Blues Guitar For Dummies
Want to become the coolest possible version of yourself? Time to jump into learning the blues guitar. Even if you don't read music, Blues Guitar For Dummies lets you pick up the fundamentals and start jamming like your favorite blues artists. Blue...
Guitar For Dummies
The bestselling guide now updated with video demonstrations and audio tracks online The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians. Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition gives you everything...
Bass Guitar For Dummies
Way more than just the bass-ics Whatever you're playing-funk, soul, rock, blues, country-the bass is the heart of the band. Bassists provide a crucial part of driving force and funky framework that other members of any and work off. From John Paul...
Rock Guitar For Dummies
Check out this guide to rock guitar technique If you're ready to start playing some rockin' tunes on the guitar, there's no better teacher than Rock Guitar For Dummies. This is the ultimate guide to playing rock 'n' roll on six strings, even if yo...
Guitar Chords For Dummies
Chords, chords, and (almost) nothing but chords Guitar Chords For Dummies is full of, well, guitar chords. This indispensable reference is a must for guitarists of every ambition, skill level, and musical genre, providing a key to the simplest and most complex guitar chords—over 600 in all. Each chord is illustrated with a chord diagram and a photo with guitarist’s tips sprinkled throughout the book. You’ll also get a tiny bit of music theory, so you know what’s going on with all those symbols, and voicings for each chord in each of the 12 keys. And it’s even small enough to fit in your guitar case. Add sparkle and range to your musical repertoire. * Learn the theory and techniques for playing guitar chords * Reference over 600 chords spread over 12 keys * Easily try out new chords, thanks to the portable, lay-flat format * Go beyond the basics with sustained, augmented, diminished, and flatted chords Guitar Chords For Dummies is ideal for newbies just picking up the guitar and
Guitar Exercises For Dummies
A guitar-playing practice guide with hundreds of warm-up and technique-building exercises If you already play some guitar but need some practice, you're in the right place. Guitar Exercises For Dummies is a friendly guide that provides just enough need-to-know information about practicing scales, chords, and arpeggios in the context of specific skills and techniques to help you maximize its 400+ exercises and improve your guitar playing. (If you need instruction on topics like buying or tuning a guitar and playing basic chords, check out Guitar For Dummies.) This practical book starts off with warm-up exercises (on and off-instrument) and then logically transitions to scales, scale sequences, arpeggios, arpeggio sequences, and chords, with a focus on building strength and consistency as well as refining technique. Each section helps you to practice correct hand and body posture and experience variations, such as fingering options and hand positions, and then ends with a brief musical
Classical Guitar For Dummies
Discover the magic of classical guitar with this fun and easy guide The perfect starting point to learning classical guitar, Classical Guitar For Dummies, walks you through the steps, techniques, and styles you’ll need to finger-pick your way around some of the most beautiful songs ever written. Whether you’re a first timer looking to add your very first classical guitar to your collection or you’ve already made the jump to the classical style want to pick up some priceless tips, this book is the easy-to-read companion you’ll want at your side. You can even play along with audio and video examples at dummies.com that will help you on your journey toward classical guitar mastery. In Classical Guitar For Dummies, you’ll find: * Foundational and advanced techniques, from adapting your playing posture to coloring your tone with vibrato * Tips and tricks on playing classical guitar favorites, like Cavatina by Stanley Myers * Explorations of classical scales, up and down the guitar neck
Blues For Dummies
Get your mojo working as you take a musical trip from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago's gritty South Side and points beyond with Blues For Dummies, an insightful, toe-tappin', music lovers' guide to the blues. Popular blues guitarist Lonnie Brook...
Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies
Get ready to master the bass guitar faster than you can say "amplifier."¿ A staple of almost every genre of music out there, the bass guitar is a fundamental (and fun!) instrument that can now be easily learned by musicians of any experi...
Guitar Amps & Effects For Dummies
Learn the secrets to achieving your ultimate sound Whether amateur or pro, guitarists live for the ultimate sound.
Guitar Amps & Effects For Dummies
Learn the secrets to achieving your ultimate sound Whether amateur or pro, guitarists live for the ultimate sound. Guitar Amps & Effects For Dummies provides the information and instruction you need to discover that sound and make it your own!...
Blues Harmonica For Dummies
Breathe the blues into your harmonica! Blues harmonica is the most popular and influential style of harmonica playing, and it forms the basis for playing harmonica in other styles such as rock and country. Blues Harmonica for Dummies gives you a w...
Guitar All-in-One For Dummies
A one-stop resource to the essentials of owning and playing the guitar If you’ve just bought a guitar, or you’ve had one for a while, you probably know it takes some time and effort to learn how to play the popular instrument. There’s so much to know about owning, maintaining, and playing a guitar. Where do you even begin? In Guitar All-in-One For Dummies, a team of expert guitarists and music teachers shows you the essentials you need to know about owning and playing a guitar. From picking your first notes to exploring music theory and composition, maintaining your gear, and diving into the specifics of genres like blues and rock, this book is a comprehensive and practical goldmine of indispensable info. Created for the budding guitarist who wants all their lessons and advice in one place, the book will show you how to: * Maintain, tune, and string your guitar, as well as decipher music notation and guitar tablature * Understand guitar theory, sounds and techniques to help
Guitar All-in-One For Dummies
A one-stop resource to the essentials of owning and playing the guitar If you ve just bought a guitar, or you ve had one for a while, you probably know it takes some time and effort to learn how to play the popular instrument. There s so much to k...
Guitar All-in-One For Dummies
A one-stop resource to the essentials of owning and playing the guitar If you ve just bought a guitar, or you ve had one for a while, you probably know it takes some time and effort to learn how to play the popular instrument. There s so much to k...
Guitar Theory For Dummies with Online Practice
Make your guitar sing with insight on music theory brings your instrument to life There s a universe of incredible music living in your guitar. You just need to discover how to let it out. In Guitar Theory For Dummies, expert guitarist and instruc...
Guitar Theory For Dummies with Online Practice
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100 classic blues licks for guitar
100 classic blues licks for guitar
Duarte John: Music For Guitar Solo & 2 Guitars
Duarte John: Music For Guitar Solo & 2 Guitars [CD]
Improvising and Variations for Fingerstyle Blues Guitar
Improvising and Variations for Fingerstyle Blues Guitar
Beginner Blues Guitar Soloing
The Ultimate Guide to Blues Guitar Soloing Are you struggling to learn the authentic language of blues guitar soloing? Joseph Alexander has helped over 500,000 guitar players improve their skills with his practical, step-by-step guitar guides and his blues books are among his most popular. Finally, he's released his exclusive guide to learning authentic blues guitar soloing from scratch. Far more than a book of licks, this guitar method will help you learn the language of the blues soloing and speak it fluently. Beginner Blues Guitar Soloing This book will teach you how to play meaningful blues guitar solos from the ground up, with the minimum of theory. Here's what you get: -An easy reference guide covering every aspect of blues soloing for beginners -Simple but effective lead guitar riffs you can use immediately -160 musical examples, with studio quality audio FREE to download -Full-length solos to learn that demonstrate each technique and add to your arsenal of blues licks Can you
Pentatonic and Blues Scales for Guitar
This guide maps out various Pentatonic and Blues Scales including: THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE, THE MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE, THE MINOR BLUES SCALE, THE MAJOR BLUES SCALE, THE VOODOO BLUES SCALE, THE INDIAN PENTATONIC SCALE, THE DOMINANT PENTATONIC SCALE, and THE DORIAN PENTATONIC SCALE for you on 6 string guitar in standard tuning.I've also included some bonus material for the shredders out there, 3 note per string pentatonic shapes, three octave 3 note string pentatonic shapes and three octave 3 note per string blues scales.Each scale or mode is mapped out all over the neck, and in all positions to let you play with any scale in any key anywhere on the guitar neck.The scales have been mapped out showing all the relative intervals in each pattern making it much easier for you apply the information to your playing by putting the dots in a harmonic context.
Rhythm & Blues Guitar
Renowned R&B, blues and funk ace Cornell Dupree is a guitarist of legendary proportion, with more than 2,500 albums as a sideman to his credit! In this authoritative book/CD pack, he reveals his playing secrets, covering: R&B, blues and fu...
Texas Blues Guitar
(Musicians Institute Press). Musicians Institute instructor Robert Calva covers rhythm and lead guitar in the styles of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, T-Bone Walker, Freddie King and Albert Collins. He teaches: 24 common blues licks; common blues 'box' positions; shuffle blues, slow blues, Latin blues & straight blues; and more. The book includes standard notation & TAB, and included audio features 34 full-band tracks. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Guitar Rhythm and Techniques For Dummies, Book + Online Video and Audio Instruction
Improve your guitar-playing rhythm, feel, and timing If you want to improve your timing, sharpen your technique, or get inspired by new ideas, Guitar Rhythm & Technique For Dummies breaks down the basics of reading, counting, strumming, and pi...
Gershwin for Guitar
This dynamic collection brings together 12 of Gershwin’s iconic songs arranged for solo classical guitar by the late John W. Duarte. Suitable for classical guitar players from intermediate to advanced level, this unmissable compilation is complete with a unique foreword containing insights from the acclaimed guitarist himself. Digital downloads of selected song accompaniments arranged by John W. Duarte are also available. 'Duarte’s arrangements are second to none with regards to their imagination, cleverness and just generally brilliant arranging” Chris Dumigan, July 2023, www.allclassicalguitar.co.uk.
Scarlatti for Guitar
This collection of arrangements for solo guitar is an ideal introduction to Scarlatti's music. The ten varied pieces were carefully chosen for their musical character and technical suitability at intermediate and advanced levels. Core repertoire f...
Weiss for Guitar
This collection of arrangements for solo guitar is an ideal introduction to Weiss's music. The ten varied pieces were carefully chosen for their musical character and technical suitability at intermediate and advanced levels. Preserves the origina...
