Guitar Basics" is a landmark method for young guitarists. It starts at absolute beginner level & progresses to Initial/ Preparatory Grade. The method is set out in fifteen stages & contains original pieces & traditional tunes in an array of styles including classical folk & world music as well as well-known favourite film & TV themes such as " James Bond" " Batman" & " The Flintstones". There is a thorough introduction to standard notation with sections on chords & TAB whilst ensemble pieces are ideal for group teaching including ' Wider Opportunities'. The enhanced CD provides accompaniment parts teachers' notes & tips for parents which are easily downloaded or it can be simply used to play the fun backing tracks." ...

Containing over forty pieces Guitar Basics Repertoire offers a rich & varied mixture of folksongs from around the world (Aura Lee Sakura) classical tunes (Bizet
- March of the Kings J. S. Bach
- Minuet in G) & popular film music (including themes from Pirates of the Caribbean & Harry Potter) alongside evocative originals (Falling Leaves Havana Goodtime Samurai Sword Tudor Dance) & established guitar repertoire by Sor & Carulli. Designed both to consolidate the areas of study covered in Guitar Basics & present new topics in the fun but clear style of the popular method book Guitar Basics Repertoire introduces accidentals moving up the neck two part music arpeggios & plucked chords as well as fun extended techniques that even a beginner can master. Guitar Basics Repertoire contains both solo & ensemble pieces with backing tracks & teachers' part for many pieces provided on the accompanying ECD & is the perfect companion to Guitar Basics whether being used for group teaching or to prepare students for graded examinations.

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Whether you're playing blues rock classical or folk-all the chords you'll need are here Even Eric Clapton started with a few basic chords. & Guitar Chords For Dummies offers guitarists of every ambition skill level & musical genre a key to the simplest & most complex guitar chords-over 600 in all. Illustrated with a grid showing the position of the fingers on a string a photograph of the chord being played & a brief comment on the chord & how to play it this handy portable reference offers musicians whether experimenting at home or playing in a coffee house instant access to the full range of chords that can be played on a guitar. Covers the theory & techniques of guitar chords Features a handy portable design which can fit into a guitar case

Includes:: a convenient lay-flat (wire bound) format allowing users to easily try out new chords An ideal resource for broadening musical technique & getting new ideas Guitar Chords For Dummies will help you whether you're just picking up the guitar or a seasoned musician add sparkle & range to your musical repertoire.

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Guitar Exercises For Dummies

Includes:: over 300 exercises along with lots of technique-building practice opportunities.

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Guitar Family Trees is a striking visual account of the most prominent guitars in the instruments illustrious history from the earliest Renaissance acoustics right up to state-of-the-art 21st century models. This comprehensive book charts the history of the most respected manufacturers & the evolution of their guitars in more detail than ever before. Specially designed photographic guitar family trees including four special fold-outs provide at-a-glance overviews of the development of every make & model decade by decade. Terry Burrows then takes a close-up look at 200 iconic models to create an invaluable catalog of guitars. A stunning full-color photograph of each model is accompanied by informative text tracing its development with key design & sound features highlighted & an exhaustive

Specification list. Burrows also reveals the guitarists who love to play each model & the tracks on which you can hear it played.

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The bestselling music guide
- now updated & with a FREE DVD! Have you always wanted to learn to play guitar? Who wouldn't? Think
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Seventeen-year-old Molly's band was always just about being a girl
- singing Hello Kitty Speedboat & pretending to play instruments
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Since the dawn of the electric guitar hip players & manufacturers have been aware of the degree to which the design & specs of the magnetic pickups used on any given instrument will affect its sound & performance. Never before however have there been so many options available for so many different types of guitars. Players today have access to accurate reproductions of the most revered of vintage pickup designs from 50 years ago & more along with any conceivable hotrod modification or upgrade of the form plus countless original & adventurous designs that bring something entirely new to the table. & all of these are available from both large replacement-unit manufacturers & small independent craftsmen alike as well as the major guitar manufacturers themselves. Its a revolution of tone to be sure & that means theres a dizzying amount of information to take on board if you hope to nail down the pickups & therefore the sound that are right for you & your instrument. The magical tonal properties of certain pickups have become almost a religion with many players & an industry has been born out of guitarists desires to alter their tone by swapping this critical link in the signal chain. Changing pickups can result in one of the most dramatic & immediate sonic alterations achievable from any single-component swap that can be made on your entire guitar. Its also one of the simplest modifications to achieve & often relatively affordable too. Swapping pickups can yield dramatic changes in gain dynamics frequency range & overall voice
- all the elements that combine to create your tone. It can also bring about extremely subtle sonic adjustments that are arguably significant only to the player themselves but are nevertheless worth achieving. Dive in blind however & this alteration in tone whether subtle or dramatic is entirely random & potentially counterproductive. Understanding precisely how any pickup swap will alter your sound rather than taking a stab in the dark
- & then either stabbing again or just deciding to live with it if the results arent what you hoped for
- requires a lot of study & thought. The better you understand what makes different pickups sound the way they do & how different elements of their design & construction contribute to variations in tone & response the better youll be able to assess how a given set of pickups might work toward your own sonic goals. This is where Guitar Pickups: A Guide for the Player" comes in & myth hype & snake oil go out. Get the knowledge & its a whole lot easier to bring the tone onboard."


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This expanded edition for beginners to experts is a step-by-step manual to maintaining & repairing electric & acoustic guitars & basses. Players learn how to set up a guitar & keep it in top form by mastering basic maintenance. It features an essential DVD that makes guitar maintenance easier than ever. New features include set-up specs of leading players; stronger coverage of guitar electronics including pickups & wiring diagrams; & expanded coverage of acoustics. ...

This landmark book uncovers for the first time in detail one of the greatest horrors of the twentieth century: the vast system of Soviet camps that were responsible for the deaths of countless millions. Gulag" is the only major history in any language to draw together the mass of memoirs & writings on the Soviet camps that have been published in Russia & the West. Using these as well as her own original research in NKVD archives & interviews with survivors Anne Applebaum has written a fully documented history of the camp system: from its origins under the tsars to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror its zenith in the late 1940s & eventual collapse in the era of glasnost. It is a gigantic feat of investigation synthesis & moral reckoning." ...