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Guitar, The World’s Most Seductive Instrument

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Celebrate the significance, the magic, and the mojo of the world’s most seductive instrument. An obsessive, full-color book presented in an irresistible slipcase, Guitar features 200 instruments in stunning detail.

Here are icons, like Prince’s Yellow Cloud, Willie Nelson’s “Trigger,” Muddy Water’s Thunderbird, and “Rocky,” lovingly hand-painted by its owner, George Harrison. Historic instruments—Fender’s Broadcaster, Les Paul’s “Log,” the Gibson Nick Lucas Special, the very first artist model.

Hand-carved archtops, pinnacles of the luthier’s art, from John D’Angelico to Ken Parker. Stunning acoustics from a new wave of women builders, like Rosie Heydenrych of England, who’s known to use 5,000-year-old wood retrieved from a peat bog.

And quirky one-of-a-kind guitars, like Linda Manzer’s Pikasso II—four necks, 42 strings, and a thousand pounds of pressure. Marrying pure visual pleasure with layers of information, Guitar is a glorious gift for every guitar-lover

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Cutting Edge — Blues Guitar, Find Out What’s Happening Out on the Edge… , Book and CD

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Find out what is happening out on the edge of blues guitar that will challenge and excite your imagination. Learn licks in the most unusual styles on the scene. You’ll find background information on unique recording artists as well as lots of rarely seen photos.

All licks are shown in standard music notation and TAB. Great scales for blues improvisation are included. The CD has all the examples played by a live band.

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Four Guitars, (More or Less)

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Four Guitars (more or less) is part memoir and part exposition of the modern handmade acoustic guitar. Like so many baby boomers the author took up playing the guitar again after several decades only to discover the instrument all over again but with a deeper and richer appreciation than in his youth.

This book chronicles the relearning to play music but really discovering the guitar for the first time. In searching for the variations in guitars caused by different combinations of musical woods the author embarks on a series of guitar tastings among guitar players that reveal more than expected.

The lessons learned go beyond the melody and tempo lessons to more subtle appreciation of the relationships between players and their instruments, the beauty and character of hand crafted instruments and the luthiers that build them.

In the end the book is an appreciation of the guitar in general and the relationship with four guitars (more or less) in particular.

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Guitar World’s 50 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time Songbook

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(Guitar Recorded Versions). The name says it all: the 50 best as decided by the experts at Guitar World magazine transcribed for guitar note-for-note. Includes: All Along the Watchtower * All Day and All of the Night * Barracuda * Bohemian Rhapsody * Carry on Wayward Son * Crazy Train * Detroit Rock City * Enter Sandman * Free Bird * Highway to Hell * Hotel California * Iron Man * Layla * Misirlou * Pride and Joy * School’s Out * Smells like Teen Spirit * Smoke on the Water * Sweet Child O’ Mine * Tush * Welcome to the Jungle * You Really Got Me * and more.

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Guitar Rhythm and Techniques For Dummies, Book + Online Video and Audio Instruction

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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 picking rhythms on guitar to make you an ace on the axe in no time.

With the help of this friendly guide, you’ll learn to play examples of eighth and sixteenth note rhythms—including common strum patterns heard in popular music—to improve your guitar rhythm, feel, and timing.

Plus, access to audio downloads and online video lessons complement the coverage presented in the book, giving you the option of supplementing your reading with additional visual and audio learning. There’s no denying that guitar is one of the coolest musical instruments on the planet.

Okay, perhaps undeniably the coolest. Whether you bow at the feet of Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, the Edge, or Eddie Van Halen, they all have one thing in common: they make it look incredibly, naturally easy! However, anyone who’s actually picked up a guitar knows that mastering rhythm and technique is something that takes a lot of practice—not to mention good coaching.

Luckily, Guitar Rhythm & Technique For Dummies makes your aspirations to play guitar like the pros attainable with loads of helpful step-by-step instruction on everything from mastering hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides to perfecting your picking—and beyond.

Covers strum patterns, articulations, picking techniques, and more Showcases musical styles such as pop, rock, blues, folk, and funk Includes techniques for playing with both your right and left hand Provides access to online audio tracks and video instruction so you can master the concepts and techniques presented in the book Whether you’re new to guitar or an advanced player looking to improve your musical timing and skills, Guitar Rhythm & Technique For Dummies quickly gets you in the groove before the rhythm gets you.

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Electronic Musician

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Electronic Musician


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The Only Guitar Book You’ll Ever Need, From Tuning Your Instrument and Learning Chords to Reading Music and Writing Songs, Everything You Need to Play Like the Best

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Teaches the fundamentals of playing guitar, from purchasing the right model to learning scales and chords, and includes information on tuning, slide playing, and equipment.

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The Beatles, Songs with Just 3 or 4 Chords

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(Guitar Collection). 25 classic songs from the Fab Four are presented in lyrics, chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams, making Beatles’ music accessible to beginning guitarists just learning their craft.

Songs include: Beautiful Dreamer * Come Together * Don’t Let Me Down * Eleanor Rigby * Helter Skelter * I Saw Her Standing There * Let It Be * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * Paperback Writer * Twist and Shout * You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away * and more.

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The Guitar, An Illustrated Step-by-step Instructional Guide

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In this day and age, children and young adults need every advantage they can get from their education. At Eldorado Ink, we strive to establish our company as an exciting resource for nonfiction reference materials for sixth grade and beyond.

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Tapping Discovered

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TAPPING DISCOVERED for guitarists looking to solo with tapping. If you are looking to tap on guitar or you’re looking to increase your knowledge, understanding and technique then Tapping Discovered by Honza Kourimsky and released by GMI – Guitar & Music Institute is the book for you.

146 pages of pure tapping goodness takes you from first principles in chapter one all the way through to the fiendishly complete solos in chapter five. ★ After legend and Tapping Form sections and videos there are 5 chapters.

★ Each of the first three chapters offer 14 exercises and then a complete solo. ★ Chapter four demonstrates ten amazing tapping licks in a variety of styles. ★ Chapter five includes two extended solos which includes all techniques, concepts and ideas presented within the text and videos of entire book.

CHAPTER ① By the end of this lesson you will be able to travel up and down the length of the top string using multi-finger tapping. You will also learn how to adjust both your fretting and tapping grip to fit into and complement specific harmonic contexts.

Finally, you will also learn to connect tapping patterns in a way that keep your hand relaxed and your playing in time with the music. CHAPTER ② By the end of this lesson you will be able to move up and down the length of the top string using legato tapping as well as combining legato tapping with multi-finger tapping as covered in lesson 1.

As always, the emphasis will be on being able to execute these multiple techniques whilst staying relaxed and in time with the music. CHAPTER ③ By the end of this lesson you will be able to connect multi-finger and legato tapping patterns with pentatonic tapping patterns and legato playing as well as making use of each of these patterns to cross strings on the guitar neck.

You will be shown how to combine and use all the patterns you have learned so far to move both up and down the instrument horizontally and vertically. CHAPTER ④ In this lesson we will study a variety of licks that use tapping to form at least part of their melody.

Apart from adding to your library of patterns and tapping technique, these licks will also show you how to connect tapping with other popular guitar techniques such as bends, slides vibrato etc. Of prime importance is how many of the styles presented are in styles of music often not thought compatible with tapping.

CHAPTER FIVE as mentioned brings everything together in two amazing extended solos. Over one and a half hours of HD video included via QR codes. 24 professional quality backing tracks for you to download and practice all of the exercises, examples and solos with over and over again.

146 page total book packed with ideas, concepts and helpful ideas. NOTE: All video content is viewable via QR codes via cell/mobile phone or table device. Most devices now come with QR codes as standard, however, a QR code reader(s) are available for download free from Apple and Android app stores.


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