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Hal Leonard Blues You Can Use Book/CD A practical guide to playing the blues. This practical guide to playing the blues features 21 complete solos, chords, progressions and riffs, turnarounds, movable scales, string bending, chord-melody style, soloing techniques, using 6ths, and more. Includes Texas, Delta, R&B, early rock, gospel, and blues/rock styles. CD features audio with leads and full-band backing. 96 pages. ****** Chords. Progressions. Riffs. Turnarounds. String bending. Chord-melody styles. Soloing techniques. Using 6ths. Includes CD with play-along songs and full-band backing. MJS Total Scales Techniques and Applications - Bass (Book/CD) Learn scales and master the bass. Recommended for any bassist regardless of playing level or musical taste. It starts with all the basics a beginner needs to know, and moves progressively through advanced and professional level techniques and applications. It is a scale encyclopedia, but more importantly it shows every possible way of using the scales to make music. You learn to play in every key and use every position on the fretboard. The CD includes many examples to enhance your learning. "...pure playing with basic scales and also tons of cool exotic scales that intermediate and advanced players will really enjoy. ...tons of cool guitar techniques... a rare resource that you'll use far more than you might anticipate." Chris Arnold, Guitar Digest Magazine ********* Recommended for any bassist regardless of playing level or musical taste. It starts with all the basics a beginner needs to know, and moves progressively through advanced and professional level techniques and applications. It is a scale encyclopedia, but more importantly it shows every possible way of using the scales to make music. You learn to play in every key and use every position on the fretboard. The CD includes many examples to enhance your learning. "...pure playing with basic scales and also tons of cool exotic scales that intermediate and advanced players will really enjoy. ...tons of cool guitar techniques... a rare resource that you'll use far more than you might anticipate." Chris Arnold, Guitar Digest Magazine Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Grade 1 Book - Expanded Edition If you or someone you know is just learning to play guitar, these lessons will help advance playing skills by leaps and bounds! Volume 1 of the Modern Guitar Method provides valuable enhancement to the world's most popular guitar instruction method. This comprehensive spiral bound volume doubles the amount of studies and solos presented. Every concept is reinforced by numerous pages of study material. In addition, every note contained in the original Modern Guitar Method Grade 1 is included and supported by additional playing material. ****** Expands entire content of Modern Guitar Method Grade 1. Double the amount of study and solo material. Spiral bound. Provides an incredibly solid foundation for any guitar student. Difficulty: Beginning. Page Count: 88. Binding: Wirebound. Size: 8-3/4" x 11-3/4". Format: Book. Series: Modern Guitar Method. Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.. Date Published: 1/17/2005. Hal Leonard Guitar Method Complete Edition (Book/CD) Volumes 1, 2, and 3 in one easy-to-use spiral-bound book plus 3 CDs! Volumes 1, 2, and 3 in one convenient spiral-bound book plus 3 CDs! The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is perfect for anyone just starting to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world. This super-convenient Complete Edition features the new and improved method books 1, 2, and 3 spiral-bound together. CDs give blow-by-blow assistance from super-player and author Greg Koch. ****** 144 pages. Size: 12" x 9". Composer: Greg Koch. ISBN: 634047019. Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method Composite Book The whole course in one package. Includes Books 1, 2, and 3. Book 1 explains proper beginning electric bass technique and covers 1st to 5th position. Book 2 deals with more dynamic concepts, including a step-by-step explanation of today's pop and slap techniques. Book 3 covers more advanced technique and theory, and introduces players to outboard effects and reading studio-type arrangements. Standard notation and tablature. 144 pages. ****** Includes Books 1, 2, and 3. Book 1 explains proper beginning electric bass technique and covers 1st to 5th position. Book 2 covers dynamic concepts, including a step-by-step explanation of today's pop and slap techniques. Book 3 deals with more advanced technique and theory, and introduces players to outboard effects for the bass. Includes a section on how to approach reading studio-type arrangements. Written in standard notation and tablature. 144 pages. Hal Leonard Play Drums Today! Level One (Book/CD/DVD) A Complete Guide to the Basics! Simply follow along with the songs in the booklet as you watch the teacher on the DVD. This complete guide to the basics includes assembly and maintenance, producing sound, music reading, and playing songs with a backup band. Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of music! Hal Leonard Teach Yourself Keyboard - Complete Kit Learn to play keyboard with quick and easy lessons! This learning package contains everything you need to get started on your path to mastering the electronic keyboard! The fast-paced, yet easy-to-follow instructional method, songbook, scale and chord charts are the perfect tools to help you start playing immediately, entertaining yourself and your friends! Included in this package (valued at over $40) are the Keyboard Method and Popular Hits books plus The Ultimate Keyboard Chord Chart and The Ultimate Keyboard Scale Chart. 140 pages. Hal Leonard Picture Chord Encyclopedia Book The most comprehensive guitar chord resource ever! Picture Chord Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive guitar chord resource ever! Beginning with helpful notes on how to use the book, how to choose the best voicings and how to construct chords, this extensive, 272-page source for all playing styles and levels features five easy-to-play voicings of 44 chord qualities for each of the 12 musical keys - 2,640 chords in all! For each, there is a clearly illustrated chord frame, as well as an actual photo of the chord being played! Includes info on basic fingering principles, open chords and barre chords, partial chords and broken-set forms, and more. Great for all guitarists! Hal Leonard Music Theory for Guitarists (Book and CD Package) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask Guitarists of all levels will find a wealth of practical music knowledge in Music Theory for Guitarists. Veteran guitarist and author Tom Kolb dispels the mysteries of music theory using plain and simple terms and diagrams. The accompanying CD provides 94 tracks of music examples, scales, modes, chords, ear training, and much more! Hal Leonard Metal Rhythm Guitar Volume 1 (Book/CD) Because rhythm and timing lie at the foundation of everything you play, its importance can't be underestimated. The Metal Rhythm Guitar series will give you that solid foundation you need. Starts with simple upbeat rhythms for the beginner and moves step by step into advanced syncopations - all demonstrated with seriously heavy metal examples that have practical applications to today's styles. Tablature. Music and examples demonstrated on CD. Hal Leonard Amazing Phrasing Guitar (Book/CD) Explores all the main components necessary for crafting well-balanced rhythmic and melodic phrases. Amazing Phrasing Guitar how phrases are put together to form cohesive solos. Many styles are covered - rock, blues, jazz, fusion, country, Latin, funk, and more - and all of the concepts are backed up with musical examples. The 50 ideas are divided into 5 main sections: The Basics covers fundamental but all too often forgotten techniques such as slurs and vibrato that can breathe new life into your phrases. Melodic Concepts explores various aspects of melodic phrasing, such as motifs, chromaticism, and sequences. Harmonic Embellishments discusses the melodic potential of harmonic intervals (dyads), chords, and chord partials. Rhythmic Concepts explores various aspects of rhythmic phrasing such as accents, free-time phrasing, and metric modulation, and how they pertain to melodic soloing. Solo Structure brings together all the topics discussed in the book to create the big picture. The companion CD contains 89 demos for listening, and most tracks feature full-band backing. ****** Book and CD package. Everything you need to know for killer solos. Many styles of music. CD with 89 musical examples. Backing band on most tracks. 5 sections:. The Basics. Melodic Concepts. Harmonic Embellishments. Rhythmic Concepts. Solo Structure. Hal Leonard Jam with Dire Straits Book with 2 CDs A powerful learning tool to help players extend their stockpile of licks and fills! Brothers in Arms sold over 26 million copies, and Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler is renowned for his wide range of playing styles. Now guitarists can jam along with 8 great Dire Straits favorites using this book/2-CD pack featuring note-for-note transcriptions, one CD with backing tracks minus lead guitar and vocals, and another CD of backing tracks with all guitar parts added. Songs include Brothers in Arms, Money for Nothing, Sultans of Swing, Tunnel of Love, Walk of Life, and more. Hal Leonard The Best of Nirvana Guitar Signature Licks Book with CD The Best of Nirvana lets you inside the playing of grunge god Kurt Cobain, teaching his riffs and licks that defined alternative music. Includes an introduction, detailed notes on Cobain's guitars, amps & effects, a discography, and these 12 Nirvana classics: "About a Girl," "All Apologies," "Come as You Are," "Dumb," "Heart Shaped Box," "Lithium," "The Man Who Sold the World," "On a Plain," "Penny Royal Tea," "(New Wave) Polly," "Rape Me," "Smells like Teen Spirit." ****** Includes Guitar TAB. 64 pages. Size: 12" x 9". Artist: Nirvana. ISBN: 634014722. Alfred Beginning Blues Guitar (Book/DVD) Any guitarist who has learned to play basic rock is ready for Beginning Blues Guitar, a comprehensive collection of blues guitar lessons from outstanding blues guitarist Matt Smith. Important blues concepts such as 8- and 12-bar blues forms, phrasing concepts, and improvisation are explained, along with techniques including bending and vibrato. Close-ups of hands, split screens, and opportunities to improvise with a real blues band make learning fun and easy. DVD length: 1 hour 31 minutes.