9 pieces in Latin Style-9 Latin style pieces for both study and performance plus notes on the scores & fingering glossary of chord symbols and notes on rasgueados. The A-B-A-C-A Choros form is used as a basic structure for all of the pieces and the styles and moods of the music vary from traditional and classical to Bossa Nova and jazz samba. In Brasil the Choros (diminutive Chorinho) owes its development to musicians performing either solo or in groups who often being obliged to play long hours during functions and festivals would improvise and create variations on popular and traditional themes. The compositions here are all based on this idea of stating a theme andthen creating variations & contrasts. Although the melodic harmonic and rhythmic content of the Choros/Chorinho has evolved greatly over time its underlying beat feel is traditionally 2 per measure and written with a 2/4 time signature. This generally makes comfortable reading for the guitar player because the beamed note groupings define clearly the rhythm patterns to be played. However much music that originally appeared in 2/4 time is now published in 4/4 with a cut time feel and which seems to be favoured by many musicians including guitarists who work in folk and popular idioms. For this edition the time signature which allows a clearer page presentation is chosen for each piece and no musical difference between the 2/4 and the Cut-time signatures is intended.

Henri Sauguet (1901-1989) was a French composer and organist. He was a contemporary and friend of the great Francois Poulenc and other members of Les Six but developed his own distinct independent style. His works included Ballets and Stage works large scale orchestral works and chamber music. The two volumes of Musiques Pour Claudel were written in 1973. Each collection is scored for solo Guitar and consists of short intermediate pieces which would be ideally suited to a student’s concert or recital. They were first written as instrumental interludes for a stage work by the French diplomat poet and playwright Paul Claudel (1868-1955) with whom Sauguet oftencollaborated.

Absolute Beginners: Acoustic Guitar is the complete guide to playing the Acoustic Guitar from the first time you pick it up all the way to playing your first songs along with backing tracks. With clear images easy-to-understand text and demonstrations of every exercise on an Audio Download this book is the easiest way to learn the techniques that are essential to learning to play the AcousticGuitar. Absolute Beginners: Acoustic Guitar opens with a clear introduction to the parts of the Guitar how to choose one and the different types. After this you'll learn the differencesbetween playing with a plectrum or your fingers you'll tune up then you'll be ready to play! A guide to your first chords and strumming will get you making music before you learn more chords different strumming patterns andsome scales. Throughout this the included Audio Download allows you to hear each exercise as it should sound ensuring you play everything correctly and train your ear at the same time. As you learnfingerpicking the twelve-bar blues some tunes and other techniques you'll find you've gone from knowing nothing about the Guitar to being able to play songs chords and even with others. The Audio Download also featuresprofessionally-recorded backing tracks for the songs so that you can play along and sound great. The book also features a handy guide to the notes of the neck and a chord reference sheet.  If you'rean Absolute Beginner with no knowledge of how to play the Acoustic Guitar this book will guide you on this journey with pictures an audio download and practical advice from expert authorDavid Harrison. The Absolute Beginners series has taught millions to play from novice to confident player over the years. Now it's your turn!

There are a lot of books on the market offering “licks” in the Funk/Fusion style but this book goes a lot further. The 16 challenging compositions by renowned Australian guitarist Peter O’Mara cover a variety of tempos and grooves and are presented using a real rhythm section (from Klaus Doldinger’s “Passport”) to achieve a maximum of authenticity. Rhythm-guitar riffs are integrated into the overall groove and there is plenty of room for improvisation as well. The audio play-along tracks are presented in an order of increasing complexity. CD 1 contains complete recordings of all instruments so that you can hear how each track can sound. CD 2 omits all guitar parts so that you can play along with the rhythm section and create your own soli and rhythm parts. Midifiles of all compositions are also included on CD 2.

Taught By Ernie Hawkins-Rev. Gary Davis was a musical genius bridging the gaps between blues ragtime folk gospel marching songs and tin pan alley hits. In this series of four lessons Ernie Hawkins teaches fourteen of Rev. Davis's most requested and famous gospel guitar arrangements. Ernie gives a detailed rundown of each arrangement analyzing the structure and timing of each phrase verse and chorus with slow motion replays. A comprehensive 80 page tab/music PDF booklet is included. All in all almost six hours of instruction are featured.

This book is an attempt to capture the highlights of twenty-eight years of composing. Each of these 32 compositions is an expression and as such -- an exposure of a genuine part of myself which I present within the framework ofjazz; my beloved art form. When I listen to this music I hear shades of my early classical and rock influences. It also brings to my mind my birth place a small neighborhood outside of Haifa Israel. I really hope that you willlisten to these pieces come alive on my CDs 'All The Way To Sendai'.

La performance GCSE Pièces passionnante série fournit répertoire contemporain nivelé spécifiquement pour les examens de performance GCSE, accompagnés de commentaires d'experts pour aider vos élèves à se préparer et à réaliser leur potentiel avec le matériel qu'ils veulent vraiment jouer. Chaque livre a été compilé par un examinateur expérimenté enseignant / instrumentale, et supervisée par notre éditeur de la série, Andrew Coxon, qui est une personne âgée GCSE examinateur et un enseignant expérimenté. Les chansons ont été soigneusement choisis pour fournir aux étudiants la meilleure occasion de montrer leur instrument et de compétences, avec un large éventail d'artistes et de styles au choix.Ce livre pour guitare:est adapté à tous les conseils d'examencontient dix chansons avec un niveau de difficulté approprié pour le niveau GCSEest accompagné d'un CD de morceaux d'accompagnement professionnellement enregistréesIl comprend des chansons par:Les BeatlesFranz Ferdinandoasisfoo FightersThe WhoAC / DCEric ClaptonRam JamRodrigo y GabrielaSteely DanUne playlist YouTube a été créé contenant toutes les chansons dans le livre, avec ajout proposé écoute tels que des reprises intéressantes ou des chansons pour d'autres contextes culturels, permettant à l'élève d'explorer des idées pour leur propre interprétation. / Guitare

Favorite 50 American Traditional Fiddle Tunes For Flatpicking Guitar Vol. 1: A-F-This collection of fiddle tunes originally appeared in 'Kaufman's Collection of American Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar (MB 95748). Steve Kaufman says he can't emphasize enough the importance of developinga large repertoire of tunes. Fiddle tunes give us melodies that eventually allow us to begin to improvise. Sometimes without even knowing it. The more tunes you know the more melodies and intersecting melody lines you know. Thisallows you to eventually cut and paste portions of the melody line into another song. In the beginning you will probably unknowingly replace and ending run. These are the last two measures of the section of a tune. Many of them inthe same key are interchangeable unless they are specific to the melody of the song. After a while you will cut out measures in the middle of the song and then you will be able to take the snips of melodies and play them inanother song in a different key thus beginning to improvise. All of this is possible because you built up your repertoire of tunes. Includes access to online audio.

Understand and Command the Fretboard-Jazz music forces Guitarists to learn their fretboards. There is no getting around it. In all of its harmonic complexities and demands for virtuosity there is no choice but to head on down the bumpy road to fretboard mastery. Enter Visual Improvisation for Jazz Guitar ? a comprehensive practice method for understanding and commanding the fretboard. Through a system of visually connecting the shapes patterns and intervals of the fretboard this book and audio pack will be your guide to fretboard freedom. Topics include: triads and seventh chords; altered chords and extensions; scales and arpeggios; licks and exercises; audiodemonstrations; fretboard diagrams; and much more! The price of this book includes access to audio online for download or streaming using the unique code inside. Includes PLAYBACK a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys pan left or right.

The Spanish composer guitarist teacher and priest Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) was one of the leading proponents of the Baroque Guitar. He is best known for his three pedagogical works for the instrument that are still used today by scholars and academics. The collection of four Danzas Cervantinas was written in 1674 in homage to the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) who is famed across the world as the writer of Don Quixote. They have been edited and arranged for the modern instrument by Regino Sainz de la Maza (1896-1981) a virtuosic guitarist and composer who toured all across the world.

Jorge Cardoso is a recognized performer who has travelled the world over giving hundreds or concerts as a soloist, in duos, and with orchestras. There are innumerable recordings of his performances, and he is a prolific composer whose works have been recorded by other guitarists in more than thirty albums. Cardoso is also a master teacher with followers around the world. This DVD traces the historical path of the guitar, showing the instrument's ancestors and tracing its development to its current form. It includes a visit to the workshops of Manuel Contreras II and Ars Antiqva, Jose Angel Espejo's workshop, followed by a detailed analysis of the factors that contribute to the proper development of classical guitar technique. The DVD covers everything from the seat, the position of the body, and the devices used to improve it 'Aguado's machine?, Sor's support system, the foot-rest, attachments, and an ingenious, simple and practical system created by the author, to the mechanical workings of the hand, its main ways of gripping, and the problems posed by the ring finger. All of these topics are approached through the scientific reasoning of the author, backed up by his knowledge as a doctor. As Jorge Cardoso says in the introduction, this course 'can be useful both to beginners and to more advanced players. . . it can be useful to anyone who plays a plucked stringed instrument.? It includes basic demonstrations and explanations about how the hands work from the moment they are placed on the guitar, as well as exercises and concert pieces of the highest level. There is a discussion of strumming technique, of 'toque mixto? and four complete pieces interpreted by the author. The course will also be useful for electric guitarists and others who have focused on the use of the pick and have neglected other essential guitar techniques. UK product number 8353412233. / Guitare Classique / 125 pages / niveau : Multiple Levels / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Techniques Rhythm & Soloing for Nashville-Style Guitar 2-DVD Set-Some call it country Guitar with a dash of rock blues and jazz. Others call it modern Nashville-style guitar. We call it 'Big Twang' and no one's better qualified to help you get a grip on the style than bonafide master twanger Joe Dalton. Players like Albert Lee Arlen Roth Danny Gatton Johnny Hiland Ray Flacke Leon McAuliffe Brent Mason Chet Atkins Scotty Anderson Red Volkaert James Burton and Jimmy Bryant all have their own classic Big Twang signature sound and technique. But today contemporary players across all styles have incorporated twang influences in their signature sounds.In this DVD you will work through a wide variety of rhythm and soloingparts across five distinct Big Twang grooves that Dalton has prepared to illustrate the diversity of the style. Key learnings include mastering the many different attacks required with the picking hand along with the essential 'touches' required from the fretting hand. As you work with the material Dalton will cover hybrid picking chicken-picking pull-offs hammer-ons double-stops pedal steel emulation ending slides pluck 'n cluck staccato and legato effects tips for crafting a good solo syncopation vibrato and tons of other tricks of the twang trade.

From swing to jazz to bottleneck blues to folk Grammy winning acoustic guitarist Pat Donohue plays it all with a flourish of artistry and melodic inspiration. Chet Atkins called Pat one of the greatest fingerpickers in the world today; Leo Kottke called his playing ?haunting.? Pat is certainly one of the most listened to fingerpickers in the world. As the guitarist for the Guys All-Star Shoe Band of Minnesota Public Radio?s A Prairie Home Companion Pat gets to show off his savvy licks and distinctive original songs to millions of listeners each week. Pat?s musical tastes are eclectic. Though he considers himself foremost a folk guitarist Pat?s influences are rooted inbluesmen Blind Blake Robert Johnson Charlie Parker Duke Ellington Muddy Waters and Miles Davis. He manages to blend jazz and blues with folk and the mix is seamless. Over the years he has captivated audiences with his unique original compositions dazzling instrumentals and humorous song parodies.