This guide will use photographs, diagrams and sketches made by the author and some provided by various manufacturers to teach how to clean, condition, adjust the action and properly intonate your acoustic guitar, as well as: John's trade secrets on hand-carving bone nuts and bridge saddles, wiring and fretwork. John has also included a chapter on identifying and diagnosing problem guitars. It even includes a forward written by Bob Taylor of Taylor Guitars. This book is perfect to teach a beginner or a reference for the guitar repair professional.

(Music Sales America). 22 classic AC/DC rockers arranged for ukulele Complete with full lyrics, chord boxes, and all your favorite high-voltage riffs in tablature Songs include: Back in Black * Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap * For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) * Highway to Hell * Moneytalks * T.N.T. * You Shook Me All Night Long * and more.

(Book). The electric bass guitar is central to modern music, playing a key role in melody, harmony, and rhythm. This new, revised edition of The Bass Handbook will help you master the instrument and make it your own. The book-and-CD package includes a step-by-step guide to playing, from tuning to advanced harmony, and offers practical guidance on reading both tab and standard notation. It has instruction on modern techniques, including slapping and harmonics, and it offers level-headed advice on playing a range of genres and styles, from rock and blues through to jazz, funk, and metal. There is also a section featuring bass lines written in the style of some of the great bassists from yesterday and today, to inspire and instruct. With a foreword by the ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, the book explores the history of the electric bass and its key makers and has a guide to the great bassists, as well as recommendations for listening, reading, viewing, and researching online. There is help with buying and maintaining your bass and advice on amps, speakers, strings, pickups, effects, and cables. The book's wiro-binding is designed to allow it to open flat for ease of use. The specially recorded CD has over 80 tracks that present the book's key musical exercises and examples.

A premium-quality electric bass tablature book. Each page contains joint staves--the top for writing music in notation; the bottom for writing music in tablature. Blank chord grids are at the bottom of each page. Features tear-out sheets. 8.75 x 11.75.

In Giant Steps for Guitar, Wolf Marshall takes an in-depth look at the Coltrane classic from a guitarist's point of view. Topics covered include a comprehensive harmonic analysis and informative history of "Giant Steps," melodic patterns in linear and positional form, rhythmic patterns and variations, ii-V and turnaround ideas, chordal studies, model solos, and much more. The accompanying CD includes audio demonstrations of most figures as well as accompanying tracks in various tempos over which to practice.

An invaluable collection of 125 favorite hymns, including: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name * Battle Hymn of the Republic * Blessed Assurance * For the Beauty of the Earth * Holy, Holy, Holy * It Is Well with My Soul * Just as I Am * A Mighty Fortress Is Our God * The Old Rugged Cross * Onward Christian Soldiers * Rock of Ages * Sweet By and By * What a Friend We Have in Jesus * Wondrous Love * and more.

(Music Sales America). Express yourself through the beautiful voice of the solo guitar. Solo Guitar Playing can teach even the person with no previous musical training how to progress from simple single-line melodies to mastery of the guitar as a solo instrument. Fully illustrated with diagrams, photographs, and over 200 musical exercises and repertoire selections, this book offers thorough instruction in every phase of classical guitar playing. Complete coverage of individual skills includes: Basic technique; Reading music, memorizing, and ear-training; Mastering the fingerboard; Building dexterity and speed; Developing tone color and musical phrasing; Position playing; Interpretation; and more. Since its first printing in 1968, Frederick Noad's Solo Guitar Playing has been used by countless students and teachers of classical guitar. The fourth edition features revised and updated exercises and an expanded selection of solo guitar repertoire gleaned from the best-selling Frederick Noad Guitar Anthology.

(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.

Unleash the creative potential of your guitar, and express your imagination through your music! This inspiring, practical and fun approach to composing and improvising will develop your sense of dynamics, articulation, rhythm, melodic direction and musical E.S.P. Think out of the box, and journey inside this truly unique collection of creative resources for the curious guitarist. Your guitar will thank you! "A wonderful book by a very special musician." - Mike Stern

80 songs presented with simply their chords and lyrics for easy strumming fun: Alison * American Pie * Annie's Song * Closer to Fine * Constant Craving * Dust in the Wind * Here Comes the Sun * Me and Bobby McGee * Mrs. Robinson * Nights in White Satin * Somebody to Love * Tangled Up in Blue * Time in a Bottle * Vincent * You Were Meant for Me * You've Got a Friend * and more.

13 head-banging hits spanning the career of this British rock star.

(Easy Guitar). 20 of Johnson's legendary blues classics arranged for easy guitar in standard notation and tablature: Come on in My Kitchen * Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * From Four Until Late * I Believe I'll Dust My Broom * I'm a Steady Rollin' Man * Kind Hearted Woman Blues * Ramblin' on My Mind * Sweet Home Chicago * Traveling Riverside Blues * Walkin' Blues * When You Got a Good Friend * and more.

An introduction to country bass for electric or upright players. This book/CD pack is an insider's look at country bass playing on stage and in the studio. The book includes lessons and music in the style of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzel, Marty Stuart, David Ball, and more. The CD includes 35 songs with full band backing. You'll learn classic and modern country bass lines, how to be a studio bassist, how to read music with the Nashville Number System, and more! A killer country primer.' Bass Player magazine

(Piano). This eight-movement suite was written by composer Tan Dun when he was a student in 1978-1979, about the time he left his home in Hunan to study at the conservatory in Beijing. He was homesick, and wrote this suite as a diary of his longing, while also being immersed in studying Western classical and modern music. Twenty years after its composition, pianist Lang Lang premiered the suite at the Kennedy Center in 2003, and he also played it at Carnegie Hall, in a performance recorded by Deutsche Grammophon.

The term burst has been used to describe a specific Gibson Les Paul guitar manufactured from 1958 to 1960. The impact of this guitar has and continues to shake the music world. For dozens of guitar idols who've played it - and those fortunate enough to have owned one or more - the Gibson Les Paul Sunburst possesses a mystique and magic not found in any other electric guitar. With its unique sound, spectacular beauty and playability, the burst has shaped the landscape of the blues/rock genre as we know it today. The Burst Believers in this book - Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, Kirk Hammett, Rick Nielsen, Waddy Wachtel, Slash, Steve Lukather, the Burst Brothers and many more - have been kind enough to share their experiences and stories that you will enjoy reading. These recollections, plus hundreds of fantastic colour photographs and a serial number index, make this book a must for players and collectors everywhere.

Guitar Workout is an intensive, comprehensive program that will increase your speed, agility, and creativity. This is the ultimate workout for any guitarist who wants to accelerate and articulate their speed picking! Train like a professional while gaining a greater understanding of the diatonic major scale, scale harmony, and the picking technique needed to play super-fast licks and riffs with melodic intelligence and creativity. Internationally renowned guitarist John Heussenstamm leads you through rigorous single-note warm-up exercises, speed drills, fingering patterns, sweeps, arpeggios, and melody construction.

31 Disney classics translated to French lyrics with arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords. Songs include: The Ballad of Davy Crockett * Beauty and the Beast * Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Circle of Life * Colors of the Wind * Hakuna Matata * Part of Your World * Under the Sea * A Whole New World * Winnie the Pooh * You'll Be in My Heart * You've Got a Friend in Me * and more.

(Easy Guitar). Over 150 of the Beatles' greatest, arranged for easy guitar. Songs include: All You Need Is Love * Back in the U.S.S.R. * Day in the Life * Help * Nowhere Man * Yesterday * more.