HISTORY

Learn the trademark styles and techniques of the most celebrated guitarist in blues! This book/CD pack by Wolf Marshall is a breakdown of B.B. King's guitar style, sound and techniques, with a brief history and lessons for each piece. Covers 16 signature blues tunes, including: Beautician Blues • Five Long Years • Just Like a Woman • Riding with the King • Rock Me Baby • Sweet Sixteen • Three O'Clock Blues • The Thrill Is Gone • Why I Sing the Blues • You Upset Me Baby • and more!

Learn to play swing rhythm and lead guitar in the style of the masters! With this book/CD pack you get: transcriptions of 15 original hit recordings from the classics of the 1930s and '40s to the revival of the '90s; performance notes to help you understand the solos; instruction in comping patterns and chord embellishment; a history of swing guitar; and more. Songs: Choo Choo Ch' Boogie • Go Daddy-O • Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody • In the Mood • It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) • Jersey Bounce • Jump, Jive An' Wail • Route 66 • Sentimental Journey • Since I Don't Have You • A String of Pearls • Take the A Train • Tuxedo Junction • Zoot Suit Riot. The accompanying CD includes full-band demos of all the songs, with guitar parts isolated.

Take a journey inside the blues with Dave Rubin's latest book, Rockin' the Blues: 1963-1973. This seminal 10 years produced some of the most influential blues-rock guitarists of all time. Learn about the lives of these trail-blazing guitarists, their individual styles, accomplishments, and techniques, then play along with the accompanying CD and taste the magic yourself. Each chapter delves into the world of a key blues-rock guitarist from this period, with rare photos, historic insights, interviews, and guitar solos written in standard notation and tablature and performed by a full band on the included audio CD. Explore this exciting time in music history with a book that covers it like no other. Artists covered include: Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, Roy Buchanan, Eric Clapton, Alvin Lee, Keith Richards, Robbie Robertson, and others.

Take your guitar teaching to a new level! Hal Leonard's top-selling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar. With the time-tested classroom teaching methods of Will Schmid and Bob Morris, popular songs in a variety of styles, and quality demonstration and backing tracks on the accompanying CD, Essential Elements for Guitar is sure to become a staple of guitar teachers' instruction - and get beginning guitar students off to a great start. This method has been designed to meet the National Standards for Music Education, with features such as cross-curricular activities, quizzes, multicultural songs, basic improvisation and more. Concepts covered in Book 1 include: getting started; basic music theory; guitar chords; notes on each string; music history; ensemble playing; performance spotlights; and much more! Songs used in Book 1 include such hits as: Dust in the Wind • Eleanor Rigby • Every Breath You Take • Hey Jude • Hound Dog • Let It Be • Ode to Joy • Rock Around the Clock • Stand By Me • Surfin' USA • Sweet Home Chicago • This Land Is Your Land • You Really Got Me • and more!