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Learn slide guitar techniques, licks, and tricks in the style of Duane Allman, Elmore James, Ry Cooder, Sonny Landreth and others

This comprehensive edition combines all three volumes of the renowned Hal Leonard Guitar Method, tailored for beginners learning acoustic or electric guitar. It incorporates effective teaching strategies developed over years, covering essential topics such as tuning, playing positions, chords, scales, and rhythms. With a focus on practical skills, it includes a variety of songs, riffs, and examples to enhance the learning experience. The compact size makes it convenient for students of all ages.

Explore a diverse range of pentatonic scale applications with guitar master Greg Koch. This book/CD pack caters to both beginners and experienced improvisers, offering a wealth of licks and techniques such as volume swells, chicken pickin', and innovative intervallic and chordal ideas. Accompanied by 65 demo and play-along tracks on the CD, it provides practical tools for immediate use, making it an engaging resource for enhancing your guitar skills and improvisational abilities.

The second edition of this renowned method offers an effective and user-friendly approach for both teachers and students. It allows beginners to quickly engage with music by providing foundational skills such as tuning, melody playing, and essential chords. The book includes rhythms, solos, and ensemble pieces, along with a chord chart. Students can enjoy playing traditional songs like "Amazing Grace," "Greensleeves," and "When the Saints Go Marching In," all while receiving a solid music education. This edition is available in French.

This book features a diverse range of studies and songs across multiple keys, including C, G, D, Em, and F. It introduces syncopations, dotted rhythms, and advanced strumming techniques, alongside essential first position chords, solos, and bass runs. The collection spans various styles, from bluegrass to blues-rock, and includes traditional favorites like "Simple Gifts," "Mamma Don't 'Low," and "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." Additionally, pages are cross-referenced for supplemental materials, enhancing the learning experience.

Designed for beginners learning acoustic or electric guitar, this method incorporates years of teaching experience and global best practices. Book 1 covers essential topics such as tuning, positioning, musical symbols, and notes in the first position. It introduces chords like C, G, D, and A7, along with rhythms and strumming techniques. Additionally, it features 100 popular songs and riffs, complemented by a CD with 47 tracks for demonstration and practice.

(Guitar Method). Are you tired of playing the same riffs over and over again? Or maybe you just don't know what to play during your solo? Loaded with new ideas, Rhythm Riffs gives you the tools to spice up your rhythm guitar playing and make your parts more authentic. This book with online audio access covers rock, blues, jazz, country, funk and "outside" styles. It gives you major, minor and dominant 7th riffs for nearly any musical situation over 200 riffs in all! The audio is accessed online for download or streaming and includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right available exclusively from Hal Leonard! Also Lead Licks 00697345/$9.95

(Guitar Method). Are you tired of playing the same licks over and over again? Or maybe you just don't know what to play during your solo? Lead Licks is a unique book designed to increase your improvising vocabulary by taking a short phrase, or "lick," and morphing it into different styles! This book with online audio examples pack covers rock, blues, jazz, country, and "outside" styles. It gives you major, minor and dominant 7th licks (12 of each!) plus a special "exotic" section. You'll have a lick for nearly any musical situation. The audio includes each lick played at full speed and at a slower practice tempo. Written by Greg Koch, Hal Leonard Guitar Method co-author, Fender clinician, and Favored Nations recording artist!

Provides beginning instruction which includes tuning, playing position, musical symbols, notes in first position, the C, G, G7, D, D7, A7 and Em chords, rhythms through eighth notes, strumming and picking. Added features are a chord chart, and a selection of well-known songs like: Amazing Grace Ode to joy and When the Saints Go Marching In.

The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world. This super-convenient Complete Edition features the new and improved method books 1, 2 and 3 spiral-bound together, available as a book only (00699040) or book with three CDs (00697342)!