Guitar Techniques & Styles

Am969661
A new reference book to accompany the ever-popular Absolute Beginners tutor series. Covers over 50 commonly used chords with photographs and diagrams, and CD demonstration tracks. Probably the only chord book you'll ever need! 40 pages.

Am969672 Cliff Douse
The easiest way to learn new scales! This companion to the best-selling Absolute Beginners tutor series goes beyond just listing scale shapes, it shows you how they are formed, and how to use scales in solos and when playing lead guitar.

Alfred 14120
Anyone with a knowledge of basic chords and guitar scale fingerings can dig right in and start learning to play jazz right away. Spanning from the major scale and basic triad theory all the way up to extended chords and the modes, this book features a full-length etude or song to go with every new concept introduced. Beginning Jazz Guitar breaks the age-old tradition of dry, intimidating and confusing jazz books, and provides an actual step-by-step and enjoyable method for learning to play in this style. Clearly organized into easily mastered segments, each chapter is divided into separate lessons on harmony or improvisation. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB, and the CD demonstrates the examples in the book. 96 pages.

Am988922
These fantastic cards present all the essential guitar riffs and solos for 52 Blues classics. Riffs are featured on easy-to-read cards with full-colour photographs and clear diagrams.
Each card includes full notation in clear TAB format, with images and inside info for each riff on the flipside. Ideal for all guitarists, these flash cards are a brilliant reference for on the spot riffage!

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For Beginner to Advanced Guitarists
The Progressive COMPLETE LEARN TO PLAY BLUES GUITAR MANUAL is the ultimate Blues guitar manual. It assumes you have no prior knowledge of music and will take you from beginner to professional level. In the course of the book you will learn all the essential techniques of Blues Guitar along with how to read traditional music notation, guitar TAB, and rhythm notation. By the end of the book you will be ready to play in a Blues band, perform solo and write your own Blues songs.
The book is divided into sections, the first covering the basics of left and right hand technique, basic Blues rhythms and chords, picking and music reading. The later sections deal with using the whole fretboard, more advanced rhythms, scales and chords, and also techniques and Blues Fingerpicking. The examples and solos demonstrate a variety of Blues and related styles including Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Texas Boogie, R&B and Funk. Throughout the book suggestions are made about players and albums to listen to in all the styles covered.
The accompanying CDs contain all the examples in the book so you can play along with them. At the end of the first CD, there are also several Jam-Along tracks for you to practice improvising with. (224 Pages)

Beginner To Professional Level
Everything you wanted to know about fingerpicking guitar playing,contained within one book.Takes you from beginner to advanced in a variety of styles including Folk,Country,Blues,Ragtime,Rock and Jazz.Features all popular left and right hand techniques used in traditional and contemporary fingerpicking guitar.Uses both standard music notation and easy-read tablature.An essential guide for guitarist at any level. (196 Pages)

alfred22708
The Guitar Atlas series is your passport to a new world of music. Learn the characteristic rhythms and techniques of some of the world's most remarkable guitar music, discovering the history, origins, and pioneering artists of distinctive styles from around the globe.
This exploration of Celtic music covers jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, and other music traditions of Ireland and Scotland. The examples and compositions throughout all 48 pages are presented in standard notation and TAB and demonstrated on an enclosed CD.

Am973819
A revolutionary resource for guitarists makes it easy to learn new chords and positions.
Over 1800 essential guitar chord positions
Easy-to-read, colour-coded chord diagrams
Full-Colour photographs of each position
Includes fingering and analysis of every chord
Special sections on moveable chord forms and other special chords
Includes major, minor, diminished and dominant forms for all keys
With this essential learning tool, you'll soon become a better and more well-rounded guitar player.
288 pages.

Ed12945
An introduction to jazz harmony, technique and improvisation.
Perfect for the beginner guitarist who wants to learn more about jazz, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the world of Jazz Guitar.
Author Phil Capone explains jazz harmony in a clear and accessible style, from simple chord changes through to the II-V-I progression, turnarounds and other classic jazz sequences.
Building steadily throughout the book, you'll learn authentic jazz voicings and accompaniment styles, as well as vital jazz theory.
Packed with practical advice on getting to grips with improvisation, "Exploring Jazz Guitar" unlocks the secrets of jazz harmony, allowing you to construct authentic jazz solos.
Complete with accompanying CD containing demonstration solos and live jazz backing tracks.
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Am951160
The user-friendly CD & Book package, packed with riffs, licks & tricks you can learn now...and easily incorporate into your own playing style.
Playing good blues solos depends on musical understanding. Unlike other books, Fast Forward Blues Guitar will show you what and how to play. Hear what can be done with only five notes. Learn the all-important secret of mixing scales - the way the pros do. Play as you learn with the pro-quality CD backing tracks.
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Am951159
The user-friendly CD & book package, packed with riffs, licks & tricks you can learn now... and easily incorporate into your own playing style.
Many books on fingerstyle guitar can be dry and stuffy, but not Fast Forward Finger-Picking Guitar! In this entertaining guide, you will learn the basic techniques for using the thumb and fingers. Play simple pieces that teach you how to create song accompaniments of your own. Try your hand at Spanish, folk, blues and pop sequences and discover the magic trick of the alternating thumb!
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Am953271
So you want to play jazz and improvise like a real pro? This book will show you how, fast! First learn a few basics: the all-important scales, fingering and chord sequences, starting with a simple Bossa nova solo. then move on to arpeggios and more complex patterns such as the be-bop scale. Experiment with melodic shapes and discover the jazz-based blues progression used at most standard jazz gigs. The music examples then demonstrate rhythmic and free flowing ideas with lots of tips on the advanced techniques used by professional jazzers. In no time at all you will be creating your own solos in the style of such great jazz legends as Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall.
Five complete solos are included in the book in easy-to-follow tab.
On the CD you'll find a matching audio track to every music example in the book. Each track is recorded twice: first with the guitar, the with backing track only so you can play the guitar part.

Am958903
A comprehensive guide to slide guitar playing, with Rikky Rooksby. Learn how to play slide guitar in the styles of Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt and other top musicians. Apply slide techniques to blues, rock and other playing styles. Learn how to use tunings, string damping and vibrato, and play single note melodies and chords. Includes a play-along CD.

Am931238 Len Vogler
All the right chords at your fingertips! Nearly 1,000 standard chord forms presented in easy-to-read diagrams and clear, close-up photos. 256 pages.

Am941370 Dineen & Bridges
The ultimate compact reference book of guitar scales, presented in standard notation and tablature. Contains over 180 scales, in twelve keys, with fingering suggestions and five different scale positions that cover the entire fretboard. Includes a handy fretboard diagram that illustrates each scale pattern all over the neck of the guitar.

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The Cool Chords Pro Pack is designed to be used alongside the Guitar Cards Chord Starter Pack.
Quite simply, it features over 50 of the coolest-sounding chords ever! From lush-sounding chords featuring ringing open strings, to great shapes for rock, blues and jazz, they're all here.
The Cool Chords Pro Pack features over 50 chords that simply sound really cool. These are the shapes that pro players use to liven up their playing - don’t be put off by their complicate names though, these are all really easy shapes to play!
These easy shapes will take your playing to pro levels because these are the shapes that the pros use!
Each card also features related chords and a sample chord sequence so that you can hear the chords in context.

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Introducing the cool new way to learn chords
Each Guitar Cards pack features over 50 chords in a funky new format. Packaged just like a pack of playing cards, they're small enough to fit into your back pocket or guitar case, so you can refer to them anytime. Each chord is shown clearly in full colour, together with a suggested fingering.
Every card also includes information on related chords, and a suggested chord sequence so that you can hear the sound in context. The back of each card simply gives the name of the chord, so they're ideal for use as flash cards.
Unique format - take them anywhere
Use as flash cards for quick learning
Ideal for songwriters and teachers
Awarded 'Guitarists's Choice' Award by Guitarist Magazine July 2003
'Guitar Cards are an excellent tool for the teacher, songwriter or self-taught player'
Chord Starter Pack:
Over 50 essential chords for beginners
Easy open shapes that sound great
Includes Related Chords and sample chord sequence
The Chord Starter Pack includes over 50 of the most common open chords, together with suggested fingerings and sample chord sequences.

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The Moveable Chords Pro Pack is designed to be used alongside the Guitar Cards Chord Starter Pack.
The pack features over 50 essential moveable and barre shapes, which can each be moved into any position on the neck to create 12 different chords. The pack therefore allows you to play over 600 different chords!
Each card also features the unique 'root map', which shows you how to move the shape around the fretboard to create new shapes.

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The Guitar Cards Scale Starter Pack contains over 50 essential scales for guitarists. Each scale is shown clearly as a full colour fretboard diagram, complete with suggested fingering.
The pack features major, natural minor, and major and minor pentatonic scales in open position for all twelve keys.
Each card also gives the scale in TAB.
Ideal for use as flashcards, the Scale Starter Pack will allow any guitarist to master scales.
The Scale Starter Pack features over 50 essential scales in the open position. Major, natural minor, and major and minor pentatonics are given for every root note, complete with suggested fingerings and TAB.

Am974171
The original guitar case chord reference book just got even better! Each diagram now has the finger positions within each chord colour-coded and we've added a full colour photo to show you exactly how to position your fingers. Chords are all logically grouped by key, suitable for all standard tuned guitars, slips easily into your guitar case. 48 pages.

Am981607
More than just a handy reference book, this book and CD set provides a complete guide to reading tablature for the beginner guitarist.
Tablature offers an intuitive and coherent way of using printed music on the guitar without having to learn to read traditional notation - rather than seeing only the notes to be played, tablature guides your fingers to exactly the right frets and strings! This comprehensive tutorial includes:
Easy-to-follow diagrams
Photos of correct fingerings
Clear explanations of TAB notation with examples
Audio recordings of every example on the accompanying CD
A host of hints and tips to help youalong the way

ed12944
An introduction to blues guitar styles, techniques and improvisation. This unique book gives an in-depth insight into blues guitar, from early Chicago Blues, through Memphis and Detroit Blues, the British Blues boom, Jazz Blues and many other blues genres, right up to the blues styles of today’s hottest guitarists.
Focusing on the playing styles of influential guitarists, author John Wheatcroft teaches the basics of blues improvisation and shows how it has developed over the years. Learn how to solo like classic blues guitarists B. B. King, John Lee Hooker and Albert Collins and then move on to find out more about the playing styles of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robben Ford and many others.
Simple step-by-step guides introduce basic techniques, harmony and theory, with demo solos and backing tracks on the accompanying CD.
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Am986216
These fantastic cards present all the essential guitar riffs for acoustic, rock and pop classics. Riffs are featured on easy-to-read cards with full-colour photographs and clear diagrams.
Each card includes full notation in clear TAB format, with images and inside info for each riff on the flipside. Ideal for all guitarists, these flash cards are a brilliant reference for on the spot riffage!

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A step-by-step method by two noted Dobro authorities. This method takes the student through the basics of bar position, right hand technique, producing harmonics, and minor and seventh chords. Features 25 solos in G tuning, written in notation and tablature.
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Alfred0669B
Finally — a chord book for left-handed guitar players. This guitar case size Book covers all the most important chord forms in all 12 keys and also includes sections on chord theory and how to choose the "correct" chord. For left handed players only!

Mb98286
This book presents a comprehensive guide to chords and scales in the popular G,D,E,A, and D minor tunings. In addition to their application as elementary accompaniment, there is sufficient material here for soloing and improvisation.
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Am76217
In this volume Peter Pickow gives guitarists a concise thesaurus of essential and practical forms for study and practise. Tips on using scales to build speed, endurance and fretboard fluency. 64 pages.

134097A Brett Duncan
For Intermediate Blues Guitarists
Introduces popular Blues, progressions, Blues Rhythms, Basic Blues Lead Guitar Patterns & Techniques. Combines Blues rhythms and licks, fingerpicking Blues Styles such as the constant Bass line and Alternating Thumb styles, and an introduction to Acoustic Slide guitar. (64 Pages)

Alfred 23217
Teach Yourself to Read Music for Guitar covers everything you need to know to start playing music from standard notation on the guitar! Covers notes, rhythms, major & minor scales, keys, syncopation, playing in position, the swing feel, and odd meters. Learn to play lead sheets and other music at sight.

Alfred 24417
The Total Jazz Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of jazz guitar playing. You start with basic lessons on the major scale and end up playing intricately beautiful chord melodies and soloing over tricky jazz chord progressions. This wide-ranging study is for all players from beginning to advanced. The beginning-to-intermediate student will find all the tools needed to become a great guitarist, while the more advanced player will find lots of useful tips and a fresh perspective on jazz guitar. Whether this is your first jazz guitar book or you've been studying for years, this is the one place to get everything you need to make you a great jazz guitarist. A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is included.

Alfred 24423
The Total Rock Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of rock guitar playing. This wide-ranging study of rock guitar is for all players from beginning to advanced. The beginning-to-intermediate player will find all the tools needed to become a great guitarist, while the more advanced player will find lots of useful tips and a fresh perspective on rock guitar. This book features many of the styles that make up the world of rock guitar: from classic rock, blues and funk to alternative and heavy metal. This is the one place to get everything you need to make you a great rock guitarist. A CD is included with backing tracks in different styles to jam over.