This Mississippi Hill Country lick turns up again and again, in countless variations by players like R.L. Burnside and Robert Belfour. So let’s learn it!
Songwriting and the Guitar
(String Letter Publishing). With this unique and informative guide, you’ll discover new ideas and inspirations for crafting your own songs and making the most of your instrument. You’ll gain a better understanding of chord progressions, melodies, alternate tunings and other subjects through a series of expertly designed workshops, and you’ll find tips and techniques offered by top singer-songwriters, such as Paul Simon, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Don McLean, Patty Larkin, David Wilcox, Dave Matthews and more.
Review: The Iris Guitar Company MS-00 Is a Custom-Made Boutique Flattop with Vintage Flair and High-End Tonewoods
The MS-00 is a guitar that’s straightforward, well-balanced, and built to be played, not pampered
C.F. Martin & His Guitars, 1796-1873
The author chronicles the remarkable story of the world’s most famous guitar company, using more than 175 illustrations to tell the story of C. F. Martin and the company he created, using letters, account books, inventories, and other documents.
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Fundamentals of Chord Melody with Molly Miller | Workshop Replay
The Los Angeles-based guitarist, composer, and educator explores three different takes on “You Are My Sunshine” and shows how to make rich and expressive solo arrangements from a simple melody.
Guitar Styles — Punk, The Guitarist’s Guide to Music of the Masters, Book and CD
Licks in every substyle of punk including the New York scene, the LA scene, the London scene, thrash and grunge, with detailed information about important artists and their contributions. All licks are shown in standard music notation and TAB and demonstrated on the CD.
Yoga for Guitarists—Tune Your Body and Mind and Improve Your Playing Experience with These Five Simple Exercises
This brief practice can lead to improved skills, enhanced creativity and flow, and more enjoyable playing sessions
A Concise History of the Electric Guitar
A Concise History of the Electric Guitar by Adrian Ingram, one of the world’s leading jazz guitar experts, charts the exciting history of the electric guitar from the early decades of the 20th century to the present day.
The author covers the entire range of styles and personalities whose impact shaped the destiny of the guitar and made this varied and versatile instrument the predominant factor in so much popular music.
Intended for the general public, music students, and, of course, all guitar players, this book combines scholarly research and an intimate knowledge of the music business with a unique awareness of the history of the instrument, pickups, amplifiers and technical innovations of all kinds.
Thus the work provides not only a concise history of the electric guitar in all its aspects but also a clear statement of trends and developments of some of the most significant popular music of recent decades.
Joe Pass Guitar Chords, Learn the Sound of Modern Chords & Chord Progressions
Learn the sound of modern chords and chord progressions. You will play all basic and extended chord forms, solos and chord substitutions. The chords are divided into six major categories of sounds—major, seventh, augmented, minor, diminished and minor-seventh flat fifth.
The purpose is to portray their sound in context of the category.
