This book features ten popular Christmas carols in easy and progressive arrangements for fingerpicking guitar. Each carol is presented in four different versions: 1) Melody, 2) Melody with bass, 3) Melody with chords, 4) Melody with arpeggio. The four different versions and the increasing harmonic complexity make the arrangements suitable for both beginners and intermediate-level guitarists. Includes Away in a Manger, The First Noël, Good King Wenceslas, O Little Town of Bethlehem, God Res...

Grab a standard open E chord and move it five frets up the neck and you will get a beautiful sounding Aadd9 chord. Open moveable chords are seldom described despite the vast amount of guitar literature available. Although often used by various artists these chords and chord systems are well kept secrets to many aspiring guitarists. This book will help expand your chord vocabulary with a set of new and refreshing chords that will inspire you and spark your creativity. Open moveable chords c...

Learn how to play melody and chords simultaneously and make your own fingerpicking arrangements. This book will give you some useful guidelines on how to choose the right key and where to place your melody and chords. It will show you how to vary your arrangements in terms of picking patterns, time signature, tonality, harmony, position and more. Pick your favorite melodies or make your own and turn them into nice sounding fingerpicking arrangements.

Walking bass is an essential element in blues and jazz music. The walking bass hitting a new note on every beat of each bar is a moving force in this kind of music. However, as a solo pianist it can be tricky to get the left hand going while playing melody, harmony or even a solo in the right hand. This book will walk you through some of the common walking bass lines starting with easy blues patterns and progressing to more advanced jazz lines. It will guide you with some simple rules to m...