In The Tradition Volume 1 award winning guitarist Stuart Ryan presents 11 beautiful solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements from the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland and America. Designed with intermediate and beyond players in mind, these arrangements are ideal for players looking to expand their repertoire and solo fingerstyle guitar technique. Explore a variety of tunings with 3 pieces in Standard tuning, 6 in DADGAD and 2 in Open G minor with the key forms of traditional music - airs, uptempo reels and jigs - all featuring in the book.\nEach piece contains detailed performance notes with both picking and fretting hand fingering suggestions so you can go deep into the repertoire and refine your own fingerstyle technique. The arrangements are presented in both standard notation and tablature with suggested tempos and a downloadable MP3 recording of each piece is available for reference.\nPieces from ‘The Tradition Vol 1’ are now included in the London College of Music’s Acoustic Guitar Grade exam syllabus making these arrangements an ideal study companion for anyone working towards exams or looking to build their performance repertoire. From slow airs to fast, challenging reels you are sure to find pieces to keep you engaged and moving forward with your fingerstyle playing.\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nStuart Ryan began his professional career in 2003 when he was awarded Guitarist Magazine’s ‘Acoustic Guitarist of The Year’. Guitarists across the world have been learning from his monthly columns in Guitar Techniques magazine since 2005 and his pieces feature in the London College of Music’s acoustic guitar syllabus and Rockschool’s electric guitar syllabus.\nA busy performer and studio guitarist he has appeared at London’s Royal Festival Hall twice and his original compositions are often featured on TV and radio across the world from the BBC to NBC. As a studio musician he has recorded on soundtracks for Amazon Prime and he works as brand ambassador for Vox amplifiers and Takamine guitars. For more information please visit https://www.stuartryanmusic.com.\nALSO AVAILABLE\nThe Tradition Volume 2\nIn the follow up to ‘The Tradition Volume 1’, Stuart Ryan presents ten solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements in Standard, Drop D and DADGAD tunings. Ideal for players who have worked through ‘The Tradition Volume 1’, these pieces explore the beautiful sound of Celtic guitar with arrangements for guitar of haunting traditional harp airs, exciting Scottish and Irish fiddle reels and mid-tempo jigs. Designed for guitarists of intermediate and above ability. It is not essential to have worked through the first book as these arrangements all stand as self-contained pieces.\nThe arrangements are all presented in tablature and standard notation with extensive performance notes, suggested tempos and downloadable MP3 recordings for reference.\nThe Heritage\nIn ‘The Heritage’ Stuart Ryan has created ten evocative solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements that take you from the vibrant sound of traditional Irish music to the haunting world of American Gospel and Spirituals and beyond. Ideal for fingerstyle guitarists of intermediate and above ability, these arrangements will introduce you to new techniques and will help you build a varied repertoire of solo pieces. You’ll work in a variety of tunings from Standard and Drop D to DADGAD, Open G major and Open D minor.\nThere are a variety of techniques to study in the book from Travis picking and traditional fingerstyle to Celtic tremelo technique and harp harmonics and more. Each arrangement includes detailed performance notes and extensive suggested picking and fretting hand fingerings so you can work through each piece in your own time with confidence.\nExplore the sounds of traditional American, Irish and Scottish music!

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LEARN HOW TO THINK LIKE THE NASHVILLE SESSION MASTERS!\nHow do Modern Country Superstars like Chris Brad Paisley, Chris Stapleton and Keith Urban create their huge melodic hits? How do studio session guitar masters like Tom Bukovac and Brent Mason always seem to find the right part for the song? If you are struggling to find rhythm parts, solos or fills this book will help. The secret is in learning how to layer guitar parts. Learn how today's Modern Country guitarists build a track from the ground up by layering multiple electric and acoustic parts to create solid, hook laden foundations.\nIn ‘Modern Country Guitar Jam Session’ award-winning guitarist and studio musician Stuart Ryan breaks it all down for you. You’ll start by learning how essential traditional Country Guitar techniques like chicken pickin’, hybrid pickin’ and open string licks work. You’ll then work through six authentic modern sounding tracks featuring multiple layered acoustic and electric guitars. You’ll discover how rhythm parts lock together and learn the importance of restraint with the short ‘Big Solo’. Learn the language of Modern Country guitar and expand your technique knowledge with rich open string chords, fingerpicked parts, big dirty rhythm chords, the all-important melodic hook and much more. When you have learned the written parts you’ll play along with six authentic sounding backing tracks and multiple ‘minus guitar’ tracks so you can create your own parts.\nWHAT’S INCLUDED Essential Technique exercises to get you started in the Modern Country genre or develop what you already know. Detailed performance notes for each track. Use the breakdowns to expand your own knowledge, understand what’s going on and develop your own approach to writing Modern Country parts. Six full length tracks containing authentic sounding Modern Country Guitar rhythm parts for acoustic and electric guitars, strumming, fingerpicking, hooks, fills & solos. Discover the styles and approaches of Modern Country heroes Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban & more. Learn to play on all styles of Modern Country from classic rock inspired tracks to acoustic ballads. Master Gig Ready licks, fills and solos that you can use next time you are onstage or in a studio recording session. Professionally recorded MP3 backing tracks so you can work on all the parts – full tracks, tracks with just one guitar removed and full ‘minus guitar’ tracks so you can create and record your own parts. Modern Country Guitar Jam Session is designed for intermediate level players with 2+ years playing experience on acoustic and electric guitars.\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nAward-winning guitarist/author Stuart Ryan is a busy working pro. He has written and recorded guitar parts for Amazon Prime movie scores and has topped the Amazon book charts with ‘The Soul Rhythm Guitar Book’, ‘The Americana Guitar Book’ and ‘The Legends of Acoustic Guitar.’ His professional career began in 2004 when he was awarded Guitarist Magazine's 'Acoustic Guitarist of The Year' and since 2005 he has written monthly lesson columns for Guitar Techniques, Guitarist and Total Guitar magazines solving problems for guitarists of all styles and genres. Today, guitar students across the world study his original pieces in the Rockschool and London College of Music guitar exam syllabuses. His original music is published through BMG international and is regularly used on TV and radio shows across the globe. Stuart is the brand ambassador for Vox Amplification and Takamine Guitars. Find out more at www.stuartryanmusic.com and get in touch via stuart@stuartryanmusic.com

Modern Country Guitar Jam Session (Country Guitar Playalong Series)

In ‘The Soul Rhythm Guitar Book’ Stuart Ryan showed you how to build Soul guitar parts and how to develop the skills you need to become a Soul Rhythm player. In this new book you will learn 100 gig-ready Soul riffs that will get you through most playing scenarios you find yourself in. The influence of Soul guitar has found its way into many other genres from Rock and Pop to Blues and beyond - become a better Soul guitarist and you will become a better RHYTHM guitarist! 
However, most guitar players freeze when asked to play through a stock chord progression creatively. There’s nothing worse than panicking and finding yourself falling back on the same old chord shapes you always use, shapes that may sound dense and clunky or don’t add any fire to the band mix. This book shows you how to break out of that mindset and how to play parts that can gel with the band or stand out if necessary. 
What’s Inside: Learn how to connect essential chords in creative ways and how to play through the most common chord progressions in Soul, Pop and Rock with parts that just sound right and won’t clutter the rhythm section. Learn how the Soul Guitar greats went beyond simply playing chords to inject cool licks, riffs and fills into their playing and transformed well-used chord progressions into music! Discover the signature sounds and secrets of Soul Guitar Masters like Steve Cropper, Cornell Dupree, Wah Wah Watson and many more. Learn how these players created their parts and you’ll be on your way to developing your own sound. 100 Riffs in tab and notation with performance notes and analysis for each riff. PLUS - BONUS 4 full tracks with band backing to learn so you can practise everything in a ‘real world’ scenario and develop your confidence as a rhythm player! All examples in tab and notation with free downloadable MP3s of each example and backing tracks. 
From James Brown style funk to Cornell Dupree’s ballad style playing, these riffs will get you ready for any scenario. Learn them, adapt them to create your own parts and you’ll approach the next gig, jam or recording session with the confidence of a great Soul Rhythm guitarist! 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR\nAward-winning guitarist/author Stuart Ryan is a busy working pro. He has written and recorded guitar parts for Amazon Prime movie scores and has topped the Amazon book charts with ‘The Soul Rhythm Guitar Book’, ‘The Americana Guitar Book’ and ‘The Legends of Acoustic Guitar.’ His professional career began in 2004 when he was awarded Guitarist Magazine's 'Acoustic Guitarist of The Year' and since 2005 he has written monthly lesson columns for Guitar Techniques, Guitarist and Total Guitar magazines solving problems for guitarists of all styles and genres. Today, guitar students across the world study his original pieces in the Rockschool and London College of Music guitar exam syllabuses. His original music is published through BMG international and is regularly used on TV and radio shows across the globe. Stuart is the brand ambassador for Vox Amplification and Takamine Guitars. Find out more at www.stuartryanmusic.com and get in touch via stuart@stuartryanmusic.com

100 Essential Soul Rhythm Guitar Riffs

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The Tradition Volume 1

Modern Country Guitar Jam Session (Country Guitar Playalong Series)

100 Essential Soul Rhythm Guitar Riffs