ISBN 9781610653220. Understanding DADGAD is a complete introduction to usingthe DADGAD tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar. The book systematically explores the tuning, starting with simple chords and scale patterns, ultimately showing how DADGAD can be used to play in nearly any key and in many different musical styles. Topics include moveable and open-string chords and scales, intervals, the harp-effect, common chord progressions in DADGAD and more, all in the context of either short musical examples or complete tunes.Rather than just providing scales, chords, or tunes, this book guides the reader through the process of understanding the guitar from the perspective of DADGAD tuning. Topics are organized as a series of small self-contained sections ideal for a single study session or lesson. After exploring extremely easy ways to get started with DADGAD, involving as little as a single finger on the fretting hand, the book progresses to examples that will interest even more advanced players. 200 musical examples, including several full performance-quality pieces, demonstrate each concept. The online audio features the author playing many of the examples.A complete introduction to DADGAD tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar.Begins with simple chords and scale patterns and progresses to more complex musical examples in many different keys.Topics include moveable and open-string chords and scales, the harp-effect, intervals, common chord progressions in DADGAD and more. Audio available online for download.

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The acclaimed first volume of this exciting series gave extensive insights into basic techniques of flamenco guitar playing and the two important rhythmic forms (palos) of Solea and Alegrias. This second volume continues on with an exploration of further essential rhythmic palos. The first of these is the Bulerias. Juan Martin brings his many years of experience as an internationally renowned flamenco soloist and accompanist for singers and dancers to unravelling its mysteries, explaining and demonstrating very clearly the different elements of its rhythmic structure and the various ways it may be accented and counted. He uses traditional and more modern examples of the different kinds of rhythm and melodic passages (falsetas) to provide an invaluable understanding of this wonderful palo. The second rhythmic form is devoted to the popular flamenco Rumba, then Tangos, Tientos and that most profound of all the palos, the deeply moving Seguiriyas. Juan\'s solo playing is complemented by demonstrations of the guitar\'s role in accompanying the flamenco dance (baile) and song (cante) with the help of outstanding dancers Raquel de Luna and Miguel Infante and singers Amparo Heredia (La Repompilla) and Carlos Brias. The music for solo guitar is transcribed in standard notation and tablature (cifra) and the online video contain nearly three hours of explanation and demonstrations. The series is complemented by two other best-selling Juan Martin volumes published by Mel Bay. These provide progressively graded solo material to extend the repertoire, from beginner to concert level. Includes access to online video.

I was lucky enough tobe involved in the recording of the Inspector Morse theme for the debut TVseries in !987. Barrington said he had aimed to capture the Inspector?smelancholy by using the minor key. A brilliant stroke musically was to play onthe surname with a repeated note tapping out the Morse code. When I made thisarrangement of the Morse theme I sent Barrington a pre-recording for hisapproval. I was more than delighted when he replied:

?Hi Carlos! Thank you so much. It?s a beautifularrangement. With all my best wishes and may God bless you mate, love Bazz.?

ISBN 9781619119284.

Mentored by three legendary guitarists, Michael OaDorn is the living repository of not only the Merle Travis thumbstyle technique, but also the fingerstyle legacies of Chet Atkins and French guitarist, Marcel Dadi. This book contains a discussion of the differences between fingerstyle and thumbstyle technique, plus the most advanced exercises and tunes of any of the authoras three books for Mel Bay Publications a a must-have for any serious fingerstyle guitarist!The book begins with a series of progressive picking patterns with practice points that guide the player through intermediate and advanced licks and techniques. The harmony of each exercise was intentionally left unresolved so that it can be repeated to perfection. Soon, you will be playing OaDornas challenging Travis/Atkins/Dadi-inspired licks and compositions using the left-hand hammer-on, pull-off, and thumb-over techniques, and the right-hand thumb rake and palm mute.While the purpose of this book is to help you establish study habits that enhance your performance abilities, the exercises can also be used as intros, outros or springboards to kickstart your own compositions. At the end, as a payoff for completing the bookas lessons, the author presents three original compositions for player and audience enjoyment.Learn the evolutionary, often unconventional fingerstyle techniques of Travis, Atkins, Dadi, and OaDorn withKiller Technique(r): Fingerstyle Guitar! Includes access to an outstanding online audio recording of the bookas 47 exercises and solos.