A series of tips, tricks, and techniques as used by the masters introduces the gypsy guitar style of playing. The first section covers the various traditional accompaniment rhythms such as pumping, waltz, bolero, bossa nova, and rumba. Part two introduces solo playing with techniques used in gypsy jazz: damping, sweeping, rolling, chromaticism, and more. The book ends with six pieces played by Angelo Debarre and accompanied by Samy Daussat. An aid to practicing soloing, the play-along tracks can be found at the end of t he CD along with all the exercises. Format: PDF + Audio tracks (Mp3). *In...

Blues Rock Guitar Masters Guitar Signature Licks: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Guitar Styles and Techniques. The song choice is really good and his explanations are clear and informative. Most of the CD tracks are played at normal speed then it is slowed unless the guitar part is relatively simple. The song difficulties are probably around medium. Any intermediate and advanced guitarist should be able to play this stuff. Beginners should also pick this up in order to gain more insight on blues and rock in general. Andy Aledort strikes again with this one. Everyone should also check out Jimi...

Groovy Guitar – 15 Classic 60s Songs. The “Groovy” in the title refers to the period of the sixties and to the grooves laid down-especially the swinging, walking bass lines running through some of the tunes(“Daydream”,”Spooky”,”Mellow Yellow” and “Happy Together”). This is definitely for the advanced player who wants to play creatively harmonized chord-melody solos of some great old pop tunes from the sixties. The author plays them on a nylon string but they translate well to steel strings. These arrangements are classy, idiomatic and make the guitar sound really good. I find that Bill Piburn’s arrangements are playable...

A complete warm up routine for guitarists with Danny Gill. This Fretboard Fitness DVD will guide you through 3 complete warmup routines: the 10 minute, 20 minute, and 30 minute drill! Play along with Danny in real time as he coaches you through scales, arpeggios, bending, sequences, picking exercises, stretches and more! Once you’ve mastered the exercises, this DVD can become an important part of your daily practice routine, whether you’re playing rock, blues, jazz, country or anything in between!     Language: English Year: 2006 Running time: 40 min Quality: DVD5 Video: MPEG PAL 4:3 (720×576) VBR Audio:...

Guitar Aerobics Intermediate offers three nice warmup routines covering right and left hand synchronization (alternate picking), sweep picking, bending and scale work. It recommended to anyone who is having trouble putting a warm up routine together and/or sticking to a standardized warm up routine. A complete warm up routine for guitarists with Danny Gill. This Fretboard Fitness DVD will guide you through 3 complete warmup routines: the 10 minute, 20 minute, and 30 minute drill! Play along with Danny in real time as he coaches you through scales, arpeggios, bending, sequences, picking exercises, stretches and more! Once you’ve mastered...

Explore the Southern Rock mastery of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s multiple Guitar assault, featuring: Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Ed King, and Steve Gaines. Performance notes and directions written by Dave Rubin. A step-by-step breakdown of the band’s Guitar styles and techniques. Listen to music, follow the tabs and play like your favourite musician. The Signature Licks Series features book and CD packs and DVDs specially designed to teach a musician the trademark techniques of popular artists and musical styles. Each package features an in-depth breakdown of the riffs and sounds unique to the band or artist: the sounds which have led...

Jazz Play-Along Volume 14 Irving Berlin PDF. For use with all Bb, Eb, and C instruments, the Jazz Play Along series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. For study, each tune includes a split track with melody cue with proper style and inflection, professional rhythm tracks, choruses for soloing, removable bass part and removable piano part. For performance, each tune also has an additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody)...

Features an interview with Jeff, including his funk guitar performance techniques, with musical examples. Not only will you learn classic funk guitar techniques, but you can also sit in with members of Tower Of Power, playing four fan favourites and for new grooves created just for you. Level: From Beginner to Advanced. For bassists we recommend another book: Sittin’ In With Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power. It’s a deceptively tricky and intricate playing style, and this book by TOP’s own Jeff Tamelier is a great resource for understanding and gaining tips on what he (and other TOP players)...

The Rolling Stones – Guitar Signature Licks PDF and Mp3 tracks. This is a wonderful instruction book for guitarists who wish to play the Rolling Stones repertoire in the style of the originals. The presentation is clear and to the point. Even beginners will get a great deal out of these lessons. Not for the beginner. No lyrics. You need to know the songs to get the best experience. Since the Stones catalog is so huge, it is not reasonable to expect that your favorites would be here. The books description needs to make that clear. There are 17...

Jazz Play-Along Volume 14 Herbie Hancock PDF. Perhaps the greatest Jazz Pianist ever, Herbie Hancock has been an innovator of Jazz since the 1960s. He achieved world renown as part of the Miles Davis Quintet and with his dozens of solo and ensemble albums he has released across four decades. This set contains a versatile Play-along CD for improvisation, study and performance, and with a choice of backing tracks (A split track with melody, removable bass and piano parts and a full stereo rhythm section), and easy to read, authentic and accurate lead sheets, players of all instruments will...