A sparkling, comprehensive collection of 75 lively flatpicking guitar "fiddle tunes"! Beginning with 18 pages of introductory, performance and tutorial notes. The all-Irish titles are presented in sections: reels, strathspeys, breakdowns, hornpipes, jigs, slip- jigs, set dances, airs and waltzes. All tunes are written as single-line melodies for flat-picked guitar chords over the staff. Additional notes and references, plus a discography are included at the end. Tunes from the book are der...

This collection of vibrant traditional and original tunes captures the variety of mandolin styles in America. The styles represented include old-time country and bluegrass, ragtime, swing, Irish, Italian, and neoclassical. Some techniques explored are cross-picking, droning, voice-leading, double stops, and pull-offs. Of special interest are tunes that use the chord solo potential of the mandolin. A discussion of each tune provides lively commentary on the history and players behind the st...

A fun-to-play collection of 62 favorite fiddle and Irish tunes arranged in notation and tablature for mandolin solo. Ideal music for intermediate level technical study in sight reading. The audio is in split-track format, thus allowing the mandolin student to play along with the mandolin solo, lively guitar accompaniment, or both. Due to time constraints, the audio contains only 18 songs from the book. Includs access to online audio.

Guitar in Theory and Practice is designed to give guitar players a method to become better musicians by taking the most important ideas of music and presenting them in a simplistic way for guitar players. Guitar in Theory and Practice is a systematic guide to learning all of the scales, chords and arpeggios needed for improvisation. This book includes the only proven method to learning how to play and memorize seventh arpeggios with fingerings and examples. It is designed to help students ...

Learn how to play the G major pentatonic scale.Learn all the scale patterns on different positions on the neck, and how to switch positions fast.Master the scales on your guitar and find the chords that go with a particular neck position.Learn to use the whole neck of the guitar fast and easy!- G major pentatonic explained- Different positions on the neck- Guitar neck explained- Practice exercisesAvailable in this series:Sec...

Ever wondered how many scales there are? Do you struggle to know which are the best to learn or forget? Stuck for soloing ideas?Well, then the Essential Guitar Scales eBook will show you the 14 most useful scales every guitarist should know and use.

A systematic and easy-to-understand approach to constructing chord-melody for the guitar. The work covers suitable shapes and their usage, situations encountered and how to handle them, permutation exercises, and examples drawn from real-world lead sheets.

A history of the iconic guitar from its creation through its numerous variations to the twenty-first century, with profiles of some of its greatest players.The Fender Stratocaster just may be the ultimate guitar. Curvaceous and stylish. Anatomically perfect for playing. Three pickups and a whammy bar. Tone to die for. And somewhere along the way, it changed the world of music.In the hands of players from Eldon Shamblin to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ike Turner to Jim...

Finally, a great method which will show you how to play the acoustic jazz guitar in the style of players like Django Reinhardt, Oscar Alleman and Eddie Lang - their style is characterized by a powerful rhythm guitar and a vital swinging single-note solo line. Due to the fact that it can be very hard to master the original transcriptions, this book simplifies this style without losing the essence of the original sound. Written in standard notation and TAB, the material can be played by stud...

"Acoustic Guitar Styles" introduces the most popular traditional styles for the acoustic guitar. The step-by-step approach, using a small repertoire of well-known songs, enables the student to explore various styles that can be adapted to play personal favorites. Although a basic knowledge of the guitar is assumed, even the beginner will benefit from this progressive approach.

25 easy licks with the A Minor Pentatonic scale for guitarist. 25 audio tracks and 25 tabs with fingerings and pick stroke. The name of the pattern and the key for each lick played. Plus backing tracks and drum tracks. The right way to start lead guitar.

This book is intended for ukulele players who have some experience with their instruments, but would like to increase their musical ability, as well as for guitarists who like to improve their accompaniment skills on the treble strings of the guitar. There exist many excellent introductory ukulele methods, as well as extensive chord dictionaries. Instead, this book is intended for those players who wish to be able to sight read from a fake book, figure out the chords to a song without a ch...