Learn essential guitar fingerpicking techniques with Lee Hodgson. This superb guitar tutorial is designed for the beginner to intermediate player looking to develop their fingerstyle guitar techniques from basic ideas to more challenging pieces. Not only will you develop your finger independence through a variety of practical exercises, you will also learn essential technique to add texture and feel to your acoustic playing! Lee Hodgson is a versatile studio musician and vastly experienced stage performer. He is also a regularly featured columnist and transcriber for popular guitar magazines. / Guitare / Dvd

More than just a collection of folk songs Harry Tuft and Dick Weissman have created an album designed to aid the beginning guitarist in everything from holding the guitar properly to illustrating a large selection of strums and chords along with each song. A complete method for the beginner illustrated with finger positions and fret diagrams as well as notation for each song. Songs include: He'd Got the Whole World in His Hands Down in the Valley The Cuckoo 500 Miles Greensleeves Man of Constant Sorrow Walking Bass This Train and more. Performed by Harry Tuft guitar Accompaniment: Dick Weissman guitar Judy Roderick vocals

All seven volumes of Mel Bay's original internationally acclaimed Modern Guitar Method series are included in this single huge master compilation. This edition also includes additional outstanding plectrum guitar soloarrangements not found in the original volumes. As Mr. Bay perceived the need for a guitar method that would effectively teach beginning guitarists to read music this method is intentionally written in standard notation only.Although fingerstyle technique this book is tailored specifically for the plectrum-style player beginner through advanced levels.

A very representative collection of music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods skillfully adapted for solo guitar from lute and piano works. This book contains well-recognized pieces by master composers many of which havealready become essential repertoire for the classical guitar. Compiled with the performance skills of the beginner guitarist in mind this collection also fulfills repertoire requirements of the student guitarist as well asproviding valuable exercises in sight-reading in standard notation for the more intermediate and advanced performers.

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-This two DVD set is for beginner and intermediate guitarists who want to start fingerpicking. Rev. Gary Davis used to tell his students that playing the guitar was easy. He would say that a piano player has only two hands (theleft keeps an alternating bass while the right plays a melody) but a guitarist has three hands! Our right hand thumb is one hand and plays the bass figures while our index finger is our second hand and plays the melody. Ourthird hand is our left hand which fingers chords. The results produce a full and orchestrated fingerstyle sound with a rhythmic bass played against melodic lines. This is the alternating bass technique which we sometimes jokinglyrefer to as 'bum-chick.' It is the most popular fingerpicking style played and has been used by legendary guitarists. Mississippi John Hurt Rev. Gary Davis Merle Travis Doc Watson Chet Atkins are but a few of the giantsof this style.On these two DVDs we will explore how to master the alternating bass style. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and then played again slowly on a split-screen so that you can carefully see what both hands aredoing. A detailed 60 page tab/music PDF is included. As well you will see footage of some of the great fingerstyle players such as Rev. Gary Davis Lightnin' Hopkins Mance Lipscomb Merle Travis Brownie McGhee ElizabethCotten John Jackson Pink Anderson and Doc Watson.

Revolutionary Guitar Finger Positioning Guide-Southpaws rejoice! Now there's a Don't Fret Note Map? made just for you! This innovative product created by 11-year-old Nicholas Ravagni and featured on ABC's World News Tonight makes it easier to learn to playelectric or acoustic guitar. Whether you're a beginner just starting out or an experienced player who wants to learn to read music it will give you the tools you need to learn to locate notes on your guitar. The Don't FretNote Map? is made of cling vinyl ? no fasteners or glues required ? and is easy to install. Simply peel the note map off the backing paper and guide one edge between the strings and fretboard positioning thefret holes in the vinyl over the corresponding frets on the instrument and stretching the device tight across the fretboard as you position the notes under the proper strings. Press one side against the back of the neck then foldthe other side smoothly over the first and you're ready to play! The note map does not affect tone or playability and is removable after each use!Shows note names and locations across the fretboard ? over all 12frets ? Unique color-coded method makes music reading easy ? Accurately accelerates ?finger memory? ? Includes music instruction and three simple songs to play ? No previous musical experienceneeded!

Easy Baroque Pieces for Classical Guitar. Easy Baroque Pieces for Classical Guitar is an outstanding introduction for the beginner to intermediate guitarist to the music of the Baroque. The Baroque period of music flourished in Europe from 1600 to 1750, and is represented by a singleness of mood and gesture, rhythmic continuity, polyphonic texture, and melodic ornamentation. Jerry Willard explains the intricacies of Baroque ornamentation (including trills, mordents, and notes inégale) in an easy-to-understand way, and performs each piece on the accompanying audio CD. Includes: Aria (from the Anna Magdelena Notebook)(J.S. Bach) · Bourrée in A Minor (theme, from the Second Violin Partita) (J.S. Bach) · Largo (Arcangelo Corelli) · The Harmonious Blacksmith (George Frideric Handel) · Canon (Johann Pachelbel) · Minuet (Henry Purcell) · Gavotte (Giovanni Zamboni) · and more.

Bridges: A Comprehensive Guitar Series serves as the official resource for guitar assessments of the Royal Conservatory Music Development Program. Innovative in its structure, Bridges supports students from the beginner to advanced levels with carefully sequenced repertoire, etudes, and technique. Each of the Repertoire and Etudes books in the series spans all major style periods and a variety of genres, presenting an organized compilation of pieces appropriate for that level of technical development. Nine progressive levels of Repertoire and Etudes scaffold student learning at every stage of musical development. Each book contains a balanced and representative selection of works from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and contemporary style periods. From the classics of Aguado to the modern compositions of Zenamon, Bridges connects students to both essential literature and enticing masterpieces never before found together. The Etudes have been carefully selected to support the repertoire and isolate specific technical and musical challenges, making Bridges an ideal collection and a comprehensive teaching resource. / Guitare

This handy little book is an essential guide to technique soloing rhythm and musical styles for guitar. Contains tips on hand positions capo use creating certain types of use effective wah-wah playing distortion circuits professional soloing slide guitar altered tuning Hendrix-style rhythm eastern modes alternate picking and a whole host of other topics.The Little Book Of Tips And Tricks contains something for every guitarist beginner and pro and will give your solo and rhythm playing the small touches that make you stand out from the pack.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 152 This guide will use photographs, diagrams and sketches made by the author and some provided by various manufacturers to teach how to clean, condition, adjust the action and properly intonate your acoustic guitar, as well as: John's trade secrets on hand-carving bone nuts and bridge saddles, wiring and fretwork. John has also included a chapter on identifying and diagnosing problem guitars. It even includes a forward written by Bob Taylor of Taylor Guitars. This book is perfect to teach a beginner or a reference for the guitar repair professional.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 224 The first part of this edition teaches a very specific portion of music theory with the goal of providing a thorough foundation for building chords and arpeggios. The second part reveals the unique fingerboard patterns arising from the nature of the guitar's six-string tuning and applies these essential patterns to teaching every aspect of building chords and arpeggios for the guitar. Clear illustrations are abundant throughout this text, making its wealth of information easier to learn and apply. This book is accessible to those who have never learned to read music notation, presenting ideas that anyone can understand and utilize. Self-tests are featured at the end of each chapter facilitating complete and thorough comprehension. Even though this text accelerates rapidly through intermediate and advanced levels, it will also benefit the beginner with no previous musical experience.

An Hour with the Guitar presents a careful selection of the most beautiful pieces of guitar music. All the names familiar to every professional and amateur guitarist - Aguado Carulli Carcassi Coste Giuliani Sor and many more - are represented in this collection and ensure much stimulating variety. These pieces with grades of difficulty progressing from very easy to moderately difficult will give not only the beginner but also the advanced guitarist some valuable material for this teaching entertainment and performance. Except for a few very beautiful studies dry exercises have been avoided in this book in the hope that every guitarist will use it for his hour ofrelaxation.

An Hour with the Guitar presents a careful selection of the most beautiful pieces of guitar literature. All the names familiar to every professional and amateur guitarist - Aguado Carulli Carcassi Coste Giuliani Sor and many more - are represented in this collection and ensure much stimulating variety. These pieces with grades of difficulty progressing from very easy to moderately difficult will give not only the beginner but also the advanced guitarist some valuable material for this teaching entertainment and performance. Except for a few very beautiful studies dry exercises habe been avoided in this book in the hope that every guitarist will use it for his hour ofrelaxation.