The second edition of this world-famous method by Will Schmid and Greg Koch is preferred by teachers because it makes them more effective while making their job easier. Students enjoy its easy-to-follow format that gives them a solid music education while letting them play songs right away. Book 1 provides beginning instruction including 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. Audio examples of the exercises are accessible online with the unique code included with the book.
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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The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world. This super-convenient Complete Edition features the new and improved method books 1, 2 and 3 spiral-bound together. This edition includes online access to 164 full-band tracks for demonstration or play-along. 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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Guitar for Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. Popular songs such as “Yellow Submarine,” “Hokey Pokey,” “I'm a Believer,” “Surfin' U.S.A.,” “This Land Is Your Land” and “Hound Dog” keep students motivated, and the clean, simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time.
The method is equally suitable for students using electric or acoustic guitars. It can be used in combination with a guitar teacher or parents, even if they've never had any musical training themselves.
The accompanying online audio contains more than 30 tracks for demonstration and play-along and is accessed using the unique code printed inside each book. No tablature included.
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Guitarists of all levels will find a wealth of practical music knowledge in this special book with online audio access. Veteran guitarist and author Tom Kolb dispels the mysteries of music theory using plain and simple terms and diagrams. The accompanying recordings provide 94 tracks of music examples, scales, modes, chords, ear training, and much more!
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Book 2 continues the instruction started in Book 1 and covers: Am, Dm, A, E, F and B7 chords; power chords; fingerstyle guitar; syncopations, dotted rhythms, and triplets; Carter style solos; bass runs; pentatonic scales; improvising; tablature; 92 great songs, riffs and examples; notes in first and second position; and more! The included audio features 57 full-band tracks for demonstration or play-along.
The 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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This convenient pack combines the Guitar for Kids Method and Songbook for all-in-one learning. The method is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. Popular songs keep students motivated, and the clean, simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. Once they've got a handle on the lessons, they can practice further using the fun songs featured in the songbook. The book also includes access to online full-band recordings of each song for demonstration and play-along fun. Full tunes include: Feelin' Alright • Jambalaya (On the Bayou) • Love Me Do • Paperback Writer • and more.
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The Hal Leonard Fingerstyle Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning fingerstyle guitar. This book uses real songs and song excerpts to teach you the basics of fingerstyle guitar in the styles of the Beatles, Leo Kottke, Paul Simon, Robert Johnson, James Taylor, Adrian Legg, David Wilcox, and many others. 13 full songs include: Anji • Blowin' in the Wind • Imagine • What a Wonderful World • Yesterday • and more. Song excerpts include: Dust in the Wind • Fire and Rain • Landslide • Strong Enough • Take Me Home, Country Roads • When I Was a Boy • You Were Meant for Me • You've Got a Friend • and more. Includes online access to 99 audio tracks for demonstration and play-along. Use the unique code inside each book to access the audio for streaming or download.
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Featuring in-depth lessons and 40 great jazz classics, the Hal Leonard Jazz Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning jazz guitar. This book uses real jazz songs to teach you the basics of accompanying and improvising jazz guitar in the style of Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Charlie Christian, Jim Hall and many others. Lesson topics include: chords and progressions; scales and licks; comping and soloing styles; chord-melody; intros and endings; technique; equipment and sound; and more! Songs include: Satin Doll • Take the “A” Train • Billie's Bounce • Impressions • Bluesette • My One and Only Love • Desafinado • Autumn Leaves • Watch What Happens • Misty • Song for My Father • and more. The audio contains 99 tracks for demonstration and play-along. It's accessed online via a unique code in each book and includes Playback+ tools such as looping, tempo adjustment, and more. “Highly Recommended.” – Just Jazz Guitar
“Filled with well-written examples ... bask in the glory of having a lot of great material at your fingertips.” – Downbeat
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Book 3 covers: the major, minor, pentatonic and chromatic scales, sixteenth notes; barre chords; drop D tuning; movable scales; notes in fifth position; slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs and string bends; chord construction; gear; great songs, riffs & examples; and more! The online audio includes 60 full-band tracks for demonstration or play-along.
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Learn to play rhythm and lead rock guitar with the step-by-step lessons and 70 great rock songs and excerpts in this book with online audio! The Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning rock guitar. This book uses real rock songs – no corny rock arrangements of nursery rhymes here! – to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead rock guitar in the style of Eric Clapton, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and many others. Lessons include power chords, riffs, scales, licks, string bending, vibrato, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and slides, to name a few. Each chapter concludes with a jam session, which enables you to jam along to full arrangements of nine rock classics as: Day Tripper • Oye Como Va • Pride and Joy • Takin' Care of Business • Time Is on My Side • Wild Thing • and more. Online audio is accessed using the unique code in each book and includes PLAYBACK+ features such as tempo adjustment and looping capabilities.
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Here's your complete guide to learning flamenco guitar! This method uses traditional Spanish flamenco song forms and classical pieces to teach you the basics of this style and technique. You'll learn to play in the style of Paco de Lucia, Sabicas, Niño Ricardo and Ramón Montoya. Lessons cover: strumming, picking and percussive techniques; arpeggios; improvisation; fingernail tips; capos; and much more. Includes flamenco history and a glossary, and both standard notation and tab. The book also includes online access to 58 professionally recorded tracks for demonstration and play-along.
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The Hal Leonard Bluegrass Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning bluegrass guitar. This book uses excerpts from popular bluegrass songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead playing in the styles of Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Maybelle Carter, Lester Flatt, and many others. Lessons include Carter strumming, alternating bass, waltz strums, using the capo, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, crosspicking, and much more. The accompanying audio tracks include 43 tracks for demonstration and play-along. Excerpts from the following songs are included: Amazing Grace • Blue Moon of Kentucky • Cripple Creek • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow • I'll Fly Away • We'll Meet Again Sweetheart • The Wreck of the Old '97 • 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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If you've been finding yourself trapped in the pentatonic box, then Connecting Pentatonic Patterns is for you! This hands-on instructional book with online audio access offers examples for guitar players of all levels, from beginner to advanced. The only prerequisites are a basic understanding of the minor pentatonic scale and a desire to expand your fretboard horizons. Study this book faithfully, and soon you'll be soloing all over the neck with the greatest of ease. The online audio includes demonstrations of every example in the book, plus jam tracks for practicing! Audio can be downloaded or streamed according to personal preference.
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This book provides 365 exercises – one for every day of the year! – to keep your rhythm chops fine tuned. As an added bonus, demos of all 365 exercises are provided online. The book covers chord theory and the fundamentals of rhythm; basic and complex fingerpicking and strum patterns; popular diatonic and non-diatonic progressions; major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads; major, minor, and dominant seventh chords; extended and altered chords; major and minor keys; and more. By practicing these you'll gain greater knowledge of chord construction and progressions, exposure to the rhythm styles of several musical genres, improved fingerpicking and strumming technique, increased chord-voicing vocabulary, and more!
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Take your playing to the stratosphere with the most advanced lead book by this proven heavy metal author. Speed Mechanics is the ultimate technique book for developing the kind of speed and precision in today's explosive playing styles. Learn the fastest ways to achieve speed and control, secrets to make your practice time really count, and how to open your ears and make your musical ideas more solid and tangible. Packed with over 200 vicious exercises including Troy's scorching version of “Flight of the Bumblebee.” Music and examples demonstrated in included online audio. 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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