Christmas Carols For Guitar 2 Released By GMI
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FOR GUITAR 2
After the runaway success of the James Akers Christmas Carols For Guitar, we’ve now released the aptly named Graded arrangements 2. With 12 more of your all time favorite Christmas songs for acoustic, fingerstyle and classical guitar players.
The release of the latest collection of twelve Christmas carols for guitar by guitarist James Akers, sees an even bigger book (now 94 pages) with amazing arrangements and a perfect compliment to the first book in the series this time in 2020.
Episode 50 – GMI Podcast Retrospective
Not Exactly In The Blink Of An Eye, The GMI Podcast Finally Hits Fifty
Our podcast has now hit fifty episodes and we thought it be a great chance to relive some of the funnier and also poignant moments from the array of wonderful musicians, inventors and those connected with the music industry.
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FOUR NEW BASS RESOURCE BOOKS RELEASED BY GMI
FOUR NEW BASS GUITAR BLANK TAB & CHORD BOX BOOKS
GMI is delighted to announce the launch of not one, but two new resource books for bass guitarists. Both are derivatives of resource books we created for guitarists, but we are already seeing a fast uptake from bassists around the world.
They are well designed but not expensive and we’ve sell a growing amount around the world and we’re always looking to expand our range.
BLANK BASS CHORD DIAGRAMS BOOK
First up is a book we feel should have been brought out years ago, but we’ve been so busy writing and launching new music it fell by the wayside.
Each page of the 100 page book includes 12 chord boxes that are six frets long. As we say in the book copy, no more bits and pieces of paper with odd chords or scales here and there. Very popular with bassists around the word, but especially in the USA.
UPPER STRUCTURES, SYNONYMS & SLASH VOICINGS FOR JAZZ GUITAR
Chord & Single Line Soloing Concepts For Jazz Guitarists:
A JAZZ GUITAR BOOK FOR GUITARISTS LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF UPPER VOICINGS
At over three hundred and sixty pages, Upper Structures, Synonyms & Slash Voicings For Jazz Guitar takes a wide ranging and in-depth look at the subject of upper voicings and their application with respect to the guitar.
Slash voicings and synonyms are also cover in great detail with numerous examples showing how these musical concepts connect and work together.
From individual examples both played and explained in text and narration, to lick ideas and then full blown solos, this book covers a huge amount of material that will help you understand how upper structures work.
WHAT LEVEL OF GUITAR PLAYER SHOULD CONSIDER THIS BOOK?
This book is aimed at experienced guitar players and will act as a practical reference and technical guide for players, teachers, educationalists and music conservatoires.
With hundreds of musical examples, chord progressions, music and chord diagrams, lick ideas and solo examples as well as in depth theoretical explanation, this book is a must for every aspiring jazz and contemporary guitarist.
SECTION ONE – FOUR CHAPTERS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
Stacking Chords, Chord formulae, Chord extension & alteration, Triads as upper structures, Pseudo scales, Inferring altered dominants, Generating chords across the neck, Chord & line superimposition, Voice leading, Vagrant harmony, Inferring altered dominants, Single line solo ideas, Tri-tones & flat five concepts, Chromatic movement, Deconstructing altered dominants, Synonyms, Movable solo lines, Cascading chords, Motif development, Sidestep line movement.
SECTION TWO:
A three chapter lick library of 70 original lick ideas that demonstrate each upper structure voicing category. All licks are offered in mp3 format as well as including narration from the author on the points of interest and technical challenges of the line.
Each lick is provided in musical and TAB notation. Every chord type includes arpeggio patterns across the fretboard with large format easy to view chords included with each lick example.
SECTION THREE:
Three chapters offering original jazz guitar solo examples over three well known jazz standard progressions. Full analysis from a comparative, melodic and harmonic viewpoint is included. Solos are fully notated in music and TAB with chords provided in large easy to view format.
SUPPORTING DOWNLOAD
Over one and a half hours of mp3 files included. Section 1 music examples, Section 2 demonstration licks with author’s technical narration and Section 3 which includes complete solo demonstrations as well as a wide range of backing tracks for you to practice over the three included sequences. There are one hundred and sixty nine mp3 files in total.
Buy direct from the GMI GUITAR SHOP or buy direct from Amazon.
NEW GUITAR TAPPING COURSE | FREE 45 PAGE PDF + BACKING TRACKS
Learn To Solo With Guitar Tapping
GMI is delighted to announce another great free resource for rock guitarists. GMI Author and incredible all round guitar player Honza Kourimsky has created a twenty five minute long video which is accompanied by a forty five page PDF plus three backing tracks and a guide track.
What Level Does The Guitar Course Address?
The course covers a range of tapping concepts that go from the simple to the complex. If you’re ready to step up and get your guitar tapping in order, then click GMI guitar tapping course.
The course is a tiny part of Honza’s book published by GMI titled Tapping Discovered.
Check out this course and his book which has got many five star reviews.
Episode 49 – Music Lawyers: Who Needs Them?
If Your Only Thought Regarding Lawyers & Music Is That They Deal With All The Bad Things In The Music Business…Think Again!
It’s often said that musicians are pigeon holed by professionals. A range of stereotypes come to mind regarding laziness, unpredictability and flakiness. The thing is, it’s true both ways. Many musicians feel anyone connected with business and legal matters are not to be trusted. If you’re a musician, you need to listen to this interview with a practicing music lawyer. If you do have the former opinion, the following podcast will hopefully help change your mind.
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Sea Shanties For Easy Guitar Released By GMI – Guitar & Music Institute
Sea Shanties For Easy Guitar Released For Guitarists & Guitar Teachers
SEA SHANTIES ARE MORE POPULAR NOW THAN EVER. NOW YOU CAN PLAY AND SING ALONG WITH THEM IN NO TIME!
Sea Shanties For Easy Guitar offers you ten of probably the most popular sea shanty songs that can be played on guitar. Created by Ged Brockie, the sea shanty phenomenon is exploding around the world and now you can learn to play these wonderful songs quickly and with the backing tracks provided.
Play the chords and sing along with these wonderful songs from Sailors the world over. Sea Shanties For Easy Guitar offers you:
All songs include lyrics and guitar chord boxes.
Guitar chords and lyrics also provided in large easy to read text.
The songs are all TAB’D out for you to play the melody. No sight reading skills needed.
All ten songs are supported by free downloadable backing tracks and example rhythms for you to hear and learn to play from.
Each song comes with a short background history.
Help section for reading rhythms plus pages of extra chords for you to learn and play.
SONGS INCLUDED:
What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor
The Wellerman
Leave Her Johnny Leave Her
Spanish Ladies
Blow The Man Down
South Australia
A Drop Of Nelson’s Blood
Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmates
Randy Dandy Oh
The Banks Of Newfoundland
Buy this 74 page book as a flat lie wire bound version direct from the GMI GUITAR SHOP by clicking HERE or buy on Amazon by clicking HERE.
Episode 48 – Help Musicians: A Pandemic Lifeline!
It Is Not An Overstatement To Say That The Charity “Help Musicians” Have Made The Difference Between Many Musicians Surviving Or Going Under Across The UK.
The pandemic has hit so many people in all walks of live very hard. For many in the arts, the actual foundations that underpin their lives has been taken away; the opportunity to perform and earn a living.
Help Musicians are one of several non governmental options available. If you are a musician or you know someone who is and they need financial and or other help, then please listen and share this podcast.
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GMI – Guitar & Music Institute 2021 Catalogue
The Latest GMI – Guitar & Music Institute 2021 Catalogue Is Now Ready To Download
It really is amazing how time flies as we realised that we were so busy working on projects last year that we didn’t get round to releasing the 2020 GMI catalogue, but we’ve set that right now with this years release pretty early on.
This years offering builds on the success and growth that GMI has seen over the last eighteen months.
NEW AUTHORS, NEW BOOKS
We have two new authors writing for GMI in Jamie Akers (classical) and Honza Kourimsky (Rock). We will soon have another addition in Ricky Boa who adorns the front page of our catalogue and who will be bringing out a book titled “The Secrets Of Slash”.
Along with Ricky’s new book, GMI founder Ged Brockie will also be releasing a mammoth book for jazz guitarists which is reported to be around 250 pages in size with a huge free download pack accompanying. Early indications is that this will be released within the 1st quarter of 2021 with Ricky Boa’s book being released in the 2nd quarter.
With all book releases, there may be slippage in the time table, but we’ll wait and see.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
GMI is also developing a wide range of branded and non branded (but with guitar related text and images) apparel for guitarist as we widen out our offering. We are also creating guitar related art for the home. Have a look at the GMI GUITAR SHOP categories and see what we’re creating. We’d love to hear what you’d like to see made available.
GET THE CATALOGUE AND PLEASE SHARE
As always, we’d like to thank you for all your continuing support. Please download the catalogue and consider the new books, apps and free offerings we provide for guitarists.
