The book offers an engaging approach to learning acoustic guitar, emphasizing a friendly and humorous teaching style. This revised edition includes both TAB and standard notation, along with a new DVD featuring guitar virtuoso Jared Meeker. Readers will learn essential skills such as holding the guitar, playing with a pick, and reading music, before progressing to advanced techniques like fingerpicking and improvisation. Covering various styles including blues, rock, country, and folk, it serves as a comprehensive guide for aspiring guitarists.
Building on foundational skills, this revised book and DVD package is designed for guitarists ready to advance their technique. It covers a variety of styles, including funk, bluegrass, and Delta blues, while focusing on mastering scales and upper fretboard positions. The new DVD, hosted by Jared Meeker, features essential demonstrations and performances, enhancing the learning experience. With updated examples and improved instruction on techniques like flatpicking and fingerstyle, it’s ideal for those transitioning from beginner to intermediate levels.
Let's face it---we all practice in front of the TV sometimes, so why not make the best of it? The Couch Potato Guitar Workout is a fun, straightforward, no-frills approach to building guitar technique while watching your favorite TV show or just vegging out on the couch. It's perfect for guitarists of all levels and styles looking to develop speed, strength, and accuracy. Learn the proper posture for sitting on a couch while playing guitar, how to practice without driving your couchmate crazy, basic finger mechanics, and even ways to work your flexors and extensors. With tons of exercises and licks to develop your technique in astonishing ways, The Couch Potato Guitar Workout is your ticket to advancing as a guitarist---all while sitting on your couch!
The book focuses on enhancing musical performance by developing agility and strength, allowing musicians to play with an effortless quality. It features 96 pages of music presented in both TAB and standard notation, complemented by a CD and/or DVD for demonstration and play-along purposes. This resource aims to empower musicians by providing practical tools for improving their skills.
Designed for intermediate guitarists ready to enhance their skills, this revised package offers a comprehensive approach to techniques such as speed development, jazz chords, and advanced methods like slapping and tapping. It includes lessons on composition and arranging, along with a new DVD hosted by acclaimed guitarist Jared Meeker, showcasing updated examples inspired by acoustic guitar masters. The second edition emphasizes improved instruction on various styles, including flatpicking, fingerstyle, and strumming, making it an ideal next step for those who have completed earlier courses.
Focusing on advanced techniques, this book enhances speed and agility through exercises like "machine gun strums" and slapping. It delves into various music styles, including Celtic, blues, reggae, and African/Brazilian, while exploring over ten alternate tunings. The method is designed for intermediate to advanced acoustic guitarists, emphasizing analysis, counterpoint, and voice leading. Additionally, a CD is included for play-along practice and demonstration of techniques, making it a valuable resource for players seeking to refine their skills.
Learn about arranging chord-melody solos using the entire ukulele fretboard,
and have fun playing solos of well-known songs like 'when the saints go
marching in' and 'star spangled banner'. Comes with DVD.
Beginning Ukulele, Intermediate Ukulele, and Mastering Ukulele together in one complete, comprehensive instruction book dedicated to revealing the secrets of the ukulele! Anyone interested in playing ukulele can pick up this fun, well-paced method and get started right away. Learn everything you need to know, including chords, strumming, picking, basic music theory, and reading tablature (TAB) and standard music notation. Featuring practice tips and other important issues for the beginning ukulelist, this comprehensive edition takes you from the absolute beginner level up to advanced chords and chord-melody playing. Play classics like Amazing Grace, Greensleeves, When the Saints Go Marching In, and The Star-Spangled Banner, and develop your skills to include jazz improvisation. Whether you are just starting to play ukulele or are an advanced player looking to improve your playing, this is the one book you need. Guitarists looking to expand their musical horizons will also find this to be the perfect introduction to the ukulele. Features * Examples in easy-to-read TAB and standard music notation * Large chord and scale diagrams * Plenty of fun examples to play in a variety of musical styles * Lessons on classic ukulele strums, such as the split strum, triple strum, and triple burst strum * All essential left-hand ukulele techniques, including hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides * Includes an MP3 CD with over 150 minutes of demonstrations by ukulele virtuoso Daniel Ho
The quickest, easiest, most enjoyable method for learning to play the
mandolin! Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method is one of the many new additions to
the Alfred's Basic family of methods, featuring clear, well-paced instruction.
Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic
Mandolin Method---the best choice for today's beginning mandolin students.
Book 2 features: New major and minor scales and keys Solos and duets including
American, German, Irish, Italian, Mexican, and Scottish folk songs Power
chords, double unisons, and palm muting Additional chords and strumming
patterns How to transpose Triplets, swing rhythms, and blues soloing Accents
and staccato (chop) articulations Photos and diagrams Songs include The
Entertainer, Tarantella, Greensleeves, and many others.
