This recording confirms Ignacio Rodes as one of Spain's finest guitarists. Titles are: 'Tempo di Sonata' (Esplá), 'Sonata' (Brouwer), 'Sonata' (Bardwell), 'Sonata Op. 47' (Ginastera). Comprehensive jazz bass method. Transcribed by Alvaro Pierri and recorded by him on his CD recording ‘Alvaro Pierri Plays Leo Brouwer’. One of the most outstanding compositions for guitar in recent years. For solo guitar. Included in this wonderful anthology are some of Brad Richter's most acclaimed compositions for solo guitar. The music is filled with an array of new sounds and tone colours that beautifully express the stories and images which inspired it. Thorough fingerings and footnotes help make these richly orchestrated songs quite accessible. Companion CD included. Titles are: ‘Angular Tango’, ‘Clock Strikes Midnight’, ‘Flirtation’, ‘Gila Monster’, ‘Hard Times (Come Again No More)’, ‘I Felt a Funeral in My Brain’, ‘Jumping Cholla’, ‘Something Softly Out of Silence’, ‘Starry Night on the Beach (with Federales)’, ‘Stepping on a Spider’. An excellent CD featuring some of the greatest South American guitarists paying tribute to the Argentine Guitarist Cacho Tirao. Proceeds from this album go to helping Cacho Tirao who is now handicapped following a large stroke. Includes works by Tirao, Canaro, Fernandez, Piazzolla, Pereira, Maximo Pujol, Fluery and more. Performances by Tirao, Siewers, Pereira, Moreira, Moldavsky, David Caswell and others. This CD is a must have for fans of South American music and will be an excellent help towards the recovery of a great guitarist. There is always one particularly interesting personality who crops up amidst the flood of new releases. Neil Stacey is one of those musicians who has an original style and rises agreeably above the masses. Just listen to his version of Summertime, which even drew kudos from his guitarist colleague Pat Metheny: 'Hard to imagine how you are doing all that!'. Titles are: ‘Summertime’ (Gershwin), ‘Killing Me Softly’ (Fox/Gimbet), ‘Ballad for Vukovar’ (Stacey), ‘Nuages 1’ (Reinhardt), ‘New Dawn’, ‘El Fado’, ‘Promise’ (Stacey), ‘Cantaloupe Island’ (Hancock), ‘I Can’t Give You Anything but Love’ (McHugh/Fields), ‘Skylark’ (Carmichael), ‘All the Things You Are’ (Kern), ‘Nuages 2’ (Reinhardt), ‘Friends’, ‘Heartsong’ (Stacey). Carlos Perez, Restoration of a 1640 Matteo Sellas Guitar, 2007 Boston Guitarfest, 2007 Darwin International Guitar Festival, Sonia Michelson, Rincon Flamenco

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The first step toward experiencing the fun of playing music. This book/CD will guide you through everything you need to know to begin playing the electric guitar. Includes: Guitar Basics, Chrods and Strumming, Music Notation and Tablature, The Blues Progression, Lead Guitar Techniques, Lead Scales, Barre Chords. Sweet and Lowdown, Woody Allen's film from 1999, starred Sean Penn as the legendary, but fictitious jazz guitarist of the '30s, Emmett Ray. Emmett considered himself to be the second greatest jazz guitarist in the world next to Django Reinhardt. The versatile Howard Alden played all of the solo acoustic guitar parts for the movie, as well as coaching Mr. Penn to play guitar for his role (for which he received an Oscar nomination, best actor). This book contains note-for-note transcriptions in both standard notation and tab of Howard's Django-esque interpretations and improvisations of classic standards of the 1930s, as well as original solo guitar pieces written by Woody's longtime musical director, jazz pianist Dick Hyman. Sweet and Lowdown contributed greatly to the recent renewal of interest in and revival of swing and gypsy jazz guitar. Howard's guitar work is a warm and personal example of the timeless musical vocabulary of swing guitar. Full transcription of the classic metal album from thrashers Metallica in guitar tablature. Titles are: ‘Creeping Death’, ‘Escape’, ‘Fade To Black’, ‘Fight Fire With Fire’, ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’, ‘Ride The Lightning’, ‘The Call Of Ktulu’, ‘Trapped Under Ice’. Matching music folio to Eric Clapton’s popular acoustic performance album. The 14 songs are; ‘Alberta', 'Before You Accuse Me', 'Hey Hey', 'Layla’, ‘Lonely Stranger', 'Malted Milk', 'Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out', 'Old Love', 'Rollin' and Tumblin'', 'Running on Faith', 'San Francisco Bay Blues', 'Signe', ‘Tears in Heaven’ and 'Walkin' Blues'. Explore the style of the most legendary bluesman of all time with this Guitar School edition written by noted blues expert Dave Rubin. It includes an introduction/biography, a discography, a tuning chart, and analysis of 29 classic blues tunes. Titles covered are: 'Come On in My Kitchen', 'Cross Road Blues (Crossroads)', 'Dead Shrimp Blues', 'Drunken Hearted Man', 'From Four Until Late', 'Hell Hound on My Trail', 'Honeymoon Blues', 'I Believe I'll Dust My Broom', 'I'm a Steady Rollin' Man (Steady Rollin' Man)', 'If I Had a Possession Over Judgement Day', 'Kind Hearted Woman Blues', 'Last Fair Deal Gone Down', 'Little Queen of Spades', 'Love in Vain Blues', 'Malted Milk', 'Me and the Devil Blues', 'Milkcow's Calf Blues', 'Phonograph Blues', 'Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)', 'Ramblin' on My Mind', 'Stones In My Passway', 'Stop Breakin' Down Blues', 'Sweet Home Chicago', 'Terraplane Blues', 'They're Red Hot', '32-20 Blues', 'Walkin' Blues', 'When You Got a Good Friend'. More than 45 songs arranged for piano and vocal with guitar chord diagrams. Tracks include: ‘Don't Cry for Me Argentina’, ‘Feelings’, ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’, ‘How Deep Is Your Love’, ‘Imagine’, ‘Let It Be’, ‘Me and Bobby McGee’, ‘Piano Man’, ‘Reunited’, ‘Send in the Clowns’, ‘Sometimes When We Touch’, ‘Tomorrow’, ‘You Don't Bring Me Flowers’, ‘You Needed Me’… Titles are: 'Chacarera ututa', 'Taficena / La tristecita', 'El bien perdido', 'Pueblito mi pueblo', 'La vieja', 'Algarrobo, algarrobal', 'La cuartelera', 'Luz de giro', 'Nieblas del Riachuelo', 'Cancion del Jangadero', 'Tres Bailecitos', 'Fiesta Punena', 'Viejo Corazon', 'Sirvinacu', 'Noches de Catamarca'. Geared toward the guitarist who understands basic scales and chords, this DVD and chart will explain and demonstrate a number of the concepts used by jazz musicians. Guide Tones, Targeting, Enclosures, 3 to b9 Movement and a brief refresher coarse on scale and mode applications and chord construction are presented in this DVD and chart. Jamey Aebersold brings you the opportunity to play great jazz classics from one of the true giants, Dexter Gordon. This collection includes unforgettable tunes written by the inimitable Dexter, and will give you an incredible insight into one of jazz's most influential minds. Titles are: Fried Bananas; Sticky Wicket; Montmartre; Apple Jump; The Rainbow People; Catalonian Nights; For Regulars Only; Soul Sister; Dexology; Tivoli; Boston Bernie; I Want More; LTD; Antabus. George Cables - Piano; Rufus Reid - Bass; Victor Lewis - Drums. Jazz Ear Training: Learning to Hear Your Way Through Music, focuses the student on developing the ability to hear and react to harmonic structures common to the modern Jazz idiom, while adhering to specific melodic phrases. The book and recording include a variety of exercises derived from the major, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales and suggestions on how to play by ear. It was designed with the intermediate to advanced Jazz student in mind who needs to enhance the connection between his inner voice and instrument. It will also help the student 'hear' what he may intellectually 'know'. Though intended for guitarists, this book can serve the needs of any aspiring Jazz improviser. A basic understanding of Jazz theory is recommended before using this book. Twenty Five Etudes de Genre, Op. 38. When Charlie Byrd took to the stage as the opening act of the 26th Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival, it became apparent within the first few phrases of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s ‘Favela’ that his was going to be one tough act to follow. On this captivating August 1994 evening, Byrd - the guitarist responsible for importing the mesmerizing sound of Brazil’s bossa nova to the United States in the ‘60s - and his empathetic musical cohorts displayed the perfect balance of virtuosity and sensitivity in their brilliant interpretations of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s distinctively beautiful melodies, harmonies and contagious bossa nova rhythms. The result is surely one of the most engaging live recordings in Charlie Byrd’s legendary body of work. Band features: Charlie Byrd (Guitar), Hendrik Muerkens (Harmonica), Ken Peplowski (Clarinet), Allen Farnham (Piano), Bill Douglas (Bass), Chuck Redd (Drums), Michael Spiro (Percussion). Titles are: ‘Favela’, ‘If You Never Came to Me’, ‘Desifinando’, ‘Once I Loved’, ‘Beyond the Horizon’, ‘Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)’, ‘Watch What Happens. A charming programme of popular classics played by one of the world’s great classical guitarists, in his usual virtuosic manner. Track Listing: 'La Paloma' (Yradrier), 'Meditation from Thaïs' (Massenet), Theme from 'Somewhere in Time' (Barry), 'Tango Angelita' (Romero), 'The Girl with the Flaxen Hair' - Debussy, 'The Question' (Cordero), 'Of Foreign Lands & Peoples' (Schumann), 'Träumerei' (Schumann), 'Waltz, Op. 34 No. 2' (Chopin), 'Nocturne, Op. 9 No. 2' (Chopin), ' Adagio from the 'Moonlight' Sonata' (Beethoven), 'Adagio from the 'Pathétique' Sonata' (Beethoven), 'Air on the G String' (Bach), 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' (Ravel), 'A Prayer' (arr. Yuquijiro Yocoh) (Converse). Understanding DADGAD is a complete introduction to using the DADGAD tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar. The book systematically explores the tuning, starting with simple chords and scale patterns, ultimately showing how DADGAD can be used to play in nearly any key and in many different musical styles. Topics include moveable and open-string chords and scales, intervals, the harp-effect, common chord progressions in DADGAD and more, all in the context of either short musical examples or complete tunes.

Rather than just providing scales, chords, or tunes, this book guides the reader through the process of understanding the guitar from the perspective of DADGAD tuning. Topics are organized as a series of small self-contained sections ideal for a single study session or lesson. After exploring extremely easy ways to get started with DADGAD, involving as little as a single finger on the fretting hand, the book progresses to examples that will interest even more advanced players. 200 musical examples, including several full performance-quality pieces, demonstrate each concept. The companion recording features the author playing many of the examples.

* A complete introduction to DADGAD tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar.

* Begins with simple chords and scale patterns and progresses to more complex musical examples in many different keys.

* Topics include moveable and open-string chords and scales, the harp-effect, intervals, common chord progressions in DADGAD and more.

Authentic guitar transcriptions with notes and tablature for every song from Red Hot Chili Peppers' classic album. The album covers a surprising variety of styles, from bass-heavy funk (Funky Monks) to sweet melody (Under The Bridge), from hip-hop (Give It Away) to metal (Blood Sugar Sex Magic), with every known emotion represented! All guitar parts have been fully transcribed, including solos. Also includes vocal line and lyrics. Titles are: ‘The Power of Equality’, ‘Breaking the Girl’, ‘If You Have to Ask’, ‘Funky Monks’, ‘Suck My Kiss’, ‘I Could Have Lied’, ‘The Righteous and the Wicked’, ‘Give It Away’, ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’, ‘Naked in the Rain’, ‘Apache Rose Peacock’, ‘The Greeting Song’, ‘Under the Bridge’, ‘Sir Psycho Sexy’, ‘They're Red Hot’, ‘My Lovely Man’, ‘Mellowship Slinky in B Major’. For three guitars. In 1970, four men from Birmingham formed ELO to pick up where 'I Am the Walrus' left off. This GRV collection features note-for-note transcriptions with tab for 13 top hits from guitarist Jeff Lynne & crew: ‘Can't Get It Out of My Head’, ‘Don't Bring Me Down’, ‘Evil Woman’, ‘Four Little Diamonds’, ‘Hold On Tight’, ‘Livin' Thing’, ‘Mr. Blue Sky’, ‘Rock 'N' Roll Is King’, ‘Shine a Little Love’, ‘Strange Magic’, ‘Sweet Talkin' Woman’, ‘Turn to Stone’, ‘Xanadu’. If you have been working on playing scales, chords and harmony in general, this set is the next step towards getting your ears and fingers coordinated. Jamey Aebersold/Dan Haerle - Piano; John Clayton/John Goldsby/Rufus Reid/ Steve Rodby - Bass; Mike Hyman/John Clay/Jonathan Higgins - Drums.