Surf Guitar
This totally tubular book/CD pack gives you all the tools to play convincing surf guitar, covering concepts, techniques, equipment and even surf slang! At the core of the book are six original surf songs by The Torquays, one of the best retro surf bands around. You can play along with these six tunes on the accompanying CD, and for each one, the book includes a transcription, lesson and analysis. With chapters on surf guitar gods like Dick Dale and The Ventures, this book is a must-have for beginning to advanced players! Includes tab.
400 Smokin’ Bluegrass Guitar Licks
Know only 20 guitar solo licks? How about 50? 100? 200? If that’s all, then you need this book, designed to help you improvise bluegrass style guitar solos. These 400 licks are played over standard chord progressions; the use of licks sometimes will take precedent over stating the melody. The progressions used are based primarily on common vocal numbers. Some of the licks included are: two-measure G and D licks, blue note licks, pentatonic scales, licks with slurs, boogie licks, moveable licks, embellishing a fiddle tune, practice loops of « Salt Creek » and « Billy in the Lowground » and many more. For intermediate level and beyond.
Creative Guitar 2 – Advanced Techniques
Creative Guitar 2 studies in depth the various techniques used by today’s guitar stars in their playing, including eight-finger tapping, playing harmonics and the undiscovered world of emulating other instruments. With an accompanying CD full of riffs and examples to illustrate the exercises and techniques presented, this book aims to provide guitarists with a lexicon of new musical ideas and a performance style that sounds both easy and professional.
Rock Bass – 2nd Edition
Foreword by Billy Sheehan Learn the essential rock grooves and bass lines in the styles of Paul McCartney, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Geddy Lee, Sting, Billy Sheehan, Flea, and many more! This completely revised edition will teach you the bassics of shuffle, straight eighth, the « bounce » feel, the Motown sound, funk, hard rock, techno-pop, power ballad, heavy metal, alternative, grunge, odd time signatures, dance rhythms, and more. It also includes an extensive overview of equipment, effects and essential listening suggestions. The CD includes 99 full-demo tracks and 131 music examples.
Absolute Beginners – Bass Guitar
Learning to play bass guitar is now easier than ever before! Each book in this fantastic series contains practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up, playing and maintenance. Pictures explain how to hold the bass, proper hand and finger positioning, playing notes and basslines by listening and accompanying the CD, and more.