Rev. Gary Davis used to tell his students that playing the guitar was easy. He would say that a piano player has only two hands (theleft keeps an alternating bass while the right plays a melody) but a guitarist has three hands! Our right hand thumb is one hand and plays the bass figures while our index finger is our second hand and plays the melody. Ourthird hand is our left hand which fingers chords. The results produce a full and orchestrated fingerstyle sound with a rhythmic bass played against melodic lines. This is the alternating bass technique which we sometimes jokinglyrefer to as 'bum-chick.' It is the most popular fingerpicking style played and has been used by legendary guitarists. Mississippi John Hurt Rev. Gary Davis Merle Travis Doc Watson Chet Atkins are but a few of the giantsof this style.On these two DVDs we will explore how to master the alternating bass style. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and then played again slowly on a split-screen so that you can carefully see what both hands aredoing. A detailed 60 page tab/music PDF is included. As well you will see footage of some of the great fingerstyle players such as Rev. Gary Davis Lightnin' Hopkins Mance Lipscomb Merle Travis Brownie McGhee ElizabethCotten John Jackson Pink Anderson and Doc Watson.

Kevin Dillard introduces a book allowing experienced guitarists to take their playing to an entirely new level. Intelli-Shred offers an in-depth look into the mechanics and concepts behind those amazing guitar solos by legendary artists like Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Randy Rhoads, John Petrucci, and others. Guitarists learn the theory behind melodic modal shapes and arpeggios and various techniques for applying them in solo playing. The exercises and etudes serve to challenge and motivate while simultaneously building strength, speed, dexterity, and knowledge of the fretboard. The CD included demonstrates all the examples in the book. With some tasty and muscular etudes to finish, intermediate plus rockers will find much to keep themselves busy here. - Guitar Techniques Magazine

Intermediate-This is the second book of the three-part Improvising Bass Guitar series and accompanies the highly acclaimed Registry of Guitar Tutors Bass Guitar Playing Examinations. Ideal for intermediate players (Grade 3 to 5) the book covers several styles of Bass playing with example music in both the book and on the accompanying audio CD.  Written as a practice aid for the improvisation part of the exam the sections are expertly designed to progress at the perfect pace for the Intermediate player. The CD backing tracks are all professionally recorded and cover styles from the last three decades. They will ensure a rounded development in yourplaying and as they are all without the Bass you can work on new ideas whenever you want. The book enables the reader to improve and build upon their bassline creation skills explaining the necessary theory along the way using tablature notation and diagrams. Whether or not you intend to take the RGT Bass exams this book is an invaluable aid to improving your Bass playing.

Mastering Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. The Hawaiian word for slack key guitar, k? h??alu, means to ?loosen the key? or retune some of the strings to create a harmonious sound with an open or alternate tuning. Slack key is a fingerpicking style characterized by strong alternating bass lines played with the thumb. While slack key can be played on any guitar, most players prefer a nylon- or steel-stringed acoustic instrument. This book presents 25 intermediate to advanced traditional and original tunes in the Hawaiian slack key style. Melodies are often harmonized in sixths or thirds played with or without double stops. Techniques like syncopated bass lines, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and harmonics are tastefully employed to evoke the images of ocean breezes, swaying palms, hula dancers and white sandy beaches. The author writes, ?Unless you grew up playing slack key, it?s hard to get from the material presented in most books and DVDs to a fluid, play-it-your-own-way style.? This book seeks to reveal the insights the author has gleaned from studying and jamming with some of the giants of the slack key style, and help you develop a style all your own. Includes access to online audio tracks of all 25 relaxing but challenging Hawaiian slack key tunes.

This DVD lesson has been designed to help beginner and intermediate students of fingerpicking country blues guitar improve their playing skills and increase their repertoires using an alternating bass technique. Stefan Grossmanillustrates and explains in detail ten fingerstyle arrangements in the keys of C D E A G and F. These popular blues and ragtime songs come from the playing of the Mississippi John Hurt Rev Gary Davis Mance Lipscomb andElizabeth Cotten. Each tune is discussed and taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split screen so that you can clearly see what each hand is doing. A detailed 44 page tab/music PDF booklet is included with this lesson.

By offering you the possibility to practice rock improvisations this coursebook teaches you how to solo in this particular style letting you perform in a musical environment which simulates actual group situations. The enclosed CD contains 12 complete backing tracks (Drums Bass and Guitar) to which as a beginning and intermediate guitarist you can learn to play the numerous solos proposed in this coursebook contextually appropriately and as an advanced intermediate or advanced guitarist you will be able to play personal versions freely in many different styles. Thus while some of you will simply discover the pleasure of playing superb rock solos others will use theideas presented in this coursebook to further their personal style and improvisational skills. The songs in this coursebook feature varying difficulties and cover diverse rock directions such as classic rock pop-rock southern rock slow rock blues rock...armed with this level of knowledge you are fully prepared to meet all foreseeable future challenges. By offering you the possibility to practice rock improvisations this coursebook teaches you how to solo in this particular style letting you perform in a musical environment which simulates actual group situations.The enclosed CD contains 12 complete backing tracks (Drums Bass and Guitar) to which as a beginning and intermediate guitarist you can learn to play the numerous solos proposed in this coursebook contextually appropriately and as an advanced intermediate or advanced guitarist you will be able to play personal versions freely in many different styles.Thus while some of you will simply discover the pleasure of playing superb rock solos others willuse the ideas presented in this coursebook to further their personal style and improvisational skills.The songs in this coursebook feature varying difficulties and cover diverse rock directions such as classic rock pop-rock southern rock slow rock blues rock...armed with this level of knowledge you are fully prepared to meet all foreseeable future challenges.

Advanced Fingerpicking Bk/3Cds-Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques. Contains solos that will challenge intermediate and advanced fingerstyle guitarists. These arrangements show the broad musical textures fingerstyle techniques and styles available tofingerstyle guitarists. Right hand rhythmic patterns counterpoint lines single-string runs and alternating bass techniques are used throughout the arrangements. Many of the tunes are Stefan's original compositions however thearrangements of music by Big Bill Broonzy Reverend Gary Davis and other fingerstyle guitar gurus are showcased. All of these arrangements are presented in standard notation and tab. A thorough explanation on how to read tab isincluded in this text. An essay by Dale Miller in Stefan Grossman's colossal role in world of fingerstyle guitar is included in this text. This book comes with three CD's which contain performances of these arrangements.Fingerstyle guitarists will enjoy playing and listening to these challenging but workable arrangements.