Learn notes, chords, songs, and playing techniques from the master of modern ukulele! In this unique book with online video, Jake Shimabukuro will get you started on playing the ukulele. The book includes full transcriptions of every example, the video features Jake teaching you everything you need to know plus video of Jake playing all the examples. In addition, the video includes performances of Jake playing some of his most popular arrangements such as “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and “Ukulele Five-Oh,” among others. The video is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded.
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The first entry in a multivolume set that will be essential reading for aspiring producers and artists everywhere, Q on Producing presents the master's approach to making music. Told to and compiled by author and audio expert Bill Gibson, Quincy's observations, culled from over a year of in-depth interviews, are collected and presented in book form and on an accompanying DVD-ROM, providing an unparalleled course of instruction from one of the true legends of American music.
Reaching back to his early successes, Quincy discusses the techniques learned as an arranger for such legendary performers as Count Basie and Ray Charles, as a touring bandleader, and as a young producer with his first pop successes. Coauthor Gibson, in chapters such as “Discovering Talent,” “The Producer/Engineer Relationship,” and “Tools for Success,” outlines the many skills Quincy developed and broadened as he graduated to film and TV work, his solo recordings, and his game-changing albums with Michael Jackson, as well as more recent productions.
With invaluable advice on subjects such as songwriting, scoring, and the modern music business – to be expanded on in subsequent volumes – Q on Producing provides the foundation for what is sure to be the most anticipated series of tutorials on music production ever created.
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Victor Lemonte Wooten emerged as a once-in-a-lifetime, game-changing bassist in the early '90s, via his highly innovative playing with Bela Flek & the Flektones. Launching his solo career a few years later, with A Show of Hands, it soon became apparent that Wooten was also a major musical force, thanks to an organic and highly original approach to music and music education. In this book/online video package, Victor Wooten Bass Workshop: The Language of Music and How to Speak It, Victor reveals his musical soul. In Part 1, he outlines his ten essential elements of music – including such important and under-emphasized areas as emotion and feel, dynamics, tone, phrasing, space, and listening. This section focuses on Victor's concepts and approaches and are more theoretical in nature. In Part 2, Victor addresses the reader with personal lessons, using text, notation, tablature, and video footage to cover such key topics as warming up and hand-strengthening, tone, harmonics, thumb technique, tapping, looping, and soloing. This section is a more “how to” approach with hands-on demonstrations. Throughout, Victor underscores this vital material with a “groove first” ethic, as well an accent on being musical and creative – three mandatory ingredients to becoming a highly-sought-after professional bassist. All of which makes Victor Wooten Bass Workshop a must-have tool for bass players at all levels.
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Now you can order all of the books, examples and posters available in Groove Essentials 1.0 and 2.0 in one comprehensive pack for only $59.99! Popular drummer and educator Tommy Igoe is featured here on his best-selling book, demonstrating techniques that have made him one of the world's most in-demand drummers.
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The late Jeff Porcaro was a Grammy Award-winning star from Toto and one of the most respected and innovative drummers in contemporary music. On this DVD, he describes his approach to straight time, triplet and shuffle feels, Latin grooves, half-time shuffles, bass drum pedal techniques and a variety of effects on the high hat. A live band setting featuring his brother Michael on bass and David Garfield on keyboards creates an exciting atmosphere to demonstrate Jeff's famous grooves. Includes a lesson book. 34 minutes.
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There are three parts to each lesson in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar: 1. Explanation of New Material 2. Workshop Time 3. Bonus Workshop. These 10 DVDs are critical to your journey towards guitar mastery. You need more than just the information in the lessons and that is how the Bonus Workshops will help you. You and Steve will practice each exercise and song in the course together. Total running time: 14.5 hours.
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A Guitar Licks Goldmine awaits in this incredible blues collection! This DVD is jam-packed with tasty lead lines, phrases, and riffs personally taught to you by professional guitarists John Heussenstamm, Johnny Moeller, and Bill Stone. From early blues to modern, each and every authentic lick includes a walk-through explanation by a pro guitarist and note-for-note on-screen tablature. Normal and slow-speed performance demos are included to really help viewers master the licks. 3 hours, 57 minutes.
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We're proud to present MI instructor Peter Deneff's fourth book in the Musicians Institute Hanon series. In this private lesson for beginning to professional blues pianists, Deneff covers: major and minor blues modes; workouts for the right and left hand; building fluency in all 12 keys; suggested fingerings; practice tips; and soul, gospel, boogie woogie, R&B and rock styles.
Also available:
Guitar Hanon (00695321)
Jazz Hanon (00695554)
Salsa Hanon (00695226)
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This four-hour, two-DVD set is the companion to Perlman's bestselling book, which is the definitive guide to playing clawhammer banjo, the one purely American style on probably the one truly American instrument. Perlman leads you step by step to a thorough understanding of the style & instrument, basic hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techniques like the brush, bumm-titty strum, pull-offs, slides, and on to more advanced topics on DVD 2.
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On this groundbreaking docu-instructional DVD, Jack teams up with legendary guitarist Gary Moore and powerhouse drummer Gary Husband to revisit some of the classic Cream songs that he wrote and sang on, including: White Room • I Feel Free • N.S.U. • Sleepy Time Time • Politician • Sunshine of Your Love. In addition to showing the correct way to play the bass lines to the songs listed above, Jack also offers an in-depth look at his unique right-hand picking style, use of pedal tones and melodic playing, and shares his invaluable thoughts on improvisation and practicing. 62 minutes.
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One of today's most influential jazz-rock guitarists, Grammy-winner Larry Carlton puts his talent to work for you in two areas of specialization: Blues and Chord Substitution. The Blues section deals with imitation, theme development, extended phrasing, banding techniques, vibrato and solo construction. In the Chord Substitution section, Larry explains his trademark triad approach, starting with basic chord substitution and leading to extended triad-on-triad usage. This is Larry's exciting fusion sound, spelled-out, clarified and made accessible to any guitarist. All examples are clearly illustrated with substantial musical phrases and improvised solos. Exclusive live concert footage is provided throughout the DVD to demonstrate the use of Larry's examples in a live band situation. The accompanying instructional booklet comes complete with easy-to-follow diagrams that correspond exactly to the DVD. For guitarists of any level. 52 minutes.
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A Guitar Licks Goldmine awaits in this incredible rock collection! This DVD is jam-packed with killer lead lines, phrases, and riffs personally taught to you by professional guitarists Greg Harrison, Matthew Schroeder, and Troy Stetina. From classic rock to modern metal, each and every authentic lick includes: a walk-through explanation by a pro guitarist; note-for-note on-screen tablature; normal and slow-speed performance demos. 4 hours, 14 minutes.
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The Wilson sisters blazed rock trails, propelling their band Heart to 20+ Top 40 hits and selling more than 30 million albums. This DVD examines Nancy Wilson's style and technique on acoustic guitar, via her performance of “These Dreams,” “Crazy on You,” “Dog and Butterfly” and other favorites. She discusses & demonstrates fingerpicking, flatpicking, open-string chords and more. The accompanying booklet includes music notation, tab and chord charts.
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As one of the most emulated blues players of our time, Robben Ford's impeccable soloing techniques, phrasing and tone have been the subject of several books and videos, but for the first time, Robben brings his smooth and tasty rhythm playing to the forefront in this DVD. He explains and demonstrates dozens of blues rhythm concepts and techniques from 12-bar shuffle blues rhythms to mixing in jazz chords to blues comping. Robben also takes you through several of his tunes showing his chord voicings, rhythms, and right-hand picking/finger techniques. Robben also answers questions about double-stops, his guitars, recording, and road gear. Also includes a 39-page printable PDF with examples and transcriptions. Robben has been offering masterclass clinics for several years to a very select and limited number of students. We're happy to present this DVD to allow guitarists everywhere to be a part of this unique experience. 86 minutes.
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Getting Started on Electric Guitar offers a complete course for the beginning electric guitarist. Step-by-step lessons incorporating clear, easy-to-follow 3-D graphics and unique play-along tracks teach the viewer the essential chords, scales and techniques used by electric guitar players in every popular style, including rock, blues and country. This DVD is separated into two major sections.
Part 1 – The First Step covers: tuning methods • string names • essential chords and scales used by all players • musical reference section (notes, rhythms, chords and scales) • practice tips • fretting-hand technique • picking-hand technique • backing tracks for play-along • an animated fretboard • & more. 102 minutes.
Part 2 – Play Electric! covers: right-hand technique • left-hand technique • rhythm parts (muting, alternate picking, arpeggios) • soloing technique (string bending, vibrato) • rock, blues & country styles • rhythm and solo ideas for each style • backing tracks in each style for play-along • sounds (amplifiers and effects) • caring for your instrument • and tips from the Fender Custom Shop. 100 minutes.
Special DVD features include:
• bonus footage, including a tour of the Fender factory!
• looping capabilities
• web site links specifically for beginning guitarists
• a multi-language feature so you can view the DVD in English, Spanish, German, French or Japanese
• universally coded for playability worldwide.
Total running time: approximately 225 minutes – over three hours long!
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