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Learning to play Rock Guitar is a highly rewarding experience, but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing - fast. Full colour pictures, clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice combine...

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is the eponymous release from the solo project born from the ashes of Oasis. Each song from the hit album is presented here, carefully transcribed for Guitar TAB, with chord boxes and lyrics. Song List: - (I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record...

Here's a Q&A (question and answer) book for beginner and intermediate bass players looking for answers to various music-related questions. It's a collection of answers compiled by me — and other professional musicians — about playing your instrument as a hobby, on a part-time basis, and eventually...

Fingerstyle guitar is one of the most popular and satisfying ways of playing. Use the thumb and fingers to open up the range of sounds that the guitar can produce, and you're really flying. This is especially so when playing the blues. You can have a neat bass line while still picking away on...

(Jazz Play Along). For use with all Bb, Eb, and C instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and audio, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. For study, each...

Learn to play piano by applying logic and your musical ear. "Piano Quick" is an easy music study that provides the user with a rapid understanding of the piano and music theory. If you can hear notes, "Piano Quick" can teach you to play piano, write your own music and read chord charts. Eric Willis is...

(Artist Transcriptions). In the late 1950s, John Coltrane composed or arranged a series of tunes that used chord progressions based on a series of key center movements by thirds, rather than the usual fourths and fifths of standard progressions. This sound is so aurally identifiable and has received...

Tune your B and E strings up to C and F respectively and you're in all fourths tuning. The first time I did this it was truly a revelation to me to have a symmetrical fretboard and get rid of that major third 'bump' from the G to B string in standard tuning. Everything suddenly became far more manageable...

Music theory need not be dreary! Edly's Music Theory for Practical People Level 2 is the second in a two-part e-series of the well-loved paperback, picking up where Level 1 leaves off, with a bit of review for good measure. Its clear and friendly writing and wry humor, coupled with fun illustrations...

The Essential Rory Gallagher: Volume 1 contains fourteen songs from The Essential album arranged for Guitar tab (including standard notation) complete with full lyrics. In addition to these careful and faithful transcriptions is a foreword by Michael Molenda, editor of Guitar Player Magazine,...

(Fake Book). We proudly present this collection of more than 400 praise & worship songs, from classic "standards" to the best current titles by top worship leaders such as Paul Baloche, Brenton Brown, Don Moen, Matt Redman, Michael W. Smith, Chris Tomlin and Darlene Zschech. With great...

(Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes, as well as many exciting new editions to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in...

This book was written with the novice percussionist in mind. No previous musical experience is required to constructively make your way through this self-instruction course. Basic rhythm reading principles and fills are illustrated and discussed. Drumming concepts are introduced progressively, so...

This intermediate to advanced-level book is intended for the serious rock drummer. It demonstrated the obvious benefits of being a versatile percussionist. The author asserts that creative drummers come up with new and exiting patterns from having studied various styles of music; those that exert...