A Song Tune

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This info-filled volume samples the many sounds of early acoustic blues, with transcriptions of six classic tunes, notes on the history and development of the genre, extensive instruction in the different playing styles, and biographies of the pioneering artists. The CD features examples of all songs, exercises, and licks. Includes: Baby, Please Don't Go (Lightnin' Hopkins) • Come Back Baby (Mance Lipscomb) • Hey Hey (Big Bill Broonzy) • I'm So Glad (Skip James) • The Prodigal Son (Reverend Robert Wilkins) • and Stack O'Lee (Mississippi John Hurt).

Using instructional text and actual songs, author Kenny Sultan covers blues in five different keys and positions and shows how they can be adapted to any key. Along with the basic blues rhythms and leads, fingerstyle blues is covered, using both an alternating and monotone bass. Sultan also touches on the specific techniques of various well-known players, open tuning, and bottleneck guitar. The accompanying CD includes each example and every song, most of which are played both in slow speed and at regular tempo.

In this book/CD pack, Musicians Institute instructor Sid Jacobs, who organized the school's Jazz Guitar elective, translates the playing of quintessential jazz pianist Bill Evans for guitarists to enjoy. Includes music, instruction and analysis of 14 Evans' pieces, all in their original keys and with full demonstration tracks on the accompaniment CD. Songs include: Funkallero • Laurie • Letter to Evan • My Bells • Orbit • Peace Piece • Peri's Scope • Remembering the Rain • A Simple Matter of Conviction • Time Remembered • Turn Out the Stars • The Two Lonely People • Very Early • Waltz for Debby. Sid's marvelous transcriptions of Bill Evans' tunes for solo guitar have just raised the guitar to a new level. This is contemporary guitar at its harmonic best. - Joe Diorio

Pat Martino learned how to play superb jazz guitar twice; he emerged as a powerful musical force in the '60s, playing pro at age 15, then had to relearn everything after brain surgery in 1980 caused him to forget how to play. With this book/CD pack, you can learn the trademark riffs, solos and compositions of this remarkable modern jazz guitar virtuoso. Features in-depth explorations of 14 works: All Blues • Along Came Betty • Blue in Green • Nefertiti • Oleo • Road Song • Stone Blue • The Visit • and more.

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so PC and Mac users can adjust the recordings to any tempo without changing pitch! Songs: I Remember You (Tal Farlow) • I'll Remember April (Grant Green) • Impressions (Pat Martino) • In a Mellow Tone (Joe Pass) • Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith) • On a Slow Boat to China (Barney Kessel) • Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Jim Hall) • Yesterdays (Wes Montgomery).

Features 63 instantly-recognizable riffs from top '90s tunes including: Are You Gonna Go My Way • Blue on Black • Come as You Are • Come Out and Play • Fly Away • Give Me One Reason • Hold My Hand • The Impression That I Get • Iris • Loser • More Than Words • My Own Worst Enemy • Name • No More Tears • Self Esteem • Silent Lucidity • Smells like Teen Spirit • Spoonman • Sugar • Tears in Heaven • Trust • Two Princes • Would? • You Were Meant for Me • and more.

60 essential riffs from some of the greatest acoustic guitar moments of all time. Includes: Angie • Annie's Song • Bus Stop • Change the World • Crash into Me • Dust in the Wind • Fire and Rain • Free Fallin' • Heaven Beside You • Here Comes the Sun • Hold My Hand • Iris • Landslide • Leader of the Band • Loser • Maggie May • Melissa • More Than Words • Name • Silent Lucidity • Wonderwall• You Were Meant for Me • and more.

Blues Guitar Chords and Accompaniament is the ultimate guide for learning how to play guitar accompaniament in one of the oldest and most popular forms of American music! Starting with such basics as tuning, music notation and theory, the book guides you step by step through a variety of basic open chords, strumming patterns, and accompaniment styles, along with numerous techniques involved in blues rhythm guitar. Throughout the book, you'll find easy-to-follow diagrams, ample music examples and exercises, and various blues riffs and sample songs.

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