Guitar Book for Adult Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Play Famous Guitar Songs, Guitar Chords, Music Theory & Technique (Book & Streaming Video Lessons)

Guitar Book for Adult Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Play Famous Guitar Songs, Guitar Chords, Music Theory & Technique (Book & Streaming Video Lessons)

This book and streaming video course is all that you will ever need for getting started playing the most famous and cherished guitar songs! Music Professor Damon Ferrante guides you through how to play the guitar with step-by-step lessons for adult beginners and streaming video lessons. This easy-to-follow method, used by thousands of guitar students and teachers, is designed to be interactive, engaging and fun.No music reading is required! Learn great guitar songs!The lessons will greatly expand your repertoire of beloved guitar songs and improve your guitar technique, creativity, and understanding of music. Whether you are teaching yourself guitar or learning with a music instructor, this book and streaming video course will take your guitar playing to a whole new level! Ask yourself this: 1. Have you always wanted to learn how to play famous guitar songs, but did not know where to start? 2. Did you start guitar lessons once and give up because the lessons were too difficult? 3. Are you struggling to follow online guitar lessons that seem to jump all over the place without any sense of direction or consistency? 4. Would you like to expand your musical understanding and learn how to play the guitar through an affordable, step-by-step book and video course? If your answer to any of the these questions is yes, then this beginner guitar book and video course is definitely for you! The following great music is covered in this book and streaming video course: * Amazing Grace 
* House of the Rising Sun * Scarborough Fair 
* Shenandoah
 * Happy Birthday
 * Kum-Bah-Yah 
* Jingle Bells 
* Home on the Range
 * This Little Light of Mine
 * Take Me Out to the Ballgame
 * Red River Valley 
* Silent Night * When the Saints Go Marching In 
* Greensleeves * Aura Lee 
* And Many More Great Songs!

  • ASIN: 0692996966
  • ISBN: 0692996966
  • Manufacturer: Steeplechase Arts

Doctor Swing

Doctor Swing

  • UPC: 702783435221
  • ASIN: B0013FCWD4
  • Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications

Mel Bay Essential Jazz Lines : Guitar the Style of Joe Pass with play-along CD

Mel Bay Essential Jazz Lines : Guitar the Style of Joe Pass with play-along CD

Presents hundreds of improvised melodic lines played by Joe Pass. Each of the melodic lines are grouped in the harmonic situation in which they were originally played (i.e. all minor lines are presented together and all dominant seventh lines are presented together, etc). The companion play along CD has a live rhythm section playing single chord vamps as well as vamps covering all twelve keys for each harmonic situation. An etude over the changes to Satin Doll shows how to apply the various lines and create improvised solos. Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.

  • ASIN: 0786660724
  • ISBN: 0786660724
  • Brand: Brand: Mel Bay Publications
  • Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Swing Jazz Violin with Hot-Club Rhythm: 18 Arrangements of Great Standards for Violin, Violin Trio, and String Quartet Book/Online Audio

Swing Jazz Violin with Hot-Club Rhythm: 18 Arrangements of Great Standards for Violin, Violin Trio, and String Quartet Book/Online Audio

(String Letter Publishing). Explore the world of jazz violin with one of America's finest jazz and swing violinists, Jeremy Cohen. With this book, violinists can: practice soloing and improvising along with a recorded Hot-Club-style band * learn melodies and solos to 16 great jazz standards * build strength, stamina, focus, and improvising skills by jamming with the band. Includes audio tracks online with full-band accompaniment.

  • UPC: 884088209902
  • ASIN: 1890490628
  • ISBN: 9781890490621
  • Brand: String Letter Publishing
  • Manufacturer: String Letter Media

Kyle Creed - Clawhammer Banjo Master Book/CD Set

Kyle Creed - Clawhammer Banjo Master Book/CD Set

Kyle Creed Clawhammer Banjo Master is a collection of clawhammer banjo tablature as played by Kyle Creed, with modern interpretations by Bob Carlin and Dan Levenson. This book is the first in a series of transcriptions of tunes from the old masters--in this case, Kyle Creed--who gave definition to our style of old time clawhammer banjo playing. The repertoire, presented in tablature, is intended to be a starting point for your journey through the old time music world. As such, each piece is presented in multiple arrangements, but on the page and on the accompanying audio CD. The recordings are for the most part played at a learning tempo and are close to the written notation but not exact in all cases.

  • UPC: 796279111324
  • ASIN: 078668271X
  • ISBN: 078668271X
  • Brand: Brand: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
  • Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Mel Bay presents Gypsy Violin Basics: A Beginner's Guide

Mel Bay presents Gypsy Violin Basics: A Beginner's Guide

This easy Gypsy-style introduction takes you on a musical journey along the Romany Trail, assimilating the musical idioms of Eastern Europe and the Mideast. Here are the core nuggets of the flashy and exotic Gypsy style, distilled to their essence. Fun, easy Gypsy-style tunes; Authentic Gypsy violin techniques scales, bowings, ornaments and more; Play-along CD with slow lead tracks and slow accompaniment tracks; Glossary of techniques and terms.

  • ASIN: 0786674768
  • ISBN: 0786674768
  • Brand: Brand: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
  • Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Mel Bay Lenny Breau Fingerstyle Jazz

Mel Bay Lenny Breau Fingerstyle Jazz

The late Lenny Breau was admired throughout the world for his complex fingerstyle jazz stylings. The first part of this text/CD contains Lenny's guitar workshop dealing with Building the Blues; Three Against Two, and Harmonics at Work. Section 2 presents three great Lenny Breau solos (5 O'Clock Bells; Little Blues, and Freight Train). Written in notation and tablature. Contains Lenny's master class on fingerstyle jazz guitar. ***** 3 songs from book are not on CD.

  • UPC: 796279043861
  • ASIN: 0786629568
  • ISBN: 0786629568
  • Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Guitar For Dummies, with DVD

Guitar For Dummies, with DVD

The bestselling music guide - now updated and with a FREE DVD! Have you always wanted to learn to play guitar? Who wouldn't? Think of Jimi Hendrix wailing away on his Stratocaster. . . Chuck Berry duck-walking across the stage to "Johnny B. Goode". . .B.B. King making his "Lucille" cry the blues. No doubt about it—guitars are cool. Guitar For Dummies gives you everything a beginning or intermediate guitarist needs: from buying a guitar to tuning it, playing it, and caring for it, this book has it all—and you don't even need to know how to read music. Full of photo-illustrated exercises and songs you can play to practice the techniques discussed in each section, this step-by-step guitar guide will take you through the basics and beyond before you can say "Eric Clapton." Helps you choose the guitar and equipment that best fits your needs and budget Shows you how to build strength and dexterity while playing Teaches you to play in different styles, including rock, blues, folk, jazz, and classical Fully revised and updated, with an all-new interactive DVD packed with video and audio clips that help you learn, tune, and play along, Guitar For Dummies is the perfect introductory guide for any novice acoustic or electric guitar player. CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.    

  • ASIN: 1118115546
  • ISBN: 1118115546
  • Brand: Mel Bay
  • Manufacturer: For Dummies

Straight-ahead Jazz for Banjo Book/Cd Set (Mel Bay Presents)

Straight-ahead Jazz for Banjo Book/Cd Set (Mel Bay Presents)

Starting with basic intervals, "Straight-Ahead Jazz for Banjo" shows the structure of all basic chord types and qualities and matches these to the scales that generate them. The book's basic concept model is to treat the five-string banjo's potential in an inclusive technical context so that the student can make use of open and fifth strings to create a smooth legato style. Each of the 90+ exercises are recorded with a metronome and progress to 16 additional examples of original jazz phrases in a variety of keys. Topics include functional major and minor key harmony, diminished and augmented scales and how they are used, and the integration of altered scale substitutes in the art of jazz improvisation. It stresses listening and learning in a logical structured manner with an example of a daily practice plan. The unique emphasis of the book is on the fingerings which make the instrument work for you technically and thus open up added possibilities for the development of a student's personal style. This long-awaited volume will surely bring new focus and perspective to any banjo style and will be a classic reference for many new generations of banjoists. Audio CD included.

  • UPC: 796279109949
  • ASIN: 0786681640
  • ISBN: 0786681640
  • Brand: Mel Bay
  • Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications

Jazz Flute Duets

Jazz Flute Duets

Lennie Niehaus is a household word among jazz musicians. Having been a phenomenal jazz saxophonist, he is eminently qualified to write for and understand woodwind instruments. These duets resulted from a conversation we had about the need for jazz flute literature. Most duets were written in the past for saxophone or clarinet. The six duets in this book will be a great addition to the flutist's repertoire

  • ASIN: 0786649569
  • ISBN: 0786649569
  • Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.