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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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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This comprehensive book with audio tracks will help beginning to intermediate guitarists master the techniques essential to becoming a great player. Lessons cover all the basics clearly and in detail. The audio includes 92 tracks for demonstration and play-along. A perfect supplement to any guitar method!
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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Here is a comprehensive stylistic breakdown of country guitar techniques from the past 50 years. Drawing inspiration from the timelessly innovative licks of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Albert Lee, Vince Gill, Brent Mason and Brad Paisley, the near 90 musical examples within these pages will hone your left and right hands with technical string-bending and rolling licks while sharpening your knowledge of the thought process behind creating your own licks, and why and when to play them. Whether you're an intermediate-level player wanting to add chicken pickin' flavors to your jazz lines or a rocker interested in dressing up your licks with chromatic sophistication and hybrid picking techniques, turn off the distortion, switch to your brightest pickup, and bring on the twang!
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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Play great rock while you learn from one of the most revered guitar methods of all time! These songs map directly to the lessons of William Leavitt's Modern Method for Guitar Vol. 1, the basic guitar text at Berklee College of Music. Carefully overseen by Scotty Johnson of Berklee's Guitar Department, these arrangements are crafted to Leavitt's time-proven approach, giving you the chance to apply what you learn to the music of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana and many others. The accompanying CD demonstrates all tunes and offers play-along tracks for practicing the duets. Songs include: Beast of Burden • Day Tripper • La Bamba • My Girl • Oye Como Va • Pinball Wizard • Smooth • Sunshine of Your Love • and more.
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Learn to develop a smooth legato style by combining a light pick hand technique with a strong fretting hand, exemplified by Allan Holdsworth, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Danny Gatton and other guitar masters. 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 'every trick in the book' including virtually every whammy bar and two-handed fretting technique conceivable as well as all types of harmonics, sound effects, and other techniques. All of the techniques are applied to a variety of licks. Also includes five fully transcribed solos. Loaded with instructional photos demonstrating the techniques. Music and examples demonstrated on CD.
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A graded anthology of solo pieces ranging from easy to intermediate level. This collection can serve as a supplement to Books Two and Three of A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar or to any classical guitar method. It features works by Calvi, Carcassi, Caroso, Carulli, Diabelli, Purcell, Sor, Telemann, and others. The book includes access to 48 online tracks for demonstration and 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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Have you ever watched a guitarist travel around the fretboard and wonder how they know where their fingers are going? Do you find yourself confused with connecting different positions or areas of the fretboard or how to move around the neck effortlessly? This book reveals and targets a collection of visual concepts, fretboard connections, and position-shifting challenges that will help any guitarist learn how to completely move around the fretboard with authority and conviction. From basic visualization exercises and technique-boosting concepts to advanced phrases, licks and fretboard-expanding workouts. Shape Shifting will challenge your knowledge of the fretboard, expand your range of motion on the neck, and alter how you view the arrangement and placement of notes on the guitar. Simply put, if you're looking for an instruction title that will help you break new ground, unlock the fretboard, and make strides of progress, this book is what you're looking for. Includes music example audio tracks online for download or streaming.
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In an attempt to teach the aspiring rock guitarist how to pick faster and play more melodically, Dave Celentano uses heavy metal neo-classical styles from Paganini and Bach to rock in this great book/audio pack. The book is structured to take the player through the examples in order of difficulty, from easiest to most challenging.
Audio demos are 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 about Dave Mustaine's maniac playing with this book with online audio that delves into the details. It explores 12 songs: Foreclosure of a Dream • Hangar 18 • Head Crusher • Holy Wars...The Punishment Due • Lucretia • Peace Sells • The Scorpion • Sweating Bullets • Symphony of Destruction • A Tout Le Monde (A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)) • Train of Consequences • Wake up Dead. Includes notes and tab and demo 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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This breakthrough guide for guitarists will unlock some of the mystery behind playing over chords and progressions. Working through this material and these concepts will help any guitarist learn how to play the right notes, at the right time – all the time. Each chapter centers on a different chord type and progression and includes various soloing concepts, phrasing options, and melodic approaches to playing over chords in both major and minor keys. This includes playing over basic major and minor chords and eventually moves into 7th chords and their extensions.
After the basic premise is introduced and various targeting concepts are explored, there's a section covering how to apply intervals melodically, in addition to sharing the “Pentatonic Highway” targeted soloing approach, which will help you navigate the fretboard using the famous Pentatonic-based shifting concept.
This method encourages the use of looping and loop pedals, which will make practicing this material much easier on your own. Additionally, you can have other guitarists or musicians perform the static chords and progressions behind you as you practice these concepts and ideas.
If you're searching for a method that will help you understand the options that are available when soloing and playing over individual chords and progressions – Target Tones is the key to helping you unlock these commonly misunderstood areas of melodic soloing and improvisation. Includes access to musical audio examples online.
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Study the trademark songs, licks, tones and techniques that made Chet Atkins a legend. Each book comes with a unique code that will give you access to audio files of all the music in the book online. This pack looks at 17 of Atkins' most influential songs including: Cannon Ball Rag • The Entertainer • Galloping on the Guitar • Mister Sandman • Yakety Axe • and more.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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Economy picking is an exciting technique that allows you to do some pretty amazing things on the guitar – things that would be extremely dificult, or just outright impossible, with alternate picking alone. By studying the picking techniques of guitar masters like Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, Zakk Wylde, Frank Gambale and more, this book and audio method digs deep into the micro-mechanics of the picking hand, providing loads of practice examples, real-world licks, and play-along tricks to hone your skills.
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This follow-up to the popular Fingerstyle Guitar book by Ken Perlman (00000081) is really two books in one. To the advanced player, it's an excellent tune book featuring 33 interesting and highly playable guitar arrangements. To the intermediate player, it serves as a clear and detailed guide to the technical expertise and theoretical knowledge required to bridge the gap to the advanced level. Covers Baroque tuning, DAD-GAD tuning and much more. The tunes are organized according to genre: Alternating Bass Pieces, The Country Blues, Melodic Guitar, Fiddle Tunes, Ragtime and Chord-Melody, and all tunes are played on the accompanying CD.
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