Download or read book MBGU Guitar Studies Playing Chords written by William Bay and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playing chords is the emphasis of this Mel Bay Guitar University (MBGU) book. Over 100 songs arranged for chord strumming accompaniment to singing. Presented are easy chord forms, strumming in different time signatures, master chord reference chart, use of the capo, musical terms, types of guitars, and frequently asked questions. This is an ideal supplement to any guitar method. Online audio files available.
Download or read book MBGU Guitar Studies A Comprehensive Guide to Chords written by William Bay and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth, user-friendly guitar chord dictionary.Presents chords in the following categories: acoustic guitar chords, blues guitar chords, jazz guitar chords, rock guitar chords, open tuning guitar chords, capo guitar chords and seven-string guitar chords.Open tuning chords presented include dropped D, DADGAD, open G, Open E, Open A, Open D, Open C and Orkney.
Download or read book MBGU Jazz Moveable Shapes Concepts for Reharmonizing II V I s written by Sheryl Bailey and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an easily learned method that will quickly move the student from intermediate into advanced harmonic territory, adding richness, texture and uniqueness to the improvisational approach. the concept starts with common elements of basic diatonic harmony and "moves" them in ways that gradually increase the harmonic complexity of their application. Students will greatly expand chord vocabulary and add considerable interest and depth to improvisations. This method provides a simple approach to making the use of alterations and extensions a natural part of any player's harmonic vocabulary.•
Download or read book MBGU Rock Curriculum Rock Guitar Masterclass Vol 2 written by Ioannis Anastassakis and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÊA collection of 60 of the best sweep picking ideas, concepts and licks based on 20 years of electric guitar playing experience. This book includes licks from and inspired by Frank Gambale, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, George Lynch, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Randy Rhoads, Paul Gilbert, Richie Kotzen, Mathias Eklundh, Rusty Cooley, Michael Fath and more! Builds musical vocabulary - a veritable dictionary of licks, or rather a lick-tionary! Most of these licks are in the key of A minor, since this is a key most guitarists are familiar with.Many are presented in either minor pentatonic, natural minor, Harmonic minor or Dorian scales, since these are the most often-used scales in rock improvising. Encourages substitution with other modes by changing the appropriate intervals. Examples in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio and video.
Download or read book Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Joe Pass Guitar Edition written by Corey Christiansen and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents hundreds of improvised melodic lines played by Joe Pass. Each of the melodic lines are grouped in the harmonic situation in which they were originally played (i.e. all minor lines are presented together and all dominant seventh lines are presented together, etc). the companion play along CD has a live rhythm section playing single chord vamps as well as vamps covering all twelve keys for each harmonic situation. an etude over the changes to Satin Doll shows how to apply the various lines and create improvised solos.Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Download or read book Open Tuning Guitar Chords Made Easy written by William Bay and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive 96-page, large print perfect-bound, open tuning chord dictionary. Chords are shown in Drop D, DADGAD, Open G, Open E, Open A, Open D, Open C and Orkney tunings. Chords include major, minor, dominant 7th, diminished, major 7th, 6th, augmented and more.
Download or read book MBGU Rock Curriculum Fluid Soloing Book 1 written by Tim Quinn and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern arpeggio handbook and comprehensive training manual for developing fast, flowing arpeggio runs that connect the entire fretboard. Emphasis is on developing fluid, non-shifting arpeggio patterns (across the neck) using hammer-ons and pull-offs for speed and fluidity; and also on developing smooth position-shifting arpeggios (along the length of the neck) using slides. These two types of motion are then connected and combined in an extensive collection of soloing etudes for full assimilation. the result is a complete system of arpeggio pathways that connects every part of the fretboard and facilitates maximum speed, fluidity, and range. Complete whole-neck connections are presented for major 7th, dominant 7th, minor 7th, minor 6th, half-diminished, diminished 7th, major triadic and minor triadic arpeggios.This book is for all guitarists who are serious about improving their ability to solo over chord progressions using arpeggios, in any style of music; including rock, jazz, fusion, blues, country or pop. Having the ability to instantly outline any chord in a song with a fluid arpeggio run (no matter where your hand is on the neck) is immensely valuable for every guitarist. This book methodically teaches you the skills that make this possible. Loaded with melodic arpeggio passages that can be applied to your music immediately, this is perhaps the most practical and powerful arpeggio book ever written. CD included. Standard notation and Tablature.
Download or read book MBGU Jazz Curriculum Payin Your Dues with the Blues written by Jay Umble and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book stands alone as the most comprehensive teaching method for the jazz/blues guitarist. It provides everything one needs to know to successfully master the jazz/blues style covering topics such as: harmonic form, linear concepts, comping, walking bass lines, background vamps, endings and more! Packed with an abundance of practical examples, it offers something for everyone regardless of ability. This exploration of the jazz/blues will place you directly in the driver's seat once and for all! Standard notation and TAB, includes CD.•
Download or read book Acoustic Guitar Chords Made Easy written by Wiliam Bay and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive 96-page, large print perfect-bound book of chord diagrams specifically written for today's contemporary acoustic guitarist. Chords include major 7add 9, suspended, major 7 add 6, major 13 and many more! Chords are shown in all keys.
Download or read book The Capo Chord Book written by Lance Beaumont and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Capo Chord Book is an instructional method designed to aid the beginner/intermediate guitarist in capo transpositions. Playing in keys laden with bar chords can be frustrating to the novice. This book intends to remove this frustration by showing the player how to play in these difficult keys while using easy to play chord shapes. By placing the capo at different points on the guitar neck, chord shapes from the one key can be used to play in multiple keys. This book is clear and easy to understand with written explanation and diagrams. the Capo Chord Book is sure to serve the beginner/intermediate guitarist for many years.
Download or read book Fluid Soloing Book 1 written by Tim Quinn and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern arpeggio handbook and comprehensive training manual for developing fast, flowing arpeggio runs that connect the entire fretboard. Emphasis is on developing fluid, non-shifting arpeggio patterns (across the neck) using hammer-ons and pull-offs for speed and fluidity; and also on developing smooth position-shifting arpeggios (along the length of the neck) using slides. These two types of motion are then connected and combined in an extensive collection of soloing etudes for full assimilation. The result is a complete system of arpeggio pathways that connects every part of the fretboard and facilitates maximum speed, fluidity, and range. Complete whole-neck connections are presented for major 7th, dominant 7th, minor 7th, minor 6th, half-diminished, diminished 7th, major triadic and minor triadic arpeggios. This book is for all guitarists who are serious about improving their ability to solo over chord progressions using arpeggios, in any style of music; including rock, jazz, fusion, blues, country or pop. Having the ability to instantly outline any chord in a song with a fluid arpeggio run (no matter where your hand is on the neck) is immensely valuable for every guitarist. This book methodically teaches you the skills that make this possible. Loaded with melodic arpeggio passages that can be applied to your music immediately, this is perhaps the most practical and powerful arpeggio book ever written. CD included. Standard notation and Tablature.
Download or read book MBGU Rock Curriculum written by Tim Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chord-Lead Soloing for Guitar is a complete method for developing fluid double- stop chord melody. This style of playing can be heard most notably in the playing of Jimi Hendrix (in songs such as 'The Wind Cries Mary', Little Wing', and 'Castles Made of Sand'), as well in the music of the guitarists he influenced, including Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Chord-lead style playing bridges the gap between straight lead and strictly rhythm, because it is simultaneously chordal (implying a specific major or minor chord) and melodic (carrying a distinct singable melody). This book shows the guitarist how to develop this technique and create continuous connections of moving voicings, merging lead and rhythm into one flowing melodic chordal texture. This is accomplished through a comprehensive collection of chord-lead phrases, each of which is presented in at least three different fingerings (important for whole-neck flow). These phrases are then assembled into soloing etudes that demonstrate practical application over different chord progressions Chord-lead playing can be adapted to every style of music, including rock, jazz,blues, alternative, funk, R and B, country, and pop. Mastering chord-lead soloing also greatly increases a guitarist's ability to 'stand alone'; that is, to play by himselfunaccompanied by other musicians, mixing and switching between chording andlead improvisation. This book is perhaps the most definitive guide ever written for mastering this highly sought after (yet elusive) style of playing. CD included.Standard notation and tablature
Download or read book Melodic Minor Guitar written by Pat Kelley and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melodic Minor Guitar will help you learn fingerings for the melodic minor scale while discovering the magical Augmented Major 7th chord and arpeggio that is found within it. Scale and arpeggio fingering positions are coordinated in a waythat will simplify things and have you making music in no time at all. Modes andchords of the melodic minor scale are explained along with written examples thatdemonstrate melodic ideas over common chord progressions. You will also find an entire solo written on the changes of a popular jazz standard, plus many colorful chord voicings derived from the melodic minor scale
Download or read book Melodic Improvising for Guitar written by Bruce Saunders and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Melodic Improvising" is a systematic, detailed method to help the intermediate to advanced guitarist create melodies over harmony. Using techniques developed through his 15 years of teaching improvisation at the world-renowned Berklee College of Music, Bruce Saunders' book teaches guitarists the same techniques used by pianists and brass and woodwind players to create melodic solos; a necessary book for any guitarist wishing to play outside the box.
Download or read book MBGU Rock Curriculum Fluid Soloing Book 4 written by Tim Quinn and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: String Skipping & Wide Interval Soloing: 212 Melodic Studies and Patterns for Guitar is a much-needed guitarist's guide to mastering wide interval soloing.This collection of repeating, continuous motion studies shows the guitarist how to develop melodic patterns that are characterized by large intervallic jumps in pitch, from one note to the next, in constant succession. This book presents four unique approaches to developing wide interval soloing, all of which utilize string skipping: 1) double pentatonic scales, which are three-note-per-string pentatonic scale patterns; 2) octave sliding, which uses sliding octave shapes in a variety of ways; 3) stacked fifths, which are wide interval shapes derived from pentatonic scales; and 4) wide interval arpeggios derived from the diatonic major scale.The sound that results from these techniques is exciting and unpredictable because it is such a departure from conventional melodic flow, which tends to be scalar, moving stepwise from one note in a scale to the next. By contrast, wide interval soloing is angular and skewed with big skips and sudden directional changes, creating a complex and fascinating sound. All of the studies in this book are designed as melodic etudes that can be applied directly to soloing in rock, jazz, fusion, and blues music.This book is ideal for serious guitarists in any style who want to break out of typical soloing patterns and create a more explosive, radical sound! CD included.
Download or read book Killer Technique Fingerstyle Guitar written by Michael O'Dorn and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mentored by three legendary guitarists, Michael O’Dorn is the living repository of not only the Merle Travis thumbstyle technique, but also the fingerstyle legacies of Chet Atkins and French guitarist, Marcel Dadi. This book contains a discussion of the differences between fingerstyle and thumbstyle technique, plus the most advanced exercises and tunes of any of the author’s three books for Mel Bay Publications — a must-have for any serious fingerstyle guitarist! The book begins with a series of progressive picking patterns with practice points that guide the player through intermediate and advanced licks and techniques. The harmony of each exercise was intentionally left unresolved so that it can be repeated to perfection. Soon, you will be playing O’Dorn’s challenging Travis/Atkins/Dadi-inspired licks and compositions using the left-hand hammer-on, pull-off, and thumb-over techniques, and the right-hand thumb rake and palm mute. While the purpose of this book is to help you establish study habits that enhance your performance abilities, the exercises can also be used as intros, outros or springboards to kickstart your own compositions. At the end, as a payoff for completing the book’s lessons, the author presents three original compositions for player and audience enjoyment. Learn the evolutionary, often unconventional fingerstyle techniques of Travis, Atkins, Dadi, and O’Dorn with Killer Technique®: Fingerstyle Guitar! Includes access to an outstanding online audio recording of the book’s 47 exercises and solos.
Download or read book MBGU Fingerstyle Curriculum Best Ragtime Solos written by William Gangel and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-10 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The MBGU Fingerstyle Curriculum Best Ragtime Solos: offers the Fingerstyle guitarist a diverse collection of ragtime pieces ranging from the classic piano rags of Scott Joplin and Tom Hayden to the bluesier rags typical of guitarists from the Mississippi Delta. Both standard guitar notation and tablature are provided throughout for the convenience of those who are more comfortable reading in one style or the other. All tunes in book are included on CD.
