101 Essential Blues Progressions


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This user-friendly book, with access to online audio, shows how to transform standard three-chord blues changes into harmonically sophisticated jazz-blues progressions.The book covers chord substitution, twelve-bar blues, minor blues, eight-bar blues, and sixteen-bar blues. Chord frames are supplied for guitarists. Blank treble and bass staves are included for writing songs, licks, and solos. An absolute goldmine for all musicians, students, blues songwriters, recording studios, ad agencies, and anyone who plays blues music. This truly amazinglearning/reference work, designed for beginners and pros alike, also contains anappendix featuring a wealth of information about modern blues progressions and how to create them. Online audio download available




101 Essential Country Chord Progressions


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This book will help you play and write songs in both contemporary and classic country styles. The book is for music students, teachers, performing artists, recording studios, composers, songwriters, advertising agencies, and any person or music company who needs a user-friendly, comprehensive reference guide to country chord progressions. Specific chord fingerings are supplied for guitar players. The stereo online audio makes the book an ideal tool for study or jamming. No note reading is required. Blank treble and bass staves are included for writing songs, licks and solos. A concise discussion of song form isprovided to help beginners understand the structure of country songs. Overall, agreat learning and reference tool for beginners and pros alike. All creative musicians and writers who study, perform, or compose country music will benefit from this book. Includes access to online audio




101 Ukulele Licks


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(Ukulele). From blues to bluegrass, uke can play it all! In this one-of-a-kind book with audio, you get over a hundred authentic licks notated for the ukulele in standard notation and tablature. Plus there are tons of extras common chord progressions, scales, uke history, recommended listening, information on uke builders, blogs, websites, and more! The audio features a demo of every lick, as well as play-along tracks with chord progressions for practicing and jamming.




Mandolin Blues Book


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Take your blues mandolin playing to the next level with the Mandolin Blues Book. A collection of 101 blues riffs and solos ideal for all mandolinists looking to get a good grasp of jamming the blues. The book covers all the essential tools needed to play blues mandolin. Start by learning the 40 stylistic riffs and 25 one and two bar blues riffs in multiple keys, then move on to the longer 12 bar blues rhythm riffs and extended solos. Most of the longer rhythm riffs and solos follow the standard 12 bar blues form, so they are readily applicable to the many mandolin playing styles, including country, rock, jazz, and bluegrass, to name a few. To further deepen your mandolin skills, study the major, minor and blues scales and arpeggios as well as the library of mandolin chords and blues chord progressions in all 12 keys. No book covers everything, but with some practice, you will be ready to take your mandolin, jam the blues with confidence, and show off your new skills. Audio and Video online: https://brentrobitaille.com/product/mandolin-blues-book/




101 Essential Rock 'N' Roll Chord Progressions


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This innovative book teaches the chord progressions and rhythms heard on hundreds of legendary rock recordings. Invaluable in a multitude of applications, the book is for music students, teachers, performing artists, recording studios, composers, advertising agencies, and any person or music company who desires a user-friendly, complete guide to rock progressions. Basic chord fingerings are supplied for guitarists. the companion stereo CD makes the book an ideal tool for study or jamming. Blank treble and bass staves are included for writing songs, licks, and solos. This is a great learning/reference sourcebook for beginners and pros alike. All creative musicians and writers who study, perform, or compose rock music will benefit from this book.




101 Blues Riffs & Solos in Open D Guitar Tuning


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Master the Blues in Open D Guitar Tuning Take your Open D guitar playing to the next level with 101 Blues Riffs & Solos in Open D Guitar Tuning. The most complete instructional book ever written exclusively for DADF#AD tuning. This book is great for beginners and excellent for intermediate and advanced guitarists looking to enrich their creative, open tuning knowledge. A complete course on its own, the book covers a wide range of essential lessons to play blues in multiple styles, including traditional, Delta, rock, funk and jazz blues. Begin by studying the 40 stylistic riffs in several keys, then move on to the 25 practical one and two bar riffs. Next, you can learn the rhythm guitar riffs, the fingerstyle patterns, and finish with the longer riffs and solos. Using a combination of slide, fingerstyle and pick playing, you will cover all the bases needed to develop a solid technique in open D guitar. The extensive scale charts show the blues, major, minor, modal and pentatonic scales with useful diagrams. Chords and arpeggios are also covered with the essential blues chords and variations on blues chord progressions presented in all keys. If you want to explore the world of open D, then you are in the right place. Everything you need to master the blues with essential lessons for DADF#AD guitar tuning! 185 pgs. Audio tracks are available at: https://brentrobitaille.com/product/101-blues-riffs-and-solos-in-open-d-guitar-tuning/




101 Three-Chord Songs for Guitar, Banjo, and Uke


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You need only minimal playing skills and three chords-G, C, and D7-to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started, or if you are a casual player on a chording instrument, this is the perfect book for you. the book is absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time, bluegrass, gospel, Christmas, children's tunes, Stephen Foster, British and Celtic, cowboy, blues, and more. Because melody and lyrics are provided with every song, singers will also enjoy this wonderful collection of the world's favorite songs. Truly a book of outstanding arrangements, made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. (Some of these songs, like Dark Hollow and Way Downtown, are hard to find in print.) Guitar, uke, and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords, along with tips on strumming and transposing tips for singers. an invaluable reference book for teachers and pros, too!




Bastien piano for adults


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Classic Ragtime Guitar


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The study of classic ragtime guitar is very challenging. For this set of lessons for the intermediate and advanced guitarist we have picked four ever-popular rags. You have the advantage in this series of learning from three different teachers, each with his own individual approach. 32 page tab/music book with three compact discs. LESSON ONE: The classic rag that started the "ragtime revival" was The Entertainer. This was used in the soundtrack for the film The Sting. It is a lyrical four part classic rag written by Scott Joplin. This lesson is taught by Stefan Grossman. LESSON TWO: One of the most popular classic rags written by Scott Joplin was his Maple Leaf Rag. Duck Baker teaches his arrangement to this highly syncopated and energetic classic rag. This is followed by Silver Swan. Stefan Grossman is your teacher for this beautiful classic rag. LESSON THREE: Our last lesson is a tour de force in ragtime arranging and playing. It is James Scott's Hilarity Rag. This is a four part classic rag taught by Leo Wijnkamp Jr.




Mississippi Delta Blues Fingerstyle Solos Made Easy


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This book and CD has been carefully prepared for guitarists who are starting to learn blues fingerpicking-and yes, the book can actually be used by an ambitious total beginner. the arrangements, written in tab and standard notation, include new blues songs, standards, introductions, turnarounds, and more. All songs are recorded note-for-note on the companion CD, making this unique set the perfect teacher for the emerging fingerpicker.Check out the Free PDF Download that contains a third of the book!