Teaches you how to hear and play Louie Louie, Satisfaction, I Walk the Line, Let it Be, Light My Fire, and Smells Like Teen Spirit.Includes chords, strum patterns, guitar lines and improvising scales.Presents history of each song with photos of key recording artists.Contains appendices with rock power chord studies and warm-up, flexibility and technic studies.
Teaches you how to hear and play Louie Louie, Satisfaction, I Walk the Line, Letit Be, Light My Fire, and Smells Like Teen Spirit. *Includes chords, strum patterns, guitar lines and improvising scales. *Presents history of each songwith photos of key recording artists. *Contains appendices with rock power chord studies and warm-up, flexibility and technique studies.
This book and accompanying video provide a thorough introduction to flamenco guitar. What are the essential elements and techniques of flamenco guitar playing? How does one capture the real essence of authentic flamenco guitar? These are questions that Juan Martin, celebrated virtuoso flamenco guitarist and teacher, addresses in this first book of a projected three-volume series. The method is designed for the complete beginner and requires no prior knowledge of the guitar or flamenco music. It also provides invaluable insight and material for more advanced players who want to capture the essential sounds, rhythms and emotional power of true flamenco. The series begins with in-depth demonstrations of how the basic building blocks of flamenco guitar technique are used in actual flamenco music. The material then progresses to a detailed exploration of the individual rhythmic forms - the palos. In this book, the fundamental palos of Solea and Alegrias are presented to emphasize the basic rhythms and provide examples of falsetas - the melodic passages. Martin then shows how to apply these when collaborating with a dancer and singer. The music is transcribed in standard notation and tablature (cifra), and the online video contain over 3.5 combined hours of explanation and demonstrations. Provides a detailed introduction to basic techniques, using examples of authentic flamenco to show these techniques in action. Then progresses to demonstrations of the Solea and Alegrias, including music for the soloist and the guitar accompanying the dancing and singing. Includes access to online video.
This supplement to the Modern Guitar Method series focuses on playing chords. Chords are Shown in easy to play forms and strumming patterns for chords in the key of C, G, D, E minor, and A minor. A companion CD is included.
(Guitar Method). This practical, comprehensive method is used as the basic text for the guitar program at the Berklee College of Music. Volume One builds a solid foundation for beginning guitarists and features a comprehensive range of guitar and music fundamentals, including: scales, melodic studies, chord and arpeggio studies, how to read music, special exercises for developing technique in both hands, voice leading using moveable chord forms, and more.
In this expansive book, versatile Argentine guitarist and teacher Pablo Pescatore provides a masterclass in the theory behind creative rock soloing. From the ground up, he presents the theoretical building blocks of major, minor, pentatonic, and modal scales followed by triads and seventh chords in all keys, not just the guitar-friendly ones. Then he proceeds to analyze rhythm in all common and uncommon time signatures before delving into 20 exotic scales. Written in standard notation and tablature, the truly unique aspect of this book is the author’s insistence on improvising with an acute awareness of rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and dynamic values—not just playing fast and loud in predictable patterns. Demonstrating his ideas in 120 audio examples and a final knock-out blues progression, Pablo encourages readers to write, sing and otherwise incorporate their own variations into their music, dramatically changing the audio landscape of rock guitar soloing. Includes access to online audio.
The acclaimed first volume of this exciting series gave extensive insights into basic techniques of flamenco guitar playing and the two important rhythmic forms (palos) of Solea and Alegrias. This second volume continues on with an exploration of further essential rhythmic palos. The first of these is the Bulerias. Juan Martin brings his many years of experience as an internationally renowned flamenco soloist and accompanist for singers and dancers to unravelling its mysteries, explaining and demonstrating very clearly the different elements of its rhythmic structure and the various ways it may be accented and counted. He uses traditional and more modern examples of the different kinds of rhythm and melodic passages (falsetas) to provide an invaluable understanding of this wonderful palo. The second rhythmic form is devoted to the popular flamenco Rumba, then Tangos, Tientos and that most profound of all the palos, the deeply moving Seguiriyas. Juan's solo playing is complemented by demonstrations of the guitar's role in accompanying the flamenco dance (baile) and song (cante) with the help of outstanding dancers Raquel de Luna and Miguel Infante and singers Amparo Heredia (La Repompilla) and Carlos Brias. The music for solo guitar is transcribed in standard notation and tablature (cifra) and the online video contain nearly three hours of explanation and demonstrations. The series is complemented by two other best-selling Juan Martin volumes published by Mel Bay. These provide progressively graded solo material to extend the repertoire, from beginner to concert level. Includes access to online video.
(Berklee Guide). These time-tested exercises will help you to play by ear. This book with online audio recordings introduces the core skills of ear training. Step by step, you will learn to use solfege to help you internalize the music you hear and then easily transpose melodies to different keys. Learn to hear a melody and then write it down. Develop your memory for melodies and rhythms. Transcribe live performances and recordings. Listening is the most important skill in music, and this book will help you to listen better. Gilson Schachnik teaches ear training at Berklee College of Music. He is an active keyboardist, composer, and arranger, and has performed with Claudio Roditti, Mick Goodrick, Bill Pierce, and Antonio Sanchez. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Master 20 Beautiful Classical Guitar Pieces for Beginners. No Need to Read Music - Learn 20 great classical guitar pieces written by legends of the instrument - Presented in easy-to-read tablature and notation. No need to read music - Includes helpful analysis and breakdown of each piece, along with its historical background - FREE audio download - hear how each piece sounds to speed up your learning - Carefully selected pieces start easy and gradually become more complex - improve naturally as the book progresses First Pieces for Classical Guitar - Do you want to learn classical guitar, but don't know how to read music? - Do you want to build an impressive repertoire of complete pieces, but don't know where to start? - Do you want to develop style and authenticity on the classical guitar? First Pieces for Classical Guitar features 20 carefully selected pieces - each written by a past master of the instrument - aimed at beginners who want to learn to play entire, beautiful pieces. The natural progression of the studies from beginner to intermediate will help you develop your classical guitar language quickly and easily. Notation is included, but each piece is also presented in easy-to-read tablature, so an ability to read music is not necessary. Here's What You Get: - 20 beautiful, incremental classical guitar studies - Playing advice and a breakdown of each classical guitar piece - Perfectly notated music and guitar tablature with studio-quality audio to download for free. Go Beyond Traditional Guitar Lick Books This collection of classical pieces develops a satisfying performance repertoire for the advancing beginner, while progressively developing musical technique as the pieces progress. The music is drawn from some of the most famous and influential composers for the guitar, including... Carulli Giuliani Carcassi Fernando Sor TArrega J.S. Bach Marschner ...along with two traditional folk song arrangements. These 20 classical guitar masterpieces are presented in clear notation and tablature, along with a complete technical breakdown. This book is for students who have a passion to learn classical guitar, but do not necessarily read music. Hear it! Learning classical guitar pieces from paper is one thing, but once you hear them, they become much easier to learn. First Pieces for Classical Guitar contains supporting audio for each track, to help you get inside the music and quickly improve your ability. Buy it now to bring the authentic language of the classical guitar into your playing.
This second volume of the popular classical guitar method features instruction, graded exercises, practice studies, and a survey of the guitar repertoire. Volume Two develops technique, sightreading, and includes an advanced repertoire of thirty works.
