This book offers easily implemented strategies for use with secondary and undergraduate students to promote greater engagement with the realities of diversity and commitment to social justice within their classrooms. Defining diversity broadly, the book provides effective pedagogical techniques to help students question their own assumptions, think critically, and discuss issues within race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and ability.The K-12...

This book falls into the category of one of those books no pedal steel player should be without! Written by Pedal Steel Hall of Fame member DeWitt Scott, this fine text teaches the styles and techniques of playing contemporary pedal steel guitar. In addition, solos are presented by many of today's greatest steel guitar artists, including Buddy Emmons, Lloyd Green, Mike Smith, Nils Tuxen, Weldon Myrick, Paul Franklin, Jerry Byrd, DeWitt Scott, and Doug Jernigan. In notation and tablature. I...

The long awaited songbook of one of the most popular players of all time. These ten tunes are among the most popular songs sung by Hank Williams. The Tab and audio features the intro, backup behind the singer, the turn around and the ending of each song. You will be surprised that Don never used the E13th tuning as we know it. He had the 7th and 8th strings tuned to C# and A, and he never once used a slant bar position! The solo book can be played on the 6 or 8 string guitar as Don never u...

The name "Little" Roy is misleading! He was considered an Icon during those early years and was the most imitated player at that time. That era is long past, but the popularity of "Little" Roy continues today. Like many other players, Roy used the E13th tuning but had his own sound. Many players still use this tuning, and it's your chance to see and hear the sounds that made Roy popular. And more importantly, you will be able to duplicate his musical arrangements by use of the tablature in...

This book will teach you all the basics of how to play the pedal steel guitar. Sections describe how to tune the pedal steel guitar, which picks to use, slides, explanations of signs and symbols, and the use of right/left hand positions. Musical examples are given throughout and a list of easy to intermediate practice songs is included. This book is written in E9 tuning and is presentes in notation and tablature.

Made famous by the legendary Jerry Byrd, the C6 tuning [CEGACE] for the non-pedal lap steel guitar has many advantages due to its versatility. The tuning is especially useful in playing two and three-string chord combinations and for easy single-string passages. Patience, dedication and many hours of practice are needed to perfect the ""slant"" bar positions, especially the reverse slants, but the end result is well worth the effort. This excellent text, written by Steel Guitar and Country...

One of the most important requirements when playing behind a singer is to know "when not to play." This book explains many different pedal-steel fills that can complement the singer. In notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Pedal steel innovator Scotty Scott handpicked these 23 classic gospel tunes for their ease in playing. Written in standard notation and tablature. E9 tuning. Audio available online.

This is the standard-bearer for pedal steel instruction books. It is extremely comprehensive in scope. Written by DeWitt Scott, founder of the International Pedal Steel Guitar Convention and member of the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, this course teaches E9 tuning, Nashville set-up pedal steel with three floor and three knee levers. If you want to learn pedal steel, this book will show you how.

THE FIRST STEP TO PLAYING LIKE A PRO IS THINKING LIKE ONEGuitar players frequently face the same roadblocks in their playing. Many feel stunted creatively, stuck playing the same old things, and unsure how to move forward. These issues are caused by some common pitfalls. Typical problems include being unable to think beyond familiar patterns, not understanding how music theory relates to the fretboard, and feeling hindered by ineffective technique....

Chords for Guitar is about moveable chord shapes based on the CAGED guitar system. Rather than presenting you with 1000+ chords which are actually the same shapes moved up or down the fretboard, Chords for Guitar makes things into a simpler unified process by showing only the moveable shapes and how to move them up or down the fretboard. This allows for more chord types.Guitar Chord Reference - Chords for Guitar is a reference of over 200...

Learning to Play The Guitar – An Absolute Beginner's Guide is a comprehensive book with 21 structured step-by-step lessons covering the following topics to get you playing the guitar:- Learn the parts of the guitar, how to tune, guitar practice tips, how to hold the instrument and the guitar pick.- Chords – Learn all the main open string chords and be introduced to power chords.- Strumming & Rhythms – Learn common strumming patterns and how to practice rhythm and play...