The World

A thorough breakdown of the guitar styles and techniques of Eric Clapton during his Cream days, including lessons and transcriptions for 12 classic tracks: Badge • Crossroads (Cross Road Blues) • Spoonful • Steppin' Out • Strange Brew • Sunshine of Your Love • White Room • more.

Explore the music of the world's greatest jazz guitarists! In this book/CD pack, Wolf Marshall provides a hands-on analysis of 10 of the most frequently played tunes in the jazz genre, as played by the leading guitarists of all time. Features: St. Thomas performed by Jim Hall, Tal Farlow and Kenny Burrell • All Blues performed by George Benson, Kenny Burrell and Pat Martino • Satin Doll performed by Howard Roberts and Joe Pass • I'll Remember April performed by Johnny Smith and Grant Green • and more! Each selection includes technical analysis and performance notes, biographical sketches, and authentic matching audio with backing tracks. This is a wonderful undertaking - a good selection of music well-played. To hear and study all the jazz guitar greats of yesterday and today like this will be of immense value to all players. - Herb Ellis

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.

Publikacja jest praktycznym przewodnikiem improwizacji na gitarze. W książce omówione są: gryf gitary, podstawowa teoria muzyki, skale muzyczne, interwały, triady, harmonizacja, konstrukcje akordów, harmonia jazzowa, skale pentatoniczne, harmonia modalna, substytuty akordów i reharmonizacje (książka jest napisana w języku angielskim). Dodatkowo do książki dołączona jest płyta CD. Na płycie tej znajdują się 86 ścieżki dźwiękowe, na których nagrane są ćwiczenia, skale muzyczne, modulacje, akordy i wiele innych.