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In the 1920s and 30s, Bessie Smith was the empress of the b ... Read more

In the 1920s and 30s, Bessie Smith was the empress of the blues. Her passionate singing and performing style and her songwriting influenced all the blues and jazz singers that followed. Many of the songs she popularized, both blues and tin pan alley tunes, have become standards in blues, jazz, rock and pop music. Songs in this collection have been recorded by artists as diverse as Eric Clapton, Leadbelly, Billie Holiday, Chet Atkins, Bing Crosby, David Lee Roth, Big Bill Broonzy, B. B. King and Sam Cooke. They re great tunes for guitar pickers, and Fred shows you how to back yourself up singing them and how to fingerpick instrumental versions of six classics. With his explanations of the arrangements, split-screen, slowed-down versions of the songs, and with the tab and music in the PDF booklet on the DVD, you ll learn how to play St. Louis Blues, Nobody Knows You When You re Down and Out, Backwater Blues, After You ve Gone, I Ain t Got Nobody and the sensational Send Me To the Electric Chair. The songs sound terrific on guitar, and with Fred s instruction, the arrangements are easy to follow. A 1920s film of Bessie Smith singing St. Louis Blues is featured at the end of the lesson. Minimize

Fingerpicking arrangements to five classic ragtime/blues so ... Read more

Fingerpicking arrangements to five classic ragtime/blues songs especially recorded for intermediate-level guitarists who want to dig into exciting new repertoire and style. Mary Flower's unique arrangements are challenging fun to play and filled with musical ideas that can be plugged into many other songs. INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB LEVEL 4 60 MIN. Minimize

In this three DVD lesson series Stefan Grossman explores th ... Read more

In this three DVD lesson series Stefan Grossman explores the world of Country Blues Guitar. It is a fascinating and challenging study that covers blues, folk and ragtime arrangements in the the keys of A, C, D, E and G. Each tune is discussed and taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split screen so that you can clearly see what each hand is doing. You will learn about the playing styles and techniques of legendary blues guitarists as Rev. Gary Davis, Frank Stokes, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi John Hurt, Willie Brown, Robert Johnson, Sam McGee, Lonnie Johnson and Elizabeth Cotten. A detailed 56 page tab/music booklet is included with this collection. Rare footage of Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Furry Lewis, Big Bill Broonzy, Jesse Fuller, Elizabeth Cotten, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb and Son House is also presented. Lesson One: Key of C: Freight Train, It Won't Be Long, Buck Dancer's Choice, Candyman, Salty Dog Blues, Ragtime Mama Blues and Blake's Rag. 63 minutes. Lesson Two: Keys of G and A: Spike Driver's Blues, Shake Sugaree, Ragged and Dirty, Blues licks in A, Willie Mae, Spoonful and Robert Johnson blues licks in A. 65 minutes. Lesson Three: Keys of D and E: Lightnin' Hopkins blues licks in E, Stagolee, Take A Whiff On Me, Tribute To Lonnie Johnson, Charley James and Avalon Blues. 68 minutes. 196 minutes on 3 dvds/ Level 2/3 / 56 page tab/music booklet Minimize

Fingerpicking is one of the most sought-after, intriguing a ... Read more

Fingerpicking is one of the most sought-after, intriguing and challenging of all acoustic guitar techniques. With your thumb providing the steady bass and fingers syncopating the treble notes, this sound never fails to delight players and listeners alike. David Hamburger focuses on two essential fingerstyle approaches: alternating-bass Travis picking and steady-bass blues style. This carefully thought-out and expertly taught method starts at the most basic level, then progresses, lesson-by-lesson, as powerful new techniques - blues scales, walking bass lines, chord substitutions, double stops, moves up the neck and lots more - are added. Each concept is followed up with a classic song or instrumental from the blues, country, folk and ragtime traditions: John Henry, Since I ve Laid My Burden Down, Delia, Nobody s Fault But Mine, Houston Blues, Down in Navasota, Alberta, St. James Infirmary, St. Louis Blues, The Uptown Lowdown, Rag Mama, Hazleton, St. Louis Blues and Battle Hymn of the Republic. These DVDs are based on David s popular book from the publishers of Acoustic Guitar magazine. Minimize

In this new DVD/book/CD set Brad Davis teaches you how to a ... Read more

In this new DVD/book/CD set Brad Davis teaches you how to add the blues to your flatpicking repertoire and how to introduce the blues feel to the flatpicking tunes you already know. In this comprehensive course you will learn the scales, rhythm styles, and chord progressions which define the blues, standard blues licks and phrases, and blues styles of players like Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Brad even demonstrates how to play Bill Monroe s bluesy mandolin licks on the guitar. Elements of the blues can be found in all forms of American music from bluegrass, to folk, to rock. On the DVD Brad demonstrates how to play several different arrangements of 12-bar blues rhythm and then shows you how to utilize the blues scales to improvise over the chord progression. This is done in a step-by-step easy to follow method through a variety of written examples in the book and opportunities for you to practice with the practice tracks on the audio CD. The audio CD also contains ear training lessons in the context of the blues! The goal of this book/DVD/CD set is not only to show you the elements of the blues, but to teach you how to be an improvisational player in the context of the blues so that you can jump into any blues jam and hold your own. Additionally, Brad teaches bluesy arrangements of a number of standard flatpicking fiddle tunes (Nine Pound Hammer, Lonesome Road Blues, Salt Creek, John Hardy). If you are tired of playing the same old deedle-deedle-deedle arrangements of fiddle tunes on the guitar, this course will help get you out of that rut! Minimize

3 CDs INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB LEVEL 2Covers everything from ... Read more

3 CDs INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB LEVEL 2Covers everything from simple accompaniments to bluegrass licks runs fiddle tunes and more than 30 songs for the beginning flatpicker including: John Hardy Will the Circle Be Unbroken Worried Man Blues Wildwood Flower Buckdancer's Choice. Minimize

Blues Rock Boss eBand Guitar Play-Along Volume 4 This serie ... Read more

Blues Rock Boss eBand Guitar Play-Along Volume 4 This series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the tab, listen to the digital files to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks using the USB Flash Drive for use in the eBand. 8 songs, including: Changes · Crossfire · Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) · La Grange · Move It on Over · Statesboro Blues · Still Alive and Well · Too Rolling Stoned.Series: ROLAND EBAN Minimize

As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series t ... Read more

As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series this comprehensive and thorough collection of fingerpicking guitar lessons contains invaluable tips and instruction implemented throughout the arrangements in this book. The three audio CDs give 3 full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction. Lesson One: Open G tuning, bottleneck/slide techniques, open D tuning, licks in open tunings. Songs: Banty Rooster, One Kind Favor and Wake Up Mama. Lesson Two: Songs incl Minimize

This songbook contains 26 blues classics, including Crossro ... Read more

This songbook contains 26 blues classics, including Crossroads Blues, Steady Rollin' Man, and Ramblin' On My Mind. In standard notation with chord boxes and lyrics. Minimize

The most comprehensive Clapton guitar collection ever assem ... Read more

The most comprehensive Clapton guitar collection ever assembled! Contains 31 of Slowhand's finest from Cream The Bluesbreakers The Yardbirds Derek & the Dominoes and his solo career transcribed note-for-note with tablature just as he recorded them! Includes: Bad Love Badge Bell Bottom Blues Change the World Cocaine Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) Have You Ever Loved a Woman Hide Away I Can't Stand It I Shot the Sheriff Lay down Sally Layla Pretending Riding with the King Sunshine of Your Love Superman Inside Tears in Heaven White Room Wonderful Tonight and more. Features a special full-color section with photos from 1965-1996. 312 pages! Minimize

Desafinado & Other Brasilian Hits (3 CD-Set) by Antonio Car ... Read more

Desafinado & Other Brasilian Hits (3 CD-Set) by Antonio Carlos Bonfa (Guitar) - 39 Tracks : - CD 1 : 1. Shadow Of Your Smile, 2. Desafinado, 3. Agua De Beber, 4. How Insensitive, 5. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars), 6. Meditation, 7. Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar, 8. Triste, 9. Dindi, 10. Ela E Carioca, 11. Inutil Paisagem, 12. O Grande Amor, 13. Lembre De Mim - CD 2 : 1. Days of wine and roses, 2. Mas que nada, 3. Fly me to the moon, 4. Quizas quizas, 5. O barquinho, 6. My romance, 7. Sem voce, 8. No more blues, 9. So tinha de ser com voce, 10. Here's that rainy day, 11. O pato, 12. Felicidade, 13. Aguas de marco, 14. Blue Bossa - CD 3 : 1. Manha de carnaval, 2. Night and day, 3. Tristeza, 4. All of me, 5. Voce e linda, 6. Favela, 7. Samba da minha terra, 8. Sirena, 9. Gitano, 10. How high the moon, 11. Aurora, 12. So danco samba Minimize

This comprehensive book/CD set presents some of the first c ... Read more

This comprehensive book/CD set presents some of the first contemporary blues guitarists! Features Muriel Anderson, Duck Baker, Mickey Baker, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, William Bay, Larry Bolles, Ben Bolt, Dan Bowden, Dix Bruce, Mike Christiansen, Alan de Mause, Craig Dobbins, Steven Eckels, Jim Ferguson, Buddy Fite, Tommy Flint, John Griggs, Stefan Grossman, Ole Halen, Al Hendrickson, Roger Hudson, Jean-Felix Lalanne, Paul Lolax, Larry McCabe, Dale Miller, Franco Morone, Ronald Muldrow, Paul Musso, Bill Piburn, Bucky Pizzarelli, Paul Rishell, Vincent Sadovsky, Felix Schell, Jerry Silverman, Martin Simpson, Fred Sokolow, Stanley Solow, Tim Sparks, John Standefer, Jay Umble, Phil Upchurch, Paul Yandell and John Zaradin. These selections include both new pieces and some of the best previously published pieces from the latter half of the 20th century. Standard notation and tablature are offered for most of the pieces, along with a biographical sketch of each performer. A set of 2 CDs is included, making this an ideal sourcebook for serious students and professionals alike. Minimize

In this new DVD/book/CD set Brad Davis teaches you how to a ... Read more

In this new DVD/book/CD set Brad Davis teaches you how to add the blues to your flatpicking repertoire and how to introduce the blues feel to the flatpicking tunes you already know. In this comprehensive course you will learn the scales, rhythm styles, and chord progressions which define the blues, standard blues licks and phrases, and blues styles of players like Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Brad even demonstrates how to play Bill Monroe s bluesy mandolin licks on the guitar. Elements of the blues can be found in all forms of American music from bluegrass, to folk, to rock. On the DVD Brad demonstrates how to play several different arrangements of 12-bar blues rhythm and then shows you how to utilize the blues scales to improvise over the chord progression. This is done in a step-by-step easy to follow method through a variety of written examples in the book and opportunities for you to practice with the practice tracks on the audio CD. The audio CD also contains ear training lessons in the context of the blues! The goal of this book/DVD/CD set is not only to show you the elements of the blues, but to teach you how to be an improvisational player in the context of the blues so that you can jump into any blues jam and hold your own. Additionally, Brad teaches bluesy arrangements of a number of standard flatpicking fiddle tunes (Nine Pound Hammer, Lonesome Road Blues, Salt Creek, John Hardy). If you are tired of playing the same old deedle-deedle-deedle arrangements of fiddle tunes on the guitar, this course will help get you out of that rut! Minimize

This book/CD pack is a complete survey of slide guitar, its ... Read more

This book/CD pack is a complete survey of slide guitar, its pioneers, and how it developed. It includes: 6 note-for-note transcriptions of famous slide tunes - Come On in My Kitchen (Robert Johnson) * Motherless Children (Mance Lipscomb) * Roll and Tumble Blues ("Hambone" Willie Newbern) * You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (Muddy Waters) * You Gotta Move ("Mississippi" Fred McDowell) * You Shook Me (Earl Hooker with Muddy Waters).; instruction in the essential playing styles; the history and the development of slide guitar; biographies of its representative artists; and recordings on CD of the songs, exercises and licks. Minimize

The AB Real Book is a unique collection of nearly 100 songs ... Read more

The AB Real Book is a unique collection of nearly 100 songs suitable for intermediate players. It contains authentic lead sheets lyrics written-out piano accompaniments background on the song and musicians and suggestions for further listening. Tunes include: All Blues ? Almost like Being in Love ? Blue Samba ? Caravan ? Charleston ? Going Home ? In a Mellow Tone ? It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ? Mood Indigo ? A Night in Tunisia ? Perdido ? Samba De Orfeu ? Stars Fell on Alabama ? Tenderly ? What Is This Thing Called Love ? more. Spiral-bound. Minimize

Learn essential exercises and tips as they are presented in ... Read more

Learn essential exercises and tips as they are presented in this compilation of tunes by the legendary Robert Johnson. As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series not only does this book contain valuable lessons, but as an added bonus, the three accompanying CDs contain three full hours of instruction featuring note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction to make the style and technique of Robert Johnson something that everyone can learn. Master instructor Woody Mann teaches you step-by-step to play these selections: Kokomo Blues; Blue Day Blues; Devil Got My Woman; My Black Mama; Roll and Tumble Blues; Scream' and Hollerin' the Blues; Life Saver Blues; and Georgia Bound. Written in standard notation and tablature. Minimize

Doc is joined by his son Merle on guitar and banjo and T. M ... Read more

Doc is joined by his son Merle on guitar and banjo and T. Michael Coleman on bass in this concert recorded in 1980. Their performance is a showcase of native folk traditions and a display of distinctive stylistic inventions. Doc and Merle Watson's repertoire encompasses country ballads, bluegrass, gospel, jazz standards, contemporary songs and blues. A visit with Doc and Merle at home in Deep Gap, North Carolina and in concert in Rock Hill, South Carolina is also included. Titles include: Way Downtown, Sadie, Frosty Morn, Medley: Big Sandy/Old Joe Clark, Don't Think Twice, It's Alright, Summertime, Smoke, Smoke, Sweet Georgia Brown, Pallet On Your Floor, Streamline Cannonball, Wild Bill Jones, Natural Born Gamblin Man, Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied, I Miss The Mississippi And You, 'Rangement Blues and Medley: Yankee Doodle/Dixie. BONUS MATERIAL: 1999 Interview with Doc Minimize

Chris teaches his 10 favorite solos & half-breaks from his ... Read more

Chris teaches his 10 favorite solos & half-breaks from his recorded CD's. He plays each solo full speed with Sally Jones accompanying him on rhythm & singing tenor. Then he plays each slowly. Lastly, he discusses valuable details about the solo, to help your learning & understanding of the music. You will gain a true understanding of the music from a true master of Bluegrass Lead Guitar. Songs include: A Few More Years, Nashville Blues, Uphill Climb, Ready If You're Willin', Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, John Henry, Stream of Love, I'm Not That Good At Goodbye, BRN Breakdown and Dark Wind of Missouri. (Intermediate level) *Includes tablature booklet Minimize

On his first-ever instructional program, Alex shares his pe ... Read more

On his first-ever instructional program, Alex shares his perspectives and secrets for conquering jazz guitar. Using basic blues progressions, he guides you through jazz concepts and demonstrates how to follow progressions by targeting chord tones, triads, Minimize

THE GIBSON 335 Its History and Its Players Series: Guitar P ... Read more

THE GIBSON 335 Its History and Its Players Series: Guitar Publisher: Centerstream Publications Author: Adrian Ingram Gibson's first semi-acoustic the ES-335, which was neither totally solid nor fully acoustic, is the guitar of choice used by many famous guitarists such as Andy Summers, Elvin Bishop, Lee Ritenour, Jay Graydon, Robben Ford, Freddie King, John McLaughin, Jimmy Page, Chuck Berry, Tony Mottola, Johnny Rivers, Jack Wilkins, Bono, Grant Green, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, A Minimize

As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series t ... Read more

As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series this comprehensive and thorough collection of fingerpicking guitar lessons contains invaluable tips and instruction implemented throughout the arrangements in this book. The three audio CDs give 3 full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction. Lesson One: Basic fingerpicking patterns, bass runs, intermediate fingerpicking patterns, arpeggios, basic rock and blues beats. Fred teaches the songs Nine Pound Hammer, Carele Minimize

Jazz Classics for the Young Ensemble Grade 3One of the cla ... Read more

Jazz Classics for the Young Ensemble Grade 3One of the classic blues tunes of all time here is vibes giant Milt Jackson's familiar riff tune in a playable swing arrangement from Mark Taylor. Trumpet and tenor (along with vibes and guitar) take the melody first time around with ensemble counterlines helping out next. Solos are included for tenor and trumpet followed by a full band shout. Great sounding chart! Minimize