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A comprehensive collection of studies for beginners to improve
their reading and technical ability. Covers: positions 1 through 7
in all keys while introducing scales, arpeggios, written-out
chords, and a variety of rhythms and time signatures.
Best known for his unique musical style and blindingly fast hybrid
picking technique, English guitarist Albert Lee is often referred
to within the music industry as the "guitar player's guitar
player," renowned for his work across several genres of music and
for the respect that he has garnered from other industry giants.
This comprehensive biography tells the entire story of Lee's long
career and personal experiences, beginning with his upbringing in
south London and his early experimentations with skiffle music (the
British equivalent of American rockabilly). It covers Lee's career
in Chris Farlowe's Thunderbirds and the British rock and country
group Heads, Hands, and Feet, his move to the United States in the
1970s and his subsequent work with Eric Clapton, the Crickets,
Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band, the Everly Brothers, and, more
recently, with Bill Wyman and with Hogan's Heroes. Lee's career is
set against the background of changes in popular music and shows
how he, as a British artist with nomadic Romany roots, has
influenced traditionally "American" musical genres. The work
includes 66 photographs, many from Lee's personal collection, two
appendices, and an extensive bibliography.
This dynamic collection brings together 12 of Gershwin's iconic
songs arranged for solo classical guitar by the late John Duarte.
Suitable for classical guitar players from intermediate to advanced
level, this unmissable compilation is complete with a unique
foreword containing insights from the acclaimed guitarist himself.
Including online audio of each piece available to download.
It started off so well. As Jon Lord enthused in the October 1975
issue of Melody Maker: 'Tommy can't be so bad for us with so many
good ideas. All I can say is when you hear the album (Come Taste
The Band) you'll change your mind. Whether you like the music or
not, you'll have to realise that Deep Purple now have an excitement
in their playing that they haven't had in a long time...' Despite
calls of 'we want Blackmore' when Deep Purple Mark four played
live, there was so much more to American guitarist Tommy Bolin than
being Ritchie Blackmore's replacement. As a result, the purpose of
this long-overdue biography is to readdress the existing narrative
of Tommy Bolin's legacy. As well as discussing objectively Tommy's
time with Deep Purple, Laura Shenton offers an insight into his
musical achievements in his own right outside of the band, which
include two cult rock albums in Teaser and Private Eyes. He also
had a stint in The James Gang and made numerous guest appearances,
where his versatile and virtuosic skills as a guitarist were
utilised, before his untimely death in 1976 at the shockingly young
age of 25
(Guitar Recorded Versions). Includes all of the songs from the
original recording as remastered on the Special 20th Anniversary
Edition. All of Eric Clapton and Duane Allman's guitar parts
included Layla * Bell Bottom Blues * Key To The Highway * Little
Wing * I Look Away * and seven other hits from this classic
recording.
This is a comprehensive introduction to the guitar, including a
practical playing manual, a historical overview of the instrument,
a directory of over 150 acoustic guitars, and more than 900
photographs and illustrations. It is an easy-to-follow beginner's
guide to playing the guitar, with a detailed chord finder and
step-by-step instructions for mastering a range of musical styles,
including blues, country, jazz, classical and flamenco.
The Hal Leonard Classical Guitar Method is designed for anyone just
learning to play classical guitar. This comprehensive and
easy-to-use beginner's guide by renowned classical guitarist and
teacher Paul Henry uses the music of the master composers to teach
you the basics of the classical style and technique. The
accompanying CD features all the pieces in the book for
demonstration and play along. Includes pieces by Beethoven, Bach,
Mozart, Schumann, Giuliani, Carcassi, Bathioli, Aguado, Tarrega,
Purcell, and more. Includes all the basics plus info on PIMA
technique, two- and three-part music, time signatures, key
signatures, articulation, free stroke, rest stroke, composers, and
much more. Does NOT include tablature.
Few now remember that the guitar was popular in England during the
age of Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare, and yet it was played
everywhere from the royal court to the common tavern. This
groundbreaking book, the first entirely devoted to the renaissance
guitar in England, deploys new literary and archival material,
together with depictions in contemporary art, to explore the social
and musical world of the four-course guitar among courtiers,
government servants and gentlemen. Christopher Page reconstructs
the trade in imported guitars coming to the wharves of London, and
pieces together the printed tutor for the instrument (probably of
1569) which ranks as the only method book for the guitar to survive
from the sixteenth century. Two chapters discuss the remains of
music for the instrument in tablature, both the instrumental
repertoire and the traditions of accompanied song, which must often
be assembled from scattered fragments of information.
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Jazz Delights
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Enticing original jazz solos from master jazz composer, Bill Boyd!
This collection of intermediate-level solos is a sure winner with
students of all ages. Written in a variety of styles, each piece
highlights a certain mood with striking harmonic color and rhythmic
grace. Many great tunes, excellent recital material! 11 Solos: Blue
Waltz * Satin Latin * Three for Jazz * A Chording to Charlie *
Ballad for Amy * Rock Shock * Latin Logic * Waltz for Amy * Hang
Out * In a Latin Mood * Nothin' Could Be Finer Than Minor.
Growing out of the Jimi Hendrix Electric Guitar Festivals of the
1990s, the continually expanding Experience Hendrix Tour is now an
annual nationwide event, in which leading rock and blues artists
pay tribute to Hendrix, with its most ambitious itinerary and
biggest impact yet in Spring 2017. 2017 is the fiftieth anniversary
of Hendrix’s breakthrough as an intercontinental popular artist,
and of the release of the first album of the Jim Hendrix
Experience, Are You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix live performance
CD Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show (recorded 12/31/69)
was released in September 2016, received rave reviews, and reached
66 in the Billboard 200, with subsequent solid sales.
A guide to learning the basic tools for becoming a good player and
musician. Includes Al's own lesson plan system, tunes, blues
patterns, jazz chord exercises, playing and practicing tips, and a
complete guide to chords, scales and arpeggios.
A group of resourceful kids start "solution-seekers.com," a website
where "cybervisitors" can get answers to questions that trouble
them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas,
the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the
prophecies of the Old Testament. What they find is a series of "S"
words that reveal a "spectacular story!" With creative characters,
humorous dialogue and great music, The "S" Files is a children's
Christmas musical your kids will love performing.
The Unorthodox Guitar: A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice
is a comprehensive resource for experimentally minded guitarists
and composers wishing to write for or perform on the instrument in
new ways. The book focuses primarily on unconventional approaches
to guitar performance, which include alternative tunings, extended
techniques, instrumental preparations, electronic augmentations,
and issues related to performing and recording with a computer.
Embracing all guitar types-nylon, steel-string acoustic, and
electric-techniques and examples are culled from a broad range of
musical genres, including blues, contemporary classical, country,
folk, jazz, rock, and non-Western idioms. While the writing offers
a treasure trove of possibilities for experimental improvisation,
it is oriented towards formal composition, and to that end details
the controllable dimensions of the techniques and preparations at
hand, along with strategies that might be adopted to notate them.
Conventional guitar amplifiers, effect pedals, and pedalboards are
examined, along with a discussion of analog signal chains, rig
design, and best practices for the preservation of tone. In
addition, possibilities afforded by the addition of a computer to
the guitar rig are explored, including signal processing, sensor
augmentation, and score following. The writing is paired with a
companion website that contains an abundance of audio, video, and
software materials to supplement the ideas presented. This
information is intended to serve as a guide, reference, and source
of inspiration for those wishing to compose and/or perform on the
instrument in innovative ways.
This work contains over 130 acoustic classics from the great songs
from the biggest names in pop! They are arranged for guitar in the
same key as the original recordings, with complete lyrics, chord
names and a handy box reference sheet.
(Book). By age 16, Pat Martino was already working as a member of
R&B star Lloyd Price's touring musical revue. By age 18,
Martino moved to Harlem, where he quickly earned a reputation as a
hard-bopping six-stringer with formidable chops through a series of
apprenticeships with the likes of honking tenor saxophonist Willis
"Gaitor Tail" Jackson and Hammond B-3 organ master Jack McDuff.
Martino made his auspicious debut as a leader at age 22 with 1967's
El Hombre on Prestige and followed with a string of potent
recordings for the label that further established him as one of the
most distinctive guitar voices on the jazz scene. Then, at the peak
of his powers, the bottom fell out. In 1980, he underwent surgery
as the result of a nearly fatal brain aneurysm. The surgery left
him without any memory of the guitar or his musical career. From
that point, Martino undertook the long process of recovery,
eventually learning how to play the guitar again; but more
important, learning to transcend the instrument itself and live his
life completely in the moment. More than just the remarkable story
of one of the most original and profoundly influential guitarists
in jazz history, this extraordinarily revealing autobiography is
also a survival manual, of sorts, in overcoming incredible
adversity and learning to live in the here and now.
This book brings together, for the first time, nine pieces from
ABRSM's Grade 5 Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces - two solos
and one duet chosen from each of lists A, B and C - have been
carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of
styles, creating an excellent source of repertoire to suit every
performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those
preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. Recordings of all
30 pieces on the Grade 5 syllabus are available. These can be
purchased as part of the Guitar Exam Pieces with CD package or as
audio downloads (see www.abrsmdownloads.org for more details).
ABRSM also offers a range of apps to support musical learning,
available from www.abrsm.org/apps. Support material for ABRSM
Guitar exams [GEPs with CD] [Scales] [Specimen sight-reading]
[Specimen aural tests]
(Bass Instruction). As the original bassist for the seminal death
metal band Cannibal Corpse, author Alex Webster offers invaluable
insight into the realm of metal bass guitar. This exclusive book/CD
pack provides detailed, hands-on training, featuring vital bass
guitar techniques and concepts. Extreme Metal Bass further
demonstrates how these techniques can be applied in real-life
situations within the context of a song. No matter what brand of
metal you subscribe to from classic metal to modern metal and
beyond Extreme Metal Bass will supply the bass skills you crave.
Extreme Metal Bass also includes an enhanced audio CD with
demonstration and play-along tracks of all the examples in the
book, plus play-along MIDI drum files for optimum practicing.
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