Twenty-seven songs by some of today’s biggest artists arranged for guitar tablature and vocal. Titles are: ‘Addicted’ (Simple Plan), ‘The Anthem’, ‘Girls and Boys’, ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ (Good Charlotte), ‘Bail and Biscuit’, ‘Seven Nation Army’ (The White Stripes), ‘Bother’, ‘Inhale’ (Stone Sour), ‘Bring Me to Life’, (Evanescence), ‘Eyes Wide Open’ (Radio 4), ‘Fried My Little Brains’ (The Kills), ‘Get Over It’ (OK Go), ‘Good Time’ (A), ‘Hexagram’, ‘Minerva’ (Deftones), ‘I Live for Speed’, ‘Stay Away From Me’ (The Star Spangles), ‘Learn The Hand Way’, ‘Someday’ (Nickelback), ‘Low’ (Foo Fighters), ‘Picture’ (Kid Rock feat. Sheryl Crow), ‘Price to Pay’, (Staind), ‘Still Waiting’ (Sum 41), ‘Take It Off’, ‘You Invited You?’ (The Donnas), ‘The Taste of Ink’ (The Used), ‘You Know You’re Right’ (Nirvana). A wonderful new DVD from Martin Taylor and an all-star group including trumpeter Guy Barker, Vocalist Alison Burns, bassist Ewen Vernal, pianist David Newton and drummer Steve Brown. Titles include; Making The Move, Freternity, Skylark, Stella By Starlight, Joyspring, Chez Fernand, You Know It's True, Lullaby of the Leaves, The Odd Couple, Kissing Bug, L'il Darlin', Hymne A L'amour and You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To.

Concert Running Time: 67 minutes. Total DVD Running Time: 106 minutes.Language: English. Aspect Ratio: 16:9. Format: PAL. Colour.

Paul O'Dette plays lute and orpharion on this recording. The set of five high quality CD's are already regarded as the definitive recorded version of the complete lute works of John Dowland and have won several major awards. Achieved top marks when reviewed in the October 1996 issue of Classic CD magazine. This CD consists of 25 works by John Dowland for lute and orpharion. Titles are: 'Pavana', 'Mr Knights Galliard', 'My Lord Willobies Welcome Home', 'The Frog Galliard', '(A Fancy)', 'My Ladie Riches Galyerd', 'The Lady Laitons Almone', 'A Dream (Lady Leighton's Paven)', 'Galliard', 'Orlando Sleepeth', '(What if a Day)', 'Mrs Winters Jump', 'M. Giles Hobies Galiard', 'Dr Cases Pauen', 'Mellancoly Galliard', 'Mistris Whittes Thing', 'Go From My Window', 'Almain', 'Farewell'. This book offers a comprehensive study of the Gypsy jazz or Manouche guitar style as perceived by French guitarists Derek Sebastian and Romane, two of the finest modern day practitioners of the Django Reinhardt style. While many exercises and tunes appear in both standard notation and tab, not to mention chord or fretboard diagrams. L’Espirit Manouche not only makes Gypsy jazz accessible; it offers an opportunity to master the Manouche style. A first of it's kind approach to the learning of the double bass, incorporating traditional classical studies with practical jazz and popular music applications. CD Contents/Transcriptions: ‘Little Niles’, ‘Lady Goes to Church’ (John Renbourn), ‘The Handing Down’ (Ed Gerhard), ‘Deep River’ (Duck Baker), ‘After You’ve Gone’ (Paul Yandell), ‘Hark The Herald Angels Swing’ (Howard Morgen), ‘Every Night when the Sun Goes Down’ (Michael Miller), ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies’ (Tim Sparks), ‘Sweet Rotunda’ (Mark Hanson), ‘Blind Scat Rag’ (Fred Sokolow), ‘Away Down in the Alley’ (Lonnie Johnson). Preludes 13-24. Second book of twelve preludes by one of the most innovative composers working in the field of the classical guitar today. A basic but useful book for left handed beginners. Contains 15 popular folk songs with very easy chord shapes. Suitable for group or individual instruction. Get your first taste of the slide guitar and the blues tones of an open-tuning as you receive a private lesson from one of today's finest writers and guitar instructors. In this DVD Hamburger introduces you to the open G and open E tunings, beginning with the basics of getting a good slide sound. You will learn slide scale patterns and riffs in open position and up the neck, as well as how to create your own riffs, solos and accompaniments in the styles of blues heroes Muddy Waters, Elmore James, and open-tuning masters Duane Allman and Ry Cooder. Includes a booklet with easy-to-follow notation and diagrams. Titles are: 'Vida la de Lucho', 'Regreso', 'Buscapie', 'Rastro de amor', 'A Francisco', 'Agarrado', 'Ronda de Lele', 'Chayita de la ronda', 'Luz de giro', 'A Paulino', 'Laurel', 'Chacarera tenebrosa', 'La memoria cuenta', 'La antuquera', 'Al Menchi', 'Buena yunta', 'Que lo diga el rio', 'Chacarera ututa', 'Cueca la diagonal', 'Taficena'. This previously un-issued last recording of The George Barnes Quartet is a must for all jazz guitar fans. The live recording features excellent performances by the quartet who consisted of George Barnes and Duncan James (guitar), Dean Reilly (Bass) and Benny Barth (drums). Titles are: ‘Fascinating Rhythm’, ‘Introductions’, ‘Why Was I Born?’, ‘When Sunny Gets Blue’, ‘Sweet Georgia Brown’, ‘Cheerful Little Earful’, ‘Theme from The Flintstones’, ‘I May Be Wrong’, ‘Three Little Words’, ‘Don’t Get Around Much Anymore’, ‘Pick Yourself Up’, ‘Moonglow’, ‘Perdido’, ‘I Can’t Get Started’, ‘Blues Goin Up’. The five ballads are selected from Persian folk music. They are arrnged here in their purest and most direct form. They speak directly to people and although old, they remain popular with Persians to this day. The ballads originate from various parts of Persia where different dialects are used. Titles are: 'Gol-e-Gandome', 'Dareneh-Jaan/Aziz-Joon', 'Leila-Leila', 'Jaan-e-Maryam', 'Lala-ee'. The first in a series of two fabulous albums each containing 13 solos transcribed note for note from Annibal Augusto Sardinha's (Garoto) historic recordings by Brazilian guitarist Paulo Bellinati. These beautifully produced books are amongst the most important titles for lovers of South American guitar music. Titles are: 'Duas Contas (original)', 'Duas Contas (arrangement)', 'Ispiracao', 'Lamentos do Morro', 'Um Rosto de Mulher', 'Sinal dos Tempos', 'Debussyana', 'A Caminho dos Estadas Unidos', 'Mazurka No. 3', 'Carioquinha', 'Voltarei', 'Desvairada', 'Improviso'. 'Make the Tune Your Best Friend' is a fresh musical approach to jazz improvisation that raises the level of your awareness and provides you with the tools to master this unique language. All aspects of a tune are looked at: Melody, harmony, dynamics, motif development and much more. You will come to believe in yourself and learn to be true to your own unique musical style and expression. For jazz musicians of all levels and all instruments. An Enrique Vargas transcription

At last, the long-awaited transcriptions of the historic CD 'Yerbagüena' by Pepe Habichuela has been released in Enriqie Vargas ' “Great Flamenco Guitars of Today Library”. This two-volume edition includes a hand-written exclusive authorization by the author of the music. A bilingual English/Spanish edition, the music is presented in staff notation and tablature formats with complete fingerings for both hands.

The original CD was the first album that fused Gypsy flamenco with the music of India, the homeland of the Romá (Gypsies). The ease with which Habichuela's guitar blends with the colorful Indian melodies of the Bollywood Strings, full of microtones and oriental embellishments is truly astonishing. Two, this work is a fruit of the combined effort of four different members of this outstanding flamenco family, the Carmona: maestro Pepe Habichuela; his son Josemi, himself a great guitarist, composer, arranger and producer; Juan Carmona, guitar virtuoso and also a great composer; and, last but not least, Antonio Carmona, an extraordinary percussionist.

As in all of his books, Enrique Vargas offers detailed explanations on the forms included on the CD, foot marking, tonalities, the basics of the harmonic and melodic language of each form as well as the analysis of the most difficult compás, falsetas and technical aspects of the artist's style. This turns each book into a mini-manual of flamenco in general and the personal style of each guitarist in particular.

Titles include: Yerbagüena (Oriente)” (rumba), Bangalore Krishna (bulería), A mi chaché Miguel (soleá), and Se la llevó Dios” (malagueña de Cádiz).

A great source of material for flamenco guitar, traditional as well as modern.

Ukulele jazz master Lyle Ritz shares many of his playing techniques in this educational and entertaining 75 minute DVD. In the instructional portion, Lyle plays through seven different arrangements drawn from his Ukulele Masters: Lyle Lite songbook/CD, pointing out techniques and tricks that he has developed over a lifetime of performing.

You’ll learn how to play rips, parallels, bent notes, fills, falls, slides, slurs, rogue chords and deceptive resolutions. Lyle plays each song at a slower tempo initially, goes over the specific techniques employed in the arrangement, and then plays the song again at the correct tempo. Bassist Stephen Roane joins him on five of the songs. Songs taught are: Avalon, Beautiful Dreamer, Brahms’ Lullaby, Let Me Call You Sweet- heart, My Melancholy Baby, Shine On Harvest Moon and Ritz’s original B Blues In C.The lyrics, melody lines and ukulele chord grids are included as printable PDF files encoded in the disc.

In addition,this DVD includes a career retrospective interviewwith Lyle conducted by Jim Beloff.The interview covers Lyle’s entire musical career, including how he came to the ukulele and the making of his late 1 950’s jazz uke recordings for Verve Records. Plus, he recounts his ukulele contributions to the movie, Theierk, and talks about his more recent uke recordings, songbooks and awards, and his legendary work as an A-list studio bassist in Los Angeles. Open tunings have been used by many country blues guitarists. From the alternating bass styles of Furry Lewis and Mississippi John Hurt to the evocative and haunting sounds of Skip James to the ragtime blues of Blind Blake. In this series we discuss some of the finest guitar arrangements played in open tunings. For the intermediate guitarist. Titles are: ‘Turn Your Money Green’, ‘Special Rider’, ‘Vestapol’, ‘If You Don’t Want Me’, ‘Police Dog Blues’, ‘Kassie Jones’, ‘Sitting on Top of the World’, ‘Hard Time Killing Floor’, ‘I’m So Glad’. A basic method by this master of the jazz guitar, includes several original solos, including ‘Joe’s Blues’, ‘Blues for Nina’, ‘Grete and Alison’. A well laid out, easy to follow method. Today's music styles put incredible demands on right-hand technique. In this thirty-minute video, master bassist and teacher John Reid breaks down the essential right-hand techniques of modern electric bass playing and demonstrates a series of play-along exercises guaranteed to develop monster chops. The instruction includes one-, two- and three-finger exercises plus poppin' and slapping techniques. Titles are: 'Maxixe', 'Ca'azapa', 'Jha che Valle', 'Un sueno en la Floresta', 'Pais de Abanico', 'Villancico de Navidad', 'Waltz Op. 8, No. 4', 'Allegro Sinfonico', 'Julia Florida', 'La Catedral', 'Aconquija', 'Waltz Op. 8, No. 3', 'Prelude in c minor', 'Madrigal', 'Choro da Saudade', 'London Carape', 'Danza Paraguaya'. Titles are: 'Jubilation', 'The Water is Wide', 'Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child', 'He;s Got the Whole World in His Hands', 'Cavatina', 'Ciranda Bambole', 'Modinha', 'Lamento', 'Cacador', 'Campo', 'La Rosa y El Sauce', 'America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)', 'At the River', 'Ching-a-ring Chaw', 'Canconeta', 'Con amores, la mi Madre', 'Pampano Verde', 'La Arrulladora', 'Granadinas', 'Koyunbaba, Op. 19'. Whether you're in a recording studio, setting up onstage or recording an outside broadcast, choosing the right mic for the right job is only half the battle. You've still got to make sure it's the right height, positioned correctly and connected up properly. And that's before anyone makes a sound! Fortunately, help is at hand with Practical Recording 1: Microphones, a complete blow-by-blow study of everything to do with capturing the right sound. Volume 5 in the Andrés Segovia and His Contemporaries series features 12 tracks from 1939 by the Spanish born Hollywood guitarist Vicente Gomez. Gomez was one of the most popular guitarists of his day playing repertoire covering both the classical and flamenco fields. The CD is completed with 7 tracks by Segovia recorded between 1928 and 1929. All tracks have been digitally remastered and sonically restored. From the original 78rpm records. Titles are: Gomez: ‘Romance de Amor’, ‘La Farruca’, ‘Sevillanas y Panaderos’, ‘Alegrias’, ‘Granada Arabe’, ‘Solea’ (Gomez), ‘Cancion Triste’ (Calleja), ‘Preludio’ (Sor), ‘Rapsodia Andaluza’ (Marin), ‘Marietta & Adelita’ (Tarrega), ‘Estudio de Concierto’ (Aguado), ‘Fandanguillo from ‘Suite Castellana’’ (Torroba). Segovia: ‘Fandanguillo from “Suite Castellana” (Torroba), ‘Prelude from Cello Suite no. 1’ (Bach), ‘Etude in A major’ (Tárrega), ‘Canzonetta from string quartet in Eb Op.12’ (Mendelssohn), ‘Granada & Sevilla from ‘Suite Espagnole’’ (Albeniz), ‘Preludio’ (Torroba), ‘Vivo ed Energico from ‘Hommage a Boccherini’’. This 21st Century Pro Method book gives the student a systematically presented technical foundation while also building an enjoyable repertoire in a variety of traditional and contemporary styles. For solo guitar. As recorded by York on his GSP recording 'Perfect Sky'.