This intense metal method teaches you the elements of lead guitar technique with an easy to understand, player-oriented approach. The metal concepts, theory, and musical principals are all applied to real metal licks, runs and full compositions. Learn at your own pace through 12 'smoking fully transcribed' heavy metal solos from simple to truly terrifying! 'One of the most thorough' and 'one of the best rock series currently available' - Guitar Player magazine. Includes online access to music and examples. The accompanying audio is accessed through Hal Leonard's popular MyLibrary system using the provided code. The audio can be streamed or downloaded and includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Let the mosh begin! Learn the techniques and principles used by today's heaviest bands including Metallica, Anthrax, Testament, and others. This truly radical method book takes you from slow grinding metal up to the fastest thrashing. Syncopation, shifting accents, thrash theory, progressions, chromatic 'ear-twisting ' melodic dissonances, shifting time signatures, harmony, and more. The online audio features full band accompaniment for all musical examples so that you can play along with the band. Fully transcribed in tablature!
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A master guitarist and pioneer of guitar education, Arlen Roth has been a part of the guitar scene for decades, touring and recording with artists such as Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Ry Cooder, Levon Helm, John Sebastian, and countless others. In this new video series, Arlen passes along his knowledge of authentic slide guitar styles, providing tips, licks, tunings and detailed breakdowns. The accompanying book reinforces your learning experience with transcriptions of key examples from the videos, presented in standard notation and tablature. Includes over an hour of video lessons, accessed online for download or streaming, using the unique code in each book. Topics covered include: basic slide technique • dampening and muting • hammer-ons and pull-offs • slide angling • open D tuning • open G tuning • high G tuning • standard tuning • chords and scales • and blues and folk styles. Includes over an hour of video lessons!
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The Hal Leonard Dulcimer Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the mountain (Appalachian) dulcimer, but is equally useful to the intermediate player. This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide includes many techniques, tips, and fun songs to learn and play. The accompanying audio contains 54 tracks of traditional songs for demonstration and play along. Completely re-edited, this second edition features more songs, new photos and brand new demonstration recordings. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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This method can be used by students who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for private or group instruction. It is a complete guide to the basics, designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and professional-quality Online Audio with 99 full-demo tracks. Students can learn at their own pace and open the door to the world of guitar music! This method covers: songs, chords and riffs; picking and strumming; playing tips and techniques; standard notation and tablature; and over 80 great songs and examples!
The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Are you tired of playing the same riffs over and over again? Or maybe you just don't know what to play during your solo? Loaded with new ideas, Rhythm Riffs gives you the tools to spice up your rhythm guitar playing and make your parts more authentic. This book with online audio access covers rock, blues, jazz, country, funk and “outside” styles. It gives you major, minor and dominant 7th riffs for nearly any musical situation – over 200 riffs in all! The audio is accessed online for download or streaming and includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right – available exclusively from Hal Leonard!
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Lead Licks – 00697345/$9.95
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This practical, comprehensive method is used as the basic text for the guitar program at the Berklee College of Music. Volume One builds a solid foundation for beginning guitarists and features a comprehensive range of guitar and music fundamentals, including: scales, melodic studies, chord and arpeggio studies, how to read music, special exercises for developing technique in both hands, voice leading using moveable chord forms, and more. Book includes access to online recordings of the exercises.
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Everything you need to know to learn Brazilian guitar! This book uses popular Brazilian songs to teach you the basics of the Brazilian guitar style and technique. Learn to play in the styles of Joao Gilberto, Luiz Bonfá, Baden Powell, Dino Sete Cordas, Joao Basco, and many others! Songs include: Aquarela Brasileira • Chega De Saudade (No More Blues) • Desafinado • O Barquinho • Song of the Jet (Samba do Aviao) • and more. Includes 33 demonstration tracks. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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A graded anthology of solo pieces (easy to intermediate) that serves as a supplement to Books Two and Three of A Modern Approach To Classical Guitar. Features compositions by: Sor • Giuliani • Carulli • Krieger • Caroso • DeVisee • Couperin • Telemann • others.
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Learn those beautiful hot licks and fingerpicking patterns of country music. You'll learn all about the various types of country music, from classic to current–from Western Swing to bluegrass and everywhere between. Get beyond the cowboy chords to more complex arrangements, signature opening licks, and solos that characterize today's country hits. Online audio tracks illustrate these licks and concepts in context, and the book shows you exactly how to play them. You will learn how to play: Single and double-note lead style; Rhythm guitar styles; String bending, including single-, double-, and triple-note bends; Triadic pedal steel styles; Fingerpicking technique; Western swing style; Bluegrass lead and rhythm style; Sound effects, to make your guitar sound like a marimba, Theremin, banjo, and more!
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Learn how to play barre chords with real rock songs! This beginner's guide teaches you the chord progressions behind many great pop and rock hits, from The Beatles and the Beach Boys to Maroon5 and the Foo Fighters. Includes tracks for all the songs in the book. This collection includes 11 full songs to play, including: All My Loving • Breakout • California Girls • Hook • Just like Heaven • Layla • Santeria • She Will Be Loved • Suffragette City • Surrender • What It Takes. In addition, several more song excerpts are used to demonstrate specific techniques.
The accompanying audio is accessed through Hal Leonard's popular MyLibrary system using the provided code. The audio can be streamed or downloaded and includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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An outstanding source for the technique and repertoire of the classical guitar, this book continues where Vol. 1 leaves off. It teaches: all notes in the upper position; tone production; advanced techniques such as tremolo, harmonics, vibrato, pizzicato and slurs; practice tips; stylistic interpretation; and more. The first half of the book deals primarily with technique, while the second half applies techniques to repertoire pieces. As a special bonus, this book includes 32 previously unpublished Parkening edition pieces by composers including Dowland, Bach, Scarlatti, Sor, Tarregá and others, plus three guitar duets. The audio files include 60 demonstration tracks. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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REH Book/ Audio Pack Improve your speed and fluidity through increased pick efficiency. Gambale explains and demonstrates sweep arpeggios, speed picking licks, harmonic superimpositions, sequence licks, and more! The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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This comprehensive source for mastering the art of single-note, melodic improvisation includes: scales, modes, arpeggios, technique and visualization exercises • rock, blues, jazz and other styles • sequences, phrases and licks • over 50 audio tracks for demonstration and play-along • ten video lessons. The audio and video lessons are accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Music historian Dave Rubin surveys the gear, tones, licks and lives of 100 top guitarists in this exclusive book/audio pack. Includes rare photos, bios, tablature and audio demonstrations of every lick in the book! Learn the magic behind the masters, including: Duane Allman • Jeff Beck • Chuck Berry • Eric Clapton • Bo Diddley • Tommy Emmanuel • Robben Ford • Buddy Guy • Jimi Hendrix • James Hetfield • Robert Johnson • Mark Knopfler • Yngwie Malmsteen • Pat Metheny • Django Reinhardt • Randy Rhoads • Carlos Santana • Joe Satriani • Slash • Steve Vai • Stevie Ray Vaughan • Angus Young • Frank Zappa • and more.
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