Jackson Mississippi attracted a host of blues musicians in the period 1910-1940. Many players from small towns made their way to Jackson which as the capital of Mississippi and a much larger city held forth the promise of moreand better work opportunities and the possibility of making a living playing music rather than driving a mule or chopping cotton. The Jackson Blues scene was an unusually rich one stylistically spanning the gap from thesophisticated Pop blues of Bo Carter to the low-down blues of Rube Lacy and a host of players working between those two extremes.Included on this DVD are transcriptions and teaching of recorded performances from TommyJohnson one of the fountainheads of the Mississippi blues Itta Bena natives Rube Lacy and Ishmon Bracey with their distinctive vocal head tones and intense playing the great Geeshie Wiley a woman who played and sang asstrongly as any man Walter Vinson guitarist and lead singer for the Mississippi Sheiks and Bo Carter a player with a rich chordal vocabulary and Jazzy sound. The songs presented offer a wide range of left and right handapproaches and ways of keeping time and will expand your your ability to play blues moving far afield from the simple alternating bass.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD and contains all ofthe songs' lyrics as well as transcriptions of the Guitar parts. Also included are the original source recordings from which the transcriptions taught in the lesson were taken.Titles include: Tommy Johnson: LonesomeHome Blues Walter Vinson: Overtime Blues Geeshie Wiley: Eagles On A Half Rube Lacy: Ham Hound Crave Ishmon Bracey: Four Day Blues Bo Carter: Honey

'The strangest, most complex and bizarre of all blues artists.' - John FaheySkip James is perhaps the most stylistically original of the blues performers from the Mississippi River Delta region, with his unusual Dm (Crossnote) tuning, haunting falsetto vocals, and an intense, variable marriage of music and text. James made a number of recordings for Paramount before the Depression carried him into obscurity, but those recordings would form the basis of his reputation and secure him as one of the legends of that classic era of blues.In this 2 DVD set Tom Feldmann brings you through Skip's classic 1931 blues recordings as well as a few fan favorites from his rediscovery years, Crow Jane, Worried Blues, Look Down the Road and All Night Long. Nearly all of the 1931 guitar recordings were played using Crossnote tuning and DVD One is dedicated to those songs with Feldmann teaching you every aspect of Skip's playing in this tuning. DVD Two continues with two more classics in Crossnote tuning and then turns to Standard tuning for songs in D and E positions and ends with Skip's lone Spanish tuning (Open G) recording, Special Rider Blues.Tablature is included as a PDF file on each DVD. In addition the original 1931 recordings of the songs covered are included as well as live footage of Skip James from the 1966 Newport Folk Festival. / Guitare

Foundations Of Rock - Guitar Riffs In The Style Of The 80s And 90s is a fun and exciting beginner/intermediate instructional Guitar book/CD/DVD featuring 17 rock Guitar riffs and/or solos reminiscent of the80s and 90s. Stylistically the examples range from 80's pop/rock hard rock and metal to 90's pop/rock metal and grunge. A wide range of important rock guitar techniques are covered. Music notation tablature and chorddiagrams are provided for each riff. Full performances of each riff as well as backing tracks are also provided with the play along CD. The 68-minute DVD features detailed close-up step by step instruction on how to play eachriff taught by guitarist Don Lappin.

Troy Stetina's intense metal method teaches you the elements of lead Guitar technique with an easy to understand approach. The heavy metal concepts theory and musical principals are all applied to real metal licks runs and fullcompositions. Learn at your own pace through 12 fully transcribed heavy metal solos from simple to truly terrifying! Music and examples demonstrated on the accompanying online audio.

Mariachi music for most of its 200 or so years has primarily been an aural tradition passing songs down from generation to generation ear to ear. This collection puts many popular tunes from the genre in print for any classicalguitarist to play. Author Laura Sobrino has been a professional mariachi and is familiar with the stylistic intricacies that truly make this Mexican traditional and popular music unique. Written in standard notation and tablature.

Follow in the fretprints of the most influential jazz guitar icons from the last 100 years with this detailed overview of the genre's key players.Written by acclaimed guitar aficionado Wolf Marshall this exclusive anthology features biographies gear surveys guitar licks historical and stylistic analyses essential audio and video guides rare photos and much more.Featured icons include George Benson Kenny Burrell Charlie Christian Herb Ellis Tal Farlow Grant Green Barney Kessel Pat Martino Pat Metheny Wes Montgomery Joe Pass Les Paul Django Reinhardt Mike Stern and other amazing players.

Key Features at Grade 5 Natural harmonics playing over changes Major and Natural Minor Major and Minor Pentatonic scales Blues Scales. All in two positins. Major and Minor Arpeggios over two octaves. Chords in three inversions Playback skills Rockschool builds upon its 21 years of unrivalled experience in rock and pop examination by bringing you the 2012-2018 Syllabus. For this latest Syllabus Rockschool have employed some of the most sought after professional musicians to ensure that their tunes are the most authentic on offer. Guitar Syllabus features Plot your stylistic specialism - follow your preferred style up through the grades Introduction to tone - authentic tone and amp setting suggestions for each track TAB and Standard Notation 6 Performance pieces 6 varying styles Fact files - band and artist background information with recommended further listening Walkthroughs -  Hints and Tips on the tricky sections of the songs Downloads with full mixes

The ground breaking 2016 Acoustic Guitar syllabus from Rockschool further continues their long-standing commitment to world leading industry relevant music education. Designed to provide both student and instructor with a truly diverse range of contemporary repertoire a vast array of crucial supporting tests and both a technical and stylistic understanding that is second to none. Featuring: 6 pieces in each book from the worlds of Rock Pop Metal Blues Country Jazz and Acoustic Specialists. Professional backing tracks for both pieces and supporting tests. Duet arrangement available at every grade. Fact files andtechnical guidance. Plus: Ear Tests Technical Exercises Sight Reading and Improvisation examples General Musicianship Questions Find out more about Rockschool Acoustic Guitar grades at: www.rslawards.com/acoustic Rockschool Acoustic Guitar is fully accredited by all four UK regulators and offers UCAS points at Grades 6 7

The ground breaking 2016 Acoustic Guitar syllabus from Rockschool further continues their long-standing commitment to world leading industry relevant music education. Designed to provide both student and instructor with a truly diverse range of contemporary repertoire a vast array of crucial supporting tests and both a technical and stylistic understanding that is second to none. Featuring: 6 pieces in each book from the worlds of Rock Pop Metal Blues Country Jazz and Acoustic Specialists. Professional backing tracks for both pieces and supporting tests. Duet arrangement available at every grade. Fact files andtechnical guidance. Plus: Ear Tests Technical Exercises Quick Study Pieces Sight Reading and Improvisation examples General Musicianship Questions

The ground breaking 2016 Acoustic Guitar syllabus from Rockschool further continues their long-standing commitment to world leading industry relevant music education. Designed to provide both student and instructor with a truly diverse range of contemporary repertoire a vast array of crucial supporting tests and both a technical and stylistic understanding that is second to none. Featuring: 6 pieces in each book from the worlds of Rock Pop Metal Blues Country Jazz and Acoustic Specialists. Professional backing tracks for both pieces and supporting tests. Duet arrangement available at every grade. Fact files andtechnical guidance. Plus: Ear Tests Technical Exercises Quick Study Pieces Sight Reading and Improvisation examples General Musicianship Questions

500 Smokin' Country Guitar Licks. If your country guitar picking lacks the twang of the great Tele and electric fat-bodied Gibson players of days gone by, then you've found the right book! 500 Smokin' Country Guitar Licks is designed to help you build the skills needed to crank out the honky tonk sound heard from Texas dance halls to the streets of Bakersfield. The licks are broken into stylistic categories, such as the country shuffle, honky tonk, boogie, steel guitar sounds, chicken pickin', cajun style, truck driving songs, train songs, the Bakersfield Sound, etc. Musical concepts, such as pentatonic scales, 3rds, 6ths, and adding chromatic and blue notes, are presented to enhance your enderstanding to the point of creating your own licks. Licks are strung together to create solos that play over 19 of the most commonly found chord progressions in country music. Each solo is performed with a full band on the accompanying audio tracks. Fancy kick-offs and endings are presented in addition to the licks and solos. You'll soon be picking in a way that would make Ernest, Hank, Buck and Merle proud!