Ledward Kaapana The Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. Ledward Kaapana is widely acknowledged to be one of the most exciting and accomplished players in ki ho’alu, or slack key guitar style. Playing in open-chord and other alternate tunings, Led’s two-finger picking and alternating bass is reminiscent of the great blues and country guitarists, but with the licks and harmonies typical of Hawaiian traditional music. His playing is loose and improvisational, and his repertoire encompasses both quiet, beautiful melodies and rip-roaring show-stoppers with lightning-fast licks and fancy picking. The beauty of the slack key style is that it’s made up of...

Patrick Wilson Teach Yourself to Play Drums PDF. Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now! Learn to play the drums and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about various drum types and the sounds they create, playing basics, proper drumstick grips, and getting acquainted with standard drum notation. You will then move right along to playing different lines with different tempos, rhythms, and grooves, lesson by lesson, all while...

Doyle Dykes Dykesology PDF. Dykesology for Guitar (Fingerpicking). Bluegrass & Country, intermediate. Book/CD Set. As one of the brightest stars in the world of fingerstyle guitar, Doyle Dykes breathes new lifer and considerable swing and soul into the genre. This book presents ten outstanding arrangements, offering a cross-section of Doyle’s music and a panorama of his career.  Doyle engages his audiences with an astounding arsenal of right and left-hand techniques, sweeping them along on a musically satisfying, even spiritual flight. He is also an innovative and gifted arranger. This book contains pieces in standard and altered guitar tunings written...

Pete Wernick Bluegrass Jamming DVD download. 105 Minute DVD, Includes lyrics and chords. With Nick Forster, Sally Van Meter, Michael Kang, Ben Kaufman, Eric Walser and Joan (Nondi) Wernick. Pete Wernick now has the perfect solution for novice bluegrass players who want to start jamming, or for any picker wanting to build experience and confidence. He has gathered several top musicians to create a “DVD jam session” that players of any level can get in on. Here’s an opportunity to participate in this wonderful activity, and get ready for the “real thing” – so grab your instrument, put the...

Guitar Lessons Genre Bluegrass Volume 3 download free. This music is usually related to the deep southerns. It can be refered to “twangy” because of the banjos and other musical instruments. It is similar to country music but bluegrass usually are based upon religion, freedom, and the older days. Some songs are the artist just talking/singing or they have several musical instruments such as a banjo, violin, and more banjos. The songs almost never have a negative message and are created for easy listening. Bluegrass is a genre of music that is REALLY hard to sing or play but...

Fingerstyle Guitar New Dimensions & Explorations Volume 1. Featuring: Steve Howe, Adrian Legg, John Fahey, Bert Jansch, Jorma Kaukonen, Will Ackerman, John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman, Larry Coryell, Martin Simpson, Bob Brozman, Duck Baker, Brad Jones, Pat Donohue and others. “This three DVD set features new and archival footage of performances by the preeminent names in steel-string fingerstyle guitar. Beginning with Peter Finger’s breathtaking ‘A Trip Through The Pyrenees’, the collection boasts some real gems: a rare late 1960s clip of Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady – a.k.a. Hot Tuna doing ‘Hesitation Blues’, Bert Jansch delivering a soulful version of...

Learning Piano with Pete Sears DVD download. Learning Piano is a 3 Hour DVD that’s chocked full of easy-to-digest piano chords, scales and progressions to get your fingers moving across those 88 keys instantly! In Pete Sears 41 years as a professional musician, Pete has played Keyboards, Bass Guitar, or both with a large variety of artists including playing piano on the classic Rod Stewart albums, “Gasoline alley”, “Every Picture Tells a Story”, “Never a Dull Moment” and “Smiler”, as well as the singles “Reason To Believe” and “Maggie May”. Pete was with the Jefferson Starship from 1974 to...

Mark Stuart Americana Acoustic Guitar Styles DVD download. Americana Acoustic Guitar is a great lesson for the guitarist who wants to spice up his/her playing with some new idea on backing themselves or other singers. Mark Stuart is master at this style of playing and is known Internationally as one of the great sidemen. He’s a good teacher, too! In this lesson, Mark focuses on various techniques and thoughts that will help you zone in on what it takes to become a tasteful side person, or to back yourself on your own songs. Topics include: Mark’s Hybrid Style (playing...

Steve Khan Contemporary Chord Khancepts PDF. Contemporary Chord Khancepts presents information for guitarists of all styles-from Rock, Latin, and Funk to Country, Jazz, and Alternative. Steve shares his approach to chord construction, an area he has become known for on guitar. In this book, he has taken a complex subject and broken it down into simple building blocks and small study units. You will learn to extend your sense of harmony by the superimposition of chord forms which are familiar, as well as a world of new ones. Your ability to express yourself and create textures and musical moods...

Master Anthology Of Fingerstyle Guitar Solos Volume 3 PDF. The 3rd book in the series Master Anthology Of Fingerstyle Guitar Solos. Written in standard notation and tablature for the intermediate to advanced guitarist. This is a book plus disk set, with a lot of great music to listen. These are not silly little drills, but production quality from world class artists.  It is not easy stuff, and it takes a lot of work to master it. Highly worth the effort. There is the 3rd book of Guitar Solos series, previous two books: Master Anthology of Fingerstyle Guitar Solos Vol...