Bring new colors and voicings to your guitar playing. Berklee Professor of Guitar Rick Peckham unlocks the mysteries of modal tonality, with a series of exercises and demonstrations that will expand your chord vocabulary, capturing the signature sounds of groups led by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, as well as contemporary jazz, pop, and R&B artists. Peckham will show you how to extend your capabilities by integrating a variety of new voicings and chordal phrasing into your playing so that you can handle any modal situation guided by your own ears and instincts. Going beyond single chord vamps, this approach allows you to play through simple and complex chord progressions using these modern sounds. This book includes video lessons from Peckham for each chapter and also includes some audio examples. All media is accessed online for download or streaming using the unique code in each book. 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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For many years, musicians in Nashville have used a system of numbers, rather than standard musical notation, in playing and singing and at recording sessions. Neil Matthews, Jr., one of the original members of Elvis Presley's back-up vocal quartet The Jordanaires, invented the system and also wrote this book, which teaches the whole system and also includes quotes, stories and photos of country and pop stars. The second edition features 12 songs to play: Beautiful Brown Eyes • Blue • Boot Scootin' Boogie • Crying in the Chapel • Green Green Grass of Home • He Stopped Loving Her Today • Heartbreak Hotel • (Hey, Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song • I Fall to Pieces • King of the Road • Make the World Go Away • Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys.
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The Hal Leonard R&B Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning rhythm and blues guitar. This book uses excerpts from real R&B, funk and soul songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead R&B guitar in the styles of Steve Cropper, Cornell Dupree, Curtis Mayfield, Jimmy Nolen, Billy Butler, and many others. Included audio features full-demo and play-along versions for each track. Songs include: But It's Alright • Honky Tonk • I Can't Turn You Loose • In the Midnight Hour • Knock on Wood • Mustang Sally • Papa Was a Rollin' Stone • Papa's Got a Brand New Bag • Soul Man • Stand by Me • What'd I Say • and more.
The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, and pan left or right – available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
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Southpaws rejoice! This world-famous method is now available in a special edition just for lefties, with customized photos and diagrams. Students enjoy the method's easy-to-follow format that gives them a solid music education while letting them play songs right away. Book 1 provides beginning instruction, covering tuning; 1st-position melody playing; C, G, G7, D7 and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; solos and ensembles; and strumming. Features a chord chart, and traditional songs like: Amazing Grace • Greensleeves • and When the Saints Go Marching In.
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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: Milan • Sor • Carcassi • DeVisee • Mouret • Diabelli • Duncan • Bergen • J.S. Bach • Johnson • Dowland • Tarrega • Giuliani • Sanz • Gaspar • Romero • DeMurcia • Narvaez • Mudarra • Scarlatti • Hamler • Albeniz • others.
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Learn how to play in the style of guitar greats such as Jeff Beck, Mike Stern, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and other players. This workshop will help you develop your own approaches and phrase your own solos by using the techniques of master guitar players. Learn to play rock, blues, jazz, funk, Latin or R&B. Traditional lead sheet music notation and guitar tablature includes notes on style, tempo, form, fingerings, song descriptions and commentary, hints, tips, and practice ideas. Note: This revised edition includes the content from several products in the “Jim Kelly Guitar Workshop” series, with audio and video files available online.
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Study the trademark songs, licks, tones, and techniques of the original guitar god, Eric Clapton. This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of Slowhand's gear, tone, techniques, styles, songs, licks, riffs, and much more. You'll learn everything you need to know about Clapton's legendary guitar playing, from the '60s blues-rock period to his solo career to Unplugged and beyond. Each book also includes a unique code that gets you access to online audio samples of all the music in the book. Songs covered include: Badge • White Room • Bell Bottom Blues • Change the World • Cocaine • Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) • Lay Down Sally • Layla • Sunshine of Your Love • Tears in Heaven • and more.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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El segundo libro incluye estudios y canciónes en los claves de C, G, D, Em y F, síncopa, rasgueadno y ritmo avanzado, accordes en primera postura, solos y varios estilos de música desde bluegrass hasta blues-rock.Las canciónes incluyen: Simple Gifts • Mamma Don't 'Low • Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring • y muchas más! 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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Learn all about this versatile open tuning, from basic chord shapes to sophisticated arrangements of J.S. Bach, the Beatles, and much more. Includes 11 in-depth lessons with Pierre Bensusan, Laurence Juber, and other masters, and 17 full songs to play.
DADGAD is one of the most popular and versatile open tunings, lending itself to traditional music, blues, jazz, rock, and everything in between. This is the perfect guide for getting to know DADGAD, whether you're just starting out in alternate tunings or have a bit of experience under your fingers. Guided by master teachers of Acoustic Guitar magazine's lessons, you'll learn chord and scale forms, arranging approaches, full songs, and much more.
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A simplified approach to learning the art of playing finger picking solos which combine melody with finger picks. Written for the intermediate-level guitarist, this book includes both standard notation and tablature.
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This guide to playing modern and traditional electric country lead guitar includes access to audio demo tracks online for download or streaming. Topics covered include: pentatonic and other scales • string bending • hybrid picking • chicken pickin' • flatpicking • pickin' on the low strings • steel guitar • double stops • triad basics • banjo rolls • open-string cascades • cow jazz • intros and endings. Includes standard notation and tablature.
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Book 2 includes studies and songs in the keys of C, G, D, Em, and F, syncopations and dotted rhythms, more advanced strums, the most common 1st position chords, solos, bass runs and a variety of styles from bluegrass to blues-rock. A great selection of traditional songs including: Simple Gifts • Mamma Don't 'Low • Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring • and many more. Pages are cross-referenced for supplements. FRENCH LANGUAGE EDITION. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the 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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Learn blues comping patterns from the master! Robben Ford reveals the chords and driving rhythm patterns he uses to create great blues backups: Funky, shuffle, and slow blues rhythms; Two- and three-note moveable shapes; 'Sliding sixths' patterns; Intro/ending licks; Seven different 7th chord voicings; and more. Comes complete with 60-minute audio accompaniment.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the 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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Innovative and diverse ways of playing pentatonic scales in blues, rock and heavy metal. The licks and ideas in this book will give you fresh approaches to playing the pentatonic scale, hopefully inspiring you to reach for higher levels in your playing. Companion audio features recorded examples. 37-minute audio accompaniment.
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A comprehensive source for learning blues guitar, designed to develop both your lead and rhythm playing. Covers all styles of blues, including Texas, Delta, R&B, early rock and roll, gospel, blues/rock and more. Includes 21 complete solos; blues chords, progressions and riffs; turnarounds; moveable scales and soloing techniques; string bending; audio with leads and full band backing; and more! Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the 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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