Book 1A-Mastering the Classical Guitar - Book 1A is the first in a progressive series using a wide variety of musical repertoire and educational material to provide a solid technical foundation for Classical Guitar students exposing the full range of the instrument???s potential and repertoire.Book 1A is most appropriate for students with no prior knowledge of the Guitar or music theory or for those who simply want a fresh start with theClassic Guitar. It is written in three broad sections: Progressive Studies and Pieces Technical Exercises and Rhythmic Reading. Tips on how to integrate the three sections are provided throughout the book. Every chapter beginswith exercises written specifically to improve a certain aspect of one???s playing followed by various examples from the classical music repertoire and traditional songs from various cultures.While every aspect of ClassicalGuitar technique is clearly described and illustrated students using this book would still benefit from the advice and constructive feedback of a competent teacher. Consequently teachers will find opportunities to assert theirindividual teaching perspectives within this method making it a perfect road map for the instructor and student???s musical journey.Written in standard notation only Mastering the Classical Guitar - Book 1A comeswith extensive online audio examples. Fingering is kept to a minimum to encourage effective sight reading allowing teachers and students to annotate their own ideas about digitation and contribute to their own learning process.Includes access to online audio.

Mark Dziuba helps you become a great blues guitarist by expanding your groove palette. You'll learn about shuffle and straight rhythms, the 12/8 feel, triplets, blues forms, the minor blues, and various blues rhythm tricks, including chord fills, using accents and mutes, sliding into chords, and open-string drones. Additionally, Dziuba explores harmonic concepts, like chord extensions and advanced voicings, plus rhythms from music beyond the blues---the Charleston and Latin montuno. The included DVD is hosted by Dziuba and features live demonstrations of the examples in the book. About the Author A performer and teacher for over 30 years, Mark Dziuba directs the Jazz Studies Program at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where he serves as a tenured professor. His workshops on guitar styles and improvisation have been featured at the International Guitar Festival (Bath, England), the National Guitar Workshop (various U.S. and European locations), and the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival (Montana). He has taught and performed with many legendary guitarists, including John Scofield, John Abercrombie, John Jorgenson, Tal Farlow, Larry Carlton, Trey Anastasio, Julian Lage, and Reeves Gabrels. / Guitare

Description Now clearly at the intermediate level, Grade 4 begins by introducing the E major scale in three octaves plus the principal chords in E major. The C# harmonic and melodic minor scales are introduced followed by a wealth of carefully arranged solo and duet study material in various keys in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and ninth position. Three basic shapes for major and minor chords are reviewed through chord studies in various keys through the seventh position. Theory lessons address identification of intervals, the dominant seventh chord, and modulation. Written in standard notation only.

This breakthrough guide for guitarists will unlock some of the mystery behind playing over chords and progressions. Working through this material and these concepts will help any guitarist learn how to play the right notes at the right time all the time. Each chapter centers around a different chord type and progression and includes various soloing concepts phrasing options and melodic approaches to playing over chords in both major and minor keys. This includes playing over basic major and minor chords and eventually moves into 7th chords and their extensions.After the basic premise is introduced and various targeting concepts are explored there's a section coveringhow to apply intervals melodically in addition to sharing the ?Pentatonic Highway? targeted soloing approach which will help you navigate the fretboard using the famous Pentatonic-based shifting concept.This method encourages the use of looping and loop pedals which will make practicing this material much easier on your own. Additionally you can have other guitarists or musicians perform the static chords and progressions behind you as you practice these concepts and ideas.If you're searching for a method that will help you understand the options that are available when soloing and playing over individual chords and progressions Target Tones is the key to helping you unlock these commonly misunderstood areas of melodic soloing and improvisation. Includes access to musical audio examples online.

for Jazz Improvisation. Par ORO XABIER. With content ranging from theory and history to practical exercises, examples, études, and play-along tracks, this book offers the most comprehensive guide ever written for this esoteric and traditionally obscure scale. Simply put, it reveals the last big secret of jazz fusion?s avant-garde.According to which music theorist believes he first discovered it, this scale has been known variously as Messiaen?s mode 3, Slonimsky?s Tcherepnin Scale (honoring his colleague), and Tcherepnin?s own name for it? the 9-note augmented or nonatonic scale.The nine notes of the double-symmetrical augmented scale have fascinated and crucially influenced legendary musicians like John Coltrane, Allan Holdsworth, Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nelson Veras, Tim Miller, Gary Thomas, and Jerry Bergonzi, among many others.Coltrane?s historic composition, ?Giant Steps,? can be directly attributed to his familiarity with the nonatonic scale. With this book by Berklee College of Music honors graduate, Xabier Oró, you?ll know the secret too.Includes access to online audio. / Date parution : 2022-10-12/ Etude / Guitare

Do you wonder why lots of practice on scales and arpeggios hasn't made you feel fluent and creative when soloing? If so, then this book is the missing link for you! Line Games is an organized series of practical studies for the development of single-note guitar technique and jazz vocabulary simultaneously. Many examples are transcribed from the recorded solos of great jazz guitarists (Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, etc.) and then the book gives you the tools to develop complete fluency in creating similar lines on your own! Randy Vincent's Line Games is a serious, well-conceived book on jazz guitar. It has a tremendous amount of useful information which can be truly helpful to guitarists seeking thorough knowledge and training in jazz music.? ? Kenny Burrell Topics Covered Include: Basic six-note scales commonly used by the jazz greats. How to use all of the chromatic notes to make playing inside the chord changes sound more interesting and melodic. Triad pairs for modern-sounding lines, as used by all the great players from Coltrane on. Exercises that will give you the tools to create many interesting chord extensions from a few simple arpeggios. How to build long lines across many chord changes. How to use thematic development for more cohesive solos. Fingerings often given to aid in getting these lines under your fingers. Plus much more! 156 pages. More Endorsements: This book is probably the most complete explanation of linear improvisation as applied to the guitar that I have come across. Randy Vincent goes into his subjects, which include a novel take on hexatonic applications, chromatic neighbor tones, and various scale forms and arpeggios, with unprecedented thoroughness. It is also refreshing to see the emphasis on thematic development, and I like how some of the great recorded guitar solos are often used as illustrative examples. I highly recommend it.? ? Ben Monder Randy has come up with another Winner. This is one of the most comprehensive studies I have ever encountered concerning single line improvisation!? ? Vic Juris With all the books on jazz improvisation available I didn't think it was possible to find one that offers a new perspective but Randy Vincent's Line Games does just that. It's a great book! There are many real- world examples of players using the archetypal bebop hexatonic sound and many examples of ways to practice and utilize the sound. In suggesting ways of practicing and using the scale Randy gets you started, but it's up to the reader to strike out on their own ? in my opinion the best way to really grasp a sound or concept. There is a whole lot of material here and I'm looking forward to working with it for a long time. Thanks, Randy!!? ? Bruce Saunders With the plethora jazz guitar books on the market today, one must sort through dozens to find one that yields the results of a tried and true method for learning to play jazz as applied to the guitar. I was pleasantly surprised to find a new book that I feel to have such qualities. This being the jazz guitar book written by Randy Vincent called Line Games for Sher Music Co. Inside, you'll find dozens of examples, explanations, techniques, and the application of the jazz language employed by all the great jazz guitarists we know and love. Great job, Randy!? ? Henry Johnson

An Introduction and First Lesson for Teens and Preteens for Acoustic or Electric Guitar-Play a musical instrument just like the rock stars! All you need is the desire to learn and the willingness to have some fun while you are doing it. UBSjr is an interactive learning experience that gets down to the basics fast! You set the pace. Practice along with someone who is learning just like you. In no time you will be on your way to playing like a star. With UBSjr learning will be fun. You will participate in lots of activities and exercises and even learn some songs. Your ability and progress will come naturally without ever feeling like you were being taught. Here are some of the important skills and information you'll pick up as part of this excitingprogram: Types of guitars Parts of the guitar How to hold the guitar How to tune the guitar Correct playing technique The meaning of melody harmony and rhythm How to find the beat Beginning notes Beginning chords and power chords Various musical terms and symbols How to practice Accessories This DVD makes learning fun and easy with endless interactive features to access bonus materials that reinforce key areas and give helpful tips. Bonus Educational Material: Types of guitars/buying a guitar Parts of the guitar Tuning notes Audio examples for exercises and songs Beginning music theory interactive Listening recommendations Performance applications Additional product previews Educational booklet included Getting to know the instruments DVD-ROM Features: Printable reference materials Practice worksheets and puzzles Bonus lessons Internet Connectivity Play-along audio tracks Note to parents: This program is designed to inspire younger students to use their creativity while developing a lifetime appreciation for music. They'll be proud of their accomplishment and so will you..

Hawaiian slack key Guitar (Ki Ho'alu) is one of the world's great acoustic Guitar traditions. This tradition includes virtuoso Guitar pieces but the majority of songs played slack key are classic Hawaiian melodies eitherplayed as instrumentals or as accompaniment to vocals with instrumental breaks between the verses. The term ''slack key'' does not refer to a type of Guitar but rather to any Guitar played in the slack key style that is in alternate tunings with ''slacked'' strings and fingerstyle technique. Acknowledged slack key master Keola Beamer is a member of a family known for its musical artistry for generations. We are fortunate to have him writing inconjunction with veteran Mel Bay author educator and multi-instrumentalist Mark Nelson who simply followed his love of the music to the Islands. Written in standard notation and tablature to accommodate numerous alternatetunings this book is presented in four sections: 1) The most common tuning introduced by fairly easy songs2) Illustrations of how to build your own arrangements3) A presentation of various slackkey tunings4) A selection of duets in the slack key style.Historical and cultural insights are offered throughout in the spirit of aloha producing an informative musically enlightening book with souland humor. The companion audio download available online features tuning tracks and informal introductions of the audio content by the authors plus some beautiful slack key music.

New Chamber Music for GuitarThere has recently been an unprecedented demand for difficult works for guitar with various accompanying instruments. To make up for the unfortunately very limited repertoire this arrangement of Mozart's ‚'duo for violin and viola' has been launched which replaces the viola by the guitar. It is striking that the guitar character of the viola part is already evident in the original and thus the latter could almost exclusively be directly transferred into the guitar part. A 'new' repertoire piece for chamber music with guitar which is just as good as the original!

From the Classic Hot Licks Video Series-The legendary Hot Licks guitar instruction video series is being made available in book format with online access to all of the classic video footage. This re-transcribed and edited book with online video includes guitar tab and new accurate transcriptions. It features footage collected from Becker's 1989 guitar clinic at the Atlanta Institute of Music (AIM) a clinic from Japan his famous yo-yo live guitar solo rare home video various television news items and more. Topics covered include: Becker's use of the Japanese scale pentatonic ideas arpeggios and sweep picking his triangle pattern sections of his original song Serrana and more.

A Complete Course in All Styles of Jazz-The Jazz Guitar Handbook is a step-by-step guide to jazz Guitar playing. It takes you from the basics through to advanced harmony and soloing concepts and teaches you the music theory a jazz guitarist needs to know. Along the way it covers a wide range of styles including jazzy blues swing bebop modal jazz-funk Gypsy and more.The handbook features over 120 exercises in notation and tab and includes a 96-track CD of examples play-alongs and backing tracks. It also presents the history of the jazz guitar and its great players. Easy to use and useful for players at various levels this volume is a must-have reference for Guitar playerslooking to expand their jazz skillset.

This book serves as a follow-up to Ben Monder Compositions with an emphasis on the compositions found on the 2013 recording Hydra as well as some older pieces that didn't make it into the firstbook.They are scored for solo Guitar Guitar trio Guitar and Voice duo and quartet with one or multiple voices. The majority of the works are through-composed and reflect the exploration of various harmonic technical and textural elements of the Guitar. These pieces will present an array of challenges to the performer including unusual techniques and alternate tunings.

Guitarist/composer Jeff Linsky presents an exciting collection of original Guitar music featuring his trademark blend of fingerstyle jazz classical and Latin influences. Accompanied by noted percussionist MichaelSpiro Jeff showcases his gift for melodic composition as performed in his unique polyphonic improvisational style.Included on this video are: Black Sand; Later; The Love Club; Up Late; Angel's Serenade; Hermosa;Murrita's Farewell; Leo; Casa Miguel; and Pacifica.With a strong classical Guitar technique and a remarkable gift for improvisation Jeff Linsky has developed his own warmly passionate and personalstyle of playing blending elements of jazz classical and Latin music.Also an award-winning composer Jeff has several critically acclaimed recordings to his credit and maintains an active international concert career both as a soloist and with his various ensembles. This is the same DVD currently included in Jeff Linsky Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Solos book/DVD project.