To most of us, Japan is an exotic and faraway land. When we see images of Shinto shrines, pagodas, geishas, and Kabuki actors in face paint, our imaginations are immediately captured.Now you can experience this rich and mysterious culture through its music. In addition to arrangements of classic folk tunes such as 'Sakura' and 'Edo Komori-uta,' Guitar Atlas: Japan teaches about Japanese scales, modes, and tunings, and traditional instruments such as the shamisen, koto, shakuhachi. Learn guitar techniques to emulate the sounds of these exotic instruments. Discover the fascinating world of Kabuki music, including a style of shamisen playing called ozatsuma. The book also informs about the Bon odori, or bon dances, held during the summer festival of Bon.This exciting introduction to the music of Japan offers new and interesting music to add to your repertoire, and teaches techniques, theory, and traditions that will enhance your playing and enrich your spirit. A CD demonstrating all examples and compositions is included. / Guitare

With Transcriptions From A Drop Of The Pure. Par BAUGHMAN STEVE. Traditionally the role of the guitar in Celtic music has been confined to accompaniment of lead instruments or a vocalist. In this book Steve Baughman suggests ways to break free of this mold, allowing the guitarist to internalize techniques that make the expression of Celtic melodies a pleasant endeavor. Divided into two sections, the book covers melodic and percussive expressive techniques. Written in standard notation and tablature. Audio available online. / Niveau : Débutant / Celtic/Irish - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

10 Duette im Stil von Romantik, Blues, Bossa Nova, samba, Pop und Folklore. Par JUERGEN KUMLEHN. This book is for all guitarists who are looking for something new to play and who don't want to limit themselves exclusively to the more traditional type of duet music that's available. Stylistically, the pieces range from romantic, blues and bossa nova to samba, pop and folklore. The included CD contains every piece in two different versions as well as a preparatory exercise. First, there's a complete version for listening with an expanded and properly mixed arrangement. In this version, supporting instruments such as percussion, electric piano, strings, or acoustic bass are added in an appropriate manner for the style and mixed in softly without distracting the focus from the two guitars. After every listening version, a 'picking pattern' follows: the rhythm guitar performs and stays with this picking pattern throughout the entire piece and it forms the common thread that represents the actual core of each composition. This pattern is also presented on the CD in a slow version of a representative section of each song which you can analyze and play along with. Finally, you'll find the play-along version. This version has been reduced to only the two guitars, with one guitar on the left channel and the other on the right. Written in notation and tablature. Text in English and German. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / All Styles - Duets / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

Par MANZI LOU. Guitar Atlas: Italy brings you the lively rhythms and emotional melodies of Italian music. The rich tradition of Italian music has been underrepresented in the 'world music' genre --- until now! Learn the history, cultural influences, and instruments of each area of the country. While some of the songs featured were originally performed on instruments such as flute, mandolin, or bagpipes, here they appear as guitar arrangements for the first time. To help guitarists pick up all the nuances of style, the book covers both fingerstyle and pick playing, and explores special techniques such as grace notes, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and tremolo. Music is both in standard notation and TAB. A CD demonstrating the book's examples and compositions is included. / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Guitare Tablatures

Par HOARAU JEAN-CHRISTOPHE. La musique tzigane désigne la musique traditionnelle du peuple Rom. Initialement originaire du nord de l'Inde, les Roms ont été incessamment repoussés (pour des motifs xénophobes le plus souvent) jusqu'a ce qu'ils s'implantent de la péninsule ibérique aux portes de l'Asie centrale. Du fait de cette histoire mouvementée, leur musique possède de nombreuses facettes et couleurs différentes, qui varient selon le pays d'origine des musiciens. C'est ainsi qu'en Espagne, le métissage avec la culture arabo-andalouse a donné naissance au flamenco. Les Roms sont appelés en français Gitans, Tziganes ou Tsiganes, Manouches, Romanichels, Bohémiens, Sinti, ou Gens du voyage. Les Tziganes sont les Roms qui vivent en Europe de l'est. Les Manouches résident soit en Alsace, soit sur les bords de la Loire, ainsi qu'en Belgique, en Hollande et en Allemagne. Les Gitans (appelés aussi Calés) vivent pour la plupart dans la péninsule ibérique, l'Afrique du nord et le sud de la France. On retrouve dans les traditions qu'englobe le terme de musique tzigane presque toujours les mêmes instruments comme le violon, l'accordéon, la guitare, la contrebasse ou le cymbalum. Cette tradition des instruments à cordes doit être mise en relation avec la tradition musicale indo-européenne en général. Les musiciens tziganes ont développé un mode de jeu qui leur est propre, pour chacun des instruments qu'ils utilisent, et qui conjugue bien souvent vitesse d'exécution et improvisations ponctuées de trilles et d'appoggiatures. La guitare est dans cette musique essentiellement un instrument d'accompagnement, même s'il n'est pas rare de l'entendre exposer un thème ou improviser comme le violon ou l'accordéon. / variété - jazz / Recueil / Guitare