Start Playing: Country Guitar Licks

Play Right Now!-No matter what your level of musical knowledge this is a simple fun method for students of all ages who want to start playing the guitar. Jam with the band in a variety of musical styles including rock blues country and funk.

Gain some real Nashville chops and start your own country twangfest with Essential Country Guitar Technique! Starting right now you can become a country guitar daredevil by playing the exercises found in these pages. Twelvesolos that demonstrate each technique are included so you can take your new-found skills for a test drive ? and take charge of some hot country music while you're at it! You'll learn: Travis picking pedal steel bends country swing techniques bluegrass-style banjo rolls and much more! Recorded demos of every music example and solo are included on the CD.

Learning to play Blues Guitar is a highly rewarding experience but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing -fast!Full colour pictures clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice combine to make Start-Up Blues Guitar do exactly what is says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track andthat makes everything else come more easily.Contents include:Blues ChordsBass Chord Strumming PatternsReading Guitar TablatureFills and TurnaroundsIntros andEndingsSolo TechniqueImprovising RiffsCountry and Jazz BluesBlues RockA selection of timeless Blues songs to playChord reference library

Better get ready to start pickin' and strumming with the best in the business as Nashville's super country-session player Ray Flacke takes you through his hottest licks tricks and leads.Flacke has set the standards in the true meaning of country guitar playing. His overwhelming style is a melting pot of pedal steel guitar effects banjo-inspired bluegrass playing slick stops speedy scales and harmony guitar soloing. This special lesson provides a step-by-step guide to a barrage of amazing licks with careful attention paid to right-hand pick and finger techniques.A booklet of supporting musical examples and diagrams is included.

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

Let’s Rock Bass will give you everything you need to know to get started playing the Bass learn the essentials so you can get seriously good seriously fast. With over 100 audio tracks quick guide videos and 12 lessons in 6 different styles you’ll be playing before you know it. Book Features: Over 1 hour of downloadable video and audio content. Instrument quick guide – what everything’s called how it works and everything in-between! How to read music – learn how to read music quickly and simply. 12x lessons in 6 different styles – each lesson includes audio andvideo tuition. 6 pieces 6 varying styles – put your skills to the test with 6 kick ass pieces. Play - Rock Pop Indie Metal Hip Hop and Country. 120 audio tracks – supporting audio for every musical example and piece. Video lessons – on getting started and key techniques. Quiz – put your skills to the test with the interactive quizzes. Dropcard – instantly download the accompanying audio and video hassle free! What you’ll learn: The basics of music notation & your instrument. Rock Pop Metal Country Indie and Hip Hop. Simple basslines riffs and arpeggios. Watch the promotional video here: Let’s Rock is perfect for both students and teachers. Teachers can use each book as self explanatory ‘grab and go’ resources with ‘day one’ bassists. Similarly first time bassists can pick up the book and instantly get going even before they’ve had their first lesson.

The Early Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins-In this second DVD lesson devoted to the guitar playing of Lightnin??? Hopkins Ernie Hawkins dives into Lightnin's early catalogue from the Aladdin and Gold Star record labels. There was an amazing variety to Lightnin's early work. Listening to his early recordings we hear an artist at his prime. He effortlessly employing widely different rhythms keys and tunings. The deeper we listen to these songs the deeper our insight into what a master of Texas blues Lightnin' Hopkins really was.Lightnin's style itself came along at the perfect time: the advent of the electric guitar. His style strong rhythms punctuated by his flowing but compact lead linescreated a stinging and heart-tearing evocative sound. Lightnin's guitar style and technique worked great for both the acoustic or electrical guitars. The blues of Freddy King Albert Collins the Vaughn brothers Billy Gibbons testify to the power of this style. Lightnin' connects the generations of players starting with Blind Lemon Jefferson for whom he was lead-boy in the early 1920s. Standing tall at the center of the Texas Blues story is Lightnin??? Hopkins.In this double DVD set Ernie Hawkins covers songs in unusual keys such as: drop D(Sugar Mama) in drop D but played in the key of A (Santa Fe Blues) in G (Bad Luck and Trouble) as well as in the usual blues in A Come Back Baby and the country gospel Needed Time in the key of E. As a bonus Ernie teaches his version of Lightnin's Hideway the Freddy King tune coming back home to Lightnin'.Ernie teaches phrase by phrase and then uses the split-screen so you can carefully study what each hand is doing. Detailed tab/music booklets are included as PDF files on both DVDs. 186 minutes ??? Level 2/3 ??? Detailed tab/music PDF files on the DVDs

This DVD course is designed for people who want to play Bass in a small group or ensemble and presents all the most common musical forms. You will learn Bass techniques for rock country pop and other popular musicstyles.No music-reading ability is required. After mastering this method you will be ready to start playing with other musicians regardless of what type of music you choose.

If you've been learning guitar and feel ready to start playing your favorite songs, the First 50 Series is designed just for you! This edition features 50 country songs that all beginning guitarists should have in their repertoire, including: Always on My Mind · Beer for My Horses · Body like a Back Road · Boot Scootin' Boogie · Chicken Fried · Crazy · The Dance · Family Tradition · Fishin' in the Dark · Folsom Prison Blues · The Gambler · Gentle on My Mind · He Stopped Loving Her Today · Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) · Hey, Good Lookin' · I Walk the Line · I Will Always Love You · It's Five O'Clock Somewhere · Mama Tried · On the Road Again · (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) · Ring of Fire · Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) · Stand by Your Man · Tennessee Whiskey · Wildwood Flower · You're Still the One · Your Cheatin' Heart · and more. / Guitare / Hal Leonard

Keeping it simple from the start Dorian will have you playing basic fingerstyle (constant bass) with the song “Baby Please Don't Go” and then Travis (alternate bass) picking with the song “Fright Train.” With a split screen Dorian dissects each song note for note plus playing tips. Dorian Michael studied and worked in almost every style of playing guitar. He graduated with a music degree from Cal State Northridge CA and travels around the country performing and giving workshops. Easy for everyone! Printable downloadable sheet music included. 60 minutes.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : Bluegrass & Country Series : Complete Number of pages : 200 Fingerstyle guitar is extremely popular today. This is because it lends itself to very personal and lyrical solo and accompaniment styles. This method is one of the very best at teaching the basics of fingerpicking. Written by Nashville's fine guitarist, Tommy Flint, you will learn chording, Travis picking, soloing, scales and accompaniment patterns, playing over the entire fingerboard, barre-chords, two-string harmony, combining hammer and slide, three-against four roll, contrary motion, crosspicking, harmonics, right and left hand agility studies, and much more. A bonus is the inclusion of over 50 great, original Tommy Flint fingerpicking guitar solos which reflect a rich diversity of styles. This volume includes material previously published in two volumes as Mel Bay's Deluxe Fingerstyle Guitar Method. Written in notation and tablature. This package includes a split-track CD which provides play-along demonstrations of many of the exercises and solos in the book, starting with page 41. The solo guitar is on the right with accompaniment guitar on the left, so you can eliminate the solo part or accompaniment by adjusting the balance control of your player.