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This book by versatile trumpet player and composer Randy Sandke is divided into three parts. In Part One, he identifies and organizes all four-note chords which lie beyond the tonal system and cannot...

An effective new songwriting vocabulary supported by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC! The Elements of Song Craft does for songwriters what William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White's The Elements of Style did for Engl...

Fifty years since Bruce Springsteen's debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. brought a new songwriting talent to the public, Bruce Springsteen is long established as one of the giants of popular...

Melody is the true heart of music - the identity of a composition, the vessel that carries the lyrics, the tune that you keep whistling on your way home from a concert. Composing melodies is often tho...

The holy grail of electric guitars is back for the fourth and final time! The slang term burst has been used to decribe a specific Gibson Les Paul, manufactured from 1958 to 1960. The impact of this g...

In the mid '50s, Ted McCarty, Gibson's new president, set out to further set Gibson apart from Fender. He wanted to create new designs that did not conform to the basic guitar shape. He wanted somethi...

The Complete Guide to the Gibson Mandolins is a definitive source of information about the company that defined the modern mandolin. From the very beginning when Orville H. Gibson built the first carv...

The Guide gathers input from 35 of the world's foremost expert dealers, each of whom brings decades of experience in the business. That's one of the many reasons it's the most-trusted source for value...

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...

By popular demand, the series continues with some of the greatest photos of these Gibson favorites ever published. Slash and Albert Molinaro join the authors again along with Billy Gibbons' Pretty Wom...

Progressive Drumming Essentials is a collection of material originally written for Modern Drummer magazine plus extensive additional content. This book breaks down fun and challenging material for pro...

The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar, this updated second edition features 288 pages of content, including 24 color pages and 4 tear-outs. See what industry...

Martin the Guitar and his owner, the famous folk singer Robert, have been invited to perform at the most famous concert hall in the world. Joining them on stage will be Martin's new best friend Morgan...

The Essential Encyclopedia for Every Guitar Player! The Guitar Handbook is the complete guide to playing the guitar - from simple chords to advanced improvisations. Its uniquely devised learning progr...

Rikky Rooksby's revised and updated bestseller explores more than 200 classic riffs, from Cream and Led Zeppelin, through Nirvana and Soundgarden, to Metallica, U2, and the White Stripes. The first ha...

Take the mystery out of reading music! This unique copyrighted fret and strong staff enables you to sight read melodies on your guitar instantly. The notes are large and easy to read. Sixteen favorite...

Teach yourself at your own pace! You learn, right away, the things you really need to know in order to play, sing along, and enjoy your guitar...today! You can learn to play any popular music with Ron...

Is the sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard really the greatest electric guitar ever made? This books aims to answer that question, even if so many players and collectors have already sounded a loud 'Yes...

The Outlaw phenomenon greatly enlarged country music's audience in the 1970s. Led by pacesetters such as Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Bobby Bare, artists in Nashville and Au...

An in-depth and comprehensive guide to - and history of - music collecting, The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More traces the hobby from its beginnings over a century ago. The book features informative...

When large numbers of students from Spain arrived in New York in 1880, they introduced the American public to a new instrument - the mandolin. Spanning more than a century, this book chronicles the na...

Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, Metallica has become one of the bestselling bands in rock history. In this, the first complete illustrated treatment of the band, Martin Popoff presents the group's enti...

Kickstart My Heart: A Mötley Crüe Day-by-Day is an exciting chronology that celebrates in innovative form - through the use of day-by-day entries and supporting band quotes mostly collected firsthand...

This book helps both keyboard and guitar players to find and develop interesting chords and chord sequences on a keyboard, and then use them to write their own songs. Rather than trying to teach intri...