Mel Bay Publications presents a collection of arrangements and original compositions from Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel's 2005 CD Endless Road. Not for the faint of heart this outstandingcollection of intermediate to advanced solos includes two pop standards (?Somewhere Over the Rainbow? and ?Mona Lisa?) plus thirteen of Tommy's incredible compositions. You?ll gain insights into Tommy's playing style throughnote-for-note notation and tablature transcribed by Mark Pritcher who has added suggested chord progressions to each tune to serve as a harmonic guide to the player. In addition detailed performance notes and select chord griddiagrams further enhance accessibility to the works of this masterful guitar tunesmith. Tommy?s music incorporates thumbpicking jazzy single lines chord-melody arranging techniques complex use of harmonics and more. Playingthrough this collection will give you a whole new appreciation for your guitar!

The most thorough blues guitar book yet. Over 35 blues tunes covering electric and rock blues folk fingerpicking and bottleneck blues B.B. King and Chuck Berry styles jazzy blues and more. Plus positions scales chords discographies and an overview of styles from Robert Johnson to George Benson. Written in music tablature with chord grids. All tunes are played on the accompanying CD that comes with the book. 42-minute audio accompaniment.

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

This book/audio set teaches the art of playing jazz-tinged blues phrases and solos over the modern chord progressions associated with 'jazzy ' uptown blues.Ideal for any lead Guitarist who wants to advance frompentatonic blues playing to more complex 'hip' soloing concepts the goldmine of licks showcased here will take your ears and fingers to new places. Every lick and solo from the book is recorded note-for-note at a moderate tempoon the companion audio. All in standard notation and tablature. Access to online audio.

Incorporating Jazz into Your Blues Solos-Spice up your blues solos with Jazz for the Blues Guitarist! Broaden your licktionary with simple jazz techniques that build on what you already know. Expand your knowledge beyond the classic pentatonic scales with somecool jazz ideas. Beginning and even not-so-beginning blues guitarists can build on their basic blues techniques by exploring jazz-the modes outside tones articulation techniques arpeggios of jazzy harmonies and more! Check outnew rhythm guitar techniques and stretch your harmonic vocabulary beyond basic triads and dominant 7th chords. Dozens of licks are included as well as a CD with recorded demonstrations and five jam tracks so you can try out yournew techniques over a rhythm section.

15 jazzy solo guitar arrangements of Davis classics including: All Blues ? All of You ? Blue in Green ? Bye Bye Blackbird ? Four ? Freddie Freeloader ? I Could Write a Book ? Milestones ? Nardis ? Nefertiti ? Seven Steps to Heaven ? So What ? Solar ? There Is No Greater Love ? When I Fall in Love . The online audio includes full demos of each piece by Jamie Findlay.

John Fahey est véritablement un original et distinctif voix dans le monde musical, vénéré par des artistes et des interprètes du monde sur pour ses compositions inhabituelles et la pollinisation croisée des genres. Sa carrière a tiré influence de Country Blues, de la musique old-time, de ragas indiens, la tradition classique européenne et des tonalités grégorien. Il a formé une école vaguement définie des guitaristes American Primitive qui inclus ces caractères variés comme Leo Kottke et Robbie Basho. En 1968, Fahey sort son premier album de chansons de Noël et les mélodies de vacances très acclamé par la critique. Les arrangements reflètent la préférence du Fahey de styles légèrement Jazzy et optimistes - il illustre et dissèque neuf de ses versions plus populaires et les plus demandées. Ces chansons présentera votre fingerstyle techniques et la diapositive-style jouant en standards et ouvertes g ajustements apportés. / Guitare / Dvd

The popular Christmas songs in this book are arranged in ?chord-melody? style. Each solo combines melody and harmony in one full-sounding arrangement that can be played with a pick or fingers by beginning players. 15 holiday songs are presented in a jazz style with tab and lyrics. Songs include: Christmas Time Is Here Happy Holiday I'll Be Home for Christmas My Favorite Things Silver Bells Sleigh Ride White Christmas and more.