(Guitar Collection). This book and CD package contains 55 traditional blues arrangements chock-full of chords, licks, riffs, and lines for you to pick up and play. Many different blues forms are presented, from 12-bar and 8-bar progressions to minor and slow blues patterns-providing loads of fun for the serious bluesman to the casual hobbyist. The companion CD includes a demonstration of every example in the book.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). All 12 tracks off the Grammy Award-winning studio debut from this R&B superstar. Includes the hit single "Thinkin' 'Bout You" and: Bad Religion * Crack Rock * Forrest Gump * Lost * Monks * Pilot Jones * Pink Matter * Pyramids * Sierra Leone * Super Rich Kids * Sweet Life.

(Fast Track Music Instruction). For electric or acoustic guitar - or both Teaches music notation, tablature, Full chords and power chords, riffs, licks, and scales, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes 73 songs and examples.

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the groundbreaking style of one of the most unique and influential guitarists in jazz This book/CD pack explores 16 of his signature tunes: Ain't Misbehavin' * Belleville * Daphne * Dinah * Djangology * Honeysuckle Rose * Limehouse Blues * Marie * Minor Swing * Nuages * Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) * Rose Room * Stardust * Swing 42 * Swing Guitar * Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger). The CD includes full demos of each.

(Guitar Solo). The arrangements in this book are carefully written for intermediate-level guitarists. Each solo combines melody and harmony in one superb fingerpicking arrangement. The book also includes an easy introduction to basic fingerstyle guitar. Songs include: Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Don't Know Why * Endless Love * Every Breath You Take * I'll Be * Imagine * Leader of the Band * Let It Be * My Heart Will Go On * Piano Man * Stand by Me * Wonderful Tonight * and more.

An in-depth look at the invention and development of the electric guitar, this book explores how the electric guitar's design has changed and what its design over the years has meant for its sound. A heavily illustrated history with amps turned up to eleven, Amplified celebrates this beloved instrument and reveals how it has evolved through the experiments of amateur makers and part-time tinkerers. Digging deep into archives and featuring new interviews with makers and players, it will find admirers in all shredders, luthiers, and fans of electric sound.

On the eve of his fortieth birthday, renowned cognitive scientist Gary Marcus decided to fulfil a lifelong dream and learn to play the guitar. He had tried many times before - failing miserably. This time, he decided to use the tools of his "trade" to see if he might suceed. On his quest he jams with twelve-year-olds and takes master classes with guitar gods. A groundbreaking exploration of the allure of music, Guitar Zero is also an empowering case for the mind's ability to grow throughout life.

Master the mechanics of single-string technique with this clear concise book and feel the creative freedom that comes when your fingers easily express any musical idea you conceive. Includes: Alternate, economy, sweep, outside, and inside picking . Precise string damping and muting for clear punchy tone . Anticipating and preventing fingering glitches . Scales, modes, triad and 7th arpeggios with inversions . CAGED system fretboard navigation . Intervallic exercises from 3rds through 7ths, with sequencing permutations to keep your fingers and brain working for years to come . Developing natural phrasing senses . Breaking down the learning and memorization process . Making sure practice time produces results . Sprint training regimen for efficiently building speed . Examples notated and tabbed with exact picking and fingering . Password to download audio of all 114 examples.

The beginning-level book of this comprehensive method teaches a wide range of guitar and music fundamentals, including: scales, melodic studies, chord and arpeggio studies, how to read music, accompaniment techniques, special exercises for developing technique in both hands, a unique approach to voice leading using moveable chord forms, and more.

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Seven-song matching folio with an introduction and 8 pages of color photos. Includes: Bad Horsie * Juice * Die to Live * The Boy from Seattle * Ya-Yo Gakk * Kill the Guy With the Ball/The God Eaters * Tender Surrender.

Are you ready to design the ax of your dreams? Unlike other DIY guitar making sources (which deal with woodworking, mostly) this book focuses on how to achieve astonishing looks, excellent playability and a killer sound. Written collaboratively with top luthiers from the U.S. and Europe, this inspiring book covers in depth each aspect of electric guitar design, plus topics not found on other sources, like: - How to design a classic, how to design a radical - Thousand-year wisdom applied on Stratocasters and Les Pauls - Secrets of sustain - How to create a well balancing guitar - Ergonomics - How to choose, match and place pickups - Control design - The 4 laws of wood selection ... And much more. These 220 pages will have you making sketches from the first read

Matching folio to the classic album, including the songs: Come Together * Here Comes the Sun * Octopus's Garden * Something * and more.

(Bass Recorded Versions Persona). The bass collection you've been waiting for 20 of Megadeth's classics with Dave Ellefson's bass lines transcribed note for note, including: Countdown to Extinction * Dawn Patrol * In My Darkest Hour * 99 Ways to Die * Peace Sells * Sleepwalker * Symphony of Destruction * A Tout Le Monde (A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)) * Train of Consequences * Trust * Youthanasia * and more.

Over the span of his illustrious five-decade career, George Benson has sold millions of records, performed for hundreds of millions of fans, and cut some of the most beloved jazz and soul tunes in music history. But the guitarist/vocalist is much more than "This Masquerade," "On Broadway," "Turn Your Love Around," and "Give Me the Night." Benson is a flat-out inspiration, a multitalented artist who survived an impoverished childhood and moulded himself into the first true- and truly successful- jazz/soul crossover artist. And now, on the heels of receiving the prestigious NEW Jazz Masters award, George has finally decided to tell his story. And what a story it is. Benson: The Autobiography follows George's remarkable rise from the ghettos of Pittsburgh to the stages of South Africa, and everywhere in between. George Benson is an unparalleled storyteller, and his tales of scuffling on the Chitlin Circuit with jazz legend Brother Jack McDuff, navigating his way through the recording studio with Miles Davis, and performing with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Quincy Jones, Benny Goodman, Rod Stewart, Chaka Khan, Count Basie, and Lou Rawls will enthrall devotees of both music history and pop culture.A treat for serious listeners, hardcore guitar aficionados, and casual music followers alike, George's long-awaited book allows readers to meet the man who is one of the most beloved, prolific, and bestselling musicians of his or any other era.