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A workshop guide to building Irish bouzoukis and citterns. In the
past forty years bouzoukis, citterns and octave mandolins have
become an essential part of acoustic music. The Bouzouki Book is
the first, and only, book to guides the reader through the steps to
build one of these fascinating stringed musical instruments. The
book includes nearly 200 colour and B&W illustrations as well
as plans for all major components.
Scales for Strings is to be used as supplementary material for any
string class method or as interesting training material for the
development of a string orchestra. The series is available in two
levels for violin, viola, cello, bass, and piano accompaniment. A
teacher's manual is available as well.
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.
(Bass Builders). Perfect for beginning to advanced players, this
book/CD pack by world-renowned bassist and educator Jon Liebman
provides a 52-week, one-exercise-per-week workout program for
developing, improving and maintaining bass guitar technique.
Liebman teaches: chromatics; scales & arpeggios;
string-crossing and advanced patterns; slapping & popping; and
more all in styles ranging from rock, funk and R&B to jazz,
disco, reggae and more. Bassists using Bass Aerobics will benefit
from increased speed, improved dexterity, better accuracy and
heightened coordination not to mention an awesome new groove
vocabulary The accompanying CD contains all 52 workout grooves for
both demonstration and play-along.
(Bass Method). Special spiral bound edition containing Books 1, 2,
& 3 of the Second Edition Hal Leonard Bass Method.
In this extensively researched biography, author Detlef Schmidt
starts with Keith's early childhood, from his birth in 1946 in
Houston, Texas, and on to his playing days. Keith's role in the
late 1970s blues revival can't be forgotten, with his style of
playing and dressing being influential to many blues bands all over
the world. Keith played with all the great guitar players from
Texas: Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Rocky
Hill, Billy F. Gibbons, Omar Dykes, and Alan Haynes, just to
mention a few. As a member of the Austin Blues Club Antone's he
played with nearly all the blues greats during that time: John Lee
Hooker, Hubert Sumlin, Muddy Waters, James Cottan, Jimmie Reed,
Eddie Playboy Taylor. Many of Keith Ferguson's old friends and
musical partners share their memories of a great bass player and
fascinating person, with quotes and interviews from Billy Gibbons,
Johnny Winter, Jimmie Vaughan, Lou Ann Barton, Fran Christina,
Preston Hubbard, Mike Buck, Armando Compean, Denny Freeman, Don
Leady, Thommy Shannon, and many more. Hundreds of never before
published photographs and personal documents are shown for the
first time. The chapters include: the Houston Days, California
Years with the Black Kangaroo band, Early Austin Years with the
band Solid Senders, Fabulous Thunderbird Years, The Tail Gator
Years (earning Keith a Grammy award with the Big Guitars of Texas
band), and the Late Austin Years. As an added bonus Detlef Schmidt
features all the main bass guitars that Keith played with the
Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Tail Gators in highly- detailed
pictures. Included are several pages of music tabs and notation
showing Keith's bass playing style, plus a complete recording
discography!
Lionel Tertis (1876-1975) stands in the company of YsaYe, Kreisler,
Casals, Thibaud and Rubinstein as one of the greatest
instrumentalists - and arguably the greatest viola player - of all
time. Many composers, including Bax, Holst and Vaughan Williams,
wrote significant works for him; he was a member of a number of
prominent string quartets; and he was later to design and promote
his own 'Tertis model' viola. Tertis is virtually synonymous with
the increasing importance of the viola as a solo and recital
instrument alongside the violin and the cello. This updated
paperback edition tells how he rose from humble beginnings to
become 'the father of the modern viola'. It explores in detail his
long and distinguished career, persuading composers to write works
for the viola, arranging existing works for the instrument, editing
and performing, and teaching and coaching, notably at the Royal
Academy of Music. JOHN WHITE is a prominent viola teacher and
performer. He was a founder member of the Alberni String Quartet
and later played with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the
Stadler Trio and collaborated with composers Alan Bush, Lennox
Berkeley and Alan Richardson in performances of their works. White
was Professor of Viola at the Royal Academy of Music for over
thirty years and has chaired four international viola congresses in
the UK since 1978. In recognition of his outstanding contributions
to the viola, he was awarded the Silver Alto Clef for 2010 by the
International Viola Society.
(Guitar Solo). 22 songs from the Fab Four carefully arranged in
standard notation and tablature, including: And I Love Her *
Eleanor Rigby * Hey Jude * In My Life * Let It Be * Michelle * We
Can Work It Out * Yesterday * and more.
Celebrate the world's most seductive instrument. An obsessive,
full-color book in the irresistible format of Shoes and
Handbags--which together have over 700,000 copies in print--guitarS
delivers a feast of 500 guitars in vibrant color, plus players,
makers, legends, myths, and more.
Here are guitars that made history, that changed the course of
music, that inspired new generations of players and listeners. Here
are milestones in the guitar's search for its true self--Torres's
classical, the amazing Gibson L-5--and experiments that ushered in
a new world of sound--Rickenbacker's "Frying Pan" and Les Paul's
"Log." Plus B. B. King's Lucille, Willie Nelson's Trigger, Eric
Clapton's Brownie, the J-160E that John Lennon played during his
1968 "bed-in" with Yoko, Jimi Hendrix's hand-painted Flying V in
full psychedelic regalia. And the far-out Gittler--no body, no
neck, no peghead, yet every inch a guitar.
Also here are profiles of famous builders, including C. F. Martin,
Orville Gibson, Leo Fender--the Henry Ford of guitars--and the mad
genius Lloyd Loar. And individual luthiers, like Linda Manzer (her
Pikasso II has 42 tunable strings), the maverick Ken Parker, and
old-world artisan John D'Angelico, staring at skyscrapers from his
Lower East Side shop and creating the ultimate art deco
masterpiece, "The New Yorker."
Marrying visual pleasure with layers of information, "Guitars"
captures the soul, the significance, history, magic, and the raw
mojo of this most beloved of instruments.
(Guitar Educational). If you've been finding yourself trapped in
the pentatonic box, then Connecting Pentatonic Patterns is for you
This hands-on instructional book/CD pack offers examples for guitar
players of all levels, from beginner to advanced. The only
prerequisites are a basic understanding of the minor pentatonic
scale and a desire to expand your fretboard horizons. Study this
book faithfully, and soon you'll be soloing all over the neck with
the greatest of ease. Includes an audio CD with demonstrations of
every example in the book, plus jam tracks for practicing
(Bass Instruction). Legendary jazz bassist Ray Brown reveals his
lessons and teaching philosophy in this in-depth book. Includes:
solo exercises and arpeggios; music fundamentals; right- and
left-hand positions; scales; chords; exercises in tenths; rhythm
patterns with "drops"; diminished chords; runs and variations;
blues patterns; extension scales; and much more.
Titles: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations (Shinichi Suzuki)
* French Folk Song (Folk Song) * Lightly Row (Folk Song) * Song of
the Wind (Folk Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) * O Come,
Little Children (Folk Song) * May Song (Folk Song) * Long, Long Ago
(T.H. Bayly) * Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki) * Perpetual Motion
(Shinichi Suzuki) * Allegretto (Shinichi Suzuki) * Andantino
(Shinichi Suzuki) * Bohemian Folk Song (Folk Song) * Etude
(Shinichi Suzuki) * Minuet No. 1, Minuet III from Suite in G Minor
for Klavier, BWV 822 (J.S. Bach) * Minuet No. 2, BWV Anh. 116 (J.S.
Bach) * Minuet No. 3, Anh. II 114/Anh. II 183 (J.S. Bach) * The
Happy Farmer from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10 (R. Schumann)
* Gavotte (F.J. Gossec) * Practice Suggestions (Doris Preucil).
This title is available in SmartMusic.
Guitar Basics Teacher's Book presents accompaniment parts for over
60 pieces in the best-selling Guitar Basics pupil's book, plus
helpful notes and tips for teachers. These materials were
previously available on the pupil's book ECD. Guitar Basics is a
landmark method for young guitarists. It starts at absolute
beginner level and progresses to Initial/Preparatory Grade. The
method is set out in sixteen stages and contains original pieces
and traditional tunes in an array of styles including classical,
folk and world music as well as well-known favourites.
(Musicians Institute Press). A comprehensive source for mastering
the art of blues guitar soloing. Topics covered include: essential
skills, shuffle phrasing, sliding, 12-bar blues, tempo, blues
fusions, and much more. Online audio access is included for
exercises, licks, and play-alongs. Online audio is accessed at (a
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This collection of unaccompanied duets and studies offers
intermediate violinists an imaginative and exciting way to improve
their technique. Each piece focusses on a particular skill and
together the studies provide a concentrated course in developing
vibrato, double-stopping and shifting. Double-stopping pieces can
be played both as a duet (for tuning purposes) and as a solo
version with double stopping. In addition, practice and performance
tips help to outline the musical goals and guide students on to the
next stage.
Titles: Intrada (duet) * Intrada (solo) * Asleep in the Hammock
(duet) * Weaving Song (duet) * On the Spot (duet) * A Passing
Passacaglia (duet); Quite a Character (duet) * Quite a Character
(solo) * Sarabande and Double (duet) * Clouds of Blossom are
Mirrored in the Lake (solo) * Forget-Me-Not Rag (duet) * Far
Distant..(duet) * Far Distant..(solo) * Catch (duet)
A fascinating social history of the guitar, reasserting its
long-forgotten importance in Romantic England This book is the
first to explore the popularity and novelty of the guitar in
Georgian England, noting its impact on the social, cultural, and
musical history of the period. The instrument possessed an imagery
as rich as its uses were varied; it emerged as a potent symbol of
Romanticism and was incorporated into poetry, portraiture, and
drama. In addition, British and Irish soldiers returning from war
in Spain and Portugal brought with them knowledge of the Spanish
guitar and its connotations of stylish masculinity. Christopher
Page presents entirely new scholarship in order to place the guitar
within a multifaceted context, drawing from recently digitized
original source material. The Guitar in Georgian England champions
an instrument whose importance in the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries is often overlooked.
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