Rock Wit U

This book/CD pack makes learning technique fun and musical for guitarists - teaching them real licks to help build their chops! Topics covered include: alternate picking, economy picking, sweep picking, fingerstyle, chicken pickin', classical, legato, tapping and more. Each technique is isolated, then applied to a range of musical styles: rock, jazz/fusion, blues, country, folk, metal and more. Also includes advice on warming up and practicing, a scale and arpeggio index, and a CD with 74 demo tracks.

15 hits by great singer-songwriters transcribed for acoustic guitar with notes and tab: California (Rufus Wainwright) • The Christians and the Pagans (Dar Williams) • Country Road (James Taylor) • Dog & Butterfly (Heart) • Flake (Jack Johnson) • From a Distance (The Byrds) • Greensleeves (James Taylor) • Helplessly Hoping (Crosby, Stills & Nash) • I Can't Help but Wonder (Where I'm Bound) (Tom Paxton) • Mother Nature's Son (The Beatles) • New York, New York (Ryan Adams) • No Such Thing (John Mayer) • Rocky Mountain High (John Denver) • Tripping Billies (Dave Matthews Band) • Willin' (Little Feat).

Our matching folio to Frank Zappa's influential first solo album features note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all six songs, lots of photos, and an intro by and album cover courtesy of Matt Groening. Includes: The Gumbo Variations • It Must Be a Camel • Little Umbrellas • Peaches in Regalia • Son of Mr. Green Genes • and Willie the Pimp. This 1969 jazz-rock fusion masterpiece also features guest appearances by Captain Beefheart and Jean-Luc Ponty.