For Beginning Blues Keyboardists
This book takes an innovative approach to Blues keyboard playing, introducing the student to the wealth of great sounds available in the Blues. Covers all the basics of Blues keyboard playing, with special emphasis on Blues scales, left hand accompaniment patterns, Blues rhythms such as the shuffle and the New Orleans Rhumba, 7th chords and theory as it relates to Blues. Also features lessons on how to create riffs and how to improvise. Anyone who completes this book will be well on the way to being an excellent Blues player.
For Beginning Rock Keyboardists
Specifically designed for students who wish to play Rock keyboards, either in a Rock group or solo. Teaches many chords, licks riffs and rhythm parts incorporating modern Rock and Pop styles as well as drawing on the roots of these styles. Features keyboard parts played with a variety of sounds including piano, organ, and a variety of synthesizer sounds. Also deals with music theory as it relates to Rock Playing, covering subjects such as chord and scale construction, major and minor keys and improvisation.
For Beginner
No musical knowledge is required to start this book. It starts at the very beginning and quickly introduces the student to the basics of playing with both hands and reading both treble and bass clef. Covers a variety of left hand accompaniment styles, along with important techniques such as chord playing, thumb and finger crossovers, sequences and important basic hand positions in three major keys and one minor key. Uses a combination of original material and well known tunes to give a great introduction to a variety of styles.
For Intermediate To Advanced
This book may be used by itself or as a useful supplement to Progressive Rock Guitar Technique. The licks throughout the book are examples of how the most popular lead guitar patterns can be used in all positions on the fretboard, and how various techniques can be applied to each pattern. Several Rock guitar solos are included to fully show how the licks and techniques studied throughout the book can be used to create a solo.
For Beginner To Advanced
This book takes a unique approach to learning Blues lead guitar. The most common scale used in Blues — the minor pentatonic scale, is used immediately to make music. The scale is learned in five basic positions which cover the whole fretboard, along with a variety of licks and solos demonstrating all the important techniques such as slides, vibrato and note bending, as used by all the great Blues players.