The best-selling books written for beginners of all ages come alive in these easy-to-use software editions. Created for beginners with no musical training, this interactive approach gets you plaing right away by enabling you to see the music scrolling on your screen, adjust tempos and audio levels, and even record your performances! - Learn to play chords, scales and licks on acoustic or electric guitar - Become a well-rounded guitarist by learning a variety of styles

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Guitar

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Manus, Ron

Manus, Morty

Music

Alfred Music Co

At long last, the secrets of Tower of Power drummer David Garibaldi's groundbreaking funk/jazz fusion drumming techniques are presented in this innovative book. Whether you play rock, heavy metal, jazz or funk, you'll learn how to incorporate Garibaldi's contemporary "linear" styles and musical concepts into your playing as you develop your own unique drumset vocabulary. Funk/Jazz techniques are highlighted in chapters on development of the "Two Sound Level" concept, Four-Bar Patterns, Groove Playing and Funk Drumming, followed by a series of challenging exercises which include 15 Groove Studies and 17 Permutation Studies. These techniques are combined with modern musical ideas that will help you build a solid foundation and add finesse to your bag of tricks.

Future Sounds: A Book of Contemporary Drumset Concepts

Garibaldi, David

A thorough course, paced for beginners. Become a great blues guitarist by starting with the fundamentals, like holding the guitar, tuning up, and playing simple chords and notes, and continue to grow with more advanced topics explored later, like slides, tritone patterns and double stops. All the music in each 48-page book is shown in TAB as well as standard music notation and demonstrated on the accompanying CD and/or DVD.

Complete Blues Guitar Method: Beginning Blues Guitar, DVD

Jody Fisher sits down with the incomparable Tal Farlow in a candid, entertaining and instructional video. Tal shares many of his arranging and soloing techniques and also discusses his influences and the great players he's worked with from the early days of be-bop and throughout his career. The last video ever made by this great jazz legend, and by far his most personal. Running time: 1hr. 5 min.

An Evening with Tal Farlow: Jazz Guitar

One of the leading jazz guitar artists of our time demonstrates how to improvise over standards, scale use, composition, and guitar synthesis. Running time: 1 hour.

An Evening with John Abercrombie

Abercrombie, John

Alfred Publishing 00-251019 Chop-Monster, Book 1

Chop-Monster, Book 1 Trumpet 4

Berg, Shelly

Billy Sheehan shares the secrets of his signature techniques, including neck bends, tapping, pinch harmonics, and much more! This eye-opening look into the mind of a bass master will add new dimensions to your own playing.

Billy Sheehan Advanced Bass

Sheehan, Billy

Comprehensive instruction for the serious mandolinist. One of America's leading schools for contemporary music teaches you the concepts, techniques and theory you need to become a virtuoso performer.

The Complete Mandolin Method -- Beginning Mandolin: Learning Mandolin Is Easy with This Step-By-Step DVD, DVD

Horne, Greg

Every imaginable technique and pattern right at your fingertips. Whether you're new to fingerstyle or an experienced player wanting to enhance your skills and knowledge, this comprehensive course won't leave any gaps in your training and even includes techniques for creating your own fingerstyle arrangements.

Complete Fingerstyle Guitar Method: Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar, DVD

A hit with teachers and students alike, this great collection of exercises and technical studies breaks up the tedium of doing the same old routine every day. Includes daily warm-ups, lessons on right- and left-hand technique, and more.

30-Day Guitar Workout: An Exercise Plan for Guitarists, DVD

Fisher, Jody

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