Joe Satriani - Guitar Secrets (Guitar Educational) Review

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(More customer reviews)Joe's Guitar Secrets book is a collection of the Guitar Secrets (GS) column he did for Guitar for the practicing musician in the early nineties.
This book shows you many useful exercises for developing dexterity, a broader scalar vocabulary, and some very hip chords.
This book is of use to any beginner through advanced player and is a "must-have" for any seriuous satch fan!

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Learn guitar tips, tricks and secrets with this collection of articles and tips from SatrianiÕs famous columns that have appeared in Guitar For The Practicing Musician magazine. Who better to learn guitar from than the master himself?

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Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar Boxed DVD/CD Set Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been playing guitar for nearly 20 years but have always been frustrated by my limitations. My only formal training was an intro guitar class in college and a few months worth of private lessons some time later. I taught myself to finger pick to an intermediate level but have never been very accomplished on lead playing and am not versatile at all. I recently stumbled across some info on the Learn & Master Guitar series on a couple of guitar websites and thought it sounded interesting. As I researched the course, I found it nearly unanimously praised and I eventually decided to bite the bullet and spend the $150 (it seems that the course is nearly always "on sale" on their website). I am so glad I did, just wish I'd had this course 20 years ago!
My problem has always been simple ignorance - I had no idea where to begin. This course does a great job of guiding the player from the most basic principals through to more advanced studies. The instructor on the videos is very warm and is a good teacher - he takes things slowly and methodically and explains everything clearly (and he is also a great guitarist). The course does a good job of keeping things dynamic, mixing theory with hands on learning and offering a number of different resources to help the learning process - the DVD sessions, lessons from the workbook, and CDs with accompaniment tracks to jam along with. The content is also quite diverse - you'll work on strumming, finger picking, soloing, chords, scales, rock, blues, and jazz styles, and on and on. The videos are well produced and have a really pleasant vibe. Each session has a suggested time period for mastering that session's material based upon an assumed practice schedule of 15-30 minutes per day. Some sessions may take a week, others a couple of weeks, etc. I think the time estimates are fair for beginners, though some more accomplished players and/or those with prior music theory knowledge may move more quickly through the course. One other very helpful part of the course is the online experience. There is an active community of online users and forums at [...] and the instructor interacts there from time to time in addition to the help & encouragement found from other students.
There are two real sticking points for this course in my opinion. First, your practice time will be self-directed, so lazy folks may not be motivated to follow through. I think this type of course is best suited to self-starter types who are disciplined enough to practice without someone else making them. A flip-side benefit is that you can learn at your own pace based upon your existing skill level and your time availability. Second, this course is pretty heavy on the music theory. For people who just want to learn some cool-sounding riffs and rock out, this course may not be your thing. This series really is about learning and mastering the guitar, and that cannot happen without learning some good solid music theory. This is a strength in my opinion but I know it will turn some others off (heck, I was a 10 year old kid taking piano many moons ago, and I remember how little interest I had in learning to read music!). Highly recommended if you've got the time and inclination to work hard - if that's you then this is money very well spent! This course was initially sold independently but later branded under the Gibson name. It's no wonder Gibson picked it up, it's really good.

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With Gibson s Learn & Master Guitar you get 10 instructional DVDs, 5 Jam-along CDs, 100+ page lesson book and online support. Designed for those wanting to learn acoustic and electric guitar from the ground up, you ll start with fundamentals (how to strum, use a pick, notes on the strings) and progress to advanced skills (soloing, playing up and down the neck) all while learning musical styles (rock, blues, jazz, fingerstyle and country).

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Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout (Homespun Tapes) Review

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(More customer reviews)Steve Kaufman's Four Hour Bluegrass workout introduces 50 fiddle-type tunes. For each tune, the CDs contain a slowed down version, which I found a great way to learn the melody. Then the band kicks it up a notch to full speed. Some are fairly easy to follow along with and some are blazingly fast...a workout indeed. The melody of the entire tune is played once, then the accompaniment is played twice. I found that playing the chords the first time and then the melody the following two time was an excellent way to learn both parts.
Many standard fiddle tunes are included, with straightforward arrangements, often in the style that is common at jam sessions. Learning these tunes provides a great basis for jumping into jams with other players.
Beginners may find even the chords difficult at times, while advanced players are likely to know many of the tunes. I highly recommend this product to intermediate players looking to learn new tunes and to build speed and technique.

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HereÕs a great way to improve your picking, build up speed and stamina, and get those licks and solos working - no matter what instrument you play! Whether you are a professional or a "parking lot" player, these fabulous sessions will get your fingers in shape - fast! On the four CDs, you have a dedicated bluegrass band on the right speaker to give you solid back-up to 49 great tunes, both slowed-down and up-to-speed. The lead part can be heard in the left channel.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Bass Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)David Hodge states in the introduction to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Bass Guitar that he wants to help his readers think like bassists. That seems like a rather lofty goal, but it's one that I think he achieves.
Having recently joined my church band as the bass player despite having no prior experience with the instrument (though I do have a couple of years of steady progress on electric and acoustic guitar,) I was glad to see that this book has a different presentation style than the typical bass method book. It is much more discussion oriented, which gives it a unique teaching value that I found very helpful for self-study. (I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced copy of the book many weeks ago, which is why I can write this review now even as the book first begins to officially ship.)
The first thing I noticed when I received my copy is how much text there is. Other bass books I purchased dive quickly into reading notation and playing one note, one string at a time, graduating up to scales and basic melody lines with very little explanatory text. Hodge takes a different route, that of mentor, guiding you through the how and why of every topic he presents, from finger placement during a riff to creating your own bass lines. Hodge writes in an easy-to-understand, down-to-earth manner, and it's almost like having an experienced teacher there with you.
There is enough music theory to help you understand the basics of scales, chords and arpeggios, but not so much that you feel bogged down. Importantly, all of Hodge's discussion on theory leads to practical application in the subsequent chapters. I was pleased to note that he explains but does not over-emphasize scale playing, but instead seems to focus on riffs and bass lines built using the chord tones that derive from scales. This is a more musical and interesting approach than you tend to find in other books (though a good foundation in the major scale won't hurt, in my opinion).
Then there are the "jam along" songs. These are the meat and potatoes of Hodge's presentation, and the reason I think this book exceeds where others may fall a bit short. At the most basic level, you can use these songs (really they are a framework for building a song) and the provided example riffs to practice your techniques and timing. From there, you can use the same songs as a springboard for improvisation, by coming up with your own riffs using the earlier lessons. When I was taking guitar lessons my teacher used a similar technique - he called it "structured improvisation" - and I found it to be an excellent way to learn to think about what I was playing.
Hodge also provides insight into real-world issues bass players may face, such as the scarcity of tablature or even sheet music for bass, and the many types of written music that a bass player might have to deal with - from the bass clef in piano sheet music to crude lyric sheets with guitar chords hopefully scrawled above the verses.
There are a handful of typos or misplaced examples in the book, but Hodge intends to post a web page with corrections (how's that for service?!) Furthermore, he is regularly available at the GuitarNoise web forum for anyone with questions.
I do have a couple of complaints, both concerning the accompanying CD. First, I would have preferred that each example in the book have its own track on the CD, though I'm told it's not technically possible to put that many tracks on a single disc (there are well over 150 examples!) As it is, there are instances where several examples are necessarily lumped into the same CD track, making it difficult to quickly jump to a particular example. One has to queue up the example using the CD player's fast-forward or rewind button. Related to this, the track numbers containing the examples are referenced only in an appendix, not in the main body of the book. In my opinion they should have been noted next to the example in the text.
Second, at least on my copy of the CD, the recorded volume of the bass seems somewhat low relative to Hodge's voice. I have to turn up my stereo's volume to hear the bass clearly, but then the spoken introduction to each example gets a tad loud. Again, these are very minor issues, neither of which detracts from the excellent material in the book.
I am really pleased with what I've learned from this book in a fairly short time period, and intend to keep working with it even as I incorporate other books into my studies. I would definitely recommend it to anyone thinking about getting into bass. And don't forget to order it through the Guitar Noise site (it will take you back to Amazon) - this adds no cost to you, and it may help keep the site functioning smoothly so Mr. Hodge can answer your questions online.

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Bass guitar basics—Audio CD included!Whether readers have just picked up the bass or are learning to improve their technique, this book provides a strong foundation in reading music, purchasing the right equipment, and care and maintenance of the bass guitar. A CD of original music helps budding bass players practice their skills.• Includes an original CD featuring examples and practice music for a wide range of styles—blues, rhythm and blues, country, hip-hop, rock, swing, jazz, Latin, reggae, and more• Written by the managing editor and senior columnist at GuitarNoise.com, one of the web's most popular and highly regarded instruction sites

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Learn & Master Guitar with Steve Krenz, Original Edition (10 DVDs, 5 Jam-Along CDs, Lecture Book& Unlimited Access To Support Site) Review

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(More customer reviews)If you prefer to buy one curriculum of material that is well organized instead of a bookcase full of booklets that don't tie together very well, this is the course you have been looking for.
This starts from zero and teaches you exactly what you need to know to really learn to play guitar. You will develop knowledge and skills in theory, music reading, technique, variety of styles, etc.
The course is appropriate for beginner and intermediate level guitar players. Many who think they are intermediate level will find they are beginners when they tackle this course.
The course will take most people 10-14 months or more to complete, but when you are done you will be able to read music (treble clef, anyway), understand how music works (thoery), you'll have a basic understanding of acoustic and electric gear, some effects, what you need in an amplifier, and other basic gear. Most importantly, you will have learned how to play guitar, and will be able to speak, read and write the language of musicians, and will have the basis to take your playing into any genre and develop further. You will have developed technique for a variety of styles, and will be able to play notes, chords, rhythms, and actualy know what you are doing, and why.
The course is supported with an active discussion board and many users worldwide. Also blogs, a user sponsered yahoo site, user contributed materials, and more. The author participates in the discussion boards and answers questions as well.
It is well organized, the instructional design is very good, you can see where you are going (unlike with lessons) and you can do it at your own pace, at your own time. I'm not knocking lessons, they have their place, but I think this is an excellent way to learn to play guitar if you are committed to learning.
If you aren't, buy a tab book and plink out some notes you can't name. If you are looking for a magic potion or something that will turn you into a great guitarist in a month...sorry - that does not exist. Join the ranks of the guy who ranked this a "1".
The course is well done, not a scam, and highly recommended. It is professionally produced and a good value at the new price listed here of $229. I paid slightly less buying it on sale. I bought this new, it was worth every penny. Make sure you get the full course with bonus materials, they are worth the extra money. At around $200, this delivers what you might get from around $1000 worth of lessons. Google Learn and Master Guitar and make sure you buy it on "sale".

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Learn & Master Guitar consists of 10 fully-produced dvds (Region 1 NTSC) and 5 Jam-Along cds, all crammed with step-by-step instruction, clear demonstrations, and cool songs you already know. Also included in the Learn & Master Guitar Lesson Book, a detailed guide with pages and pages of songs and exercises to go along with each of the video lessons, giving you even more material to practice with on your own!You'll learn:* Foundational techniques for beginners* Ear training* Basic chords* Reading music & tablature* Barre chords* Strumming patterns & techniques* Arpeggios & finger picking* Pentatonic scales and much more!

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Learn and Master Guitar, Expanded Edition, Steve Krenz, 20 DVDs, 5 Jam-Along CDs & Lecture Book, from Legacy Learning Review

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(More customer reviews)Let me first say that I had tried, unsuccessfully, to learn how to play the guitar for 7 years. And without Learn & Master Guitar, I would probably still be trying to learn how to play today.
I have seen some concerns on other reviews, so as someone who has owned this for just over a year, I will address those, and at the end I will give you my pros and cons of the course.
First, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of video of examples out there for you to decide whether or not to buy this. I don't know if that is a "Learn & Master" thing, or a Steve Krenz thing. Learn & Master offers other courses such as ballroom dancing, painting, drums, and piano...presumably taught by an expert in each field. So maybe they are the ones who don't allow sample video to be shown.
Anyway, this was a concern of mine since I didn't know if Krenz's style of teaching would jive with my style of learning. The reason I took a chance was the 60-day, no questions asked guarantee. I don't know how easy it is to return the product because I have no desire to do that. It turns out Krenz wasn't the ogre, shyster, or taskmaster I thought he'd be. In fact, he couldn't be a nicer, laid-back, easy-going guy.
I also see some people are concerned that there are fake websites out there offering to review various guitar lessons, which are in fact just shills for Learn & Master Guitar. I honestly don't know why they do this. This program is good enough to sell on its own merit without having to trick anyone into buying it.
When you get the series, you get a book of lessons, and a bunch of DVDs. Krenz starts out with the basics, showing you how to hold the pick and where your hands should go. He even differentiates where your hand should be when strumming versus picking notes, which may be basic for some, but I found it quite helpful. You can tell this guy has taught quite a bit.
He then goes on to show you the different notes in the first four frets, and progresses to different chords. After each lesson, the DVD goes to an exercise section where he plays the exercises with you. If you feel like practicing more, you can go back and do it with him again or you can just use the book and do it on your own.
One thing I really like about this program is I am a busy person with a lot of demands on me. I have two dogs, a girlfriend, family in the area, two jobs, etc. And just because you buy lessons doesn't make you better, you have to practice. The amount of time people have to practice will vary, so what might take you two days to get your fingers used to might take me two weeks. In between sessions, I can practice as long as I'd like before moving on.
I tried Hal Leonard books and a couple other programs, but Learn & Master guitar was the only thing I tried that really built a solid foundation for me to expand from. I also took lessons from a guy who charged $30 per half hour session and seemed to care about the money way more than he cared about me. Plus I had to fit into his schedule at odd hours. I was going to try another place where I liked the teacher better, but they close right when I'm getting off work. This series is cheaper and more convenient for me.
I see another reviewer called this an amateur video production. I have worked in the video production industry for nearly 15 years and I have to disagree. It is not "Avatar in 3D Teaches Guitar", but who needs that? What you need is clarity of content, and ease of use. For my purposes, Learn & Master guitar fits the bill. And you'd be surprised how hard it is to make an easy to follow video that teaches guitar. Just check out YouTube for all the bad examples...see if you can follow along.
And as far as people who already know how to use the guitar and think this series sucks or you want to "jam along with something else", return it and get your money back. If you can't play songs by the time you know all the chords, all the notes, and various strumming/picking/plucking patterns and techniques, I don't know what it's going to take to make you happy.
Pros:
*Steve takes his time to make sure you understand the concepts and what you are doing
*If you are having trouble, you can just watch that section over again
*At the end of each thing he teaches you, he takes some of the exercises in the practice book and practices with you at a very comfortable pace
* You can easily see what fingerings you are supposed to use, as well as what strings you are supposed to strum
*Workbook allows you to practice at your own pace without the DVD in
*Way cheaper than in-person guitar lessons, at least in my area
*You can work at your schedule. I might take a month off because I'm busy at work, but I can pick right back up where I left off. It's a personal guitar teacher who goes at MY pace.
*He uses different types of guitars in his lessons, so you can see these principals work on electric just as well as acoustic
Cons:
*There are some places where the copy of the tablature they use on the DVDs is a little faded, so if you don't look at the book at the same time, or it is your first time on that lesson, you might try to play an F when it is really an A
*It does seem to be a little expensive, but when you price guitar lessons I think you'll find this is much cheaper. Plus I read there are a few times a year they offer a discount. For example, I just looked and right now the 10-dvd series is going for $119 instead of $219, and the 20-dvd series is going for $149 instead of $249. Maybe these are always the prices, and they just use this as a special "if you buy now" offer to put pressure on you. But if money is a concern, you might wait until you see one of these sales or buy it used.
*If you already know guitar, I might not be the one to judge how much you will get out of this. Since I take this at my own pace, I don't know what the advanced lessons teach yet. I might as well have been a complete beginner, so this worked really well for me who didn't know exactly what to do.
Overall, none of these cons detract from the fact that I literally spent years, on and off, trying to learn to play the guitar. And since this was the only course that I personally experienced that worked for me, I don't see how I have any choice but to give this thing 5 stars.

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66 Hot Rock Lead Guitar Licks & 11 Jam Tracks Review

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(More customer reviews)People who are self taught will dig this instruction book.
I would always recommend buying a book with CD because unless you can sight read music you really benefit from the play along with the tracks. This book in particular teaches classic riffs that are still current (3 doors down, collective soul, creed).
The licks are easy to follow but sound authentic and professional.

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11 Jam tracks & 66 very hot licks in one product! That's right! It's both a jam tracks & a Licks course for one low price! Learn to play over the entire fretboard using 66 licks, 66 scale patterns, & 12 different types of scales, including: Pentatonics, Blues, Harmonic Minor, Gypsy Minor, Modes & more! Includes special section with tips on Phrasing, Technique, & How to make up your own Scale Patterns. Also includes: a handy "quick reference" song/scale chart for looking up specific scales, & fretboard charts that you can use to teach yourself new scales. Comes complete with a play along CD containing 11 original songs (written by Paul Lidel & recorded especially for 66 Hot Rock Licks) that range in styles from Rock, to Blues, to Acoustic, to Hard Rock and Metal. Have fun working up your soloing chops and using your new licks by jamming along with this special CD. Song titles are: Texas Style Rock, Heavy Alternative, Unplugged, Ballad, Southern style, Magic Zombie, ZZ Blues, Harder Faster, The Mosh, Dirt Cheap, & LaGrunge. (that's 6 licks designed especially for each jam track!)

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Jam Guitar: Rock (Book & CD) Review

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(More customer reviews)The jam tracks are pretty good but the licks are just mediocre and it would have helped a lot if they would have included the lick on the cd so you can hear it.

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Jamming, or playing music in a free and sponsaneous way, is what this book is all about! Providing backing tracks for you to solo over in a variety of rock styles-classic, hard, southern, funk, blues and more-in an assortment of keys, Jam Guitar Rock will prepare you for real jam sessions and live musical performances.

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Jam with Carlos Santana Review

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(More customer reviews)I first heard of this concept from a jazz trumpeter who said he used to practice to "MINUS ONE" versions of songs he liked. It was a similar complete package like the Jam With CD here, except it was on vinyl -- all the parts except for the trumpet part.
I really like this Jam with Carlos Santana CD and appreciate the musicianship on it. It's good for keeping time -- Santana, a great phraser, said he started practicing every morning with a drum machine, and wonder if practicing to a CD like this can be every bit as good. Some of the parts in the Jamwith renditions I even like better than on the Santana recordings. I like that many songs start with the drumsticks marking time. And there's one nice part in Europa where the guitar busts some actual Santana licks, solid-body tones and all. And though I have about a dozen Santana albums, there was at least one song on this CD I'd never heard.
As a nitpicker who learns by rote and solos note-for-note, I agree with a review I saw somewhere that significant sections of the originals were omitted and/or changed -- at least on the songs I know fairly well. In Oye Como Va it's exacerbated by a lack of differentiation between background parts when moving to new sections, that in the originals were part of their flavor and appeal.
There are justifiable omissions, like the ending of Black Magic Woman, which in the original moved from sultry, minor-bluesy pop into a major mode/scale with an entirely different time signature. This fit the 70's "concept album" format and you can really consider it a "between-the-tracks" mini-song, and arguably not part of the song. The organist is allowed a solo on the Jamwith version that indeed can hold a candle to Greg Rolie's. THAT's saying something because this was a definitive Rolie solo. You'll enjoy so much you'll even feel like stopping to listen! I know I did.
But some of the missing, incomplete sections mess me up. I would never play to these in public unless I first learned the Jam-with songs, with their slightly different structures, because it would mean slightly re-learning the songs. Then when you heard them on the radio and jammed to them, you'd be playing it the Jam-With way, i.e., differently. Europa seems to start with just drum beats, widely separated, that are not to give you the count, unlike the other Jamwith songs, but are there so you can play the lead to them.
That's my personality and the guy who I originally saw playing to this Jamwith in public is more relaxed about it. But my guitar work is a bit tighter and in part I attribute this to my over-diligent, perfectionist attitude at playing. I have to admit that Santana has differences in his song structures when playing live.
But I say have fun. These are a phenomenal learning tool. I prefer these to the CD player systems that allow you to play the CDs at different speeds. You can play these Jamwiths anywhere. I use the one I put on my Ipod. I also own a Jam With Satriani which is also very good. Despite my grousing I came to this website looking to buy more Jamwiths. Pity there's no Benson. His backup musicians would probably be hard to emulate.
Even though I almost exclusively use the aural component of this product (practice to the audio only) I highly recommend Jam With Santana for budding and accomplished guitarists.

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Carlos Santana's instantly recognisable guitar style brought the rhythms of Afro-Cuban music to generations of people who might otherwise never have heard them. His soulful playing has inspired guitarists the world over for the last three decades, and continues to do so today. The combination of musical notation and guitar tabulature in this book together with backing tracks on the CD gives you the opportunity to learn eight of Carlos' tracks note-for-note and them jam with a professional session band. The track listing reflects some of Santana's most popular recordings, providing something for guitarists to have fun with and improvise with, as well as something to aspire to.

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Jam Jam Jam With Carlos Santana Review

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(More customer reviews)Santana has always been my ultimate guitarist idol, and for a book like this to come out, I feel like I've actually had a workshop with Santana himself. It provides a number of easy to interpret tips and recommendations that have not only increased my confidence in improvisation, but also have allowed me to imagine during the play-alongs that I may one day meet a level of playing like Carlos'. My guitar techniques have without a doubt undergone significant improvements. This book includes all the classics, and is a must for any of the other Santana fanatics like me.

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This guitar workshop is a powerful learning tool that will help extend your stockpile of licks and fills and help develop your improvisational skills. The play-along songs (in standard notation and tab, and on the CD with and without guitar parts) are: Black Magic WomanSamba Pa TiShe's Not ThereThe HealerOye Como VaEuropaEvil WaysPersuasion.

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Modal Jams and Theory (Guitar) Review

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(More customer reviews)Hello! Dave Celentano makes it easy to understand. Simply written. If you have trouble understanding the modes, check out this book.

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Not only will this book show you how to play the modes, it will also show you the theory behind mode construction, how to play any mode in any key, how to play the proper mode over a given chord progression, and how to write chord progressions for each of the seven modes. The accompanying CD includes two rhythm tracks (drums, bass, keyboard and rhythm guitar) and a short solo for each mode so guitarists can practice their solos with a "real" band!

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ALL STAR BLUEGRASS JAM-ALONG FOR GUITAR BK/CD (Jam Along Book & CD) Review

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(More customer reviews)Grier's jam book is well worth the price. The tune selection is nicely varied, although the picking style is sometimes repetitious. Usually, when I buy a book like this I find maybe one tune worth learning. In this I found four. I do like Grier's picking style for the most part. He plays the tune melody but inserts jazzy emblishments that add interest and challenge to the tunes. This style is like no other I have heard as an expienced jammer on the U.S. east coast. Great for intermediate and advanced pickers. A determined beginner might handle several tunes, but most are pretty demanding. All tunes played at a medium tempo.

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These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrass songs and instrumentals, created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists. The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune, then a more adventurous improvisation, and each solo is transcribed in detail. The CD provides the audio versions of the solos, plus multiple rhythm tracks performed at moderate tempo for easy play-along. This great series will help you build your repertoire and get your licks in shape, so you can shine in your next performance or jam session! Songs include: Bill Cheatham * Blackberry Blossom * Down in the Willow Garden * I Am a Pilgrim * I'll Fly Away * In the Pines * John Hardy * Old Joe Clark * Soldier's Joy * more!

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