String Theory: Applying Jazz Harmony to Rock Lead Guitar. Learn how to apply jazz harmony to rock lead guitar with over two hours of instruction! You’ll learn how to craft musically strong melodies over chord progressions, apply arpeggio sweeps to changing chords, employ upper-structure voice leading to create harmonic tension, use chromatics to smoothly connect chord tones, and how to play like Michael Brecker, Carlos Santana, Gary Moore, and more! TAB booklet included on disc. String Theory, written by and featuring Guitar World Senior Music Editor Jimmy Brown, is a collection of the first 10 String Theory columns that...

Modern Drummer Festival 2011 took place at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. In a program packed with amazing performances and insightful educational segments, Gil Sharone (Stolen Babies/Dillinger Escape Plan) expands on concepts found in his Wicked Beats DVD Trevor Lawrence Jr. (Herbie Hancock/Dr. Dre) performs in hip-hop and fusion styles (with guest percussionist Taku Hirano), jazz innovator Jeff “Tain” Watts presents an incredible set with his stellar quartet, prog/metal star Aquiles Priester performs a blistering set of songs from Hangar and Freakeys, and, finally, drum superstar Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez performs with The New World Order, an...

Wolf Marshall 101 Must-Know Blues Licks PDF. Now you can add authentic blues feel and flavor to your playing! Here are 101 definitive licks – plus a demonstration CD – from every major blues guitar style, neatly organized into easy-to-use categories. They’re all here, including Delta blues, jump blues, country blues, Memphis blues, Texas blues, West Coast blues, Chicago blues, and British blues. Master all the styles and get yourself an arsenal of licks that will help you dominate your local jam session! Licks included are real life – easily recognizable lines that you can attribute to guitarist mentioned...

Jon Gomm Essential Percussive Guitar Riffs. I’m proud and excited to release my first ever guitar instructional video! A huge guitar lesson with me, over 2 hours long, based around 10 riffs which I’ve specially composed to take you deep within my playing style. I use these riffs to break down modern techniques like percussion, tapping, harmonics and upside-down playing, step by step, so that you can understand them, master them, and make music with them. I will teach you not just what to learn, but how to learn it. All the secrets, revealed. 2 hours 25 minutes running...

Steve Trovato American Blues in 6 Weeks. Welcome to the American Blues Guitar in 6 Weeks course. These blues guitar lessons are designed to focus your practice towards realistic goals achievable in six weeks. Each week provides you with essential blues guitar techniques, blues guitar concepts and blues guitar licks to help you play and understand blues guitar soloing at a manageable easy to follow pace. Week 1: These American blues guitar lessons are in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan and feature how to play blues guitar scale patterns, blues guitar phrasing, playing the shuffle feel, double stops,...

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Volume 5, Number 3 PDF + Mp3 CD. March – April 2001. Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is a bi-monthly publication dedicated to helping guitar players, from beginner to expert, increase their proficiency flatpicking the acoustic guitar. Each issue contains comprehensive instruction on flatpicking techniques as pioneered by great guitarists such as Doc Watson, Clarence White, Norman Blake, Tony Rice, and Dan Crary. Instruction, sheet music and articles cover all musical genres including bluegrass, old-time, folk, Western swing, gypsy jazz, new acoustic music, and acoustic rock. You’ll also find interviews with top performers, including tablature of their favorite...

Bob Mintzer 15 Easy Jazz, Blues & Funk Etudes PDF. For Bb and Eb instruments. Written for a wide variety of musicians, 15 Easy Jazz, Blues & Funk Etudes will appeal to both aspiring players and to more experienced musicians. For the younger player, particular care is given to range, rhythmic figures and overall playability. The more accomplished musician will appreciate the high level of musicality, the lyrical compositions and the opportunities to improvise. Either way, the format is simple: Bob Mintzer plays and demonstrates each etude with a stellar rhythm section on the included CD. You learn each...

Steve Trovato Beginning Blues: Rhythm Guitar. Begin your dream of becoming a great blues rhythm guitarist now with Steve Trovato’s Beginning Blues Rhythm Guitar. This book and DVD kit focuses on blues rhythm guitar techniques and features both standard music notation and TAB. On the DVD, Steve Trovato guides you through every lesson and music example. Whether you are a beginning guitarist or an advanced player just getting into the blues, this book and DVD will get you playing authentic blues rhythm guitar right away. Learn over 50 blues rhythm patterns, including the medium shuffle, uptown blues, slow blues,...

Most guitar players spend more time learning “lead” guitar than they do working on their rhythm chops. Whether you’re a pro, a weekend warrior or just jam with your buds, you’ll play far more rhythm guitar than lead, and have a much better chance of getting and keeping the gig if you can play great rhythm guitar. Top educator and blues-rock maestro Jeff Scheetz presents 50 Blues Rock Rhythms You MUST know! 50 Blues-Rock Rhythm Licks You MUST Know covers licks, riffs and rhythmic patterns in the style of Joe Bonamassa, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Allman...

Acoustic Guitar Course The Rock House Method. Acoustic Guitar Course designed to take you from the very first stages of beginner to intermediate player in no time. JAM packed with instruction that covers a complete spectrum of techniques and components for acoustic guitar. You will learn the parts of the guitar, proper hand position, tuning, open and full form chords, Strum Patterns, Major & Minor Scales, Song rhythms and the basics of Finger Picking. You will be playing complete song rhythms with the full band backing tracks. The lessons are easy to understand and presented in a way that...