This book includes exercises, licks and eight full songs to play and has twelve in-depth lessons covering techniques, tunings and arranging for players of all levels, taught and recorded by the master teachers at Acoustic Guitar magazine. Titles are: 'Aura Lee', 'Old Joe Clark', 'How Can I Keep from Singing', 'If I Only Had a Brain', 'Satin Doll', 'Ashokan Farewell', 'Raindance', 'Amazing Grace', 'Twin Sisters'. A great selection of Nat King Cole at his best with many tracks featuring the great guitarist Oscar Moore. The 132 tracks include; Harlem swing , On the sunny side of the street, Sweet Lorraine, Honeysuckle rose, Gone with the draft, Early morning blues, Hit that jive Jack , Indiana, I can't get started, Tea for Two, Body and Soul, Straighten up and fly right, Gee Baby, ain't I good to you, Its Only A Paper Moon, What is this thing called love Sweet Georgia Brown, The Frim Fram sauce, I'm an Errand Boy for Rhythm, Route 66 and more. 35 great solo arrangements of jazz classics, including: ‘After You've Gone’, ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)’, ‘Four’, ‘Meditation (Meditacao)’, ‘Stompin' at the Savoy’, ‘Sweet and Lovely’, ‘Waltz for Debby’, ‘Yardbird Suite’, ‘You'll Never Walk Alone’, ‘You've Changed’ and more. Op. 19, for solo guitar. D’Addario Gypsy Jazz strings are specially designed for the “Django” style. Silver plated copper is wound on a high carbon steel core, delivering a warm, projecting tone, optimal for any Gypsy Jazz style guitar.

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EJ83M: 1st string – 0.011, 2nd string – 0.015, 3rd string - 0.024, 4th string – 0.029, 5th string – 0.035, 6th string – 0.045. CD Contents/Transcriptions: 'Caravan'* (John McClellan/Vince Gill), 'The Tower and The Crane' (Pat Bergeson), 'Sour Mash Rag'* (Mark Casstevens), 'Homage to the Abbot' (Ray Flacke), 'Scooter Pie'* (Bill Cooley), 'Sao Paulo Strut' (John Jorgenson), 'Swingin 69' (Richard Smith), 'Undercurrent' (Don Jones), 'Clear Springs Blues'* (Paul Yandell), 'Kickin It'* (Bobby Cochran), 'Magnetic Rag' (Chet Atkins), 'Boulevard' (John Knowles), 'Terry's Tune'* (Terry Wedding), 'Darcy's Guitar'* (Pete Huttlinger), 'Cowboy Song for My Cowgirl'* (Bill Piburn), 'Minor/Major Rag'* (Roger Hudson), 'Beautiful Lady' (David Paul). *Full transciption on CD in PDF format to be viewed on a computer. This excellent DVD features Wang Yameng and Su Meng playing duo and solo in a May 2005 live concert in Korea. Both guitarists are pupils of the legendary teacher Professor Chen-Zhi. Wang Yameng was the winner of the 1993 Tokyo International Guitar Competition and Su Meng winner 2005 Tokyo International Guitar Competition.

With an Introduction by Professor Chen Zhi these brilliant guitarists play Pastourelle (Dodgson), Prelude and Allegro (J.S. Bach), Presto (J.S. Bach), Caprice #24 (Paganini), Contemplacion (Barrios), Suite Retratos (Gnatali), Deu Valses Op.69 (Chopin), Libra Sonatine (Dyens), Sonata (Scarlatti), Sonata (Brouwer), Aquarelle (Assad), Tango Suite (Piazzolla), Sons de Carrilhoes(Araujo), Danza Paraguaya (Barrios).Produced by Kim Lee Hong (Alma Guitars).

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Titles are: Lou Harrison 'Serenade', 'Sonata in Ishartum', Serenade for guitar and percussion 'Round', 'Air', 'Infinite Canon', 'Usul', 'Sonata', 'A waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen'. Stephen Jaffe 'Spinoff'. Terry Riley 'Ascension'. John Anthony Lennon 'Another's Fandango'. Andrew York 'Emergence', 'Muir Woods', 'Sunburst'. Steve Reich 'nagoya guitars'. Five young female guitarists entrance the listener with temperamental interpretations of well-known classical works. Following the great success of their debut CD “Melange” (order no. 319.1291.2), Gitarrissima’s second offering, “Tales and Dances” presents works from Vivaldi, Rossini, Brahms, Tschaikovsky, de Falla, Katchaturian and Lars Wüller. It is not merely a richly varied compilation, but also truly fascinating music.

Titles are: 'Aus "Der Fruhling": Allegro', 'Aus "Der Winter": Largo', 'Aus "Der Sommer": Allegro non molto - Allegro', 'Impromptu As-Dur op. 90, Nr. 4, D 899', 'Overture zu "La Cenerentola"', 'Tanz der Rohrfloten', 'Tanz der Zuckerfee', 'Chinesischer Tanz', 'Russischer Tanz', 'Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 21', 'Danza Espanola Nr. 1 aus "La vida breve"', 'Tanz von Nuneh und Karen', 'Nunehs Tanz', 'Usundara', 'Sabeltanz', 'Dorothy', 'The Scarecrow', 'The Tin Woodman', 'The Cowardly Lion', 'The Wizard of Oz'.

For solo guitar. Bucky Pizzarelli is the gentleman of legitimate guitar. Widely regarded for his tasteful and uncluttered playing style, he is respected as both a great musician and fine human being. As affirmed by countless musicians, he is an absolute pleasure to play with as both soloist and accompanist. Credited for popularizing the 7-String guitar, his influence is vast. Bucky's seemingly endless energy has propelled him through six decades as a premier player. Always in demand, he continues to perform worldwide as one of the most refined and beloved guitarists this country ever produced. Transcriptions of the Concerto featuring the jazz piano of Claude Bolling, and the classical guitar of Alexandre Lagoya. Also includes parts for bass and drums. From the infamous 'Elvi' guitar owned by Elvis Presley (his original D-18 missing the 's' from his name) to customized instruments belonging to Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Joan Baez, Sting, and Eric Clapton, the Martin Guitar Company has made a guitar for nearly every notable musician who's ever held a six-string. Now, MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES revisits more than 100 of the company's most desirable guitars, ranging from those belonging to Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Paul Simon, and Johnny Cash to guitars owned by newer artists like Beck, Babyface, and Jonny Lang. Dick Boak, head of Artist Relations and Publicity at C. F. Martin, acts as the artist liaison in these collaborations and now, for the first time, enthusiastically outlines his experiences. Readers also get a sneak preview of Martin's millionth instrument, due in 2004. If you're serious about learning to play the guitar, now you can learn all of the basics and a lot more from the master himself. This title was originally released as a video in 1986 and is now available in book form. You'll have hours of fun playing along with Chet on songs like 'Yesterday', 'Jambalaya', 'Country Roads' and 'New Guitar Blues'. For each song you'll learn the chords, the melody, plus some of Chet's hottest licks. Tips on tuning, changing chords, fingerpicking, and much more are carefully explained. The book's companion DVD presents phrase-by-phrase instruction. Titles are; 'In Tunisia' (John Knowles), 'Jambalaya' (Hank Williams), 'On Top of Old Smoky' (arranged by Chet Atkins and John Knowles), 'New Guitar Blues' (Chet Atkins and John Knowles), 'Playing for Scale' (John Knowles), 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' (Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver), 'Yesterday' (John Lennon and Paul McCartney), 'Greensleeves' (arranged by Chet Atkins and John Knowles), 'Pickin' Produce' (Chet Atkins and John Knowles), 'A Quick Picker' (by Chet Atkins and John Knowles), 'Knucklebusters' (by Chet Atkins and John Knowles), 'Yankee Doodle Dixie' (by Chet Atkins). D'Addario's best selling phosphor bronze acoustic guitar strings EJ Series in enviromentally friendly packaging and colour coded ballends for easy reference. Giving out a rich vibrant tone.
Introduced to stringmaking by D'Addario in 1974, phosphor bronze has become synonymous with warm, bright, long-lasting string tone. D'Addario phosphor bronze strings are the industry standard in acoustic tone and are the stage and studio choice of top professionals worldwide. This historic 1958 recording marks the real start of Bossa Nova. Almeida's brilliant arrangements fuse South American, classical and jazz styles together. Almeida's fabulous playing is matched by other members of the quartet (Bud Shank - Alto Saxophone, Harry Babasin - Bass, Roy Harte - Drums). Essential listening. Titles are: 'Sympatico' (Wilson), 'Rio Rhapsody' (Almeida/Gnattali), 'Nocturno', 'Choro in A', 'The Colour of the Hair', 'Carioca Hills', 'Harlem Samba', 'North of the Border', 'Sunset Baion', 'Serenade for Alto' (Almeida), 'Little Girl Blue', 'I Didn't Know What Time It Was' (Rodgers/Hart), 'Mood Antigua', 'Toro Dance', 'Xana - Lyn', 'Waltz Frio Y Calor' (Shank), 'Lonely' (Almeida/Shank), 'Round Midnight' (Hanighen/Williams/Monk), 'Blowing Wild' (Tiomkin/Webster), 'Gershwin Prelude' (Gershwin). Titles are: 'Junto al Generalife', 'Variations on a Theme of Scriabin', 'Music of Memory', 'Sonata romantica 'Hommage a Fr. Schubert''. An ultra-fine layer of EXP Coating is bonded to the phosphor bronze wrap wire which is then wound onto the hex-shaped core wire. The result is a built-in barrier against the corrosion and wear that can quickly sap the life out of your strings and your sound. EXP coated phosphor bronze strings have a natural round wound feel and sound fresh and bright with a "new string tone" that lasts three to four times longer than traditional guitar strings.

EXP36 - 10, 10, 14, 14, 23, 08, 30, 12, 39, 18, 47, 27. Contains five of Albéniz’ most beautiful works, ‘Cuba (Notturno)’, ‘En El Mar’, ‘En La Playa’, ‘Rumores de la Caleta’ and ‘Puerta De Tierra’. This book includes both concert solo guitar and lead sheet arrangements of each piece. The lead sheet version encourages a more in-depth study and understanding of each work and will aid the performer in developing variations or whole new arrangements of these beautiful melodies. A CD containing each piece performed by Carlos Barbosa-Lima is included. This book and CD are made for all aficionados of flamenco guitar and for guitarists of any other style who enjoy variety in their musical sources. They present ten pieces composed and recorded in the traditional forms of flamenco music, written in notation and tablature. The author explains the form and characteristics of each piece in introductory notes, helping the player understand the differences between an Alegrías, and a Soleares, or among any of the traditional flamenco forms. The demonstration recording will give players an example of the interpretation of the pieces. These pieces capture the energy, technical prowess, grace, and depth of feeling that give flamenco music its unique magic. The artistry of Jimmy Bruno and Jack Wilkins is extraordinary. Here is an opportunity to enjoy their music, as performed on handmade Benedetto guitars, in a warm, intimate setting. It doesn't get any better than this... the music is so superb that it sounds rehearsed. Like Sinatra, Bennett, Davis, and others, Jack and Jimmy are among the elite in what they do... truly 'Close Encounters of the Jazzy Kind!' Titles are: ‘Darkly in the Afternoon’, ‘For Baden’, ‘Mr. M.C.’, ‘Tenderly’, ‘Some of the Things You Are’, ‘Awakened Sound’, ‘Big Shoes’, ‘Our Next Move’, ‘f8’, ‘Change Partners’, ‘Waltz for Nancy’, ‘Kiwi Bird’, ‘Night Dreamer’, ‘My One and Only Love’, ‘My Shining Hour’, ‘I’m Glad There is You’. Titles are: Lover Man; Skylark; You've Changed; Lush Life; You Don't Know What Love Is; Chelsea Bridge; Soul Eyes; Ballad Blues. Hal Galper - Piano; Steve Gilmour - Bass; Bill Goodwin - Drums. Combining the vocal gymnastics of Al Jarreau with the richnes of tone of Milton Nascimento, vocalist, musician and composer Filó Machado will knock you out with his sultry yet funky debut recording for Malandro Records. This release fetures 10 original compositions and a uniquely Brazilian version of Paul Desmond's 'Take Five' as well as Djavan's famed 'Capim'. Filó Machado's voice, guitar and his unique vocal percussion effects will keep you coming back for more. Titles are: 'Água Viva', 'Lara-Luri', 'Tema Distorcido', 'Boca de Leao', 'Pam Pam', 'Capim', 'Improvisation', 'Pra Voce', 'Cantando um Samba', 'Take Five', 'Mae', 'Babalué Babaluá'. ‘Pequeño Vals para Florencia’ by Argentinean guitarist José Luis Merlin transcribed for solo classical guitar. Titles are: 'Eighty-One', 'You Are My Sunshine', 'Worse and Worse', 'Raise Four', 'Pretty Polly', 'On the Street Where You Live', 'Monroe', 'Introduction', 'Misterioso', 'I'm So Lonesome, I could Cry'.