Hawaiian,
Saddle-stitched. Slack
Key. Book and online
audio. 96 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#30666M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30666M).
ISBN
9781513462851. 8.75x11.75
inches.
The Hawaiian word
for slack key guitar,
kī
hÅâ??alu, means
to â??loosen the
keyâ? or retune some
of the strings to create
a harmonious sound with
an open or alternate
tuning. Slack key is a
fingerpicking style
characterized by strong
alternating bass lines
played with the thumb.
While slack key can be
played on any guitar,
most players prefer a
nylon- or steel-stringed
acoustic
instrument.
This
book presents 25
intermediate to advanced
traditional and original
tunes in the Hawaiian
slack key style. Melodies
are often harmonized in
sixths or thirds played
with or without double
stops. Techniques like
syncopated bass lines,
hammer-ons, pull-offs,
slides, and harmonics are
tastefully employed to
evoke the images of ocean
breezes, swaying palms,
hula dancers and white
sandy beaches.
The author writes,
â??Unless you grew up
playing slack key,
itâ??s hard to get from
the material presented in
most books and DVDs to a
fluid,
play-it-your-own-way
style.â? This book
seeks to reveal the
insights the author has
gleaned from studying and
jamming with some of the
giants of the slack key
style, and help you
develop a style all your
own.
Includes
access to online audio
tracks of all 25 relaxing
but challenging Hawaiian
slack key
tunes.
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: MB.30667M With Guitar Transcriptions of Bac...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: MB.30667M
With Guitar
Transcriptions of Bach's
Figured Bass
Accompaniment.
Composed by Matthias
Stegmann. Gospel/Sacred,
Squareback saddle stitch,
Christian. Gospel. Book
and online PDF. 238
pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#30667M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30667M).
ISBN
9781513463971. 8.75 x
11.75
inches.
Johann
Sebastian Bachâ??s
arrangements of the
â??69 Sacred Songsâ?
from the Musical
Hymnal by Georg
Christian Schemelli
(Leipzig, 1736) have long
been part of the German
language vocal concert
repertoire and a mainstay
in vocal pedagogy.
Originally, only these 69
of the 954 hymns in the
collection were published
with a single bass line
as the accompaniment.
Bachâ??s contribution
was to specify harmonies
to be played over those
same bass lines by adding
figured bass
numbers and symbols
beneath each
note.
A figured
bass line can easily be
turned into a relatively
simple guitar
accompaniment or a more
elaborate setting,
offering a range of
possibilities that make
working with this music
both interesting and
rewarding for the
guitarist. While other
period and modern
editions of the â??69
Sacred Songsâ? offer
accompaniments for
keyboard instruments,
this Mel Bay publication
features intermediate to
advanced transcriptions
exclusively for the
guitar.
Best
suited to college-level
players or advanced
aficionados, this special
Mel Bay Publications
edition includes the
vocal line with German
lyrics and the guitar
accompaniment transcribed
from Bachâ??s figured
bass lines. Written in
guitar-friendly keys, 29
of the transcriptions
employ a capo to achieve
the original key designed
for high voices. Without
the capo, these same
arrangements would be
suitable to be sung by
lower voices. The
remaining 40 hymns are in
their original
guitar-friendly keys and
so do not require a
capo.
This volume
contains accompaniment
settings of all 69 of the
sacred songs and arias
for which Bach wrote
figured bass annotation.
For performance variety
and convenience, this
book includes â??Scores
in their Original
Keys,â? and
stand-alone â??Guitar
Accompaniment,â? and
â??Bass Parts.
Guitar SKU: BT.VOLMB164 Composed by Jody Fisher. Jazz. Book with CD. Volo...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
BT.VOLMB164
Composed
by Jody Fisher. Jazz.
Book with CD. Volonte e
Co #VOLMB164. Published
by Volonte e Co
(BT.VOLMB164).
ISBN
9788863881615.
French.
This
publication
simultaneously teaches
harmonic sheet music,
melodies, rhythms and the
bass lines for every
piece of music.
In
terms of jazz, your
Guitar will become the
ultimate instrument just
from the techniques
andconcepts taught.
Topics approached
include: understanding
the interactive
assimilation of harmony
and melody, bass line
development, chordal
enrichment, four part
harmonies and composition
for solo Guitar. All
these concepts arean
ample example for
practice and make up
compositions of
traditional
melodies.
(Mastering Jazz Guitar). By Jody Fisher. For Guitar. This edition: Standard Nota...(+)
(Mastering Jazz Guitar).
By Jody Fisher. For
Guitar. This edition:
Standard Notation Only.
Book; CD; Guitar Method
or Supplement;
Method/Instruction;
Technique Musicianship.
Complete Method. Jazz.
Advanced. 96 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Guitar solo SKU: GH.GE-11464 Composed by Benjamin Staern. Duration 15 min...(+)
Guitar solo
SKU:
GH.GE-11464
Composed
by Benjamin Staern.
Duration 15 minutes.
Gehrmans Musikforlag #GE
11464. Published by
Gehrmans Musikforlag
(GH.GE-11464).
ISBN
979-0-070-11464-6. A4
inches.
Work note
by the composer:
When I received the news
of this commission, I had
no idea what it would
lead to. Writing for
guitar solo is not the
same as composing for
orchestra where you have
forty voices where you
can easily mask an entire
section. Here you are
very naked to the
bone. The starting
point for this work was
from J.S. Bach's Chaconne
in D-minor that Johannes
had performed in concert,
originally written for
violin but there is a
version transcribed for
guitar and piano made by
Ferruccio Busoni. When I
went to Cortona (in
Tuscany, Italy) completed
the southern mentality of
this work. Arpalineais
actually a merged word in
Italian language.
Arpa means
harp, however in a
musical context it's more
or less resembled with
the word arpeggio,
which means broken
chords. Lineameans
line.
The
work is divided in three
parts. I. Arpeggio:
It starts with an opening
chaconne-like sequence
and is marked with a
certain depth in which
the chords starts to
separate from the organum
note in the bass and it
culminates into a section
called with rhythmical
focus. These sections
alternates, variates
which each other. The
middle section has a
playful and childish
atmosphere where the
guitarist knocks on the
body of the guitar
resembling a Spanish folk
instrument cajon. This is
leading to a section
which tends more to a
very aggressive
fusion-like riff that
loses control and reaches
its climax at the
end.
II. Linea:
The static rhytmical
pulse is now
disintegrated and it
forms more or less sort
of a free,
improvisational state in
a rubatolike tempo. The
character is described as
a very hot day with
temperatures rising above
37! C (or 100! F) where
you can hardly do
anything just sitting
dozed off and pespiring
because of the extreme
heat watching a huge fog
coming up in the evening
that spreads around the
Tuscan atmosphere.
III. Finale: It
starts off with fast
one-note ostinati then
more and more notes pop
up like a gradual rain
storm with thunder
strikes! And eventually
it leads to that is a
large flood through the
streets of an medieval
Southern town. The work
ends with a short circuit
slapped strings along
with extremely fast
tremolos that reaches
higher and louder as
possible!
Guitar - Beginning SKU: MB.21382M Composed by Steve Adelson. Saddle-stitc...(+)
Guitar - Beginning
SKU: MB.21382M
Composed by Steve
Adelson. Saddle-stitched,
Style, Chapman Stick,
Contemporary, Other
String Acoustic, Method.
Rock & Blues. Book and
online video. 72 pages.
Mel Bay Publications, Inc
#21382M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.21382M).
ISBN
9780786691883. 8.75 x
11.75 inches.
A
comprehensive exploration
of revolutionary Chapman
Stick and its
accompanying tap
techniques. A primer on
theory will explain all
the musical logistics
enabling the student to
fully gasp the concepts
in this book. Mr.
Chapmans unique approach
to his 12 string
invention will be
explained by Steve
Adelson in respect to
chords, melody,
improvisations, rhythmic
capabilities,
counterpoint and bass
lines. Novel and standard
techniques enabling the
player maximum creativity
will be outlined in
detail with many examples
in the text. All levels
of playing will be
considered and will be
helpful for beginner,
intermediate as well as
advanced playing. This
book will bring all these
elements together,
presenting a thorough
study of this very new
and exciting instrument.
Includes access to online
video.
(The Most Popular Series for Learning How to Play). By Ron Manus, L. C. Harnsber...(+)
(The Most Popular Series
for Learning How to
Play). By Ron Manus, L.
C. Harnsberger, and
Nathaniel Gunod. For
Guitar. Book; CD; Guitar
Method or Supplement;
Method/Instruction.
Alfred's Basic Guitar
Library. Rock. 64 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.4
Taught by Larry Coryell. For Guitar (Flatpicking/Plectrum). Method. Grossman-Gtr...(+)
Taught by Larry Coryell.
For Guitar
(Flatpicking/Plectrum).
Method. Grossman-Gtr
Workshop. Jazz. Level:
Intermediate. DVD. Size
5.25x7.5. Duration 84
minutes. Published by
Grossman's Guitar
Workshop.
In
September of 2018,
guitarist, Toby
McWilliams commissioned
Cruz to write a
three-movement guitar
solo after hearing his
Five Pieces in C on the
internationally
syndicated radio show,
Classical Guitar Alive.
McWilliams requested the
first movement to be in
sonata-allegro form
followed by two other
pieces that reflect the
tempo choices of a
typical three-movement
sonatina. As is the case
with most of Cruzâs
music, this Sonatina was
completed as music
written for musicâs
sake. However, in his
quest to find titles
other than tempo
markings, Cruz plucked
three words from the
correspondence between
himself and McWilliams
that together, add a
personal touch to the
collection while
suggesting a progression
of an imaginary
dayâs
events.
A point of
interest in the first
movement, A theme: Cruz
begins on the IV chord
and intentionally avoids
using a proper I chord
throughout. While the B
section does begin in the
dominant key, it moves
quickly towards a D major
tonal
center.
Festival
(3rd movement) uses a
bitonal opening theme: E
major in the top voice
while the bass line uses
E minor.
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: MB.30969M Folk. Book and online audio. Mel Bay...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: MB.30969M
Folk. Book and online
audio. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#30969M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30969M).
ISBN
9781513472911. 8.75X11.75
inches.
As a
guitarist, have you ever
dreamed of playing
contrapuntal bass lines
and melodies. Or maybe
you would like to sound
more like a pianist, able
to perform fluently with
independent right and
left hands.Playing
multiple lines
simultaneously can be one
of the most physically
and mentally demanding
challenges posed by the
guitar. Using the concept
of planted notesùa
fretting-hand finger that
remains in place while
the other fingers play
scale-like passages or
arpeggiosù this book
will methodically guide
you towards right and
left-hand finger
independence.Written in
standard notation and
tablature, this
no-nonsense revolutionary
method is the first of
its kind. Together with
95 online audio
recordings, it will help
you build finger
independence in both
hands, approaching that
of a pianist. Includes
access to online
audio.
Composed by Alexander Vinitsky. For guitar. Perfect binding. Fingerstyle Jazz...(+)
Composed by Alexander
Vinitsky. For guitar.
Perfect binding.
Fingerstyle
Jazz, Etudes.
Intermediate.
Book and Online Audio. 24
pages. Published by Mel
Bay
Publications, Inc
4 Books/1 DVD Boxed Set Guitar SKU: HL.148557 Boxed Set with Four Publ...(+)
4 Books/1 DVD Boxed Set
Guitar
SKU:
HL.148557
Boxed
Set with Four
Publications and One DVD
in One Great Package.
Guitar Educational.
Classical, Instruction,
Method. Softcover Audio
Online. 144 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.148557).
ISBN
9781495029554. UPC:
888680078201.
9.25x12.25x1.466
inches.
Get started
playing guitar with real
songs and solid lessons
covering everything you
need: notes, chords,
scales, techniques, and
much more! The method's
well-paced and logical
teaching sequence will
get beginning guitarists
playing more easily than
ever before, and music
from famous composers
like Beethoven, Bach and
Mozart will keep them
playing and having fun.
This boxed set includes
four books (Classical
Guitar Method, Guitar
Chord Chart, Guitar Scale
Chart, and Guitar Theory
Chart) and a Classical
Guitar DVD with lessons
demonstrating playing
position, rest and free
strokes, thumb and finger
combinations, chordal
harmonics, bass lines,
slurred notes, sustained
bass notes, barre
technique, arpeggios,
vibrato, and more. Works
for those who want to
teach themselves or with
a teacher!
Acoustic Guitar
Private Lessons
Series. String Letter
Publishing. Acoustic,
Chords, Instruction, Jazz
Instruction. Softcover
Video Online. With guitar
tablature. 72 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.298903).
ISBN
9781936604371. UPC:
888680955229. 9x12
inches.
Five of
Acoustic Guitar
magazine's master
teachers – Ron
Jackson, Adam Levy, Sean
McGowan, Jane Miller and
Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
– give you a dozen
four-week workouts,
designed to engage both
your fingers and your
mind as you develop
harmonic vocabulary and
fluidity. With this book,
you'll learn to play
moveable compact chord
shapes, suspended chords,
jazz harmonies, blues and
jazz bass lines, and much
more. Technical and
conceptual tips are
presented throughout, and
standard notation &
tablature are included
for all workouts. Video
downloads for all
examples are available
online for download or
streaming!
Dynamic Guitar Guitare [Partition + Accès audio] Hal Leonard
Book/Online Video Guitar SKU: HL.1337656 More Tools to Go Beyond Strum...(+)
Book/Online Video Guitar
SKU: HL.1337656
More Tools to Go
Beyond Strumming Includes
Video Downloads.
String Letter Publishing.
Instruction. Softcover
Video Online. 64 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.1337656).
ISBN
9781936604470. UPC:
196288199076.
9.0x12.0x0.164
inches.
In this
book and video guide,
Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
gives you an array of
tools for making chord
progressions more
distinctive, deepening
your grooves, and getting
outside the box of
strumming block chords.
Over the course of six
in-depth lessons, you'll
learn how to build
dynamics in an
arrangement, play bass
lines on guitar, and
expand your harmonic
vocabulary with slash
chords and cluster
chords. Along the way,
you'll explore examples
inspired by classic
songs, so you can hear
and see how these tools
work in actual music.
You'll discover how
varying the technique of
both your fretting and
picking hands -- and
often playing less -- can
do so much to make your
guitar parts more dynamic
and musically satisfying.
This comprehensive guide
includes written
instruction, notation and
tab, plus more than 2
hours of accompanying
video instruction for all
music examples, performed
by Jeffrey Pepper
Rodgers.
Guitar - intermediate SKU: MB.31108M A Tribute to the Legacy of W. C. ...(+)
Guitar - intermediate
SKU: MB.31108M
A Tribute to the
Legacy of W. C.
Handy. Jazz,
Saddle-stitched. Artist
Specific. Book and online
audio. 52 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#31108M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.31108M).
ISBN
9781513469232. 8.75x11.75
inches.
Award-winni
ng blues songwriter and
performer Jon Shain
brings us his fingerstyle
guitar arrangements of
some of the earliest
blues and rags ever
published. W. C. Handy,
known as the Father of
the Blues, wrote and
arranged for piano and
voice and sometimes for
full ragtime orchestra.
Shain has arranged these
compositions to be played
on guitar, weaving the
timeless vocal melodies
and bass lines throughout
the pieces. Guitar
tablature, standard
musical notation, and
lyrics are all included,
along with historical
background on each song.
Includes access to online
audio.
by Bret Willmott. For all guitars. Complete. All styles. Level: Intermediate-Adv...(+)
by Bret Willmott. For all
guitars. Complete. All
styles. Level:
Intermediate-Advanced.
Book. Theory and harmony.
Size 8.75x11.75. 248
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Pub., Inc.
(You Can Play the Guitar Now! Acoustic Guitar Vol. 2). Taught by Rogelio Maya. F...(+)
(You Can Play the Guitar
Now! Acoustic Guitar Vol.
2). Taught by Rogelio
Maya. For Guitar (All).
method. Acoustic Music.
Level: Beginning. DVD.
Size 5.38x7.50. 60 pages.
Published by Mayas Music.
24 In-Depth Lessons, 12 Full Songs to Play Book/2-CD Pack. By Various. String Le...(+)
24 In-Depth Lessons, 12
Full Songs to Play
Book/2-CD Pack. By
Various. String Letter
Publishing. Softcover
with CD. 104 pages.
Published by String
Letter Publishing.
Chamber Music Guitar SKU: PR.114423450 Composed by Máximo Pujol. Full ...(+)
Chamber Music Guitar
SKU: PR.114423450
Composed by Máximo
Pujol. Full score. 8
pages. Duration 9
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42345.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114423450).
Guitar SKU: FG.55011-320-6 Composed by Kai Nieminen. Fennica Gehrman #550...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-320-6
Composed by Kai Nieminen.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-320-6. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-320-6).
ISBN
9790550113206.
Guit
ar sonata A Walk to the
Mysterious Woods
(2012-13) is so far the
most extensive of the
works Kai Nieminen has
written for his own
instrument, the guitar.
The sonata features
virtuosic and delicate
timbre which is typical
of Nieminen's musical
idiom and which requires
both technical and poetic
skill of the performer.
The music invokes a
fairytale-like scene of
nature with its
references to Finnish
mythology.
Kai
Nieminen's guitar sonata
is in four movements
which follow each other
attacca. The form of the
work resembles the
traditional sonata form:
exposition (A Walk with
Birdsong) - development
(Along the Brook and
Song(s) from the Arctic)
- recapitulation
(Return). The dark chords
of the beginning, the
pressing silence and the
icy-sounding harmony
created by the E flat
bass line evoke an image
of a winter forest. As if
following birdsong, the
music carries the
listener through various
landscapes and moods.
Birdsong takes the
listener to a brook,
which then carries the
traveller to the ancient
Sami joik, a traditional
form of chant, and allows
him or her to bask in the
serenity of natural
beauty in a moment where
the past and present
meet.
Guitar SKU: AP.1-ADV14415 A Step-by-Step Approach to Improvisation in ...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
AP.1-ADV14415
A
Step-by-Step Approach to
Improvisation in Jazz,
Rock, and Pop Music.
Composed by Gregory W.
Yasinitsky. Guitar Method
or Supplement;
Improvisation;
Method/Instruction;
Play-Along; Technique
Musicianship. Advance
Music. Jazz. Book and CD.
Advance Music
#01-ADV14415. Published
by Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV14415).
ISBN
9783954810437. UPC:
805095144154.
English.
How do you
learn to improvise? Greg
Yasinitsky's new method
for beginners,
Improvisation 101: Major,
Minor, and Blues, has
been thoroughly tried and
tested in numerous
workshops and classes.
His method is based on
easy-to-play pieces that
each introduce, one at a
time, the building blocks
of jazz, rock, and pop
music. Each tune comes
with sample solos,
improvised and written
out by experienced
musicians. Step-by-step
your skills will develop,
from understanding the
theory, to copying and
elaborating, to playing
and improvising freely.
The included play-along
CD provides you with both
melody and play-along
tracks, as well as sample
solos for each piece.
Improvisation 101: Major,
Minor, and Blues is
available in compatible
editions for B-flat,
E-flat, C, and bass clef
instruments. Further
editions for double bass
/ electric bass, guitar,
and piano also feature
very easy bass lines,
with chords and
accompaniments (guitar
edition includes
TAB).