Topics covered include: turnarounds, bottleneck techniques, blue notes, open G tuning, right-hand techniques, blues licks and phrases, authentic blues rhythms, harmonics, and more. Includes complete transcriptions of Terraplane Blues, Moon Goin' Down, and Rhythm in the Blues.

English / Spanish. Practical Applications, using Afro-Caribbean Rhythms to Develop Command and Control of the Drumset. Formerly a three-part series that explores Afro-Caribbean rhythms as applied to the drum set, this revision combines the series into one book and two CDs. The unique approach is in teaching rhythms while developing total drum set technique and independence. Includes English and Sp…

This supplement to Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar is a perfect companion to any starter method and can also stand alone as a fingerstyle instruction manual for anyone wanting to arrange for solo guitar. Topics include monotonic bass, walking bass, block chords, changing keys, changing time signatures, chord substitutions, secondary dominants, a variety of picking patterns, and techniques like harmon…

Eerie sounds reverberate through dark dusty hallways as a Grandfather clock, covered with spider webs, suddenly springs to life in the dead of night---tick tock, tick tock . . . Everyone will have a scary good time making this musical visit to an abandoned old mansion haunted by a playful ghost known simply as . . . Doctor Boo! (1:40) / Concert Band

If you want to be able to play a great guitar solo over any chord progression, you have come to the right place. Master guitarist, teacher, and best-selling author Jody Fisher unlocks the secrets to how scales work with chords in this comprehensive book. Conveniently organized into two sections, the first part of the book breaks down scale and chord theory in a simple, step-by-step manner that is …

Par FISHER. This unique book offers six 'lessons' with six of today's top jazz guitarists: Joe Diorio, Ron Eschete, Jody Fisher, Mark Whitfield, Steve Khan and Scott Henderson. This is a rare opportunity to hear them explain how they think, practice and play. Subjects covered include fingerstyle blues, exercises for the left and right hands, creating harmonies with intervallic patterns, the ii min…

Par SHEEHAN BILLY. Billy Sheehan is one of the World’s most respected Bass players and presents his basic bass tutorial. This Bass legend introduces beginners to the fundamentals and the important basics of playing the bass guitar. The solid platform that he forms gives beginners an early advantage on their journey of development. Everything from choosing a bass, setting up your amp, and tuning to…

Jazz Soloing Strategies for Guitar is a study of essential and innovative approaches to jazz improvisation. Designed for blues and rock guitarists with a desire to broaden their musical vocabulary, this book shows you important concepts for playing great jazz solos. Eight full-length solos in a variety of jazz styles, ranging from classic standards and Gypsy jazz to Latin, modal, and smooth jazz, …

This jam-packed mandolin method continues in its final installment with a study of advanced harmonies and chord forms in all 12 keys. Also covered are chord/melody playing, chord substitution, and forms such as the 12-bar blues and 'Rhythm Changes.' In addition, the book takes an exhaustive approach to melodic studies, touching on the modes of the major scale, the pentatonic scales, the chromatic …