Start your guitar playing guitar with this one-of-a-kind collection of accessible, must-know traditional folk favorites. / Guitare

We live in a world of endless Guitar shredding, players tearing up down and across the fret board at mind boggling speeds. There comes a certain excitement and respect for this ability but sometimes one wonders what ever happened to the classic tasty lick of days gone by. Guitar players would catch your ear with beautiful melodic phrases that would have you reaching for your handkerchief.I have endeavored to put together 51 tasty licks with a modern spin. These licks are designed to help create melodic, attention grabbing solos that will guarantee you don't drive home from the show alone. Smooth Guitar lines, soulful bends, melodic tapping and many other techniques are used within this DVD. Once you've mastered these licks you will have taken your playing to a new level.If you are already a shredder you will now have a new dimension to add to your skill set, if you are soulful Blues Man you will have a modern edge to apply to your solos. Add a new dynamic to your playing, and as always, Have Fun! / Guitare

Learn these killer classic 1980s rock riffs note for note with Guitar lessons from Danny Gill.This superb DVD will teach you some of the greatest riffs from the decade defined by its fantastic Guitar-playing. Lessons include:Beat ItSunday Bloody SundayWalk This WayWelcome To The JungleAce Of SpadesDanny Gill is a former pupil of Joe Satriani, and co-author of the Musicians Institute Rock Guitar series. His songs have appeared on TV shows including 'The Osbournes' and film sound tracks such as 'Insomnia' and 'Under Siege'. / Guitare

Unlock the secrets of playing Guitar to reveal how to become a successful guitarist.This level one book covers five sections: Foundation, Debut, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3. It includes detailed explanations of the techniques required to master any music exam.Throughout the book, you will be encouraged to develop your creativity and individuality as well as enhance both your aural and visual skills in order to become the best musician you can be.Includes:Performance pieces, sight reading, improvisation, ear training, music theory and instrumental knowledge.Specialist advice throughout from the author.Profiles of inspirational guitarists such as George Harrison, Chuck Berry, David Gilmour, Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Matthew Bellamy and more. / Guitare

Whether you're a beginning guitarist/songwriter or have been at it for a while, you'll find a wealth of tips and techniques for exploring and expanding your musical creativity in Guitar for Songwriters. Guitarist, composer, and teacher Leo Cavanagh is your guide on this tour of chords and chord progressions that will help you expand your use of guitar for composing and accompanying. The more you know about chords and how they go together, the stronger a songwriting tool your guitar will become. From basic chords through power chords, bar chords, and jazz chords, this book uses common progressions and good voicings to demonstrate the possibilities of the guitar. It includes the harmonized scale, chord construction, and various accompaniment styles. It also includes online access to audio examples. Whether you want to play in different keys, find a jazzy sounding progression, or just add that one special chord to a song, Guitar for Songwriters can help. / Guitare

What do YOU want to PLAY today? The PLAY series has nailed down what todays musician really wants: lessons you can use anytime, anywhere. They're flat-out more convenient than private lessons, and just as valuable. The high-quality video of expert instructors will help players of all skill levels, from beginners and 'weekend warriors' to advanced students and pros. Whether youre into rock, jazz, blues, folk, country, or a little bit of everything, the PLAY series has all the resources you need at the click of a button. / Guitare

The Nashville Number System is the standard way for a professional country musician to notate a song. The system has been around since the 1950s, and it rapidly became widespread within the country music community because of how efficiently it can represent music. In essence, a Nashville number chart conveys the harmony, key, meter, rhythm, phrase structure, instrumentation, arrangement, and form of a song - all on a single piece of paper. An introduction is included that thoroughly explains how to use the book. Lyrics are not included. This valuable resource gathers together 200 country standards from yesterday's favorites to today's chart-topping hits, including: Achy Breaky Heart (Don't Tell My Heart) - Act Naturally - All the Gold in California - Always on My Mind - Amazed - Battle of New Orleans - Before He Cheats - Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Behind Closed Doors - Bless the Broken Road - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Boot Scootin' Boogie - A Boy Named Sue - Breathe - Coal Miner's Daughter - Could I Have This Dance - Crazy - The Dance - Delta Dawn - The Devil Went down to Georgia - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Elvira - Folsom Prison Blues - Friends in Low Places - The Gambler - God Bless the U.S.A. - He Stopped Loving Her Today - Hey, Good Lookin' - I Hope You Dance - I Walk the Line - I Will Always Love You - In Color - Jesus Take the Wheel - King of the Road - Live like You Were Dying - The Long Black Veil - Lucille - Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Mean - Need You Now - On the Road Again - Redneck Woman - Springsteen - Stand by Your Man - This Kiss - You're Still the One - Your Cheatin' Heart - and more! Spiral bound. / Guitare

Great musical ideas need a solid foundation of strong chops to back them up. Fill the gaps in your technique with this unique approach to rock guitar. Build your finger strength, flexibility, and independence with exercises and examples written especially for rock players. This book explores all the important soloing techniques such as speed picking, sweeping, tapping, harmonics, scale sequencing, and more. Develop your chops while practicing exercises in the style of the music you enjoy. The Serious Guitarist: Rock Chops provides the tools you need to become a better guitar player, but more importantly, it will help you become a better musician. The included companion MP3 CD features demonstrations of the examples in the book. / Guitare

Unlock the secrets of playing Guitar to reveal how to become a successful guitarist.This level two book covers Grade 4 and Grade 5. It includes detailed explanations of the techniques required to master any music exam.Throughout the book, you will be encouraged to develop your creativity and individuality as well as enhance both your aural and visual skills in order to become the best musician you can be.Includes:Performance pieces, style focus, sight reading, improvisation, ear training and music theory.Specialist advice throughout from the author.Profiles of inspirational guitarists including Slash, Tom Morello, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, Nile Rodgers and Eric Clapton. / Guitare

A good warm-up session can be the most crucial part of your practice session. Not only does it limber and stretch your finger muscles, it helps to ward off injuries, gets your hands in 'sync,? and promotes accuracy and speed. This book contains a wide variety of exercises to help get your hands in top playing shape. It addresses the basic elements of guitar warm-ups by category: stretches and pre-playing coordination exercises, picking exercises, right and left-hand synchronization, and rhythm guitar warm-ups. The Odds and Ends chapter covers other misc. topics such as legato warm-ups, string-bending exercises, scale sequences, and arpeggios. Use this book daily, choosing one or two exercises in each chapter to warm up, and you'll playing will be cleaner, more articulate, and of a higher caliber. / Guitare

In A Nuts and Bolts Approach To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar Rolly Brown teaches an organised approach to exploring and combining rhythm, melody and harmony to create fingerstyle Guitar arrangements.This instructional DVD includes numerous tips, tools and techniques, a look at approaching different musical styles and just enough theoretical knowledge to get you started at arranging your own versions of whatever sort of music you want to create on the Guitar. Numerous examples are shown and discussed.The topics covered include:Arpeggiated rolling rhythmArranging for constant alternate bassChord choice and substitutionThe essential tones conceptArranging with a walking bass lineBossa Nova rhythmRagtimeFingerstyle bluesOriginal compositions / Guitare

Expand and develop your six string theory with Danny Gill.Harmony and Theory is the language of music. It is what allows musicians from all over the world who may speak different languages verbally to speak the same language on their instrument.This DVD will guide you through the minor scale, relative keys, diatonic 7th chords, pentatonic scales, blues chord progressions, blues soloing, and extended chords. Each example is clearly demonstrated and performed with a backing track which is also included for you to play along with. / Guitare

Great fun guaranteed! 10 easy songs of various styles ranging from Hip-Hop to Latin-Grooves à la Santana get you to play chords. Short interludes 'guide' your fingers into the right position and carefully prepare for a change of chords. Chord Factory is ideal for slightly advanced students with first experience in melodic lines, complementing lessons in classical guitar for example. / Guitare

Perfect for guitarists who have been playing for a while and are ready to expand their skills and technique, this revised book and DVD package starts with exercises for developing speed and agility and moves on to jazz chords, advanced techniques like slapping and tapping, modes, and alternate tunings. It also features thorough lessons on composition and arranging. The new DVD is hosted by Jared Meeker, one of today's hottest guitar players. If you have completed Beginning Acoustic Guitar and Intermediate Acoustic Guitar, this is your best next step. Second Edition Features: * Updated examples in the styles of acoustic guitar masters * New companion DVD demonstrating the examples in the book * Improved instruction on acoustic guitar techniques and theory, covering flatpicking, fingerstyle, and strumming / Guitare

What do YOU want to PLAY today? The PLAY series has nailed down what today's musician really wants: lessons you can use anytime, anywhere. They're flat-out more convenient than private lessons, and just as valuable. The high-quality video of expert instructors will help players of all skill levels, from beginners and 'weekend warriors' to advanced students and pros. Whether you're into rock, jazz, blues, folk, country, or a little bit of everything, the PLAY series has all the resources you need at the click of a button. / Guitare