Enrich your playing with the expressive and dynamic textures of solo fingerstyle guitar. You'll learn to build simple melodies into complete guitar arrangements, understand fingerings that will bring complex chords within your reach, and explore country blues, classical techniques, Celtic music, and more. This updated and expanded edition includes 3 hours of video instruction with fingerstyle master Doug Young.
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The 30th anniversary edition of this fingerpicking instruction book will help you learn the essential techniques of virtuoso-level fingerpicking through astute exercises and 14 fun instrumentals. Included in 50 Greatest Guitar Books, this updated title from Grammy-Award winner Mark Hanson includes four new guitar solos, instruction, listening lists, and more. Includes online instructional audio, standard notation and tablature, tunes and exercises played at slow and performance speeds, and standard, Drop-D, DADGAD & DADGBD tuning.
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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In this book and video guide, Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers gives you an array of tools for making chord progressions more distinctive, deepening your grooves, and getting outside the box of strumming block chords. Over the course of six in-depth lessons, you'll learn how to build dynamics in an arrangement, play bass lines on guitar, and expand your harmonic vocabulary with slash chords and cluster chords. Along the way, you'll explore examples inspired by classic songs, so you can hear and see how these tools work in actual music. You'll discover how varying the technique of both your fretting and picking hands -- and often playing less -- can do so much to make your guitar parts more dynamic and musically satisfying. This comprehensive guide includes written instruction, notation and tab, plus more than 2 hours of accompanying video instruction for all music examples, performed by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers.
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Here is a fantastic collection of 50 classic and contemporary acoustic songs, arranged for guitar and voice. Many of the greatest artists, including Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Georga Ezra are included here, with melody, full lyrics, guitar chord shapes and suggested strumming or picking patterns. Easy to read and fun to play, this is an essential songbook for all acoustic guitarists looking to expand their repertoire, whether it's for gigging or simply practice. Songs like “Blackbird” by the Beatles, Adele's “Rolling in the Deep,”and Bob Marley's “One Love” are included, representing the finest rock and pop tunes for guitar.
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Get to know the nuts and bolts of country-blues and other rootsy styles with this series of in-depth lessons by blues guitar expert Steve James. You'll learn essential chord shapes and picking patterns in standard and open tunings, with and without the bottleneck slide, as well as a wealth of melodic vocabulary. You'll discover how these devices work in a wide range of traditional and blues settings. All examples are provided in standard notation and tablature, with video downloads so that you can see and hear exactly how they're played. Throughout, a wealth of historical information and anecdotes, some of them first-hand, will give you a clear picture of how this music came together. Songs includes: Bull Doze Blues • Crow Jane • Georgia Buck • Green Corn • I've Been All Around the World • Knoxville Blues • Little Hammer • Memphis Rounders Blues • See See Rider • Texas Shorty • Yo Yo Blues • and more.
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Build your guitar fingerpicking skills with this excellent book and video teaching system! In How to Fingerpick Songs on Guitar, you will learn fingerstyle techniques from the ground up with exercises, songs, and videos designed to lead you into a whole new world of guitar enjoyment. Along the way, you will also explore how to create solo-guitar arrangements of your favorite songs using a variety of methods. Plus every technique, topic, playing example, and song in the book is demonstrated for you on video! The video is accessed online, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside each book.
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Rockschool Acoustic Debut is for candidates who have been learning a short time and have learnt the basic skills. The 2019 Acoustic syllabus is a refreshed approach to acoustic guitar. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces ask the students to perform without backing track, exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. The remaining tracks are session style backing tracks that include vocal accompaniment. We've also included the vocal melody lines in the grade books for students who sing and play at the same time.
• 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists including the Lumineers, Jason Mraz, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bill Withers, and Ben E. King
• A diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes
• Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening
• Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track
• Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
• All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams
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This superb collection by Italian master Beppe Gambetta covers a huge range of topics including warm-ups; fundamental techniques; strumming and accompaniments; crosspicking; improvisation; open tunings; plus 75 exercises, licks, solo pieces, duets and ensemble arrangements demonstrating the full range of the style. All of the material is displayed in standard notation and tablature and is demonstrated by the author on the accompanying audio files, available for instant online access via the included download card in each book.
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Open the door to a whole new guitar universe with this universal method for navigating the fretboard in all tunings, how to cultivate new composing and improvising concepts, and how to broaden your fingerstyle skills and techniques. It includes: audio demonstration tracks • standard notation and tablature • theory essentials • DADGAD and other tunings • fingerstyle techniques • picking patterns • tapping and slapping techniques • scales, modes and chords • tuning tips • string and capo tips • nail care • and much more!
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Rockschool Acoustic is for candidates who have been learning a short time and have learnt the basic skills. The 2019 Acoustic syllabus is a refreshed approach to acoustic guitar. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces ask the students to perform without backing track, exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. The remaining tracks are session style backing tracks that include vocal accompaniment. We've also included the vocal melody lines in the grade books for students who sing and play at the same time.
• 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists including Alanis Morissette, Robert Johnson, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric Clapton, and Bill Withers
• A diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes
• Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening
• Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track
• Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
• All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams
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In this re-transcribed and edited book with online video, Adrian Legg takes an in-depth look at some of the more intriguing open tunings for acoustic guitar plus a variety of trailblazing effects. “Frailing” for guitar, Celtic-style playing, DADGAD tuning, open G tuning, dynamics, attack, advanced hammer and pull techniques, and even Scottish bagpipe effects, make this video an exceptionally rewarding lesson from a British guitar master. All the guitar tab from the original booklets is included and uses modern-day technology to provide you with the most accurate transcriptions ever created for this series. Plus, we've included tab for examples that were previously not transcribed, providing you with the most comprehensive Hot Licks guitar lessons yet! Each book comes with a unique code used to access the cloud-based video footage from any type of device.
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The Rockschool Acoustic series is for candidates who have been learning a short time and have learnt the basic skills. The 2019 Acoustic syllabus is a refreshed approach to acoustic guitar. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces ask the students to perform without backing track, exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. The remaining tracks are session style backing tracks that include vocal accompaniment. We've also included the vocal melody lines in the grade books for students who sing and play at the same time.
• 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists including the James Taylor, Corinne Bailey Rae, Eva Cassidy, the Beatles, Eric Clapton, and Bon Jovi
• A diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes
• Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening
• Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track
• Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
• All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams
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| List | $22.99 |
Rockschool Acoustic is for candidates who have been learning a short time and have learnt the basic skills. The 2019 Acoustic syllabus is a refreshed approach to acoustic guitar. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces ask the students to perform without backing track, exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. The remaining tracks are session style backing tracks that include vocal accompaniment. We've also included the vocal melody lines in the grade books for students who sing and play at the same time.
• 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists including Sting, Seal, José González, Nick Drake, Extreme, and Fats Waller
• A diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes
• Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening
• Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track
• Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
• All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams
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| List | $24.99 |
Rockschool Acoustic is for candidates who have been learning a short time and have learnt the basic skills. The 2019 Acoustic syllabus is a refreshed approach to acoustic guitar. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces ask the students to perform without backing track, exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. The remaining tracks are session style backing tracks that include vocal accompaniment. We've also included the vocal melody lines in the grade books for students who sing and play at the same time.
• 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists including Alanis Morissette, Robert Johnson, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric Clapton, and Bill Withers
• A diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes
• Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening
• Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track
• Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
• All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams
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Discover the fascinating world of Gypsy Swing - a musical tradition that originated in France in the 1920s and was influenced by artists such as Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grapelli. Immerse yourself in the unique rhythm of “La Pompe” and experience the art of improvised arpeggios. Joscho Stephan, one of the most outstanding gypsy swing musicians of our time, shares his knowledge and passion in an innovative workshop. In collaboration with Dieter Kreidler, the well-known classical guitarist, author and composer, the basics of this fascinating genre are made accessible to classical guitarists in didactically prepared learning steps.
From acoustic guitars with plectrums to application on classical concert guitars with nylon strings - this workshop offers a unique opportunity to explore and master the world of gypsy swing. Get ready to broaden your horizons and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of gypsy swing!
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