SKU: AP.45055

ISBN 9781470632342. UPC: 038081515106. English.

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most-thorough guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 5 million beginners to playing guitar. Now, Alfred's Basic Rock Guitar Method provides a new approach to learning guitar for beginners who want to play rock.

Book 2 features new techniques like hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and teaches you barre chords, new scales, and how to improvise with pentatonic scales. There are many more licks and melodies in the styles of many of the greatest rock artists, and an authentic arrangement of the opening from Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven.

Companion audio tracks that can be downloaded or streamed online are included with the book, so you'll have everything you need in one place. The included DVD is newly updated and features video lessons, MP3 audio tracks, and you can also download the TNT 2 software which lets you slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys for customized practice.

Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with the Alfred's Basic Guitar series---the best choice for beginning guitarists.

About Alfred's Basic Guitar Library

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over five million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. The updated and expanded edition features a new layout, making it easier than ever to read and learn. The method features blues, country, folk, jazz, and rock styles, and now includes pop songs! Companion enhanced CDs and DVDs are available, along with correlating theory, chord, and pop books, to ensure you're getting everything you need from one single, complete method. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Guitar Method -- the first and best choice for today's beginning guitar students.

SKU: AP.56-42852

ISBN 9781470616540. UPC: 038081485669. English.

Guitar World presents Mastering Arpeggios 2, the follow-up to the original crash course in guitar theory. In this follow-up DVD, you'll learn everything you need to know about the five essential seventh chord arpeggios. With over 90 minutes of instructional video, it will take your guitar playing to the next level. Plus, check out the bonus section on how to play like Bach!

SKU: AP.40668

ISBN 9788863881592. French.

Toute personne qui possède une connaissance des accords de base et des doigtés de gammes peut aussitôt démarrer et commencer à jouer le jazz. Cet ouvrage aborde la gamme majeur et la théorie des triades de base, et s'étend à l'étude des accords enrichis et des modes, en parallèle avec celle de morceaux complets afin d'assimiler au mieux chaque nouveau concept abordé. Guitare Jazz Débutants rompt avec la vieille tradition des ouvrages arides, intimidants et confus sur le jazz, en proposant une méthode vraiment progressive, agréable, pour apprendre à jouer dans ce style. Soigneusement conçu en sections aisées à assimiler, chaque chapitre est divisés en leçons distintes relatives tantôt à l'harmonie, tantôt à l'improvisation.

SKU: AP.32650

ISBN 9780739060117. UPC: 038081354811. English.

Take a trip through the history of blues with The Blues Guitar Experience. Designed for intermediate to advanced guitarists, this concise, comprehensive overview of important styles, techniques, and artists covers every era of the genre---from early and classic blues of the 1920s to electric blues, British blues rock, and modern-day blues. You will also learn how other styles have influenced this music along the way. Exploring the history of blues will give you a greater understanding of the blues music of today, and you'll learn to apply many practical skills to your playing for completely authentic performances. The included CD demonstrates all the music examples in the book, making it easier for you to become a more versatile and well-rounded guitarist. So break out of your comfort zone and experiment with the groundbreaking styles of The Blues Guitar Experience.

SKU: AP.EL02796

UPC: 038081554990. English.

Many students are attracted to the guitar because of hearing the lead guitar solos by their favorite group or artist. Most of them in their early teens come into the teaching studio for their first lesson expecting to be shown a lead guitar solo off a newly released album. However, this brings up some problems. Most beginning students have not yet developed the skill in their hands to play such a solo, do not read music, or have not had music theory training. Because of this, beginning students entering a studio do not get the full benefit from the music because they are unable to apply the examples presented to them. It's because of these problems this book came about. Guitar Technique stresses from the beginning control of the instrument and basic music theory. After completing this book, a student will have the necessary musical background and skill to pursue any direction of guitar playing he/she chooses with success.

SKU: AP.56-42851

ISBN 9781470616533. UPC: 038081485652. English.

Metal And Thrash Rhythm Guitar teaches you the secret techniques of metal's greatest riffmasters. Your instructor Dave Reffet has worked with renowned metal artists, such as Jeff Loomis, Michael Angelo Batio, Guthrie Govan, and many more. With over 100 minutes of instruction, you'll learn gallop rhythms, string skipping, stacked power chords, and more!

SKU: AP.45294

ISBN 9781470633776. UPC: 038081520247. English.

This is the best manuscript book for anyone who wants to write guitar music and needs to know all the tricks to notating in TAB. The book starts with eight essential pages of instruction about how to write all the most common guitar techniques in TAB. Use these pages for reference any time you are writing or transcribing. The book also includes 54 pages of blank manuscript paper with five staves of TAB plus standard music notation. The last page is a fretboard diagram illustrating the notes on the entire neck. A free online video is included to help you clearly understand all the techniques you're learning to write. Whether you are just starting to write out your own musical ideas or transcribing your favorite solos, this is the perfect TAB manuscript book for you!

SKU: AP.20173G

ISBN 9783943638059. UPC: 038081577678. German.

Diese systematische Methode ist der ultimative Einsteigerkurs für Akustik- und E-Gitarre. Sie vermittelt spielerisch leicht alles Wichtige zum Thema Bluesgitarre und zeigt die angesagtesten Riffs und Grooves im Stile von Eric Clapton, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Otis Rush, The Beatles, ZZ Top, Gary Moore u.v.a. Blues-Schemata, Blues-Stile und spezielle Spieltechniken werden in Noten, Tabulatur und Griffdiagrammen vorgestellt und sowohl im Buch als auch auf der Moderations-CD erläutert. Song- und CD-Empfehlungen, die Wahl der richtigen Bluesgitarre & Verstärkertypen u.v.m. runden dieses methodisch kleinschrittige Konzept ab.

SKU: AP.40671

ISBN 9788863881622. French.

Vous repousserez les limites de votre connaissance en matière de jeu improvisé, avec ce livre ultime et passionnant, qui démarre là où les leçons sur l'improvisation s'étaient achevées dans Guitare Jazz/Niveau Moyen. Les sujets présentés traitent de l'improvisation sur les accords de dominante altérés, de la gamme diminuée, de la gamme unitonique, des cibles sur les accords altérés, des traits en boucle, des modes, des gammes mineures et bien d'autres choses encore! Via des diagrammes aises à lire et des phrases d'exemple, ce livre contient toute l'information essentielle dont peu avoir besoin le guitariste de jazz attiré par l'improvisation.