Rhythm and Solos-Get your blues grooves movin' with this great DVD! Al Ek teaches six different rhythm parts each with its own solo and shows how each solo can work over different rhythm grooves and keys.Designed for the beginning blues guitarist everything on this DVD is played up to speed then broken down note by note.Includes jam tracks for each style covered: Shuffle Rock Mojo Groove Slow Blues Boogaloo Groove and Backwards Shuffle.

Par BULLOCK ROBIN. Celtic acoustic guitar and cittern wizard Robin Bullock takes the vibrating string to astonishing places with four of his own compositions, artful arrangements of another five traditional Celtic tunes, and tunes by Norman Blake and Dougie MacLean. From high-octane performances on Spider - Maho Snaps - Matelot Jig - and Old Brown Case to the extraordinarily moving and trancelike tune Between Earth and Sky(original title piece of his CD), the slow Irish air For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name - and Tiger Baby's Lullaby - Robin displays the fingerpicking and flatpicking styles that, combined with his composing and multi-instrumental skills, have earned his reputation with such renown Celtic and world-music groups as Helicon, Billboard's 'world music' TOP 10 artist John Whelan's new Celtic band, and Riverdance guest artists Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble. An extraordinary composer, Robin also varies tunings using standard tuning on only two pieces - he fingerpicks seven of the tunes, and uses flatpick technique on Old Brown Case and the three cittern (Irish bazouki) pieces: his original The Iraqi Road to Dublin and Irish traditional tunes Maho Snaps and The Dawn/Miss Monahan. Completing the 11 pieces on this video are: Dougie MacLean's Farewell to Craigie Duh, Turlough O'Carolan's Sir Charles Coote - Captain Higgins - and Rigler's March - Rex's Ramble - another one of his own. Find out why everyone who hears Robin Bullock is entranced by his masterful musical versatility, his humorous approach to life, and the music that runs through his head. / Acoustic Music - Concert/Documentary / Accessoire / Guitare

Randy Vincent's 200-page complete guide to three-note jazz guitar voicings and related topics. For everyone from intermediate newcomers to jazz guitar up to very advanced players, the book develops a unique 'dynamic' concept of harmony where three independently moving lines team up to create beautiful harmonies that are valuable for comping, chord melodies and chordal jazz improvisations. Topics include: three-note 'shell' voicings and special derived comp voicings; complete triad review including all close and open inversions on all strings; triad applications such as 'slash' chords, upper structures, hexatonic triad-pairs and special 'hybrid' voicings; quartal and secundal voicings perfect for modal comping and soloing;and much, much more. Hundreds of examples in both music notation and guitar grids are included. / Methods & Tutors / Recueil / Guitare

Ten classic Scott Joplin Piano rags arranged for Classical Guitar by Jerry Willard. Arranged in standard notation and tablature these timeless tunes by the most famous of all ragtime composers soundabsolutely great on a Classical Guitar and to help you perform them perfectly the Download Card features recordings of each by Willard himself. Rising quickly to fame for his ragtime compositions andachieving acclaim as the 'King of Ragtime Writers' composer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Joplin wrote some of the greatest rags ever as well as some of the finest compositions of any style or genre. WithScott Joplin Favorites For Classical Guitar you can learn such rags as Maple Leaf Rag The Entertainer and Heliotrope Bouquet for the Classical Guitar. Suitable for intermediate to advancedplayers this book will keep you entertained for hours as you pore over the expertly composed rags that have become so ingrained in modern music. Born to a musical family in Texas in 1867 it becameimmediately obvious that Joplin was of exceptional talent. After learning a number of instruments and moving to Missouri his compositions brought him great fame and had a profound influence on othercomposers of the day and for over a century to come. Tunes like Cleopha Kismet Rag Pleasant Moments and The Strenuous Life all had a huge impact on the musical world turning this creative genius into ahousehold name.  Now accomplished guitarist Jerry Willard has compiled and arranged ten of Joplin's best tunes into this sheet music songbook letting you learn thesewonderful compositions for the Classical Guitar. As a bonus extra the included download card allows you to listen to Willard himself performing all ten songs that were specially recorded for this edition. This will allow

Murial Anderson is one of the most celebrated fingerstyle guitarists around and in this DVD she teaches the exquisite arrangements and flawless techniques that have made her a favourite.Anderson analyses several show-stopping pieces in detail including the lively yet deceptively simple Linus & Lucy a tune that combines a funky bass riff and independent treble melody groove to create a complex counterpoint. Other pieces include the Doc Watson-inspired Rosalee a fingerstyle arrangement of the fiddle tune Angeline The Baker and a spectacular version of Sousa's Liberty Bell March in which the guitar imitates all the parts of theentire marching band!Lessons include:Moving bass linesCross-string playingHarmonics of various typesNail careProper sitting positionsTone productionPlucking methodsOther classically-based techniques

This handy video takes the Guitar student through all the basic Guitar chords starting with the easy to play forms and moving into the standard and more difficult fingerings. Every chord is shown in a Guitar chord progressionand a play along segment is provided on the DVD for every chord and progression.Added features of this DVD are the presentation of Rock Power Chords in the keys of C G D A E and F and Blues Guitar Chord Progressions inthe keys of C G D A E and F.

The Guitar Basics Repertoire book contains over forty pieces offering a rich and varied mixture of folksongs from around the world (Aura Lee Sakura) classical tunes (Bizet - March of the Kings J. S. Bach - Minuet in G) and popular film music (including themes from Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter) alongside evocative originals (Falling Leaves Havana Goodtime Samurai Sword Tudor Dance) and established Guitar repertoire by Sor and Carulli. Designed both to consolidate the areas of study covered in Guitar Basics and present new topics in the fun but clear style of the popular method book Guitar Basics Repertoire introduces accidentals moving up the neck two part music arpeggios and plucked chords as well as fun extended techniques that even a beginner can master. Guitar Basics Repertoire contains both solo and ensemble pieces backing tracks for many of which are available below and is the perfect companion to Guitar Basics whether being used for group teaching or to prepare students for graded examinations. Both solo and ensemble repertoire is included with backing tracks and teachers' part for many pieces provided on the accompanying ECD.

Description String Skipping & Wide Interval Soloing: 212 Melodic Studies and Patterns for Guitar is a much-needed guitarist?s guide to mastering wide interval soloing. This collection of repeating, continuous motion studies shows the guitarist how to develop melodic patterns that are characterized by large intervallic jumps in pitch, from one note to the next, in constant succession. This book presents four unique approaches to developing wide interval soloing, all of which utilize string skipping: 1) double pentatonic scales, which are three-note-per-string pentatonic scale patterns; 2) octave sliding, which uses sliding octave shapes in a variety of ways; 3) stacked fifths, which are wide interval shapes derived from pentatonic scales; and 4) wide interval arpeggios derived from the diatonic major scale. The sound that results from these techniques is exciting and unpredictable because it is such a departure from conventional melodic flow, which tends to be scalar, moving stepwise from one note in a scale to the next. By contrast, wide interval soloing is angular and skewed with big skips and sudden directional changes, creating a complex and fascinating sound. All of the studies in this book are designed as melodic etudes that can be applied directly to soloing in rock, jazz, fusion, and blues music. This book is ideal for serious guitarists in any style who want to break out of typical soloing patterns and create a more explosive, radical sound! CD included.

New edition of The Complete Guitar Player a series with over 1 million copies in print! The best-selling Guitar method just got even better and is now updated and revised to include a new DVD tutor with 5 bonustracks.Based on popular songs by Oasis The Beatles Eric Clapton and other top names it assumes no previous knowledge of the Guitar or music. The method starts with simplified notation moving on to standard musicnotation later with clear diagrams helpful demonstration photographs and colour used to make learning easy.This is the way for anyone to learn Guitar easily quickly enjoyably!

The wild pulses danceable rhythms and playful lyrics of the Calypso will spice up your guitar arrangements and inspire your playing in a new tropical direction!Brozman shows you how to use fingerpicking and strumming patterns moving bass lines percussive strokes and other techniques to capture the distinctive syncopations of the Caribbean style. Working in a variety of keys he analyses a variety of rhythms including the calypso tango samba waltz mazurka and Latin jazz.Learn a host of songs for the price of one as hundreds of calypso tunes are based upon the components revealed here!

Dutch Edition of the first book from Russ Shipton's best selling Complete Guitar Player method.Based on popular songs by Oasis The Beatles Eric Clapton and other top names it assumes no previous knowledge ofthe Guitar or music. The method starts with simplified notation moving on to standard music notation later with clear diagrams helpful demonstration photographs and colour used to make learning easy.This is the way foranyone to learn Guitar easily quickly enjoyably!

You know those cool jazz-tinged rhythm guitar chords and moving bass lines you've heard played behind Western Swing songs Texas fiddle tunes and old standards? Well if you like that sound and want to learn to play like the guys in Bob Wills' band or Asleep at the Wheel play backup in a Texas-style fiddle contest or jam with friends on old country standards here's where you start!Nick Forster provides you with the tools you'll need to move out of basic first position chords and into the shapes and progressions that give this style its swingy distinctive sound. You’ll learn how these chord shapes produce the bass lines that are typical of Texas-style backup so you cancreate solid and exciting accompaniments to hundreds of songs and instrumentals.There's a wealth of information jammed into this one-hour lesson: chord theory rhythm techniques new chord shapes and positions plus specific accompaniments to some favourite Western swing tunes including Sally Goodin Deep Water Brain Cloudy Blues and Gray Eagle.

Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down-Eric Bibb was raised in the folk tradition the son of the folk singer Leon Bibb. Bibb?s uncle was the world-famous jazz pianist and composer John Lewis part of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Bibb was raised in a music-filled household as family friends in the 1950s and 1960s included Pete Seeger Odetta Bob Dylan and the late Paul Robeson who was named Eric?s godfather. Bibb got his first steel guitar at age seven and he got some advice from Dylan that he never forgot to ?keep it simple forget all that fancy stuff.? When he was 16 his father asked him to play guitar in the house band for his TV talent show Someone New.In 1970 Eric left New York City forParis where he met with guitarist Mickey Baker. There he began to focus on blues guitar and after moving to Stockholm he became enamored with prewar blues. A breakout performance at the 1996 London Blues Festival catapulted Eric to a higher level of visibility. Since then he has toured the world performing at concert halls and major festivals. He has toured with Robert Cray Keb Mo Corey Harris and even opened shows for Ray Charles.Eric earned a Grammy nomination for his collaboration (with Taj Mahal and others) on the children?s record SHAKIN? A TAILFEATHER. His album PAINTING SIGNS was recognized by New Age Voice as a Finalist for Best Folk Album of 2001. He joined Maria Muldaur and Rory Block to record the gospelflavored SISTERS & BROTHERS and then released FRIENDS a collection of duets with Taj Mahal Odetta and others. He has been nominated for many W.C. Handy Awards in a variety of categories. Eric?s rich and sensitive vocals and lyrics provide a perfect balance to his fine fingerpicking technique. Purveying a beautifully realized and deftly accomplished soulful folk-blues Eric has no problem blending various genres effortlessly melding a traditional rootsy American style with a subtle contemporary sensibility.