Solo Settings For Classical And Fingerstyle Guitar-This book offers guitarists a graded selection of 71 carols for the holiday season. Most of the arrangements are graded variations in that each tune starts with an easy reading beginner arrangement (excellent for students andthe last minute 'reading' gig) and ends with intermediate settings using techniques such as tremolo jazz voicings and three voice counterpoint. All of the music in this book is typeset in landscape format so that no page turnsare required and printed in standard notation only with suggested left-hand fingering. The book fits beautifully on any folding music stand and (because of the low landscape format) leaves plenty of room for any standard clip-onlight. The Holiday Gig Book is an excellent source of holiday tunes for the working guitarist.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Intermediate Musical Genre : Brazilian Number of pages : 32 As one can easily imagine, it would be very hard for a guitar student to start reading the scores of the traditional choro repertoire, most of them with large number of technical difficulties. It would be much better if they could start with some easier pieces - of intermediate level - in order to be presented to the choro language in a more gradual and appropriate manner. That is the main goal of this book. It has 13 studies (in the 13 more commonly used keys for the choro guitar) written in a reduced form and in the principal stylistic choro variants: besides real choros, there are polkas, maxixes, Brazilian tangos and xotis. The more used and characteristic rhythmical figurations are present in each of the studies as the principal. Also aiming at the simplification of execution, all studies were composed with only two voices (melody and bass) and with no chords (although harmonies are quite evident due to the choro melodic particularities). A CD with all 13 studies is included.

The guitar studies of Fernando Sor (1778-1839) have long been valued highly among the indispensable elements of a guitarist's training. A number of prominent virtuosi attribute a large portion of their development to the diligentstudy of these works. Sor's studies address an impressive array of technical and musical topics including proper left-hand fingering training of the right hand interval and chord formations scales arpeggios repeated notes ligados barring natural harmonics control of note duration balance of melody versus accompaniment and the handling of contrapuntal voices. A careful study of these pieces will lay the groundwork for a solid technique andallow the guitarist to build the control necessary for the expression of his or her musical concepts. In preparing this edition David Grimes worked with Sor's original publications but incorporated some alterations that appear inthose studies that Napoleon Coste chose to include in his Methode complete pour la Guitarre par Ferdinand Sor. Furthermore Mr. Grimes has corrected misprints modernized the notation and rectified some inconsistencies. Finally some developments in technique since Sor's day have been incorporated in this edition.

Comping In The Freddie Green Style. Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Every jazz guitarist needs to be familiar with the accompaniment style of Freddie Green. Freddie Green was the guitarist for the Count Basie orchestra for decades and his sound and comping technique were defining aspects of this legendary group. Four-to-the-bar strumming, essential chord voicings and voice leading ideas are covered in this informative 58-minute DVD and accompanying chart. A must have for any aspiring rhythm guitarist. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Jazz - Rhythm/Backup / Accessoire / Guitare

Par GRIMES DAVID. The guitar studies of Fernando Sor (1778-1839) have long been valued highly among the indispensable elements of a guitarist's training. A number of prominent virtuosi attribute a large portion of their development to the diligent study of these works. Sor's studies address an impressive array of technical and musical topics, including proper left-hand fingering, training of the right hand, interval and chord formations, scales, arpeggios, repeated notes, ligados, barring, natural harmonics, control of note duration, balance of melody versus accompaniment, and the handling of contrapuntal voices. A careful study of these pieces will lay the groundwork for a solid technique and allow the guitarist to build the control necessary for the expression of his or her musical concepts. In preparing this edition David Grimes worked with Sor's original publications, but incorporated some alterations that appear in those studies that Napoleon Coste chose to include in his Methode complete pour la Guitarre par Ferdinand Sor. Furthermore, Mr. Grimes has corrected misprints, modernized the notation and rectified some inconsistencies. Finally, some developments in technique since Sor's day have been incorporated in this edition. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Classic - Solos / Etude / Guitare Classique

Begin your journey to improv mastery and finding your own musical voice!Each étude is based on a standard chord progression and centred on one left-hand position.Everything is carefully crafted to improve playing technique reading and improv chops of the beginning guitarist and to increase awareness on melody harmony and rhythm.The accompanying CD features the author's recorded demos of all 12 études as well as dozens of musical examples.

Learning to Hear Your Way Through Music-This comprehensive guide to jazz ear training focuses the student on developing the ability to hear and react to harmonic structures common to the modern jazz idiom while adhering to specific melodic phrases. Jazz Ear Training - Learning to Hear Your Way Through Music includes a variety of exercises derived from the major harmonic minor melodic minor and harmonic major scales and suggestions on how to play byear. It was designed with the intermediate to advanced jazz student in mind who needs to enhance the connection between his inner voice and instrument. It will also help the student 'hear' what he may intellectually 'know'. Thoughintended for guitarists this book can serve the needs of any aspiring jazz improviser. A basic understanding of jazz theory is recommended before using this book. Includes access to online audio.

Widely heralded as one of the finest of a new generation of jazz guitarists Howard Alden regards the late George Van Eps with whom he recorded four CDs in the 1990s as one of his most important professionalinfluences.Howard's musical depth and instrumental mastery are clearly apparent in this concert recorded at the Smithsonian Jazz Café in Washington D.C. on January 27th 2006.Features: Jon Burr on Bass and Rob Garciaon Drums join Howard on a rich selection of jazz favorites with the beautiful voice of Terrie Richards Alden featured on Gone With the Wind.

Par VINITSKY ALEXANDER. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / classique / Répertoire / Guitare

dalla Sonata prima a Violino Solo senza Basso. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. For this transcription the author used a photographic copy of the autograph manuscript of Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001-1006) by Johann Sebastian Bach, dated 1720 and kept in the Staatbibliothek Preussicher Kulturbesits, Berlin. The adjustments to the original text mainly concern: harmonic enrichments suggested by the implicit polyphony, which is typical of the works for string instruments by Bach, necessary corrections to remedy simple misprints, a clearer and more complete polyphony. For this reason, when two or more voices moves homorhythmically, the related pauses are grouped to avoid graphic overload, according to the current practice./ Recueil / Guitare

This new method makes learning strumming patterns a much easier and fulfilling experience. Featuring easy-to-read lead sheets that include melody line words fingerings and strumming patterns each song also includes an additional one-page version of each song consisting of words and chord changes.In additional the included CD is jam packed with features to help you along the way to playing the songs including short Mpeg film clips demonstrating the songs in detail and professional backing tracks in MP3 format in 3 versions:Full version (Guitar Bass Drums Vocals)Play-along version (Bass Drums Vocals)Learning version(Guitar click)With text in German and English.