(String Letter Publishing). You've dedicated years of hard work to learning the skills needed to play the violin, viola, cello or bass. Now what? The talented contributors to Making Your Living as a String Player come from all walks of life from symphony members to street musicians, educators to impresarios. But all share one thing: each has crafted a successful career as a string player, learning to pay the bills by doing what they love the most. And you can learn to do the same. Inside this volume, culled from the pages of the award-winning Strings magazine, you will find practical tips on writing a resume, starting a freelance career, getting an edge in the workplace, creating your own chamber music series, setting up a successful teaching studio in your home, and much, much more. Let Making Your Living as a String Player help you jumpstart your career as a professional string player.

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Learn to build your technique, arrange songs, and use alternate tunings with this book/CD pack featuring lessons by Acoustic Guitar music editor Dylan Schorer, blues wizard David Hamburger, fingerstyle expert Chris Proctor, and many others. Includes 8 complete songs to play: Amazing Grace * Ashokan Farewell * Satin Doll * more.

Fingerstyle Guitar Essentials (Acoustic Guitar Magazine's Private Lessons)

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(Guitar Collection). Learn bluegrass and folk with this book/CD pack featuring lessons by Acoustic Guitar assistant editor Scott Nygaard, award-winning guitarist Dix Bruce, legendary guitarist Happy Traum, and many others. Includes 16 complete songs to play: Banish Misfortune * Kentucky Waltz * Sally Goodin * Soldier's Joy * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * more.

Flatpicking Guitar Essentials

The editors of Acoustic Guitar magazine present top acoustic songs and artists with their unique book/CD packs that feature: a high-quality CD with original album tracks; songs by top songwriter-guitarists and instrumentalists; accurate off-the-record transcriptions; full guitar parts in standard notation and TAB; vocal melodies, harmonies, and lyrics; artist bios and photos; and detailed performance notes with tips from the artists. From burning bluegrass to folk-rock songwriting to lyrical instrumentals, High on a Mountain introduces you to the best of today's acoustic music scene. Hear all the artists on the bonus CD, then use the clear, accurate transcriptions to bring their songs to life. Includes: Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band - inch.Leroy's Dustbowl Blues inch. * Wayne Henderson - inch.Back Up and Push inch. * Taj Mahal - inch.When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul inch. * Jennifer Kimball - inch.It's a Long Way Home inch. * Franco Morone - inch.Walk on J.J. Cale's Walk inch. * Kate and Anna McGarrigle - inch.Green Green Rocky Road inch. * Clive Gregson - inch.Nothing Ever Lasts inch. * Gillian Welch - inch.Caleb Meyer inch. * Jones and Leva - inch.Where Did You Go? inch. * Andrew York - inch.Muir Woods inch. * Beth Orton - inch.Love Like Laughter inch. * Woody Mann - inch.And 3 Not 4 inch. * El McMeen - inch.Star of the County Down inch. * Judith Edelman - inch.Coming Home inch. * Nick Drake - inch.From the Morning. inch.

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(Guitar Collection). Straight from the experts at Acoustic Guitar magazine! The 12 "private lessons" in this book/CD pack are full of helpful examples, licks, great songs, and excellent advice on blues flatpicking rhythm and lead, fingerpicking, and slide techniques from some of the finest teachers around, including Mike Christiansen, Acoustic Guitar music editor Dylan Schorer, Stefan Grossman and many others. The book shows all examples in both standard notation and TAB, and the CD allows you to play and replay the lessons and songs until you've perfected them.

Acoustic Blues Guitar Essentials (Acoustic Guitar Magazine's Private Lessons)

There are a few things all guitar players want to know about accompaniment, such as how to sing and play simultaneously without missing a beat, how to master barre chords, and how to vary chords to make any song their own. This book/CD pack lets players get down to the basics with the master teachers at Acoustic Guitar magazine. Its nine in-depth lessons cover capo use, accompanying your voice, speeding up chord changes, backing up other instruments, and fingerpicking and flatpicking techniques in folk, rock, blues, Celtic and bluegrass styles. Includes nine great songs to play, with plenty of helpful tips and exciting variations.

Acoustic Guitar Accompaniment Basics: Acoustic Guitar Private Lessons

16 songs: Corey Harris - inch.High Fever Blues inch. * Mississippi John Hurt - inch.Louis Collins inch. * Cats and Jammers - inch.Love Come Back to Me inch. * Bill Frisell - inch.Brother inch. * Muleskinner - inch.Knockin' on Your Door inch. * Ricky Skaggs - inch.Amanda Jewell inch. * Tom Russell - inch.The Sky Above, the Mud Below inch. * Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck and Mike Marshall - inch.Travis inch. * Dama - inch.Sangisangy inch. * Patty Larkin - inch.Wolf at the Door inch. * Paulo Bellinati - inch.Embaixador inch. * Janis Ian - inch.At Seventeen inch. * Steve Tilston - inch.And So It Goes inch. * D'Gary - inch.Andriry inch. * Catie Curtis - inch.I Still Want To inch. * Duncan Sheik - inch.Barely Breathing. inch.

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