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Modern Blues is for intermediate to advanced players wishing to expand their melodic and harmonic vocabulary. The music is in standard notation as well as tablature and audio is included in which the more difficult exercises are played at a slower as well as faster tempo. The audio was recorded with...

Learn great flatpicking solos on 30 wonderful Christmas and Holiday tunes! Aimed at beginning and intermediate guitarists, this collection of traditional Holiday favorites will be a great addition to any guitarist's repertoire. Most solos use the basic bluegrass/folk bass note/strum technique with...

These 30 warm-ups are challenging for the intermediate to advance player (even professional) and intended to improve both right and left hand facility. They are jazz oriented making use of arpeggios, scales and patterns applicable for improvisation. Includes access to online audio.

One of the world's great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of harmony in this book. Not for the fainthearted, Vic teaches polychords and intervallic structures derived from the major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales in this must have...

Written for the intermediate to advanced jazz guitarist, this book assumes an adequate knowledge of chord scales and jazz theory. The topics include playing modally, chord substitutions, Coltrane substitutions, diminished and melodic minor scales as well as dealing with pentatonics. Companion audio download available online.

Velocity Etudes is a collection of 43 original compositions designed to enhance important elements of classic guitar technique. I have always felt that as important as scale and technique drills are, they can by themselves be very tedious to practice. In addition, technique has relevance only in the...

Bebop Major scale with diagrams, fingering, notes, intervals, CAGED System, key chart, formula. All in twelve keys. Tablatures in the key of A.

This book/online audio lesson is designed for the beginner and intermediate student. Basic fingerpicking styles are illustrated in all the major keys. The technique of the alternating bass is introduced in various settings (both in standard and open tunings). The styles and techniques of Mississippi...

Voodoo Blues scale with diagrams, fingering, notes, intervals, CAGED System, key chart, formula. All in twelve keys. Tablatures in the key of A.

Minor Blues scale in 12 keys. By key : five diagrams with fingering, notes name, intervals, caged system. All in 12 keys. Tabs, audio in key of E and backing tracks.

This book contains a study and breakdown of "harmony in 4ths". The introduction of quartal harmony in modern jazz began in the 1960's. Compositions by Miles Davis and John Coltrane such as "Impressions" and "So What" showcased chord voicings derived from quartal harmony....

Major Pentatonic scale in 12 keys. By key : five patterns with fingering, notes name, intervals. All in 12 keys. Tabs and audio in key of C. Backing tracks.

One of the most important requirements when playing behind a singer is to know "when not to play." This book explains many different pedal-steel fills that can complement the singer. In notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

This comprehensive text provides the guitarist with material in the styles of the great jazz artists for study and analysis. Once memorized, the 2-4 bar phrases presented here become an excellent aid to ear training, and can be applied in ways that enhance one's own improvising ability. While written...