Only have a handful of licks at your disposal? 400 Smokin' Bluegrass Mandolin Licks utilizes 24 common bluegrass chord progressions to teach you over 400 licks, which will allow you to create solos to...
The Rhythmic Journey: Unleashing the Beat Within is an inspiring and transformative exploration of the profound impact learning drums and embracing rhythm can have on an individual's life. Written wit...
This companion to Sultan's bestselling book (HL00000181) lets intermediate guitarists learn the techniques and interpret the styles of blues legends Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, M...
In this DVD, Dave Celentano concludes his three level rock rhythm guitar course with challenging rhythm work in the styles of funk/rock, fast boogie blues, slow blues/rock, jazz/rock, and heavy metal....
Dave Celentano teaches many new and innovative ways to use tapping with pentatonic and diatonic scales, sequences, and arpeggios. Features great tips and pointers, lessons on soloing over chord change...
As the Martin Guitar Company approaches its three millionth guitar, this first-ever Martin repair guide details the significant changes over 190 years of production. From the early 19th century small...
Familiar and treasured themes from operas, symphonies, concertos and keyboard compositions from works by Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and more are brought together in this collecti...
Introduced by Gibson in the 1930s, the ES (Electric Spanish) series would transform the role of the guitar in the world of the big bands and jazz groups. With amplification, the guitarist could solo a...
This book takes the reader inside of the company, the factories, the processes, and the thinking, in building the brand name and tradition that Leo Fender started in 1946. A behind-the-scenes look at...
How to Play the Button Accordion & Song Book provides instruction on this unique folk instrument. In addition to a great collection of songs, you'll get insights on understanding the instrument, trans...
Have you ever watched a guitarist travel around the fretboard and wonder how they know where their fingers are going? Do you find yourself confused with connecting different positions or areas of the...
Get your kids involved and excited about music with this fun Kev's Learn & Play(TM) Kid's Activity Book. It's the perfect introduction to the ukulele - you'll learn about the ukulele and how to play i...
This book features ten exciting arrangements of favorite gospel classics by virtuoso Todd Banjoman Taylor. Just follow the easy tab, listen to the audio and play along with Todd quickly and easily! So...
Welcome to the world of prewar wood body dobro! This beautiful full-color hardcover book documents a variety of Dobro guitars produced during the years 1929 through approximately 1942. It is a photogr...
The lively, dynamic melodies associated with the fiddle can now be shared with the ukulele without losing any of the excitement, beauty and drive. This collection features 55 fun-filled favorites in s...
Thinking about playing the ukulele? UKE can do it! This book is an excellent introduction to the world of the ukulele. With the method presented here, you should gain a basic understanding of the inst...
The only chart showing the open and moveable chord positions. Explains the two main playing styles: bluegrass and clawhammer, and includes a fingerboard chart.
Centerstream proudly presents the first-ever comprehensive book about lap-steel and console steel guitars. Includes: interviews and profiles of more than 35 of the greatest electric and acoustic steel...
Ken Perlman, today's foremost player of the style, brings you this comprehensive guide to the melodic clawhammer. Over 50 tunes in clear tablature. Learn to play authentic versions of Appalachian fidd...
While Gibson produced literally thousands of banjos prior to WWII, only a handful were made in the now most desirable configuration: the Original Flathead Five-String Mastertone. Since Earl Scruggs he...
84 of the most popular chords for bass guitar, including: finger placement, note construction, chromatic charts and most commonly used bass scales. Also has helpful explanation of common 2-5-1 progres...
Glen Caruba is a talented percussionist who has worked with Bruce Springsteen. Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Bruce Hornsby, Arturo Sandoval and others. His comprehensive guide to traditional and contempora...
The Beatles' Fool On The Hill as arranged for SATB Choir and Piano arranged by Gene Puerling.
An introduction to the most commonly used scales and techniques for the modern blues player, complete with demonstration CD for several of the examples.
With an emphasis on the essentials of blues, instructor/host Dave Celentano provides clear and valuable insight for playing great blues guitar. This hour-long DVD teaches: the blues boxes for soloing;...
If you woke up this morning feeling blue about the state of your guitar playing, help is on the way without having to sell your soul to the devil at the crossroads. This book will have your hammers ho...
Concentrating on the melody or harmony of a piece is a great exercise for when you have to do both. For this book, author James Douglas Esmond has chosen a dozen pieces out of the classical domain whi...
During the first quarter of the 20th century, most of America's hit songs were produced on a two-block stretch of 28th Street in New York City known as Tin Pan Alley for the constant racket of beat-up...
This collection of fingerstyle guitar pieces is a voyage from 18th century country dance tunes to 19th century parlor or domestic guitar music, to music that found its way to traditional rural players...
Ritchie Valens was the first nationally recognized Latino rock 'n' roll star. He had a meteoric rise to fame in a career that lasted barely eight months, before his tragic death along with Buddy Holly...
Ritchie Valens was the first nationally recognized Latino rock'n' roll star. He had a meteoric rise to fame in a career that lasted barely eight months, before his tragic death along with Buddy Holly,...
This complete guide to understanding and using triads for rhythm and lead guitar unlocks the mysteries of triads. It includes theory, practical advice, valuable tips, and tons of examples to get you p...
Guitar instructor/host Dave Celentano teaches innovative and diverse ways of playing the pentatonic scale in rock and heavy metal. He covers: the five position patterns for the pentatonic scale; seque...
The Gibson Les Paul Standard 1958-1960 is one of the greatest designs to emerge from Gibson. At first, it was little appreciated and quickly discontinued. However, the UK blues explosion of the 1960s...
Written exclusively in easy-to-read tablature, this collection for teachers, students and all fun-loving guitar players features 25 original pieces. It includes a wide variety of finger-picking styles...
Here is a peek behind the curtains, revealing the secrets to writing successful orchestral instrumental music cues for the production music market. The reader is presented with several music cues to s...
The creation that would become Gibson's Les Paul guitar hit retail stores in 1952. This was Gibson's introduction to the solid body world of electric guitrs. In the early 1950s, demand for electric gu...
Play 47 Irish selections on the tenor banjo with this collection of reels, jigs, slip jigs, hornpipes, polkas & slides. The tunes are presented in multiple keys (both traditional and modal), and are p...
Pete Seeger took an interest in playing the 5-string banjo when he was 16 years old after he heard it played at the 1935 Asheville Folk Festival in North Carolina. It wasn't long after, when he was ab...
Guitar Dreams is a collection of interviews, articles and photographs that celebrate plucked string musicians and luthiers whose work delights, challenges, and inspires all of us who care passionately...
From the late 19th century through the 1950s, Chicago was the powerhouse of American musical instrument manufacturing. Among the most active makers was the Regal Musical Instrument Company. Descended...
Rosin up your bow and get ready to fiddle! This collection features 90 reels, 90 jigs, 93 hornpipes, 15 clogs and 15 strathspeys, plus a fascinating article on the history of old-time fiddling contest...
The Höfner Violin Bass Guitar is one of the most instantly recognizable musical instruments ever made. Its fame was assured when a certain young English guitarist walked into a shop in Hamburg in 1961...
Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass is the precursor of all modern electric basses. This book takes a look at the history of the slab body basses and the most famous players. In addition to...
Many guitar players, famous and not so famous, began playing on Japanese electric guitars, yet the history of the people and factories that produced these instruments has remained largely ignored. For...
The vintage guitar collecting market continues to grow. This book is the first of its kind to report on Washburn guitars, mandolins, banjos and ukuleles made before 1940. It contains detailed informat...
The Gibson Les Paul Standard 1958-1960 is one of the greatest designs to emerge from Gibson. Revered by the great players of our generation, the tone and quality of these instruments has never been su...
B. B. King was the acknowledged King of the Blues. In this second edition of the popular book, Eric E. Dahl picks up where the story left off. The new chapters cover the passing of B. B. King, his awa...
This complete reference guide takes you through StaffPad, the music notation and composition app available for Microsoft Surface and Apple iPad tablets. This phenoenal app allows you to write music no...
